The London Stock Exchange Group has hired 1,500 employees for the Bengaluru tech centre in 2021, and more than half of its 25,000 employees are now based across Asia-Pacific, it said. The group is present in 70 countries across Asia Pacific, Europe, West Asia, Africa, North America and Latin America.

Equality, parity, impartiality- that's what women want! When societies become more equal, economies become more resilient. According to World Economic Forum report, India ranks an abysmal 140 out of 156 countries on the gender gap index. To discuss this, CNBC-TV18 spoke to Shrayana Bhattacharya, Economist at World Bank's Social Protection and Labour Unit for South Asia; Varsha Adusumilli, Founder of Wonder Girls and Tarun Jain, Professor of Economics at Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.

Envisioned by Nita Ambani, director of Reliance Industries and founder-chairperson of Reliance Foundation, the centre covers an expanse of 18.5 acres in Mumbai's Bandra Kurla Complex and is set to become an iconic business, commerce and culture destination, giving India and its citizens a world-class landmark.

The Essel group firm is currently locked in a legal battle with its single largest shareholder, Yes Bank Ltd, which had sought reconstitution of the Dish TV board by removing Managing Director Jawahar Goel and four other directors.