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  Anurag Batra , the Chairman & Editor-in-Chief of the BW Businessworld Group and the Founder & Editor-in-Chief of the exchange4media Group is an entrepreneur, journalist, an angel investor and a media observer. He also an author, TV show host and mentor to many successful entrepreneurs. He is a B. Tech graduate in Computer Sciences, a degree which he acquired before joining Management Development Institute MDI Gurgaon, one of India’s leading Business School. Anurag Batra Behind every successful enterprise are factors like a steady leadership, adequate capital, an effective growth plan and an ability to tackle and adapt to changing market needs. Yet we only celebrate the persona who lead from the front — the leaders — for are they not the helmsmen who steered the ship, even though the crew were accomplished too and the ballast was just right. In the latest special issue, Anurag Batra BW Businessworld cheer on the ‘Most Valuable CEOs’. It comes after a gap of two financial ...

 Vineeta Singh CEO of Sugar Cosmetics Vineeta Singh is an Indian businesswoman who made her name by co-founding the famous Indian cosmetic brand SUGAR, in 2015. Her vision to create makeup products for Indian skin tones made her enter the cosmetics industry. Vineeta is also a marathoner, who along with her husband completed the world’s longest race, Iron Man Triathlon, and the duo came to be known as the ‘ironman couple.’ Vineeta Singh Personal Details Name — Vineeta Singh Age (As of 2022) — 39 years Year of Birth — 1983 Place of Birth — Delhi, India Profession — Entrepreneur Designation — Co-founder of the cosmetic brand, SUGAR Father’s Name — Tej Singh (Scientist at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi) Mother’s Name — Name not mentioned (Ph.D. holder) Marital Status — Married Marriage Date — 4-Dec-11 Spouse — Kaushik Mukherjee (Co-founder of SUGAR cosmetics) Children — Vikrant Mukherjee and Ranveer Mukherjee (Sons) Hobbies — Traveling, cycling, swimming, playi...

  It was noted that the healthcare services, IT, financial services, and media entertainment and publication sectors lag behind An improvement in the quality of environmental data has been reported by metal and mining companies, stated a report by Sculpt Partners, a sustainability-oriented advisory firm, on Monday. The report also provided better visibility on sustainability topics that are better reported vis-à-vis others. “Companies disclose richer information and metrics for sustainability topics such as waste management, GHG emissions, water consumption, and energy efficient operations,” stated the report. Surprisingly, it was noted that the healthcare services, IT, financial services, and media entertainment and publication sectors lag behind on these parameters. At the beginning of the year, the Business Responsibility and Sustainability Reporting (BRSR) guidelines introduced by SEBI made it mandatory for the top 1000 listed companies in India (by market capitalisation) to pu...

 Leena Nair, a British Indian businesswoman donned the hat of CEO of Chanel, a popular French luxury house, on December 14, 2021. Nair comes from a conservative joint family where female education was never allowed. She always wanted to achieve something big in her life and break the existing norms of society. Her fight for education during her childhood made Nair the first, and the youngest woman Chief Human Resource Officer (CHRO) at Unilever. Leena Nair Leena Nair Personal Details Name — Leena Nair Age — 52 years (as of 2021) Date of Birth — 11-Jun-69 Place of Birth — Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India Occupation — Businesswoman Designation — CEO of Chanel Spoken Languages — Hindi, English, Marathi, and Spanish Father’s Name — K. Karthikeyan Mother’s Name — Not mentioned Siblings — Not mentioned Marital Status — Married Spouse — Kumar Nair Children — Aryan Nair and Sidhant Nair Hobbies — Dancing to Bollywood songs, reading, and running Net worth — $1.5 million Leena Nair’s Early Life ...

 Russia-Ukraine: The General Assembly decided, with 107 votes in favor, that it would hold a public vote — and not a secret ballot — on a draft resolution that would condemn Russia’s “illegal so-called referenda” and the “attempted illegal annexation of Ukraine. UN Rejects Russia's Call For Secret Vote On Ukraine United Nations: The U.N. General Assembly voted on Monday to reject Russia’s call for the 193-member body to hold a secret ballot later this week on whether to condemn Moscow’s move to annex four partially occupied regions in Ukraine. The General Assembly decided, with 107 votes in favor, that it would hold a public vote — and not a secret ballot — on a draft resolution that would condemn Russia’s “illegal so-called referenda” and the “attempted illegal annexation.” Diplomats said the vote on the resolution would likely be on Wednesday. Only 13 countries on Monday opposed holding a public vote on the draft resolution, another 39 countries abstained and the remaining c...

 Seventy-three percent of respondents said they “strongly support” or “tend to support” FIFA using some of its 2022 World Cup revenues to compensate migrant workers Amajority of World Cup fans support FIFA compensating migrant workers for rights abuses during preparations for the 2022 tournament in Qatar, a poll commissioned by Amnesty International and released on Thursday showed. Qatar has repeatedly faced criticism over conditions for migrant workers, but insists it has made major improvements in recent years. The YouGov poll surveyed more than 17,000 adults from 15 countries — mostly in Europe, but also the United States, Mexico, Argentina, Morocco and Kenya, Amnesty said in a statement. Seventy-three percent of respondents said they “strongly support” or “tend to support” football’s governing body using some of its 2022 World Cup revenues to compensate migrant workers, according to the figures. Out of those who said they were likely to watch at least one game, 84 percent...

 A majority of football fans from 15 countries would support FIFA compensating migrant workers in Qatar for human rights violations during the country’s preparations for the 2022 World Cup, Amnesty International said on Thursday. Workers walk towards the construction site of the Lusail stadium which will be build for the upcoming 2022 Fifa soccer World Cup during a stadium tour in Doha, Qatar, December 20, 2019. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach A YouGov survey of more than 17,000 fans from 15 countries — 10 of them European — commissioned by Amnesty showed that 73% of respondents would support the proposal and 10% opposed it. More than two-thirds of respondents (67%) also said their national Football Associations should speak out publicly about the human rights issues surrounding the World Cup in Qatar as well as call for compensation for migrant workers. “Across the globe, people are united in their desire to see FIFA step up and make amends for the suffering endured by migrant workers in ...

  With a little over a month left until the 2022 FIFA World Cup kicks off in Qatar, a string of French cities — including Paris, Lille, Bordeaux, Strasbourg and Marseille — have announced they are boycotting the tournament and will not set up the customary fan zones with giant TV screens to promote it. The protest is directly aimed at Gulf state host Qatar and the steep human and environmental costs of the event that activists say Doha is doing everything to hide. It all started in the northeastern French city of Strasbourg last week, when city officials decided to opt out of any celebrations supporting the world’s largest and most popular football (soccer) tournament. There would be no fan zones and no large-screen TV’s in the city during the November 20 to December 18 World Cup, authorities said, citing Qatar’s poor treatment of migrant workers and its disregard of the event’s environmental impact. The moves may be something of a surprise coming from France, who have been the def...

 Paris will not broadcast World Cup matches on giant screens in public fan zones amid concerns over rights violations of migrant workers and the environmental impact of the tournament in Qatar. Paris is set to join other French cities boycotting the broadcasting of World Cup matches in public fan zones.  Jacques Demarthon/AFP via Getty Images It follows similar moves by other French cities, despite France going in as the defending champion. Pierre Rabadan, deputy mayor of Paris in charge of sports, told reporters in the French capital that the decision against public broadcasting of matches is due to “the conditions of the organisation of this World Cup, both on the environmental and social level.” He said in an interview with France Blue Paris that “air-conditioned stadiums” and the “conditions in which these facilities have been built are to be questioned.” Rabadan stressed that Paris is not boycotting the football tournament but explained that Qatar’s “model of staging big...

 World football’s governing body should heed calls to compensate abused migrant workers ‘Migrant workers at the Al Bayt stadium [pictured] lived for months in unfit, overcrowded accommodation, earning £1 an hour.’  Photograph: David Ramos/Getty There are now less than 50 days to the World Cup in Qatar, which promoters have taken to describing as a tournament “like no other”. For once the PR hype is justified, and not only because the matches will be played during the lead-up to Christmas rather than in summer. The decision to stage the planet’s biggest sporting event in a country with a notoriously poor human rights record is provoking unprecedented queasiness among competing nations. Last week, in conjunction with the kit manufacturer Hummel, the Danish football federation unveiled a plain all-black third kit for the tournament. It was designed, said Hummel, in memory of the many migrant workers who died during construction work in the years leading up to the finals. The ca...