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Time of India
a day ago
- Time of India
105 qt sub-standard soybean seized from Ujjain market
Ujjain: Over 100 quintal of sub-standard soyabean was seized from shop number 10 in Ujjain agricultural produce market on Thursday. On Thursday afternoon, Bharatiya Kisan Sangh, Ujjain district, informed the administration about the seed mafia and notified collector Roshan Kumar Singh. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now ADM Pratham Kaushik, along with deputy director of agriculture Umed Singh Tomar and other officials from the agriculture department, then visited shop number 10 in the market. According to deputy director of agriculture Tomar, Kuber Seeds Biotech, operated by Parvatsingh Badwai, was found to be selling sub-standard seeds. The seeds given to farmers Mukesh and Balu, along with 140 bags of 50 kg each and 70 open bags weighing 105 quintal, were seized. The seeds were sealed for being sold without a licence and in sub-standard condition. Samples of the seeds have been sent to the lab for testing. SI Yadavendra Parihar of Chimanganj police station said that a case was registered under the Essential Commodities Act and the Seed Act based on the application by Subodh Pathak, Senior Agricultural Extension Officer, and the investigation is underway.
Business Wire
2 days ago
- Business
- Business Wire
SouthBank Legal Expands Corporate Compliance, White Collar, and Investigations Team With Hire of Former Senior ADM and Caterpillar In-House Counsel Brendan J. Gardiner
SOUTH BEND, Ind.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SouthBank Legal is pleased to announce that Brendan J. Gardiner has joined the firm as a Partner. Based in Boston, MA, Gardiner will focus his practice on helping companies and institutions manage their compliance and regulatory exposure, including enhancing their compliance programs, conducting due diligence, leading sensitive internal investigations, and designing and implementing effective remediation plans. Gardiner joins the firm's high-profile White Collar and Investigations practice team after almost 20 years as in-house counsel for Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) and Caterpillar Inc. His move highlights an industry trend of prominent in-house lawyers returning to private practice at premier law firms. 'We are excited to have Brendan join us and bring his vast in-house experience to assist CLOs and GCs assess and navigate risk for their companies,' stated Jesse Barrett, SouthBank Legal's Washington, DC managing partner and Chambers USA -ranked White-Collar and Investigations attorney. 'Increasingly, our clients are providing us the opportunity to help them proactively manage a full array of legal, compliance, and geopolitical risks, and Brendan's experience strengthens our ability to partner with clients to understand and address those risks before they materialize. I look forward to working alongside him in advising Fortune 500 and mid-market domestic and international clients in all aspects of their compliance operations.' Before joining SouthBank Legal, Gardiner was Vice President and Deputy General Counsel for ADM, where he oversaw a global team of over 100 attorneys and legal professionals throughout 19 countries, providing a full scope of legal practices and processes to support ADM's operations across 200+ countries. Prior to that, he was Chief Litigation and Regulatory Counsel for ADM. Before joining ADM, he was Lead Counsel, International Trade and Anti-Corruption for Caterpillar Inc., where he advised the company on anti-bribery, international sanctions, and tariff-related matters. Additionally, Gardiner was Lead Regional Counsel (EMEA), based in Brussels, and Lead Business Unit Counsel (Power Generation), based in California, for Caterpillar-owned Solar Turbines, Inc. Complementing his legal background, Gardiner has considerable experience designing and implementing insurance-based solutions to manage legal, operational, and geopolitical risks, having served as Director of Insurance and Risk Management at ADM. 'I am thrilled to be joining such an impressive team of lawyers at SouthBank Legal,' stated Gardiner. 'As the range and complexity of risks that CLOs and GCs are being asked to manage grows, in-house teams are increasingly looking to skilled outside lawyers who can provide high-quality, practical, business-oriented advice in a cost structure that meets their needs. SouthBank is a recognized leader in this space, and I look forward to working with the firm's impressive and growing list of clients across all industries. I have been in their shoes and can help them think about risk holistically and design solutions to address challenges before they arise. Having Jesse, who's a former federal prosecutor, and other incredible attorneys on the same team allows us to handle any range of scenarios, including when engagement with government regulators becomes necessary.' Gardiner clerked for the Honorable Susan H. Black at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. He received his J.D., magna cum laude, from Notre Dame Law School, where he was the Law Review Executive Editor, and his B.A. from the University of Notre Dame. Gardiner is the latest addition to SouthBank Legal's growing team. Most recently, the firm announced the addition of Maggie King and Gregory Guest. King, a recognized leader in the evolving legal and regulatory frameworks surrounding AI and data, focuses on technology, AI, and intellectual property aspects of business and corporate matters, including licensing and M&A projects. She also counsels clients on governance, risk management, and regulatory compliance related to generative AI, cryptocurrency, and sensitive data. An experienced data scientist, King practiced in a Tier 1 Technology Law group at a top ranked Am Law 100 firm and served as a clerk for Judge Thomas L. Kirsch II on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Guest has extensive experience with buyers and sellers in both financial and strategic acquisitions, and serves as advisor to entrepreneurs, investors, and closely held businesses. In addition, he advises on corporate workouts and restructuring. Guest clerked for the Honorable Lee M. Jackwig on the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Iowa and practiced at an Am Law 200 firm in Michigan. SouthBank Legal, a Chambers USA ranked firm, routinely delivers smart, cost-effective business solutions to Fortune 500 global leaders as well as early-stage industry disrupters, guiding and fighting for clients in their highest-profile, highest-risk litigation from its offices in Washington, DC, Grand Rapids, MI, and northern Indiana. For more information, please visit
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Business Standard
2 days ago
- Business
- Business Standard
GenAI disrupts software ADM market, 10-15% of IT services revenue at risk
As the debate continues over the revenue-generating potential of generative AI (GenAI), one thing is becoming increasingly clear: its impact on the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) — and by extension, Application Development and Maintenance (ADM) — is already being felt in measurable ways. According to a report from Motilal Oswal Financial Services, ADM, which makes up an estimated 35–45 per cent of the IT services industry's revenue, is emerging as ground zero for GenAI's most immediate and tangible productivity gains. For IT services firms, this translates to a structural challenge. "Our research suggests an approximately 40 per cent productivity gain from enterprise-wide implementation of GenAI Copilot, putting about 10-15 per cent of IT services revenues at risk,' wrote the report's authors Abhishek Pathak, Keval Bhagat, and Tushar Dhonde. Another report from Kotak Institutional Equites also added that adoption of AI has increased in select use cases. The report also noted that efficiencies from AI adoption in use cases such as software engineering can be significant. 'Copilot with GitHub and Claude are commonly used tools for coding. Use cases are pretty high in application services (both development and maintenance), content generation and BPO services. Clients are not resisting usage of generative AI tools due to concerns around the technology; instead, they are encouraging vendors to adopt generative AI in such use cases,' the Kotak report pointed out. Some of the work within SDLC that is being immediately impacted includes low-level coding or routine feature work, code review and testing, debugging & incident response, and security fixes. In a recent story by Business Standard on impact of AI on testing, it was found that as more and more code is being written by AI, it has raised questions about the future of traditional testing engineers, establishing the need for them to reskill quickly to stay relevant. Motilal Oswal's analysis noted that GenAI tools like Copilot drive around 55 per cent efficiency in repetitive coding tasks, translating to 11 per cent of total ADM hours saved. Similarly, automated suggestions and AI-generated test cases reduce effort by about 40 per cent, resulting in overall time savings of 8 per cent. The findings were discussed in a recent industry session featuring Saurabh Gupta from HFS Research, who emphasised that the days of relying on anecdotal GenAI success stories are over. 'Large enterprises are encountering the law of diminishing returns. The limits of offshoring have been reached, and jumping into a new "S-curve" of value creation is increasing,' he said. In the near term, companies that fail to deploy GenAI internally at scale risk being undercut by more efficient rivals. But in the long run, the bigger question is how the industry can reinvent itself when one of its largest revenue pools becomes significantly less labour-intensive. Analysts also highlighted that the current shift towards AI is replicating the shift the industry went through from legacy to digital. The industry is facing productivity and pricing pressure in the ADM and core IT services, but the revenue uplift from GenAI is yet to happen.
CTV News
3 days ago
- CTV News
Plan ahead! Major construction projects planned at Montreal Airport
Travellers walk through traffic with their luggage as they try to catch their flights at the Pierre Elliott Trudeau airport, in Montreal, Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023. (Christinne Muschi/The Canadian Press) Travellers passing through the Montreal Airport (ADM) in the coming months and years will need to be patient or plan their trips carefully if they want to ensure they arrive at the terminal on time. 'The airport site was not designed to accommodate so many cars. Drop-off areas are overused, parking spaces are insufficient, congestion is frequent and it even backs up onto the highway,' explained Jérôme Conraud, one of the airport planning managers at ADM. 'Last year, we had 22.5 million passengers, and traffic continues to grow,' he said during a meeting with the media on Tuesday morning. In recent years, several news reports have shown passengers stuck in traffic jams on the highway, forced to continue on foot so as not to miss their flights. Montreal airport headaches Travellers walk through traffic with their luggage as they try to catch their flights at the Pierre Elliott Trudeau airport, in Montreal, Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023. (Christinne Muschi/The Canadian Press) The airport has launched several projects that will take place over several years to improve traffic flow, but this work will inevitably have an impact on traffic. 'We are really getting down to business, starting major investment projects aimed at improving the airport, enhancing the user experience, and making the airport more connected and accessible,' said Conraud. 'If people don't follow our advice, it may be a headache to get to YUL,' said Anne Marcotte, YUL's director of public relations, during a technical briefing for the media. In the coming months and years, ADM will reconfigure certain road accesses, build new drop-off areas, demolish the current large multi-storey car park to build a new one further away, add parking spaces, add a satellite pier and expand the baggage hall, build a rainwater retention basin south of the airport and welcome the REM. Mitigation measures Mitigation measures will be put in place starting in the summer of 2025. 'This summer, we will begin closing certain access ramps. At the end of the year, we will demolish and close the multi-storey car park and put in place a number of mitigation measures to help users get through this period,' said Conraud. Two alternative drop-off points, called 'express,' served by a shuttle service that runs on a dedicated road to access the terminal, have been set up. Visitors dropping off or picking up travellers are therefore asked to use these drop-off points. 'Try them, it will save you from getting stuck in traffic,' said Conraud. The first 40 minutes are now free in most car parks to prevent visitors from adding to congestion by waiting in their cars in front of the terminal. 'One habit we would like to avoid and correct is when people come to pick someone up at the terminal and drive around in circles on the network. Twenty-five per cent of motorists drive around the network more than once, which contributes to congestion. So you have to go to the express drop-off points or the free parking lots,' added Cornaud. A virtual waiting area for taxis and Uber has also been designed to prevent multiple vehicles from blocking traffic in front of the terminal. This report by The Canadian Press was first published in French on June 17, 2025.
Time of India
3 days ago
- Health
- Time of India
Dhanbad officials to keep vigil on edu institutes to curb tobacco use
1 2 Dhanbad: The district administration will intensify surveillance on academic institutions to eradicate tobacco consumption among students, as part of a renewed drive under the National Tobacco Control Programme (NTCP). Addressing a meeting of the Tobacco Control Coordination Committee on Tuesday, additional district magistrate (law and order) Piyush Sinha emphasised a targeted campaign against tobacco use in both govt and private schools and colleges across the district. "Our anti-tobacco drive will now primarily focus on academic institutions. Special teams will ensure strict compliance with anti-tobacco norms in schools and colleges," said Sinha. Public places like railway stations, bus stands, and market areas will also be brought under strict monitoring. "I have ordered officials to identify and compile a list of all shops and roadside stalls involved in selling tobacco products. Strict action will be taken against violators," the ADM said. DSP D N Banka, who was also present in the meeting, said that officers in-charge of all police stations have been directed to maintain constant surveillance in their respective areas to curb tobacco sales, especially near educational institutions. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like After 35 Years, Her Jewelry Is Nearly Gone The Heritage Journal Read More Undo The move comes amid rising concern over increasing tobacco use among minors and students, which has been linked to easy availability of tobacco products near schools and colleges. The administration aims to implement Section 6 of the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA), which prohibits sale of tobacco products within 100 yards of educational institutions. Officials from the health department, police, education sector, and municipal bodies were present during the meeting. The district administration has called for a coordinated approach to ensure that the anti-tobacco initiative is effectively implemented at all levels.
