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Ravi Uppal brought on L&T board; seen as future chief

19 Oct 2010

Uppal is seen as one of the strongest contenders for the post of chairman of the Rs40,000-crore group, when the high-profile Naik, 68, is expected to step down in September 2012

Abhijit Abhyankar to head north India sales for Cathay

18 Oct 2010

Joseph Ramsey appointed regional manager, Percept OOH

18 Oct 2010

Kanika Saxena quits UTV Bindass

15 Oct 2010

Ajay Chacko appointed president of Network18, A&E Television Networks joint venture

14 Oct 2010

Manhattan Communications ropes in Rakesh Misra as COO, BTL

13 Oct 2010

Liu Xia’s phone cut; unable to met Norway diplomat

13 Oct 2010

Gurumani, Akula differed on future of SKS Micro

13 Oct 2010

Liu Xiaobo's wife fears she may not be allowed to collect his Nobel

12 Oct 2010

MCI suspends Dr Ketan Desai's medical licence

12 Oct 2010

Sunil Sahjwani appointed national programming director, Big FM

12 Oct 2010

Nitin Vaidya bids adieu to Zee

12 Oct 2010

Two Americans, British-Cypriot share 2010 Economics Nobel

11 Oct 2010

US professors Peter Diamond and Dale Mortensen and British-Cypriot citizen Christopher Pissarides will share  prize money of 10 million Swedish kronor ($1.5 million).

Dinesh Chandra appointed marketing director, Kohler India

11 Oct 2010

Obama’s NSA resigns

09 Oct 2010

In a further shake-up of his administration mid-way through his first term, US president Barack Obama announced the resignation of his national security advisor General James Jones who will now be replaced by his deputy Tom Donilon.

Retain Gurumani on board, HC orders SKS Micro

09 Oct 2010

Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo wins 2010 Nobel Peace Prize

08 Oct 2010

Despite vehement opposition from China, imprisoned dissident Liu Xiaobo has won the Nobel Peace Prize for 2010 "for his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China."

Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa wins 2010 Nobel for literature

07 Oct 2010

Vargas Llosa rose to fame in the '60s and the '70s with novels such as The Time of the Hero, The Green House, and the monumental Conversation in the Cathedral

A R Barwe passes away

07 Oct 2010

Richard F Heck, Ei-ichi Negishi and Akira Suzuki share Chemistry Nobel

06 Oct 2010

The Chemistry Nobel for development of palladium-catalysed cross coupling, a chemical tool that has vastly improved the possibilities for chemists to create sophisticated chemicals, is also for carbon-based research.

Arvind Mahendru moves to ESPN STAR Sports from India TV Interactive

06 Oct 2010

Russian scientists win Physics Nobel for carbon breakthrough

05 Oct 2010

Andre Geim, and Konstantin Novoselov, 36, are currently professors at the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom

Russian scientists win Physics Nobel for carbon breakthrough

05 Oct 2010

Andre Geim, and Konstantin Novoselov, 36, are currently professors at the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom

Société Générale rogue trader, Jerome Kerviel, jailed

05 Oct 2010

Jérôme Kerviel, the former Société Générale trader, whose rogue dealings almost bankrupted the French bank, was convicted of breach of trust and other charges Tuesday.

Costolo to be new Twitter-in-chief

05 Oct 2010

Twitter co-founder Evan Williams is to step down as CEO, while COO Dick Costolo will take over as the company's new chief executive