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Infosys independent director Ravi Venkatesan resigns
12 May 2018
Industry watchers did not find former former Microsoft India chairman, who joined the Infosys board in 2011, Ravi Venkatesan’s resignation surprising, seeing it as part of recently re-inducted co-founder Nandan Nilekani’s shake-up of the board
Indu Malhotra sworn in as Supreme Court judge
28 Apr 2018
Advocate Indu Malhotra was administered the oath of office at around 10.30 am and by 11.15 am she was already on the job, sitting in Court No 1 with CJI Dipak Misra and Justice D Y Chandrachud
Mallya extradition nearer as judge allows almost all CBI evidence
27 Apr 2018
Likening the role of IDBI’s B K Batra to that of a ‘villian’, the Westminster Court judge said a detailed note presented by the prosecution on the conspiracy charges facing fugitive liquor baron Vijay Mallya was ‘most helpful’
Dr Kafeel Ahmad Khan granted bail
26 Apr 2018
Prince Charles set to head Commonwealth as queen nears retirement
21 Apr 2018
There have been calls for the role to be rotated around the 53 member-states, most of which are former British territories, but in recent days the queen, the British government and other leaders have backed Charles
End of an era in Cuba: Raul Castro steps down, Diaz-Canel takes charge
19 Apr 2018
The change will end the 60-year domination of the Castros over the island nation and put a younger man at the top – but the move is unlikely to herald any major departure from Cuba’s Communist policies,
Rape victim wants suspect BJP MLA to be hanged
14 Apr 2018
Ex FBI chief Comey likens Trump to mafia boss living in ‘an alternative reality’
13 Apr 2018
In his book due to be released next week, former FBI director James Comey says President Donald Trump reminded him of a mafia boss who demanded absolute loyalty, saw the entire world against him, and lied about everything
Pakistan Supreme Court puts an end to Nawaz Sharif’s political career
13 Apr 2018
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who is facing multiple charges in several cases in the accountability court, faces over 20 years in jail if convicted
Had cautioned government against hasty demonetisation: Raghuram Rajan
13 Apr 2018
Former Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan has reiterated his views that India’s demonetisation exercise was not a good idea and its implementation was ill-planned, adding that he had cautioned the government about it, when the idea was brought up
Harish Manwani to retire, Sanjiv Mehta to take over as CMD
13 Apr 2018
Hindustan Unilever has announced the retirement of Harish Manwani as non-executive chairman of the company and the elevation of Sanjiv Mehta, as chairman and manging director
Zuckerberg vows to fix Facebook flaws before polls in India
11 Apr 2018
Appearing before a Senate committee, Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg apologised for the kind of lapses that led to the Cambridge Analytica imbroglio, and said he knows the importance of the upcoming polls in countries including India, Hungary and Brazil
Britain’s Queen may be direct descendant of Prophet Mohammed
09 Apr 2018
Queen Elizabeth II is a 43rd direct descendant of the Prophet via Muhammad's daughter Fatimah, says Burke’s Peerage – the Bible of British aristocracy – in reports that first appeared in 1986 and have now resurfaced
Ageing astronaut Aldrin now admits to have sighted UFO on moon, had dismissed it in the past
09 Apr 2018
The second man to land on the moon, Buzz Aldrin, who is now 88 years old, passed a lie-detector test and repeated his claim that he had seen a space ship while on his visit to the moon
Salman gets bail in 1998 blackbuck killing case
07 Apr 2018
Bollywood superstar Salman Khan, who spent two nights in a Rajasthan jail in the 1998 blackbuck poaching case, was granted bail by a Jodhpur district court on Saturday afternoon
Brazil’s ex-president Lula narrowly fails in bid to stay out of jail
05 Apr 2018
Brazil’s top court early today rejected former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s plea to stay out of prison while he appeals a corruption conviction, in a vote that likely ends his political career and deepens divisions in the country
Salman Khan gets 5 years in 1998 blackbuck poaching case
05 Apr 2018
Bollywood superstar Salman Khan was on Thursday sentenced to five years in jail after being found guilty by a court in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, in the 1998 blackbuck poaching case