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Ikea founder Ingvar Kamprad dies at age of 91

29 Jan 2018

One of the richest people in the world, Kamprad ranked No 8 on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, which estimated his worth at $58.7 billion

Jerome Powell to succeed Janet Yellen as next chairman of Federal Reserve

24 Jan 2018

Jerome Powell has said he plans to continue the Fed’s gradual retreat from its post-crisis stimulus campaign and is expected to continue its slow but steady pace in raising interest rates

New Election Commissioner votes for Aadhaar linking of voter ID cards

22 Jan 2018

A former joint secretary in the ministry of defence, Om Prakash Rawat was appointed an Election Commissioner in August 2015. He will be the 22nd Chief Election Commissioner of India

Assistant to Goldman Sachs Group co-president charged with stealing over $1.2 mn worth rare wine from his boss

18 Jan 2018

Dun & Bradstreet India announces appointment of Anand Iyer as Director Operations

18 Jan 2018

WikiLeaks source Chelsea Manning confirms Senate bid

15 Jan 2018

SC asks Maharashtra govt to probe Judge B H Loya’s ‘mysterious’ death

13 Jan 2018

ED searches Karti Chidambaram’s premises in money laundering case

13 Jan 2018

The Enforcement Directorate has contended that while Kati Chidambaram’s INX Media is shown to have received FDI worth Rs4.62 crore, the actual transactions involved more than Rs300 crore

Senior Supreme Court judges revolt against Chief Justice

12 Jan 2018

Addressing the media, four of the most senior judges of the Supreme Court after the Chief Justice— Justices J Chelameswar, Kurian Joseph, Ranjan Gogoi and Madan Lokur — say the SC needs to be preserved if democracy were to survive in the country

Indu Malhotra becomes first woman lawyer to be directly appointed as SC Judge

11 Jan 2018

Warren Buffett says cryptocurrencies will have "bad ending"

11 Jan 2018

VSSC chief K Sivan to replace A S Kiran Kumar as Isro chief

11 Jan 2018

K Sivan will take over as Isro chairman and secretary Department of Space on 12 January 2015, the day when PSLV-C40 will launch the 710kg Cartosat-2 series satellite for earth observation and 30 other satellites

Narayana Murthy’s son-in-law Rishi Sunak enters UK govt in May reshuffle

10 Jan 2018

Rishi Sunak, seen as a rising star in the Conservative party, will be the parliamentary undersecretary of state in the ministry of housing, communities and local government

‘Old Monk’ Kapil Mohan, boss of Mohan Meakin, passes away

09 Jan 2018

Fodder scam: Lalu goes to jail again

08 Jan 2018

Lalu Prasad has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years in jail and Rs5 lakh penalty in one of the 1996 fodder scam cases

New Infosys CEO Salil Parekh to get Rs6.5 cr; fraction of Sikka’s package

04 Jan 2018

John McAfee claims his Twitter account hacked

30 Dec 2017

Apple CEO Tim Cook earns $102 mn in 2017, made to use private flights for security

28 Dec 2017

Lalu Yadav convicted in fodder scam; Mishra, 5 others acquitted

23 Dec 2017

Lalu has so far spent 375 days in jail in connection with the fodder scam, in five jail stints between 30 July 1997 and 27 January 2002, Mishra has been convicted and sentenced to five years of imprisonment in one of the five fodder scam cases

26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saeed gets himself 100-strong armed guard

23 Dec 2017

Hafiz Saeed, a United Nation-designated global terrorist with a US-sponsored $10-million reward on his head, was recently released after nearly ten months of house arrest following a Pakistan court order

‘Adult supervision no longer needed’: Eric Schmidt to step aside at Alphabet

22 Dec 2017

Eric Schmidt, a long-serving Google executive, will step down as executive chairman of Google’s parent company Alphabet in January, the company announced on Thursday

Judge throws out 'emoluments’ case against Trump

22 Dec 2017

Bachchans’ $250,000 stake in cryptocurrency firm swells to $17.5 mn

20 Dec 2017

The Bachchans would probably have never imagined that their investment would appreciate so much but for the bitcoin bubble that is enveloping Wall Street and several financial markets across the world

Coal scam: Ex-Jharkhand CM Koda, former coal secy get 3-year jail

16 Dec 2017

While all four accused were granted statutory bail for a period of two months to enable them to file appeals in the Delhi High Court, Koda would, however, remain barred from electoral politics in the light of a 2013 Supreme Court judgement

Coal scam: Ex-Jharkhand CM Koda, former coal secy get 3-year jail

16 Dec 2017

While all four accused were granted statutory bail for a period of two months to enable them to file appeals in the Delhi High Court, Koda would, however, remain barred from electoral politics in the light of a 2013 Supreme Court judgement