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India forfeited growth in drive for fiscal discipline: Paul Krugman

06 Jul 2017

Krugman, known for his work on liquidity traps and currency crisis, feels that the Modi government, instead of trying to drive out bad money, should have followed an expansionist policy by cutting interest rates to spur growth

Court admits defamation case against Cyrus Mistry, others

05 Jul 2017

Nilekani, Sanjeev Aggarwal launch fund to back mid-stage startups

04 Jul 2017

Fundamentum will not only attract personal investments from Nilekani and Aggarwal, but also capital contributed by a set of institutional investors as well

Hizbul chief Slahuddin brags of carrying out terror attacks in India

03 Jul 2017

Syed Salahuddin, recently designated 'global terrorist' by the US, on Sunday boasted to a Pakistani television channel that he and his outfit Hizbul Mujahideen have carried out terror attacks in India

Indian-origin lad scores 162 on Mensa – smarter than Einstein, Hawking

01 Jul 2017

Trump takes to Twitter to fire salvo at Amazon and Washington Post

29 Jun 2017

Trump takes to Twitter to fire salvo at Amazon and Washington Post

29 Jun 2017

Trump takes to Twitter to fire salvo at Amazon and Washington Post

29 Jun 2017

NIA probes Kashmiri separatist Geelani's son-in-law, 2 others over terror funds

28 Jun 2017

Lupin founder-chairman Desh Bandhu Gupta dies at 79

27 Jun 2017

Gupta, who founded Lupin with Rs5,000 borrowed cash from his wife, turned it into a pharma giant with annual sales of Rs17,000-crore, and the eighth largest generic drug firm globally

Tanmay Bakshi, 13, is youngst IBM Watson programmer

24 Jun 2017

Bakshi, who started playing with computer at age 5, is today a TEDx speaker, an AI-CognitiveDeveloper, IBM Honorary Cloud Advisor, YouTuber, author and algorithmist

Tanmay Bakshi, 13, is youngst IBM Watson programmer

24 Jun 2017

Bakshi, who started playing with computer at age 5, is today a TEDx speaker, an AI-CognitiveDeveloper, IBM Honorary Cloud Advisor, YouTuber, author and algorithmist

Trump’s pick for India has close private equity links, say reports

22 Jun 2017

White House will need to ensure that Kenneth Juster avoids any conflict of interests when dealing with matters that involve his former firm and that will depend, in part, on whether he has any continuing financial ties to Warburg Pincus

Denied bail by SC, absconding ex-judge Karnan tracked down, arrested

21 Jun 2017

More than a month after the Supreme Court sentenced him to six months imprisonment for contempt of court, former Calcutta High Court judge C S Karnan was arrested Tuesday night, after failing to get interim bail from Supreme Court

India re-nominates Justice Dalveer Bhandari for another term at ICJ

20 Jun 2017

Opposition in disarray over Ram Nath Kovind as presidential nominee

20 Jun 2017

The opposition, now a depleted force sans BSP’s Mayawathi and Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar, hesitated to question Ram Nath Kovind's credentials and decided to meet on 22 June to chalk out a strategy

Former UP minister Gayatri Prajapati paid Rs10 cr to get bail in rape case, finds probe

19 Jun 2017

TV executives Jamie Erlicht and Zack Van Amburg to join Apple

17 Jun 2017

Setback for Sikka: Infosys Americas head Sandeep Dadlani quits

17 Jun 2017

The resignation of Sandeep Dadlani comes as a setback to Infosys as the company’s senior management had shown signs of stability in the recent past

Helmut Kohl, father of reunified Germany, dies at 87

17 Jun 2017

Kohl, who also relentlessly pursued his dream of European unity, leaves behind the legacy of the common euro currency that is now used by 19 nations

No laxity in pursuit of Mallya’s extradition, says CBI

16 Jun 2017

ED accuses Mallya of floating shell firms; joins CBI in extradition plea

16 Jun 2017

'Metroman' E Sreedharan seen as likely NDA candidate for President

16 Jun 2017

E Sreedharan, who was the main force behind the Konkan Railway, as well as the Kolkata and Delhi Metros and took up the challenge of repeating the success in a state like Kerala, could be acceptable to the Left, the Right and the Secular

Indian-origin Leo Varadkar becomes Ireland's youngest and first gay PM

15 Jun 2017

Chinese police detain chairman of Anbang, which sought ties with Jared Kushner

14 Jun 2017