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Narayan Murthy’s son Rohan chips in to help US observatory
21 Oct 2015
A type of robotic astronomy project that was earlier housed at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) has a new mentor in the form of Rohan Murthy, son of Infosys founder N R Narayana Murthy
Alibaba’s Jack Ma to join UK PM Cameron’s advisory team
20 Oct 2015
One of China's top businessmen, Alibaba founder Jack Ma, has been appointed by British Prime Minister David Cameron to advise him on business, Downing Street said on Monday
UK to revoke passports of radicalised youth
20 Oct 2015
The new rules announced by Cameron also include a full review of all public institutions in the country to safeguard them against infiltration by extremists, including schools, colleges, the civil service and local authorities
RBI's Rajan slams IMF for backing manipulative monetary policies
19 Oct 2015
Central banks have no mandate for formulating monetary policies for the world, but IMF does spillover studies that suggest which policies are good for a country and therefore good for the world, he said
RBI's Rajan slams IMF for backing manipulative monetary policies
19 Oct 2015
Central banks have no mandate for formulating monetary policies for the world, but IMF does spillover studies that suggest which policies are good for a country and therefore good for the world, he said
Iran set to be sanction-free; awaits IAEA nod
19 Oct 2015
While the procedure to lift Western sanctions is under way, this will not be finalised until the IAEA confirms that Iran has scaled back its nuclear programme
Americans fear corruption more than terror: survey
16 Oct 2015
Corruption topped the list of things US citizens fear most, followed by cyber-terrorism, corporate snooping, bio-warfare, identity theft, and several other anxieties, according to a survey
S Arabia takes on Russia in European oil market
15 Oct 2015
Oil glut to persist in 2016 : IEA
13 Oct 2015
Global shares fall on Chinese trade data
13 Oct 2015
Fifth Obamacare insurance co-op folds up
12 Oct 2015
G-20 endorses action plan to check corporate tax avoidance
10 Oct 2015
Conservative estimate by the OECD puts the amount of untaxed money moved by companies into tax havens at $100 billion to $240 billion annually, suggesting tens of billions of dollars in lost tax revenue
Nobel Peace Prize for Tunisia’s National Dialogue Quartet
09 Oct 2015
The Nobel Peace Prize for 2015 has been awarded to Tunisia's National Dialogue Quartet, “for its decisive contribution to the building of a pluralistic democracy in Tunisia,” the Norwegian Nobel Committee said
Clinton’s turnaround on Trans-Pacific trade stuns observers
09 Oct 2015
After having firmly backed Obama’s Trans-Pacific Partnership trade accord, presidential hopeful Hilary Clinton has done an about turn, saying she no longer supports the deal
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India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
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Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
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Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation
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