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Arun Jaitley bails out of new Modi cabinet citing ill health
29 May 2019
A diabetic, Jaitley had a kidney transplant in May last year and had to skip presenting an interim budget in February this year as he was in hospital in the US
Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa takes over as COSC
29 May 2019
Air Chief Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa will be the Chairman COSC with effect from 31 May 2019 with the superannuation of current chairman Admiral Sunil Lanba
Joko Widodo re-elected as Indonesian president
21 May 2019
The result was released a day ahead of schedule in the early hours today, amid fears of violent unrest after rival candidate Prabowo Subianto, 67, had alleged "widespread cheating" and warned of potential street protests
Infosys to allocate 50 million shares to employees
17 May 2019
The allocation of stocks that account for 1.15 per cent of the company’s equity shares will be made over a period of seven years, based on challenging performance criteria, including revenue growth and shareholder returns
ITC chairman YC Deveshwar passes away
13 May 2019
Deveshwar, who transformed the tobacco company to a diversified consumer goods company, also saw ITC group’s revenues grow ten-fold from Rs5,200 cr to over Rs51,500 crore over a 20-year period, while also ensuring compounded annual shareholder returns of 23.3 per cent
ITC chairman YC Deveshwar passes away
13 May 2019
Deveshwar, who transformed the tobacco company to a diversified consumer goods company, also saw ITC group’s revenues grow ten-fold from Rs5,200 cr to over Rs51,500 crore over a 20-year period, while also ensuring compounded annual shareholder returns of 23.3 per cent
ITC chairman YC Deveshwar passes away
13 May 2019
Deveshwar, who transformed the tobacco company to a diversified consumer goods company, also saw ITC group’s revenues grow ten-fold from Rs5,200 cr to over Rs51,500 crore over a 20-year period, while also ensuring compounded annual shareholder returns of 23.3 per cent
Ratan Tata invests in Ola Electric Mobility
06 May 2019
Ratan Tata invests in Ola Electric Mobility
06 May 2019
Ratan Tata invests in Ola Electric Mobility
06 May 2019
Japan’s new emperor Naruhito ascends Chrysanthemum Throne
02 May 2019
Naruhito, like his father Akihito, has warned of the need to remember World War II "correctly," without downplaying Japan's early 20th-century militarism as also of the need to modernise the royal family
NIA arrests terror plotter in Kerala; Sri Lanka bars burkha
30 Apr 2019
Riyas Aboobacker, who was arrested from Kerala’s Palakkad district has admitted to plotting a similar attack in India after closely following the Sri Lankan terror mastermind Zaharan Hashim
Former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn granted bail on $4.5 mn security
25 Apr 2019
Ghosn’s lawyers say prosecutors have been bringing up new charges against him, the latest being the siphoning off $5 million of cash from Nissan to a dealership in Oman
Former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn granted bail on $4.5 mn security
25 Apr 2019
Ghosn’s lawyers say prosecutors have been bringing up new charges against him, the latest being the siphoning off $5 million of cash from Nissan to a dealership in Oman
Former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn granted bail on $4.5 mn security
25 Apr 2019
Ghosn’s lawyers say prosecutors have been bringing up new charges against him, the latest being the siphoning off $5 million of cash from Nissan to a dealership in Oman
Indonesian President Joko Widodo looks set for another term
18 Apr 2019
While multiple quick counts showed Widodo leading at 55 to 45 per cent, rival presidential candidate Prabowo said his team had evidence of cheating and claimed to have won 62 per cent of the popular vote based on internal polling
PM Modi honoured with Russia's highest civilian award
12 Apr 2019
Besides the 'Order of Saint Andrew the Apostle' of the Russian Federation, Prime Minister Modi has received a string of awards, including the UAE’s Zayed Medal, the Seoul Peace Prize from the South Korean government, the UN’s Champions of the Earth Award and the Philip Kotler Presidential Award
Julian Assange arrested in London
11 Apr 2019
Assange, who was holed up in the Ecuadorean embassy in London for nearly seven years, was today arrested by the London police and taken out of the building
Israel's Netanyahu set for a fifth term as prime minister
10 Apr 2019
Netanyahu had pledged to annex Jewish settlements in West Bank if re-elected, which is likely to further hinder Israel-Palestine peace talks that have been stalled since 2014
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