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Rajat Gupta’s insider trading trial starts today
21 May 2012
Rajat K Gupta, the high profile former head of McKinsey & Co and board member of Goldman Sachs Group Inc and Procter & Gamble, goes on trial in New York today on charges of insider trading
Svein Aaser elected chairman of Telenor
17 May 2012
3i Group appoints new chief executive
17 May 2012
Buffet buys $222 million worth GM shares
16 May 2012
Illegal mining: CBI raids Yeddyurappa, sons’ houses
16 May 2012
A special nine-member CBI team has been formed to investigate the case, after the Supreme Court last week directed a CBI inquiry against the former chief minister
Hollande sworn in as president of France
15 May 2012
Immediately after his swearing in, Hollande air dashed to Berlin to challenge German chancellor Angela Merkel's austerity prescription for Europe
2G: Raja finally gets bail
15 May 2012
Former telecom minister A Raja’s stringent bail terms preclude him from visitring his home state of Tamil Nadu without court permission or travelling abroad as he has had to surrender his passport
Rahul Khullar is new TRAI chairman
14 May 2012
Khullar assumes charge at the most difficult juncture for the telecom sector ever, with the outcome of the Supreme Court order over the cancellation of 122 telecom licences in the aftermath of the 2G scam yet to be put to rest
Ramco Systems appoints Virender Aggarwal as CEO
08 May 2012
Pranab won’t be next President, says Mamata
03 May 2012
Aung San Suu Kyi sworn in as member of Myanmar’s parliament
02 May 2012
Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi was sworn in as a member of Myanmar's military-backed parliament today, the first time she has assumed public office after the launch of her struggle against authoritarian rule nearly a quarter century ago
Bangaru Laxman slapped with 4 years jail, Rs1 lakh fine
28 Apr 2012
Laxman was convicted under the Prevention of Corruption Act for accepting a kickback of Rs1 lakh to facilitate the passage of a fake defence deal in 2001, in a sting operation conducted by Tehelka.com
New US ambassador Powell slams ‘retro tax’ move
28 Apr 2012
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COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions
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The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP28, took place from 30th November 2023, to 13th December 2023, at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
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The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
03 Jul 2023
HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
02 Apr 2023
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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