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Veteran US diplomat Richard Holbrooke passes away
14 Dec 2010
Veteran US diplomat and also the government’s special representative for the Afghanistan and Pakistan region (Af-Pak), Richard C Holbrooke, died Monday evening at age 69 in Washington.
Government not pulling as a team, says Deepak Parekh
13 Dec 2010
The UPA government needs to work as a team to get things back on track, says the HDFC chairman, who has been dubbed the government's unofficial crisis-manager
India plays Nobel ceremony attendance low-key
10 Dec 2010
Empty chair reserved for Liu Xiaobo at Nobel Peace Prize ceremony
10 Dec 2010
Chinese authorities have taken particular care that no representative of the winner made the trip to receive the coveted prize
2G scam: Tata slams Chandrashekar; backs probe from 2001
09 Dec 2010
Tata Group chairman Ratan Tata supports the Supreme Court's call for the probe into the 2G spectrum allocation scam to be extended back to 2001
Tata Sons Chairman Ratan Tata responds to Member of Parliament Rajeev Chandrasekhar's open letter
09 Dec 2010
London police arrest WikiLeaks founder Assange
07 Dec 2010
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been arrested by London’s Metropolitan Police on a European warrant issued by Sweden on suspicion of committing sexual crimes, a charge which he denies.
Premji's $2-bn endowment to finance Azim Premji University
02 Dec 2010
In among the largest endowments of its kind in India, Wipro chairman Azmi Premji has transferred equity shares worth nearly $2 billion to the Azim Premji Foundation
Thomas pulls out of 2G probe after SC strictures
01 Dec 2010
AP Singh is new chief of CBI
30 Nov 2010
LT Foods appoints Vivek Chandra as FMCG head
30 Nov 2010
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