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Rajat Sethi resigns as Dentsu Marcom's MD
28 Jan 2010
Lt Gen VK Singh appointed next Indian Army chief
22 Jan 2010
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Ex-foreign secretary, Shivshankar Menon, is new NSA
22 Jan 2010
Former foreign secretary Shivshankar Menon was Thursday named as the new National Security Adviser (NSA).
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Bengal’s ‘iron man’ Jyoti Basu goes the way of all flesh
18 Jan 2010
In a party that puts its politburo above individual leaders, he always toed the party line and never projected himself as its sole leader or a cult figure. By Jagdeep Worah
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Security czar M K Narayanan made West Bengal governor
16 Jan 2010
National security advisor M K Narayan becomes the new governor of West Bengal
Generating understanding more important than generating information: Nobel laureate Ramakrishnan
06 Jan 2010
Veteran journalist B Krishnakumar fades away
06 Jan 2010
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Globe-striding Tata may be India's industrialist of the year
31 Dec 2009
Even as he builds a global empire, Ratan Tata's grassroots approach does not allow him to lose touch with the needs of the average Indian. This is probably what makes the Tata Group chairman India's best-liked industrialist, writes Jagdeep Worah
Dabur appoints Dr Ajay Dua as director
31 Dec 2009
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Reliance ED Ravimohan dies of cardiac arrest
29 Dec 2009
R Ravimohan, executive director of Reliance Industries Ltd, passed away on Monday following a cardiac arrest.
LG Electronics makes changes in management
29 Dec 2009
Anirban Ghosh appointed business director, MOMS
23 Dec 2009
RK Swamy BBDO appoints Mukesh Anand
22 Dec 2009
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