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S Korea ex-president Park Geun-hye indicted, faces trial
18 Apr 2017
South Korean prosecutors have indicted ex-President Park Geun-hye on high-profile corruption charges that could potentially send her to jail for life
Turkey’s Erdogan to take control with 51% votes in power referendum
17 Apr 2017
The referendum that gave Erdogan a narrow lead heralded the most radical change in Turkey’s political history since Kamal Ataturk, but has bitterly divided the nation
Malala granted honorary Canadian citizenship
15 Apr 2017
Mondelez plans to replace long-time CEO Irene Rosenfeld
10 Apr 2017
Irene Rosenfeld runs the largest US food manufacturer, and has a compensation package that is on par with male peers at other food companies such as Kellogg Co and General Mills
Girl apparently raised by monkeys ‘rescued’ from UP forest
10 Apr 2017
The girl, aged between eight and 10, was rescued by the police in Bahraich from a troop of monkeys
L&T’s AM Naik to step aside, Subrahmanyan named new CEO
08 Apr 2017
AM Naik, the man who steered Larsen & Toubro from Rs4,400-crore engineering company in 1999 to a Rs1,58,000-crore infrastructure giant in 2017, passes the baton to his deputy, S N Subramanyan
Nasscom appoints Raman Roy as chairman
05 Apr 2017
Raman Roy, chairman and managing director of Quatrro, will take over from TechMahindra's CP Gurnani as Nascom's chairman for the current financial year
Narayana Murthy questions big pay hike for Infosys COO Rao
03 Apr 2017
The dispute between founders and board of Infosys over governance issues spilled into the public again as co-founder Narayana Murthy criticised a salary hike given to chief operating officer Pravin Rao
S Korea ex-president Park Geun-hye jailed as court denies bail
01 Apr 2017
The Seoul Central District Court ordered Park’s arrest on charges of bribery, abuse of authority, coercion, and leaking government secrets, after a marathon court hearing
Restore my work or send me to jail: Justice Karnan
31 Mar 2017
Justice C S Karnan of the Calcutta High Court, accused of contempt of court, appeared before the Supreme Court today, continuing to be defiant
HCL’s Shiv Nadar is the most generous Indian: Hurun
30 Mar 2017
HCL founder and chairman Shiv Nadar is the most generous Indian, with a donation of Rs630 crore for philanthropic causes
It’s official, Ivanka Trump to get White House office
30 Mar 2017
Ivanka Trump would be the first child of a president to hold an official White House post since Dwight Eisenhower’s son John
Elon Musk seeking to link computers directly with human brain
28 Mar 2017
While details are not known, Elon Musk has talked of a ‘neural lace’ - an implant or appendage that would be attached to the brain, and would provide a way for brains to interact with devices or otherwise augment human intelligence
Congress stalwart SM Krishna finally joins BJP
22 Mar 2017
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COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions
By Aniket Gupta | 27 Dec 2023
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.
What is a Ponzi scheme?
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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
06 Mar 2023
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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