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Laptop pioneer John Ellenby dies aged 75
29 Aug 2016
John Ellenby's compact computer Compass, the precursor of today's lightweight computing devices, arrived two years before Steve Jobs' Macintosh
World Bank President Jim Yong Kim gets a second term
26 Aug 2016
Kim's selection is in keeping with the tradition of an American being picked by the United States, the bank's largest contributor, as the World Bank president
ED summons Nalini Chidambaram in Saradha scam
25 Aug 2016
Nalini Chidambaram came under the ED’s scanner after Saradha chairman Sudipta Sen alleged he had paid her over Rs1 crore at the instance of Manoranjana Singh, the estranged wife of Congress leader Matang Singh, both in jail for their alleged involvement in the Saradha scam
Singapore's longest-serving president SR Nathan passes away
23 Aug 2016
`Every time there was a tricky task which required a steady hand, someone dependable and who could get things done, his name would pop up,’ Singapore’s founder-President Lee Kuan Yee said on SR Nathan’s 80th birthday
Urjit Patel appointed new RBI governor
20 Aug 2016
Urjit Patel as the first RBI governor to oversee interest rate decisions by a monetary policy committee (MPC), a six-member RBI-government joint panel, will, however, have less freedom in deciding monetary policy
Clinton leads Trump in 4 more key states: poll
13 Aug 2016
Azim Premji, Shiv Nadar in Forbes list of top 100 tech tycoons
11 Aug 2016
Wipro chairman Azim Premji and HCL co-founder Shiv Nadar are the only two billionaires from India to feature in the Forbes’ list of the world’s 100 richest leaders in technology
Azim Premji, Shiv Nadar in Forbes list of top 100 tech tycoons
11 Aug 2016
Wipro chairman Azim Premji and HCL co-founder Shiv Nadar are the only two billionaires from India to feature in the Forbes’ list of the world’s 100 richest leaders in technology
Brazil Senate paves way for Dilma Rousseff’s impeachment
11 Aug 2016
Suspended Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff's opponents had no trouble attaining a simple majority of the 81 Senate votes to begin steps to end her scandal-plagued presidency
Arunachal ex-CM Kalikho Pul found hanging, dead
09 Aug 2016
Irom Sharmila ends 16-year fast in court
09 Aug 2016
Irom Sharmila, the iconic activist who has not eaten a morsel for 16 years in protest against alleged army atrocities in Manipur, ended her epic fast today
Indian scientist at Yale conferred Outstanding Investigator Award for cancer research
06 Aug 2016
The National Cancer Institute of the US has named Yale researcher Madhav V. Dhodapkar as a recipient of its Outstanding Investigator Award
Sreenath Sreenivasan appointed chief digital officer of New York City
03 Aug 2016
Sreenath Sreenivasan will direct the office of digital strategy to launch digital products that encourage civic engagement, increase government transparency, and support New York City's thriving tech ecosystem
Nimesh Kampani calls it a day at JM Financial, son Vishal to take charge
03 Aug 2016
Merchant banker Nimesh Kampani who brokered the division of Reliance Industries between the Ambani brothers, took TCS and Bharti public, and got Ratan Tata, Kumar Birla and AT&T to stitch up a mega telecom alliance, among several such deals will now mostly pursue social work
Nimesh Kampani calls it a day at JM Financial, son Vishal to take charge
03 Aug 2016
Merchant banker Nimesh Kampani who brokered the division of Reliance Industries between the Ambani brothers, took TCS and Bharti public, and got Ratan Tata, Kumar Birla and AT&T to stitch up a mega telecom alliance, among several such deals will now mostly pursue social work
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