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Hate being called ‘sweetie’, ‘honey’: PepsiCo’s Nooyi
09 Apr 2016
Indra Nooyi laments that women do not help other women in the workplace as much as they should and asked them to figure out how they can help each other more than at present
Mallya to again skip ED summons in money laundering case
09 Apr 2016
Officials said Mallya has informed the Investigating Officer (IO) of the case in Mumbai that he will be unable to depose personally as scheduled today, citing the ongoing legal proceedings the Supreme Court
ISIS chief’s runaway wife wants new life in Europe
01 Apr 2016
Speaking for the first time since her release from a Lebanese prison in earlier this year, Saja al-Dulaimi, who was married to the most wanted man in the world - Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the top leader of ISIS - has revealed the ordeal that her position
Brazil’s Roussef stares at end as ally breaks away
01 Apr 2016
Opinion polls show Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff’s popularity down to just around 10 per cent – but what is remarkable is that vice president Michel Temer, who has withdrawn has support to Rousseff, is himself facing graft charges
Declassified files suggest Netaji survived 1945 air crash, says report
31 Mar 2016
The declassified files relating to Netaji Subsash Chandra Bose released by the centre provide some hints that the leader of India’s freedom movement might well have lived beyond 18 August 1945
The barely literate poet who has inspired 5 PhDs
31 Mar 2016
Orphaned in childhood, Odiya poet Haldhar Nag, who grew up on the charity of villagers is a class three dropout; he can barely be considered literate – yet he has had five PhD theses written about him
Bangla court orders arrest of Khaleda Zia over bus fire-bomb
31 Mar 2016
A Dhaka court has charged former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia and 27 other leaders and officials of her Bangladesh Nationalist Party of instigating petrol bomb attacks in a bid to force the government of her rival, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, to resign
New era begins for Mynmar as Htin Kyaw sworn in
30 Mar 2016
Australian ex-minister Pat Farmer completes his 4,400km marathon across India
30 Mar 2016
Australia’s veteran ultra-marathon runner Pat Farmer completed his ‘Spirit of India’ run from Kanyakumari to Kashmir a day early on Tuesday, exhausted but elated after covering 4,400 kilometres to raise funds for girls’ education
Time magazine calls Modi an `Internet star’
17 Mar 2016
Trump warns of riots if denied Republican nomination
17 Mar 2016
US Republican front-runner Donald Trump warned on Wednesday of riots if he is denied the party's presidential nomination after a string of primary election victories, raising the temperature even further in a highly charged White House race
Clinton, Trump strengthen leads, Rubio drops out
16 Mar 2016
With another ‘super Tuesday out of the way, Democrat Hillary Clinton needs only one-thirds of the remaining delegates to secure her nomination, while Republican rival Donald Trump needs about half
TCS techies develop Tata Nano into India’s first driver-less car
16 Mar 2016
Dr Roshy John, who is practice head, robotics and cognitive systems at TCS, and his 29-member team have developed India’s first driver-less car based on the Tata Nano platform, and are awaiting permission for road tests
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