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‘Common Man’ R K Laxman dead; President, PM join condolence
By By Jagdeep Worah | 27 Jan 2015
India’s iconic cartoonist created the image of the ‘aam admi’, who all of India’s political parties swear by. But his cartoons were gentle, not vituperative. By Jagdeep Worah
Obama to skip Taj Mahal during India visit
24 Jan 2015
Barack Obama’s visit to Taj Mahal in Agra on 27 January has been cancelled, government sources said today, hours before the US President was to board Air Force One for his visit to India
Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah dead, son Salman succeeds to throne
23 Jan 2015
Saudi Arabia's ruler King Abdullah pushed the kingdom's economic development and oversaw its accession to the World Trade Organization, while challenging conservatives with moves such as including women in the Shura Council
SC thwarts Srinivasan's hopes of BCCI comeback
22 Jan 2015
While ruling that former cricket boss N Srinivasan cannot contest for a BCCI post as he has a commercial interest in the game, an apex court bench gave Srinivasan a clean chit on allegations of covering up misdeeds in the sixth Indian Premier League
Hutch veteran Sood to replace Pieters as Vodafone India chief
22 Jan 2015
Marten Pieters is the longest-serving chief executive of an Indian telecommunications company and has led Vodafone India's participation in all spectrum auctions since 2009
Musk plans to create internet in space
19 Jan 2015
Sahara chief Subrata Roy back at Tihar jail’s special facility again
14 Jan 2015
Subrata Roy, 66, who has been lodged in Tihar jail for over nine months for failure to refund over Rs20,000 crore of deposits collected from investors, has been allowed to use of facility till 22 February
RBI chief Rajan named world banking’s ‘Governor of the Year’
13 Jan 2015
The London-based financial journal Central Banking named RBI governor Raghuram Rajan ‘Governor of the Year’ on Monday
Sirisena sworn-in as Sri Lanka's new President
09 Jan 2015
Maithripala Sirisena, who scored an unexpected victory over incumbent President Mahinda Rajpaksa, was on Friday sworn-in as the sixth president of Sri Lanka
Lanka President Rajapaksa loses to Sirisena after decade in power
09 Jan 2015
Sri Lanka's president Mahinda Rajapaksa today conceded defeat to rival Maithripala Sirisena in the country's election, bringing an end to a decade of leadership increasingly criticized as corrupt and nepotistic
Columbia prof Panagariya says ‘honoured’ to be first NITI chief
06 Jan 2015
In his new position which gives him the rank of a cabinet minister, economist Arvind Panagariya will take a leave of absence from the university to accept his position at the National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog
Eminent scientist Vasant R Gowariker passes away
03 Jan 2015
Gowariker, who started work on satellite technology along with Vikram Sarabhai in 1965, went on to head the ISRO and was also instrumental in the development of the ‘Gowariker model’ for long range weather forecasting
Modi enthusiast Arvind Panagariya likely to head NITI Ayog
02 Jan 2015
NITI Ayog vice chairman, like the Planning Commission deputy chairman, will effectively hold charge with cabinet rank while the prime minister will head the panel
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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
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Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
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