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Rata Tata invests in analytics firm Infinite Analytics
01 Sep 2015
Tata Group chairman, emeritus Ratan Tata has invested an unspecified amount in the US-based Infinite Analytics, a predictive data analytics firm from MIT, with sales operations in India
Rata Tata invests in analytics firm Infinite Analytics
01 Sep 2015
Tata Group chairman, emeritus Ratan Tata has invested an unspecified amount in the US-based Infinite Analytics, a predictive data analytics firm from MIT, with sales operations in India
What’s in a name? The threat remains the same
By By Jagdeep Worah | 01 Sep 2015
Ohioans are irate at President Obama for changing the name of the highest peak in the US from Mt McKinley to Denali – but the real issue is the alarming rate of glacier melt in the Arctic, reports Jagdeep Worah
Vietnam’s one-man army fights China’s economic invasion: report
31 Aug 2015
More than 75 per cent of Vietnam’s annual $60-billion trade is made up imports from China
US-based Pak author says he met Dawood Ibrahim in Pakistan
26 Aug 2015
For the first time in recent memory a Pakistani writer, Arif Jamal, has said that he met the underworld don at his palatial bungalow in the Defence Housing Area of Karachi
TV mogul Indrani Mukherjea held for murder
26 Aug 2015
Dr Girish Sahni takes over as director general of CSIR
26 Aug 2015
As head of CSIR, Dr Girish Sahni will also be ex-officio secretary of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research of the ministry of science and technology
Dr Girish Sahni takes over as director general of CSIR
26 Aug 2015
As head of CSIR, Dr Girish Sahni will also be ex-officio secretary of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research of the ministry of science and technology
Tenth grader Anmol Tukrel betters on Google search
20 Aug 2015
Anmol Tukrel, the 10th grader, claims his personal search engine is 47 per cent more accurate than Google
Tenth grader Anmol Tukrel betters on Google search
20 Aug 2015
Anmol Tukrel, the 10th grader, claims his personal search engine is 47 per cent more accurate than Google
Anand Mahindra receives honorary doctorate from IIT Bombay
14 Aug 2015
Anand Mahindra was conferred a doctor of science (honoris causa) for his commitment in furthering the cause and growth of the automobile industry
Anand Mahindra receives honorary doctorate from IIT Bombay
14 Aug 2015
Anand Mahindra was conferred a doctor of science (honoris causa) for his commitment in furthering the cause and growth of the automobile industry
Hero Cycles founder-chairman OP Munjal passes away
13 Aug 2015
OP Munjal, 86, chairman emeritus of Hero Cycles and one of the founders of Hero Group, passed away earlier today in Ludhiana
Hero Cycles founder-chairman OP Munjal passes away
13 Aug 2015
OP Munjal, 86, chairman emeritus of Hero Cycles and one of the founders of Hero Group, passed away earlier today in Ludhiana
Maran case: SC stays HC order on bail; slams CBI
12 Aug 2015
The Supreme Court today stayed the Madras High Court order cancelling former telecom minister Dayanidhi Maran's anticipatory bail in the illegal telephone exchange case
HC cancels Dayanidhi Maran’s interim bail, asks him to surrender before CBI
10 Aug 2015
The judge noted that the CBI, which started preliminary enquiry into the case in 2011 and lodged an FIR in 2013, had not made any attempt to arrest the former minister who had no legal protection till 13 June
UN-backed global satellite to be named after APJ Abdul Kalam
08 Aug 2015
GlobatSat has the same goal as those envisioned by late Indian President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam in his "World Space Vision-2050" of space-faring nations joining hands to find solutions to mankind's major problems
Rekha Menon to head Indian arm of Accenture
07 Aug 2015
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