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Buffett set to hand over reins of Berkshire Hathaway
24 Feb 2020
Warren Buffett, one of the world's richest men, said Berkshire Hathaway is 100 per cent ready for his departure and that of his longtime partner Charlie Munger, but did not go into detail or name a successor
JeM chief Azhar `missing’ from Pak Army custody ahead of FATF meeting
17 Feb 2020
While another terror head and Lashkar-e-Taiba founder Hafiz Saeed has been jailed in two terror financing cases, Islamabad has failed to prosecute LeT operations commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi and JeM chief Masood Azhar and is banking on support from China, Malaysia and Turkey
Rishi Sunak replaces Sajid Javid as UK finance minister
14 Feb 2020
The 39-year-old Rishi Sunak, son-in-lay of Infosys founder Narayana Murthi, is set to move into No 11 Downing Street, next door to the Prime Minister’s Office as he takes charge of the second most important government position as the finance minister
WEF: Investor Soros flays Trump, Modi and Xi for nationalist fervor
24 Jan 2020
Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Soros said the rise of nationalism across the globe was the great enemy of open society and he blamed leaders like US President Donald Trump, China's Xi Jinping and India’s Narendra Modi for narrowing options for businesses
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman allegedly hacked Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’s phone
22 Jan 2020
SC stays NCLAT order reinstating Cyrus Mistry as Tata Group chairman
10 Jan 2020
Observing that there were "lacunae" in the orders passed by the tribunal, the apex court bench also noted that there was no prayer in Cyrus Mistry’s petition for reinstatement but the tribunal went ahead with it and ordered his reinstatement
Sethuraman Panchanathan to head USA’s National Science Foundation
20 Dec 2019
Panchanathan would assume the position of NSF director, a senate-confirmed position, after France Córdova ends her six-year term as NSF director in 2020
US President Trump impeached for abuse of power, obstructing Congress
19 Dec 2019
While the initiation of impeachment procedure is one of the most shameful episodes for an elected president, House Republicans are sure that the President did absolutely nothing wrong and that he will come out of the “entire sham impeachment” unscathed
PM Johnson’s Conservative party sweeps UK snap polls
13 Dec 2019
By 6:30am (06:30 GMT) today, with results in five seats still to be declared, the Conservatives have already secured 361 of the 650 seats in the House of Commons
Supreme Court grants bail to P Chidambaram in INX Media case
04 Dec 2019
The apex court, however, restrained Chidambaram from giving press interviews or making statements with regard to the case as also from traveling abroad without the court's permission
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