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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
Bharat Ratna for Atal Behari Vajpayee, Madan Mohan Malaviya
24 Dec 2014
Vajpayee will be the seventh prime minister to receive the award, while Pandit Malviya will be the 12th person to be honoured posthumously
Diplomat Devyani Khobragade stripped of duties after TV interview
20 Dec 2014
The external affairs ministry stripped her of her latest duties as director in the ‘partnership development’ division for giving an unauthorised interview to a TV channel
Sebi sends defaulter to six months in jail
19 Dec 2014
Haryana orders probe into missing files in Vadra-DLF land deals
19 Dec 2014
The official notings about the setting up of a three-member panel, which gave a clean chit to Robert Vadra's firm Skylight Hospitality and senior IAS officer Ashok Khemka's action of cancelling the mutation of DLF-Skylight deal are missing from the main file
US exonerates black teen of murder 70 years after his execution
19 Dec 2014
George Stinney Jr, 14, was sent to the electric chair for allegedly battering to death two white girls in 1944
Despite bail, 26/11 mastermind Lakhvi to stay behind bars
19 Dec 2014
Pakistan's anti-terrorism court in Rawalpandi granted bail to 54-year-old Lakhvi, the key conspirator of the Mumbai terror attack, just two days after terrorists butchered 132 children in a dastardly attack on a school in Peshawar
SpiceJet founder Ajay Singh rumoured in talks to bail out airline
18 Dec 2014
Ajay Singh, the man who launched SpiceJet in 2005, along with London-based Bhulo Kansagra, may come back to bail out the troubled carrier following a meeting with aviation ministry officials on Wednesday evening
Malala, Satyarthi stand together for child rights at Nobel ceremony
11 Dec 2014
At probably the most highly-attended Nobel ceremony ever, both Pakistan’s Malala Yousafzai and Indian Kailash Satyarthi used the platform to push their child rights agenda
Legendary jurist VR Krishna Iyer dies at 100
05 Dec 2014
Justice Iyer, who is often referred to as the "man who triggered the Emergency" by his refusal to stay unconditionally the Allahabad High Court verdict holding then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi guilty of electoral malpractices, was also among the more humane faces of India’s Supreme Court
Anil Kumar Sinha takes over as CBI director
03 Dec 2014
Amid lawsuits, Steve Jobs may yet prove to be worm in Apple
By By Jagdeep Worah | 02 Dec 2014
As Apple is set to go to trial in the third major anti-trust lawsuit since Steve Jobs died, his emails could make him an exceptional witness against his own company. By Jagdeep Worah
UK PM Cameron wants EU support on migrant benefit curbs
29 Nov 2014
UK prime minister David Cameron says lower EU migration would be a priority in future negotiations on the UK's membership to the EU
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