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Ericsson chief, Hans Vestberg in list of potential candidates for post of Microsoft chief: Bloomberg
17 Jan 2014
Gary Toomey resigns as CEO of Jet Airways
17 Jan 2014
Former Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon dies at 85
13 Jan 2014
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, an ex-general of the Israeli army, died yesterday, aged 85
US orders Indian diplomat out as attempts to indict her fails
10 Jan 2014
Reports said Khobragade has left for India after the US converted her visa giving her the protection of full diplomatic immunity under her new role at India’s UN mission
Alan Mullaly spurns Microsoft; to continue as Ford CEO
08 Jan 2014
Scorching speculation that he could be in the race to succeed Microsoft's Steve Ballmer, Ford Motor CEO Alan Mullaly has said he plans to stay on at Ford.
Telenor Group appoints Morten Karlsen Sorby as Uninor CEO
08 Jan 2014
Morten Sorby steps into the new role just as Uninor reached cash flow break even in December, just four years of operation
US Senate confirms Janet Yellen as next Fed chief to succeed Bernake
07 Jan 2014
Janet Yellen is a well-respected economics scholar who has taught at the Harvard University, the London School of Economics and the University of California, Berkeley
Japanese PM to be chief guest at Republic Day
07 Jan 2014
Former Walmart India president Raj Jain to head Bharti Retail
04 Jan 2014
Bharti Enterprises had appointed Raj Jain, former president of Walmart India, as chief executive heading its retail operations Bhatri Retail
Mylan ropes in Biocon’s marketing head Rakesh Bamzai
03 Jan 2014
Mylan Inc today announced that Rakesh Bamzai has joined the company as its president, India commercial and emerging markets
Manmohan Singh unwilling to be PM after elections; says Modi will be a disaster
03 Jan 2014
Ducking charges levelled against his scam-hit government and defending Rahul Gandhi’s possible selection as the Congress party’s prime ministerial candidate, Prime minister Manmohan Singh today said Narendra Modi as PM will be a disaster
AAP names Maninder Singh Dhir as Delhi Speaker
31 Dec 2013
S K Srivastava to be new Delhi chief secretary
31 Dec 2013
US to prosecute Devyani Khobragade despite India’s protests
31 Dec 2013
The US is going ahead with the prosecution of senior Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade despite protests by India and asserted that it has no intention of withdrawing the case of visa fraud against he
Devyani arrest: US softens as India gets tougher
30 Dec 2013
Bungling by US official led to Indian envoy’s arrest: report
27 Dec 2013
While Devyani Khobragade entered $4,500 as the salary she expected to be paid in the US, Mark Smith, a diplomatic security services agent who led the investigation against her, seriously erred in reading the figure of $4,500 as the salary to be paid to the nanny, which led to her arrest, say reports
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In March 2013 Chinese scientists pulled off a remarkable feat. They created the world’s lightest aerogel. Tipping the scales at a mere 0.16 milligrams per cubic centimeter – that’s a sixth of the weight of air!
COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions
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The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP28, took place from 30th November 2023, to 13th December 2023, at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
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By Aniket Gupta | 06 Dec 2023
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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
02 Apr 2023
Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
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Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation
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