Bernanke bets on monetary stimulus for US economy In his testimony to the US Congress, Bernanke said low interest rates have helped improve home prices, increase consumer spending and thereby increase production and employment ONGC's $5-bn bid for stake in Kashagan oilfield hangs in balance ONGC will have to wait until 2 July to find out the fate of its proposed $5 -billion acquisition of ConocoPhillips 8.4-per cent stake in the giant Kashagan oilfield. Ravi Kunder reports Jessica Lall murder: two 'hostile' witnesses to be tried for perjury Delhi High Court today said actor Shayan Munshi and ballistics expert P S Manocha can be prosecuted on charges of perjury for changing their deposition midway in the Jessica Lall murder case Cook defends Apple's US tax avoidance before lawmakers Congressional investigators allege that even as Apple became the nation's most profitable technology company, it avoided billions in taxes in the US and around the world Sprint Nextel boosts takeover offer for Clearwire Sprint Nextel Corp, the third-largest wireless operator in the US, has sweetened its buyout offer  by about 14 per cent for approximately 50-per cent stake that it does not currently own in rival Clearwire Merck & Co to buy back $5-bn worth stock Merck, the second-largest US drugmaker, will repurchase about 99.5 million shares from Goldman Sachs at current market prices In silico medicine ushers new research, treatment Treatments and clinical trials currently taking place in vitro – in a test tube – and in vivo – in a living organism – are now beginning to take place in silico, meaning through sophisticated computer simulation, built from our personal human data Scientists identify pest that caused 19th century Irish potato famine It is the first time scientists have decoded the genome of a plant pathogen and its plant host from dried herbarium samples. This opens up a new area of research to understand how pathogens evolve and how human activity impacts the spread of plant disease “Whodunnit” of Irish potato famine solved Bajaj Auto's quadricycle gets green light for city ply ASUS launches first-ever dual OS PC Norwegian oil services company Archer to exit North America Temasek invests $500 mn for 10% in financial data provider Markit Group Pfizer to spin-off rest of animal health unit Zoetis to shareholders Vodafone India poste 10.2% rise in business revenues Navy conducts sea trials of BrahMos missile off Goa coast Dietary advice on added sugar damaging to health: heart expert Just Dial IPO subscribed 194% L&T Q4 net down at Rs1,788 cr; declares 1:2 bonus, 925% dividend Vodafone to retain £2.1-bn dividend from US venture Verizon Wireless BSE Sensex closes weak; investors shun realty, cap goods Government slashes tariff value for gold imports further to $440 per 10 gm Tax on the ''private'' billions in havens could end extreme world poverty twice over Individual tax dodgers deprived UK of £100 bn in revenue Competition panel looking into Jet-Etihad Airways deal Drugs found to both prevent and treat Alzheimer's in mice Luxury-goods maker Burberry posts £427.8 million pre-tax profit Yahoo announces redesigned Flickr with 1 Tb storage for users University of Leicester ties up with Maharaja Agrasen University in Himachal Pradesh China open to free trade talks with India: Li Keqiang Braveheart Arunima Sinha becomes first amputee to scale Everest Dara Singh's son Vindoo held in IPL cricket spot-fixing scandal Rupee falls further to 55.41 against dollar UK launches genetic testing programme for cancer patients Defence secretary Shashikant Sharma's appointment as new CAG draws flak 3i makes a 2.3x return on the sale of Xellia Denmark's Novo A/S acquires Xellia Pharmaceuticals for $700 mn Chevron in advance talks on sale of Pakistan and Egypt retail business Foreign holders of infra debt eligible for withholding tax benefits from 1 June: finmin 91 feared dead in Okhahoma tornado Government doggedly after `high priority' tax dodgers Full-year sales of mobile giant Vodafone down first time in eight years BSE Sensex sheds 112 as share sales, Fed meet weigh Californian teen's invention charges mobiles in 30 seconds Apple CEO faces US Senate panel over tax avoidance charges Air India to replace 19 short-haul planes with all-economy A320s Most Maharashtra trade bodies call off stir against LBT Sulphate aerosol cooling properties overestimated Economic forces pushing US towards gloabl environment treaty Computer scientists design new thumb-typing keyboard layout on touch screen devices Musharraf gets bail in Bhutto killing case; unwilling to leave Pak B Thiagarajan elevated to the Board of Blue Star Limited Indonesian mine disaster toll rises to 17 Blackstone Group tables $680 mn bid for Nasdaq-listed Pactera Technology Kazakh miner ENRC rejects $5-bn indicative bid from co-founders Vista Equity to buy net security firm Websense for $907 mn Virgin eyes $65-bn Australia healthcare sector, in bid to expand beyond Europe SC set to hear PIL for cancelling remaining IPL fixtures Spot-fixing: Cops to seek further remand of IPL trio today Royalty Pharma raises offer to $6.4 bn for Irish drugmaker Elan iGate sacks CEO Phaneesh Murthy over sex harassment charges Infosys contests Rs577-cr demand; says taxman misreading rules Rupee closes at a near 5-month low of 55.11 against dollar Actavis to acquire Irish specialty drug maker Warner Chilcott for $5 bn DGH asks oil ministry to take back 3 RIL gas finds After Google, Amazon under fire for 'pathetic' UK tax contribution Yahoo acquires Tumblr for $1.1-bn Irish drugmaker Elan splurges $380 mn on two acquisitions Under fire for evading UK taxes, Google's Schmidt seeks to blame system Tax evasion: act now or we will, Labour tells government IL&FS, China's ICBC (Asia) sign MoU for cooperation in regional projects Oil ministry proposes unit price of $6.7 for natural gas Foreign Trade Policy for 2009-14 Union Budget: 2013-14 Economic Survey : 2012-13   'Running gives you the time to reflect on yourself'   Marathon runner Amit Sheth talks to Swetha Amit about his book Dare to Run and how he got into running as a sport, the marathons he has run and the spiritual joy he has derived from running   Dharavi: life, industry coexist amid strange conditions   One's first impression of Dharavi, in Mumbai, is that this is what Apocalypse might look like, with its stench, filthy lanes, and makeshift housing. Yet there is a thriving cottage industry and life goes on amid the squalor, says tourist Paige Noon recounting her Dharavi experience   Have employer-provided health insurance? Add your own   Many employers now provide group health insurance schemes, but the cover provided is usually quite basic. Arun Balakrishnan, CEO of BerkshireInsurance.com, outlines why it is prudent to take out a personal cover as well   Ferocious, weak and crazy: the North Korean strategy   There is brilliance in North Korea's strategy. When the Soviet Union collapsed, North Korea was left in dire economic straits, with reasonable expectations that its government would soon collapse. Yet, through a combination of bluff and bluster, it continues to survive. By George Friedman, founder and chairman of global intelligence analyst firm Stratfor   'I felt lucky just to be published': entrepreneur-novelist Sanghi   Entrepreneur Ashwin Sanghi has made waves by becoming a successful novelist. 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