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Pramod Sawant is Goa’s new chief minister
19 Mar 2019
Since the coalition partners of the Parrikar-led government had allied with BJP on condition that the government is headed by Manohar Parrikar, the then defence minister of India, the BJP, therefore, has no allies as of now
Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar dies battling cancer
18 Mar 2019
Former defence minister and four time chief minister Parikkar, 63, who transformed Goa from a laggard to a dynamic economy, had in January vowed to serve Goa till his last breath
Former Supreme Court judge PC Ghose to be India’s first Lokpal
18 Mar 2019
The selection of the first Lokpal comes nearly five years after the Lokpal Act, which envisages the establishment of a Lokpal at the centre and Lokayuktas in states to look into cases of corruption against certain categories of public servants, was notified on 16 January 2014
Premji pledges another 34% of his Wipro shares to philanthropy
14 Mar 2019
Wipro chairman Azim Premji, who is also chairman of the Azim Premji Foundation, has now 67 per cent of his beneficial ownership in Wipro Ltd pledged irrevocably to charity
Real hero Abhinandan Vardhaman comes home
01 Mar 2019
During a dog-fight with Pakistani jets that intruded into Indian territory, the IAF pilot fired an air-to-air missile called “R-73” from the MiG-21 and downed an F-16 jet, but his plane was hit by a missile fired by another pilot
PM Modi conferred Seoul Peace Prize for 'economics, global peace'
22 Feb 2019
Under Modi, India has been in the forefront of economic, social, technological and environmental initiatives, like ensuring access to banking facilities, education, food and shelter and ensuring that development does least harm to the environment
Venezuela looks to Opec, friendly nations as US tightens grip
12 Feb 2019
The Donald Trump administration, which halted American refinery purchases of Venezuelan crude, is now forcing President Nicolas Maduro to cede power to an interim government led by Juan Guaido - a US puppet
UK govt approves Vijay Mallya’s extradition, but he can appeal
05 Feb 2019
Mallya has to apply for leave to appeal in the high court within 14 days. If there is no appeal, he must be extradited within 28 days of the home secretary’s order
Chanda Kochhar disappointed, hurt, shocked by ICICI Bank decision
31 Jan 2019
The former head of ICICI Bank expressed her disappointment over its decision to treat her resignation as “termination for cause”. But an enquiry report had criticised her and even the CBI filed an FIR against her and her husband
George Fernandes: the end of a fiery, colourful leader
29 Jan 2019
The angry trade union leader, who crippled Indian Railways and dominated the labour front in Mumbai for years, got into national politics and became a powerful minister in the Vajpayee government, is no more
'Compulsive contrarians' subverting democracy, says Jaitley
18 Jan 2019
`They could masquerade corruption as crusade and adopt double standards whenever it suited them,’ he said in a Facebook post titled 'The Compulsive Contrarian and his Manufactured Logic'
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