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Boris Johnson to take over as British PM
24 Jul 2019
The Guardian described Boris Johnson as "someone who could easily be rejected as a `Guess Who’ character for looking too ridiculous to lead the country... a man whose DNA profile is the exact same as a Bernard Manning joke... "the clown is crowned as the country burns in hell”
ICJ stays Kulbhushan’s death penalty, directs case review
17 Jul 2019
The court order means that the death sentence remains suspended 'until Pakistan effectively reviews and reconsiders the conviction/sentence', even as India will get consular access to Jadhav
Hafiz Saeed, 2008 Mumbai attack mastermind, held in Pakistan
17 Jul 2019
Pakistani authorities decided to arrest the JuD chief only days before Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's visit to Washington, where he will hold talks with President Donald Trump and, possibly, seek US help to ease Pakistan out of the "grey list" of the Financial Action Task Force
IMF chief Christine Lagarde to succeed Mario Draghi as ECB president
03 Jul 2019
Lagarde, who successfully used her diplomatic skills to steer the IMF out of the policy muddle following the 2008 financial crisis, will now be pitched into an economic power house that is split between anti-austerians and expansionists as president of the ECB
RBI Dy governor Viral Acharya resigns 6 months before term ends
24 Jun 2019
Although Acharya has not announced his plans yet, since the timing of his resignation coincides with the start of academic term in the US, he must probably be returning to academia
Noted actor, writer and playwright Girish Karnad passes away
10 Jun 2019
The multi-faceted actor, writer, playwright Girish Karnad had also hosted an award-winning weekly science programme on the Doordarshan titled Turning Point, featuring Indian scientist Yash Pal
Boris Johnson launches UK leadership bid with `no deal’ Brexit call
03 Jun 2019
Former British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has launched his bid for UK premiership with calls to walk out of the European Union with or without a deal, sounding US President Donald Trump’s advice
Arun Jaitley bails out of new Modi cabinet citing ill health
29 May 2019
A diabetic, Jaitley had a kidney transplant in May last year and had to skip presenting an interim budget in February this year as he was in hospital in the US
Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa takes over as COSC
29 May 2019
Air Chief Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa will be the Chairman COSC with effect from 31 May 2019 with the superannuation of current chairman Admiral Sunil Lanba
Joko Widodo re-elected as Indonesian president
21 May 2019
The result was released a day ahead of schedule in the early hours today, amid fears of violent unrest after rival candidate Prabowo Subianto, 67, had alleged "widespread cheating" and warned of potential street protests
Infosys to allocate 50 million shares to employees
17 May 2019
The allocation of stocks that account for 1.15 per cent of the company’s equity shares will be made over a period of seven years, based on challenging performance criteria, including revenue growth and shareholder returns
ITC chairman YC Deveshwar passes away
13 May 2019
Deveshwar, who transformed the tobacco company to a diversified consumer goods company, also saw ITC group’s revenues grow ten-fold from Rs5,200 cr to over Rs51,500 crore over a 20-year period, while also ensuring compounded annual shareholder returns of 23.3 per cent
ITC chairman YC Deveshwar passes away
13 May 2019
Deveshwar, who transformed the tobacco company to a diversified consumer goods company, also saw ITC group’s revenues grow ten-fold from Rs5,200 cr to over Rs51,500 crore over a 20-year period, while also ensuring compounded annual shareholder returns of 23.3 per cent
ITC chairman YC Deveshwar passes away
13 May 2019
Deveshwar, who transformed the tobacco company to a diversified consumer goods company, also saw ITC group’s revenues grow ten-fold from Rs5,200 cr to over Rs51,500 crore over a 20-year period, while also ensuring compounded annual shareholder returns of 23.3 per cent
Ratan Tata invests in Ola Electric Mobility
06 May 2019
Ratan Tata invests in Ola Electric Mobility
06 May 2019
Ratan Tata invests in Ola Electric Mobility
06 May 2019
Japan’s new emperor Naruhito ascends Chrysanthemum Throne
02 May 2019
Naruhito, like his father Akihito, has warned of the need to remember World War II "correctly," without downplaying Japan's early 20th-century militarism as also of the need to modernise the royal family