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Pakistan Supreme Court puts an end to Nawaz Sharif’s political career
13 Apr 2018
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who is facing multiple charges in several cases in the accountability court, faces over 20 years in jail if convicted
Had cautioned government against hasty demonetisation: Raghuram Rajan
13 Apr 2018
Former Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan has reiterated his views that India’s demonetisation exercise was not a good idea and its implementation was ill-planned, adding that he had cautioned the government about it, when the idea was brought up
Harish Manwani to retire, Sanjiv Mehta to take over as CMD
13 Apr 2018
Hindustan Unilever has announced the retirement of Harish Manwani as non-executive chairman of the company and the elevation of Sanjiv Mehta, as chairman and manging director
Zuckerberg vows to fix Facebook flaws before polls in India
11 Apr 2018
Appearing before a Senate committee, Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg apologised for the kind of lapses that led to the Cambridge Analytica imbroglio, and said he knows the importance of the upcoming polls in countries including India, Hungary and Brazil
Britain’s Queen may be direct descendant of Prophet Mohammed
09 Apr 2018
Queen Elizabeth II is a 43rd direct descendant of the Prophet via Muhammad's daughter Fatimah, says Burke’s Peerage – the Bible of British aristocracy – in reports that first appeared in 1986 and have now resurfaced
Ageing astronaut Aldrin now admits to have sighted UFO on moon, had dismissed it in the past
09 Apr 2018
The second man to land on the moon, Buzz Aldrin, who is now 88 years old, passed a lie-detector test and repeated his claim that he had seen a space ship while on his visit to the moon
Salman gets bail in 1998 blackbuck killing case
07 Apr 2018
Bollywood superstar Salman Khan, who spent two nights in a Rajasthan jail in the 1998 blackbuck poaching case, was granted bail by a Jodhpur district court on Saturday afternoon
Brazil’s ex-president Lula narrowly fails in bid to stay out of jail
05 Apr 2018
Brazil’s top court early today rejected former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s plea to stay out of prison while he appeals a corruption conviction, in a vote that likely ends his political career and deepens divisions in the country
Salman Khan gets 5 years in 1998 blackbuck poaching case
05 Apr 2018
Bollywood superstar Salman Khan was on Thursday sentenced to five years in jail after being found guilty by a court in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, in the 1998 blackbuck poaching case
VIP Industries Ltd elevates Sudip Ghose as CEO
04 Apr 2018
VIP Industries Ltd elevates Sudip Ghose as CEO
04 Apr 2018
Anand Mahindra calls for India’s own version of Facebook
28 Mar 2018
India needs its own social networking company “that is very widely owned, professionally managed and willingly regulated,” says automobile major Anand Mahindra
PNB could become a defaulter in 5 days, courtesy Nirav Modi
26 Mar 2018
The Rs12,700-crore fraud committed by diamantaire Nirav Modi and his associates could get PNB listed as a defaulter if the bank fails to repay Rs1,000 crore to another state-run bank, Union Bank of India (UBI), by 31 March
Musk and Mark raise the muck
24 Mar 2018
Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg are battling it out over SpaceX and Facebook, much to the glee of their global ‘followers’
Musk and Mark raise the muck
24 Mar 2018
Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg are battling it out over SpaceX and Facebook, much to the glee of their global ‘followers’
Life has become ‘hell’ for former French President Sarkozy
22 Mar 2018
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy claims life has become living hell since allegations surfaced of his having taken illegal money from Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi
Bangla SC stays Khaleda Zia's release on bail for 20 days
19 Mar 2018
The Bangladesh Supreme Court has stayed the release of former prime minister Khaleda Zia on bail in a corruption case in which she was sentenced to five years in jail
Putin basks in landslide poll victory, opposition cries foul
19 Mar 2018
Vladmir Putin’s victory in the presidential election came as his most serious challenger was banned and amid reports of ballot-stuffing, but it gives him at least another six years in power amid increasingly strained relations with the West