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IMF’s Lagarde convicted of negligence in French pay-out case
20 Dec 2016
IMF managing director Christine Lagarde will not face any fine or jail for ministerial negligence, and will continue as head of the global organisation
Psychiatry professors urge Obama to order Trump’s medical examination
20 Dec 2016
Three professors of psychiatry have written to President Barack Obama urging him to order a medical evaluation of President-elect Donald Trump, who they say may suffer from ‘Narcissistic Personality Disorder’
Cyrus Mistry voted out as TCS director with support from 93% shareholders
14 Dec 2016
93 per cent shareholders of TCS voted to oust former chairman Cyrus Mistry as a director,
Karnataka JD (S) leader among 8 held in currency racket
13 Dec 2016
The CBI has so far arrested eight middlemen, four bank officials and a Reserve Bank official in raids, in which crores of rupees in new notes have been found
Exxon chief Rex Tillerson to be Trump’s secretary of state
13 Dec 2016
The selection of Exxon CEO Tillerson as America’s top diplomat has raised Republican hackles due to his close ties with Russian President Vladimir Putin, and a messy confirmation battle in the Senate may be in the offing
Antonio Guterres sworn in as UN Secretary-General
13 Dec 2016
Sworn in as the ninth chief of the United Nations, former Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Guterres pledged to reposition development at the centre of the organisation's work and meet the myriad challenges facing the world
Trump vows to end H1B visa woes of American workers
10 Dec 2016
Donald Trump won the US Presidential election riding a wave of anti-immigrant sentiment, especially against the influx of South Americans and Muslims, into the United States
`Chinna Amma’ rises on TN’s political horizon
10 Dec 2016
CBI arrests former IAF chief SP Tyagi, 2 others in chopper scam
09 Dec 2016
The CBI has alleged the former Air Force chief changed the "official parameters" of the helicopters in order to favour AgustaWestland
John Glenn, first American in space, dies at 95
09 Dec 2016
John Glenn, whose 1962 flight as the first US astronaut to orbit the Earth made him an all-American hero and propelled him to a long career in the US Senate, died on Thursday. The last survivor of the original Mercury 7 astronauts was 95
Noted lawyer, writer, actor, comedian Cho Ramaswamy dead
07 Dec 2016
A multi-faceted personality, Ramaswamy was a law graduate, a playwright and a stage actor who had also directed several movies and was also a screenplay writer
Leaders converge in Chennai as Jayalalithaa’s body laid to rest
06 Dec 2016
People from all walks of life, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, state chief ministers and other political leaders, gathered in Chennai for Jayalalithaa's last journey