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Japanese biologist Yoshinori Ohsumi wins 2016 Nobel for Medicine
03 Oct 2016
Yoshinori Ohsumi's elucidation of `autophagy’, a fundamental process for degrading and recycling cellular components, has helped in the understanding of how the cell recycles its content as also the many physiological processes, such as in the adaptation to starvation or response to infection
Philippines’ President Duterte likens himself to Hitler in war on drugs
01 Oct 2016
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte appeared to liken himself to Nazi leader Adolf Hitler on Friday when he said he would “be happy” to exterminate three million drug users and peddlers in the country
Wells Fargo chief forfeits $41-mn equity, bonus, over fake accounts scandal
29 Sep 2016
Apart from forfeiting his bonus and unvested equity, Wells Fargo chairman and CEO John Stumpf will not take his salary during an independent board investigation over the bank's fake-accounts scandal
Israel’s political giant Shimon Peres passes away at 93
28 Sep 2016
Former Israeli Prime Minister, President and Nobel laureate Shimon Peres who died last night was a political force for much of the modern Jewish state's existence
Zuckerberg, wife Priscilla to put up $3bn ‘to end all diseases’
26 Sep 2016
The announcement of the Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative to end all diseases by the end of the century met with considerable initial scepticism, but now experts are veering around to the belief that it is doable – though it needs more focus on developing countries
Baloch leader talks of government in exile, blasts Pak
24 Sep 2016
Asserting that Balochistan has always been a nation and existed even before the formation of Pakistan, exiled Baloch leader, the Khan of Kalat Amir Ahmed Suleman Daud, has said his adherents are considering forming a government in exile
SC ends Sahara chief Subrata Roy’s parole, sends him back to jail
23 Sep 2016
The Supreme Court refused to accept the argument that its decision was ‘unfair’ as Sahara couldn't sell its properties as they had been attached by the Securities and Exchange Board of India
Emma Walmsley named Glaxo's first woman CEO
20 Sep 2016
Emma Walmsley has been named the new chief executive officer of British pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline, succeeding Sir Andrew Witty and becoming the newest female boss in the FTSE 100
Emma Walmsley named Glaxo's first woman CEO
20 Sep 2016
Emma Walmsley has been named the new chief executive officer of British pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline, succeeding Sir Andrew Witty and becoming the newest female boss in the FTSE 100
Exiled Baloch leader Brahumdagh Bugti to get Indian passport?
17 Sep 2016
India has agreed in principle to grant citizenship to Brahumdagh Bugti and his key aides to enable them to move around freely in the world – in the same way that India has facilitated the Dalai Lama who uses an Indian passport to travel around the world
World Bank chief Jim Yong Kim gets another term
15 Sep 2016
Current World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim has been nominated for another term in the absence of any fresh nomination
Patanjali CEO Balakrishna ahead of Ruias, Nusli Wadia in rich list
14 Sep 2016
Yoga guru Baba Ramdev is only the face of Patanjali, the fastest growing FMCG brand in the country, as 94 per cent of the brand is owned by its chief executive Acharya Balakrishna