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Putin emerges most powerful in global power elite list
31 Oct 2013
Russian leader Vladimir Putin pipped US president Barack Obama to the top position on the list of the World's Most Powerful People 2013
Modi, Manmohan cross swords over Sardar Patel
30 Oct 2013
Pankaj Razdan appointed CEO & MD, Birla Sun Life
29 Oct 2013
Pope Francis suspends spendthrift German bishop
24 Oct 2013
Legendary singer Manna Dey passes away
24 Oct 2013
The legendary singer who charmed music lovers across the country, in almost all Indian languages, for more than 60 years, died in Bangalore on Thursday
ICICI's Chanda Kochar, NSE's Chitra Ramkrishna in Fortune top-50 women leaders
21 Oct 2013
Four Indians led by ICICI Bank CEO Chanda Kochhar have been listed in Fortune magazine's global list of top-50 women business leaders
ICICI's Chanda Kochar, NSE's Chitra Ramkrishna in Fortune top-50 women leaders
21 Oct 2013
Four Indians led by ICICI Bank CEO Chanda Kochhar have been listed in Fortune magazine's global list of top-50 women business leaders
Haryana government frames fresh charges against Ashok Khemka
17 Oct 2013
Senior IAS office Ashok Khemka's recent troubles began after he ordered an inquiry into the alleged undervaluation of Robert Vadra’s land deals in four Haryana districts adjoining New Delhi
Apple hires Burberry’s Angela Ahrendts as senior vice president
16 Oct 2013
Angela Ahrendts becomes the first female executive to join the Apple board
Veteran socialist Mohan Dharia passes away
15 Oct 2013
Mohan Dharia was a rare politician who quit politics to champion the cause of environment and rural development for nearly three decades
Three Americans share Nobel Prize in Economics
14 Oct 2013
According to Nobel Prize committee, research carried out by the three economists "laid the foundation for the current understanding of asset prices"
‘Shoot me, but first listen to me’: Malala at World Bank
13 Oct 2013
In an hour-long exchange with World Bank President Jim Yong Kim, Malala Yousafzai spoke with poise, passion and flashes of wry humour as she repeatedly urged her listeners to stand up for girls’ education and rights
Pak court orders Musharraf's re-arrest
11 Oct 2013
Pakistan’s former military ruler Pervez Musharraf's re-arrest comes as an increasingly activist judiciary has challenged the power of the powerful military -- no other former army chief has ever been arrested before
Pak teenager Malala gets top EU human rights award
11 Oct 2013
Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teenager who was shot and almost killed by Taliban for championing education for girls, was yesterday conferred the Sakharov human rights award by the European Parliament
Canadian “Chekhov” Alice Munro wins Literature Nobel
11 Oct 2013
The Nobel Prize committee compared Munro to Anton Chekhov, the 19th century Russian who is considered one of the greatest short story writers of all times
Obama picks Janet Yellen to succeed Fed chairman Ben Bernanke
10 Oct 2013
US president Barack Obama yesterday nominated noted economist Janet Yellen as the country’s first woman to take the reins of the Federal Reserve, replacing outgoing chairman Ben Bernanke whose second term ends on 31 January 2014
Three US scientists win Chemistry Nobel
10 Oct 2013
Martin Karplus, Michael Levitt and Arieh Warshel laid the foundation for the powerful programmes that are used to understand and predict complex chemical processes
Arundhati Bhattacharya becomes first woman to head SBI
08 Oct 2013
The front-runner for the post, Arundhati Bhattacharya, 57, was managing director and CFO of SBI prior to her elevation