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Obama surprises V-P Biden with highest civilian honour
13 Jan 2017
Obama described Biden as a "lion of American history" and praised his long service in the Senate, saying that as vice president, Biden's influence spanned both domestic and international policy initiatives
N Chandrasekaran appointed chairman of Tata Sons
12 Jan 2017
Chandrasekaran was selected from a list of high-profile names that included the head of PepsiCo Inc Indra Nooyi, the former head of Vodafone Group Arun Sarin and chairman of the Tata retail unit Trent Noel Tata
Kejriwal could face criminal charges, claims ex-LG Najeeb Jung
12 Jan 2017
Jung said as LG he acted against Kejriwal’s “tendencies” to play with the constitution and interpret it in a manner which he thought was correct, even as their personal relations were extremely cordial
Xi Jinping to walk the talk with world leaders at Davos
11 Jan 2017
At Davos, Xi is expected to push the Chinese attempt to challenge the United States’ dominant position in world economic and strategic institutions a step further
Obama calls for unity in farewell speech, reiterates ‘Yes we can’
11 Jan 2017
Despite policies that helped America recover from an economic crisis, with Wall Street booming and wages rising, "our democracy won't work without a sense that everyone has economic opportunity", Obama said
Turkey mulls sweeping amendments to give Erdogan more powers
10 Jan 2017
The changes would scrap the office of prime minister and make the president the head of the executive branch, allow him to appoint the government, dissolve Parliament, propose budgets and declare states of emergency, but that needs to be voted in a referendum
Iran mourns death of ‘voice of moderation’ Rafsanjani
09 Jan 2017
Former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani was a key backer of President Hassan Rouhani and supported Iran`s landmark nuclear deal with world powers that brought peace to the country
Madras HC might order exhumation of Jayalithaa’s body for investigation
09 Jan 2017
''One day it was told that she is walking, another day you said that she will come out and suddenly what happened,'' Justice S Vaidyanathan, who was heading a two-judge vacation bench, asked, adding that the public had a right to know
Veteran actor Om Puri passes away
06 Jan 2017
The veteran theatre and film actor, reportedly suffered a heart attack, and was found dead at his Mumbai house on Friday morning
Trump names former Reagan administration official as USTR
04 Jan 2017
Robert Lighthizer, who was deputy US trade representative under President Reagan, would work with secretary of commerce-designate Wilbur Ross and Peter Navarro, head of the newly created White House National Trade Council to “strengthen” US manufacturing base and help stop the flight of jobs
Former Deutsche Bank top exec Anshu Jain joins Cantor
03 Jan 2017
Jain will be doing something different from his Deutsche Bank job, helping the Wall Street underdog that lost 658 or two-thirds of its employees in the September 2001 terrorist attacks, expand in Europe and into Asia
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