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India could’ve been hardware leader, regrets Narayana Murthy
18 Sep 2015
IT doyen Narayan Murthy says wrong policies held back India’s hardware potential in the past, and the poor quality of college education is doing the same now
Apple insiders all praise for new Jobs biopic
16 Sep 2015
Steve Jobs, starring German-Irish stage and screen actor Michael Fassbender in the titular role, will debut at the New York Film Festival 3 October in advance of a wider release on 9 October in North America
Yahoo media head, Kathy Savitt to leave
12 Sep 2015
J Manjula becomes first woman DG at DRDO; heads electronics cluster
10 Sep 2015
An outstanding scientist, J Manjula has led Defence Avionics Research Establishment, a DRDO establishment, as a director since July 2014
J Manjula becomes first woman DG at DRDO; heads electronics cluster
10 Sep 2015
An outstanding scientist, J Manjula has led Defence Avionics Research Establishment, a DRDO establishment, as a director since July 2014
Steve Waugh launches property platform for NRIs
09 Sep 2015
Former Australia cricket captain Steve Waugh has entered the Indian real estate sector with with his investment banker friend Dean Honan
Michael Dell vows to support startups in India
08 Sep 2015
Ruling out making investments in smartphones, Dell said only one or two firms were making profits in it and quite a few of them were losing substantial money
Padmasree Warrior in race to head Twitter
04 Sep 2015
Former chief technology and strategy officer of Cisco Systems, and CTO of Motorola, Padmasree Warrior is in the race to lead Twitter as its new CEO
Volkswagen’s finance chief, Hans Dieter Poetsch to become next chairman
04 Sep 2015
The name of 64-year-old Hans Dieter Poetsch will be proposed for election to Vplkswagen's supervisory board at an extraordinary general meeting in November
Rata Tata invests in analytics firm Infinite Analytics
01 Sep 2015
Tata Group chairman, emeritus Ratan Tata has invested an unspecified amount in the US-based Infinite Analytics, a predictive data analytics firm from MIT, with sales operations in India
Rata Tata invests in analytics firm Infinite Analytics
01 Sep 2015
Tata Group chairman, emeritus Ratan Tata has invested an unspecified amount in the US-based Infinite Analytics, a predictive data analytics firm from MIT, with sales operations in India
What’s in a name? The threat remains the same
By By Jagdeep Worah | 01 Sep 2015
Ohioans are irate at President Obama for changing the name of the highest peak in the US from Mt McKinley to Denali – but the real issue is the alarming rate of glacier melt in the Arctic, reports Jagdeep Worah
Vietnam’s one-man army fights China’s economic invasion: report
31 Aug 2015
More than 75 per cent of Vietnam’s annual $60-billion trade is made up imports from China
US-based Pak author says he met Dawood Ibrahim in Pakistan
26 Aug 2015
For the first time in recent memory a Pakistani writer, Arif Jamal, has said that he met the underworld don at his palatial bungalow in the Defence Housing Area of Karachi
TV mogul Indrani Mukherjea held for murder
26 Aug 2015
Dr Girish Sahni takes over as director general of CSIR
26 Aug 2015
As head of CSIR, Dr Girish Sahni will also be ex-officio secretary of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research of the ministry of science and technology
Dr Girish Sahni takes over as director general of CSIR
26 Aug 2015
As head of CSIR, Dr Girish Sahni will also be ex-officio secretary of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research of the ministry of science and technology
Tenth grader Anmol Tukrel betters on Google search
20 Aug 2015
Anmol Tukrel, the 10th grader, claims his personal search engine is 47 per cent more accurate than Google
Tenth grader Anmol Tukrel betters on Google search
20 Aug 2015
Anmol Tukrel, the 10th grader, claims his personal search engine is 47 per cent more accurate than Google
Anand Mahindra receives honorary doctorate from IIT Bombay
14 Aug 2015
Anand Mahindra was conferred a doctor of science (honoris causa) for his commitment in furthering the cause and growth of the automobile industry
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