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Unseasonal rains wash out Modi’s rural appeal
30 Mar 2015
Saina Nehwal becomes World No 1 in women's badminton rankings
28 Mar 2015
Indian badminton player Saina Nehwal created history today, becoming the first Indian woman to attain the number one world ranking, after her closest challenger, Spain's Carolina Marin, lost in the India Open Super Series semifinal
Apple’s Cook to give almost entire fortune to charity
27 Mar 2015
Apart from leaving aside enough for his nephew’s education, Apple chief Tim Cook said the rest of his $800 mn would go to carefully selected charities
Apple’s Cook to give almost entire fortune to charity
27 Mar 2015
Apart from leaving aside enough for his nephew’s education, Apple chief Tim Cook said the rest of his $800 mn would go to carefully selected charities
Spain’s BBVA denies offering any credit line to Sahara
26 Mar 2015
A rescue plan for Indian conglomerate Sahara was again scuppered on Wednesday after Spanish bank BBVA denied offering a credit line to the group, as Sahara had claimed.
Haryana’s Hooda government facilitated Vadra-DLF land deals: CAG
25 Mar 2015
The speed at which change of land use and other permissions were granted by the Hooda government was specifically intended to help the Vadra firm obtain a higher price for the piece of land, CAG has found
Singapore in mourning as founding father Lee Kuan Yew dies
23 Mar 2015
Singaporeans wept and world leaders paid tributes on Monday as the country mourned the death of Lee Kuan Yew, considered the architect who transformed the city-state into a financial powerhouse
Sir Venkatraman Ramakrishnan elected president of Britain’s Royal Society
19 Mar 2015
Ramakrishnan, the first Indian-origin scientist to hold the post, studied physics at Baroda and biology in the US before shifting to Britain where he shared the 2009 chemistry Nobel Prize for discovering the precise structure of ribosomes
Gates, Bloomberg create $4-mn fund to take on Big Tobacco
19 Mar 2015
The new fund is aimed at helping countries that are sued by the tobacco industry against restrictions
Ratan Tata sets up automotive innovation centre in UK
18 Mar 2015
The National Automotive Innovation Centre in Warwickshire, UK, is planned as the largest research facility of its kind in Europe
Ashu Suyash to succeed Roopa as Crisil MD &CEO
16 Mar 2015
Ashu Suyash, CEO of L&T Investment Management, will take over from Crisil veteran Roopa Kudva
Wipro poaches top TCS exec Neemuchwala as new COO
16 Mar 2015
Wipro on Monday announced the appointment of Tata Consultancy's BPO head Abid Ali Neemuchwala as group president and chief operating officer with effect from 1 April
Wipro poaches top TCS exec Neemuchwala as new COO
16 Mar 2015
Wipro on Monday announced the appointment of Tata Consultancy's BPO head Abid Ali Neemuchwala as group president and chief operating officer with effect from 1 April
Cook’s book says Steve Jobs ‘angrily’ turned down liver offer
16 Mar 2015
A book written by Apple CEO Tim Cook says he and his former boss shared a unique blood type, but Steve Jobs strongly declined to accept a part of his liver
India unhappy at sentencing of Maldives ex-President Nasheed
14 Mar 2015
In a court hearing late on Friday night, Nasheed, the country's first democratically elected leader, was charged under the Anti-Terrorism Act of 1990
Sweden bows, offers to interview Assange in London
14 Mar 2015
In a climb-down, Sweden says its prosecutors could interview WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in his Ecuador embassy refuge – but this will need the permission of both the UK and Ecuador governments
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