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Hero gears up for international foray Sharmistha Mukherjee | New Delhi BS
The country’s largest two-wheeler maker Hero MotoCorp, which is set to kickstart its international business by foraying into new geographies by the end of this financial year, will design and develop...
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Many believe that with higher internet penetration, the demand for online...
Millions of students will enter higher education institutions in India in the next one decade. The human resource development ministry wants to double the gross enrolment ratio in higher education by...
View ArticleI try to produce 14 to 15 drafts for each book: Jeffrey Archer Avantika...
On a whirlwind tour to promote Best Kept Secret, the third installment in the five-part epic, The Clifton Chronicles, one would think that by now Jeffrey Archer would have overcome his reluctance for...
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After Cobrapost sting, RBI has asked the three banks - HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank...
HDFC Bank today said it had appointed Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India to conduct an independent forensic investigation into allegations of money laundering against the bank. The private lender also...
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Pakistan's Ashraf government makes history
PM Raja Pervez Ashraf is facing corruption allegationsPakistan's PM has hailed as "a victory" for democracy the completion of a full term by an elected government for the first time in the country's...
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Iraqi Kurds mark 25 years since Halabja gas attack
The consequences of the attack are still being feltKurds in northern Iraq have been commemorating the 25th anniversary of the chemical weapons attack on the town of Halabja by Saddam Hussein's...
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Adobe launches creative cloud offering in India PTI New Delhi
Adobe Systems Incorporated on Thursday announced the launch of creative cloud offering in India.Creative cloud is a membership-based service that the company said provides users with access to download...
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The Race of the Dead
| by L.Annadoure ( March 16, 2013, Chennai, Sri Lanka Guardian) Mr.Subramaniya Swamy, who is a Political mentor and bosom friend of Sri Lankan President Mr.Mahinda Rajapakshe, has no qualms of...
View ArticleCanada won’t boycott forthcoming CHOGM says Senator Segal
March 16, 2013, 9:14 pmBy Sujeeva Nivunhella in LondonCanadian special envoy to the Commonwealth Senator Hugh Segal said Canada will not boycott the forthcoming Commonwealth Heads Of Government Meeting...
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Dudley’s involvement in 1962 coup: response To Neville Jayaweera
March 16, 2013, 12:00 pmK. K.S. PereraRumors and anecdotes on Dudley Senanayake’s alleged involvement in the botched coup attempt of 1962 was a regular occurrence five decades ago; one such yarn doing...
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Vote fixing within UN bodies
March 16, 2013, 8:46 pmThose of us in Sri Lanka have to understand, that voting in international fora is often no different to the way votes are conducted at national level. Interest group block votes,...
View ArticleThe division of votes in the UNHRC
March 16, 2013, 8:47 pmAs at the time of writing, there still isn’t a final draft of the US sponsored resolution that is to be presented to the UNHRC against Sri Lanka. The world’s most powerful nation...
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The toxic provisions in the US resolution
March 16, 2013, 12:00 pmThe original draft of the US resolution that was circulated to members of the UNHRC had a number of provisions which no country will accept. The very delay in finalising this...
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What’s new in the Tamil diaspora?
The Global Tamil Forum comes out of the shadowsMarch 16, 2013, 12:00 pmHouse of Commons, 27 February 2013 Picture includes GTF Chair Fr. Emanuel, UK Deputy Premier Nick Cleg and TNA’s Sampanthan.Kumar...
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Vice Chancellor StakesMarch 16, 2013, 9:53 pmProfessor Savitri Goonesekere, a former Vice Chancellor of the University of Colombo who had also served in the past as a member of the University Grants...
View ArticleWithin 2 weeks of the 2G scam, PM wanted “arm’s length” from Raja - Shalini...
New documents show that the Prime Minister’s Office, under instructions from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to examine ex-Telecom Minister A. Raja’s controversial 2G decisions, actively supported Mr....
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‘The Lost Life’ Revisited SHILPA NAIR ANAND
2 J.C. Daniel as a young man. Photo: Special Arrangement Story of a legend: A scene from 'Vigathakumaran' R. Gopalakrishnan Photo:Special Arrangement J. C. Daniel is in the news today. A documentary...
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Fast-track project clearances, banks tell Centre, States K. Ram Kumar
3 Crucial for growth: A turnaround in the investment cycle hinges on increased public and private investment and resolution of issues in the power and road sectors. Mumbai, March 17: With some Rs...
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Pharma’s free radical M. Somasekhar
K. Anji Reddy 1940-2013 Anji Reddy's commitment to research and affordable medicine was extraordinary. The Indian Drugs and Pharmaceuticals Limited (IDPL) is considered the `mother’ of all drug...
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17 aspirants for every one engineering job available: Study PTI
3The Hindu With more number of graduates passing out from high-quality engineering colleges, job aspirants in the engineering arena seem to be facing tougher competition. (Photo: M. Vedhan) New Delhi,...
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