GMR rejig makes youngest son corporate chairman Raghuvir Badrinath |...
GMR Holdings ,apex body of the GMR Group, has effected a surprise restructuring by bringing in Kiran Kumar Grandhi, the youngest son of G M Rao, as corporate chairman. G M Rao continues to be the...
View ArticleArundhati Bhattacharya set to become State Bank of India MD Manojit Saha |...
Arundhati BhattacharyaThe government is set to appoint Arundhati Bhattacharya as one of the managing directors of State Bank of India. Bhattacharya, who is the managing director and chief executive...
View ArticleKKR raises $6 billion in new Asia fund, region's largest Reuters | Hong Kong /BS
KKR & Co raised $6 billion for its third Asia private equity fund, equipping the firm with the largest such fund in the region at a time when market turmoil is creating both opportunities and...
View ArticleShaambhavi Hingorani, daughter of former foreign minister S M Krishna, hopes...
I used to drink wine made from places in and around Bangalore but the consistency varied; so I thought that if I can't get a bottle of good Indian wine, I should make my own," says Shaambhavi...
View ArticleFalling standards of pharma companies is industry's big bane: GV Prasad,...
"The pharmaceutical industry is facing pressure from regulators in the US because companies have allowed standards to decline" HYDERABAD: The pharmaceutical industry is facing pressure from regulators...
View ArticleNRI’s get 10 per cent remittance bonus with June salary By Piyush Pandey, TNN
Non-resident Indians (NRIs) bee-lined in overseas exchange houses last week after getting their June salary to sent most of their savings back home.MUMBAI: Non-resident Indians (NRIs) bee-lined in...
View ArticleFrom Stymieing the Mass-grave Probe to Postponing the Northern Polls?
| by Tisaranee Gunasekara“If a people is to pass away,Then will the furies will just send a manWho, spreading deceit all over, will indoctrinateThe healthy people in crime…”Friedrich Hölderlin (The...
View ArticleThe Great Gas Heist Lola Nayar, Arindam Mukherjee, Madhavi Tata
It’s done PM Manmohan Singh with Mukesh Ambani. (Photograph by Jitender Gupta)In the Niira Radia tapes, there’s this one delicious conversation the PR lady has with lobbyist Ranjan Bhattacharya. It was...
View ArticleHazem El-Beblawi Named New Egyptian Prime Minister
Hazem el-Beblawi, a liberal economist and Egypt's former finance minister, was today appointed as the country's new Prime Minister in a transitional government as the interim President unveiled a...
View ArticleClear message on 13th Amendment conveyed to Sri Lanka: Menon
Meera Srinivasan <a href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/clear-message-on-13th-amendment-conveyed-to-sri-lanka-menon/article4898935.ece?textsize=large&test=1" title="Large Text...
View ArticleThe Story Of Johnians And The Controversial Practice In Our Teaching In Sri...
By Suresh Canagarajah -Prof Suresh CanagarajahProf. Suresh CanagarajahIt is a pleasure to be back in my alma mater on its 190th anniversary. All old boys will agree that we owe a lot to St John’s...
View ArticleIndia's bookie kings -By Neeru Bhatia/Ahmedabad, Mumbai & New Delhi- the...
They come in all shades and hues. Some hold true to stereotypes of the Bollywood-esque underworld don, some are anything but suave and sophisticated. You would not recognise some, even if they were...
View ArticleItalian mayoress who took on the 'Ndrangheta mafia
By Dany MitzmanCalabria, Italy The Calabrian mafia, suspected of running Europe's biggest cocaine smuggling operation, controls its area of southern Italy with a mixture of bribery and corruption. But...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia warns pilgrims over coronavirus
Millions of Muslims travel to Mecca in Saudi Arabia every year Health officials in Saudi Arabia have asked pilgrims visiting its holy sites to wear masks in crowded places to stop the spread of the...
View ArticleWhen is a coup not a coup? With $1.5bn on the line
There is growing anger in Egypt towards US President Barack ObamaHere are a couple of riddles for you: When is a coup not a coup? And why is the White House not like Humpty Dumpty?In Through the...
View ArticleBhutan: 'Last Shangri-La' nears election crossroads
By Vikas PandeyBBC Monitoring, ThimphuThe outcome of the vote is expected to be much closer than in 2008It is twilight outside a pub in the Bhutanese capital, Thimphu.As the rest of the country settles...
View ArticleFake solar projects: Kerala CM Oommen Chandy under fire ET
Oommen Chandy comes under tremendous pressure over his and his cronies’ alleged links with a woman who lured people into a fake solar project. In 2011, when the Congress-led United Democratic Front...
View ArticleIISc, IIT-B make Rolls-Royce jet engines quieter By Rajiv Kalkod, TNN ET
IISc, IIT-B make Rolls-Royce jet engines quieterBANGALORE: Scientists at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore and IIT Bombay have helped Rolls-Royce develop low-noise technology for...
View ArticleGovt behind Parliament attack, 26/11: Ishrat probe officer By TNN/ET
Govt behind Parliament attack, 26/11: Ishrat probe officerNEW DELHI: In what is certain to escalate the already vicious fight between the CBI and the IB over the Ishrat Jahan "fake encounter case", a...
View ArticleWorld's last surviving wooden whaling ship launching in US after $7 mn...
In this June 26, 2013 photo released by Mystic Seaport, the whaling ship Charles W. Morgan sits on the lift dock as it nears completion of a $7 million restoration in Mystic, Conn. NEW HAVEN...
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