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Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar dies battling cancer
18 Mar 2019
Former defence minister and four time chief minister Parikkar, 63, who transformed Goa from a laggard to a dynamic economy, had in January vowed to serve Goa till his last breath
Former Supreme Court judge PC Ghose to be India’s first Lokpal
18 Mar 2019
The selection of the first Lokpal comes nearly five years after the Lokpal Act, which envisages the establishment of a Lokpal at the centre and Lokayuktas in states to look into cases of corruption against certain categories of public servants, was notified on 16 January 2014
Premji pledges another 34% of his Wipro shares to philanthropy
14 Mar 2019
Wipro chairman Azim Premji, who is also chairman of the Azim Premji Foundation, has now 67 per cent of his beneficial ownership in Wipro Ltd pledged irrevocably to charity
Real hero Abhinandan Vardhaman comes home
01 Mar 2019
During a dog-fight with Pakistani jets that intruded into Indian territory, the IAF pilot fired an air-to-air missile called “R-73” from the MiG-21 and downed an F-16 jet, but his plane was hit by a missile fired by another pilot
PM Modi conferred Seoul Peace Prize for 'economics, global peace'
22 Feb 2019
Under Modi, India has been in the forefront of economic, social, technological and environmental initiatives, like ensuring access to banking facilities, education, food and shelter and ensuring that development does least harm to the environment
Venezuela looks to Opec, friendly nations as US tightens grip
12 Feb 2019
The Donald Trump administration, which halted American refinery purchases of Venezuelan crude, is now forcing President Nicolas Maduro to cede power to an interim government led by Juan Guaido - a US puppet
UK govt approves Vijay Mallya’s extradition, but he can appeal
05 Feb 2019
Mallya has to apply for leave to appeal in the high court within 14 days. If there is no appeal, he must be extradited within 28 days of the home secretary’s order
Chanda Kochhar disappointed, hurt, shocked by ICICI Bank decision
31 Jan 2019
The former head of ICICI Bank expressed her disappointment over its decision to treat her resignation as “termination for cause”. But an enquiry report had criticised her and even the CBI filed an FIR against her and her husband
George Fernandes: the end of a fiery, colourful leader
29 Jan 2019
The angry trade union leader, who crippled Indian Railways and dominated the labour front in Mumbai for years, got into national politics and became a powerful minister in the Vajpayee government, is no more
'Compulsive contrarians' subverting democracy, says Jaitley
18 Jan 2019
`They could masquerade corruption as crusade and adopt double standards whenever it suited them,’ he said in a Facebook post titled 'The Compulsive Contrarian and his Manufactured Logic'
UK PM Theresa May survives no-confidence vote
17 Jan 2019
With May ruling out a second Brexit vote and opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn insisting on an alternative plan, the road now opens for a general election
Alok Verma shunted out of CBI, appointed DG Fire Services
11 Jan 2019
Verma has been posted as DG of Fire Services, Civil Defence and Home Guards and CBI Additional Director M Nageshwar Rao, who was in charge during Verma’s exile, will continue to look after the duties of the director, CBI until further orders
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COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions
By Aniket Gupta | 27 Dec 2023
The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP28, took place from 30th November 2023, to 13th December 2023, at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
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The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
03 Jul 2023
HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
02 Apr 2023
Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
06 Mar 2023
Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation
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