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"Expected This...": Kerala Health Minister On Continuing Covid Infections
Kerala, along with Maharashtra, now reports the most number of new COVID-19 cases every day, accounting for almost 30 per cent of India's daily tally. But its new Health Minister Veena George says this was expected and is a part of a strategy.
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"Yogi Adityanath Didn't Trust UP Police": BJP Leader To NDTV On Hathras
A senior BJP leader in Uttar Pradesh has indicated that the UP Police failed to do their job properly in handling the gang-rape and murder case of a 20-year-old woman in Hathras district, days after the CBI charged the four accused of these crimes.
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Blog: Wal-Mart lobbying report - the panic is unfounded
The media controversy over the issue of Wal-Mart's lobbying for FDI in India, citing disclosure reports filed by the company with the US Senate, reflects a poor understanding of how business and politics work in the United States. The media has chosen to sensationalise the issue, instead of placing these disclosure reports in context.
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Undeterred by 'Made in China' allegations, India showcases Aakash 2 tablet at UN
The architect of Aakash 2 says India's low-cost tablet is not 'made in China'. Some parts are made in that country, Sunil Singh Tuli says, but it is assembled in India and is "an Indian product, made by Indians."
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Rajat Gupta: The rise and fall
Rajat Gupat joined McKinsey & Company, the elite and secretive management-consulting firm as an earnest, under-stated young man, fresh out of Harvard Business School, and IIT Delhi before that. He rose rapidly through a competitive system, going on to rule boardrooms, chair nonprofit boards, and move with CEOs and heads of state from Bill Gates to ...
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In a first, Indian American Sikh offers prayers at Republican Convention
For the first time in U.S. history, a Sikh American gave the invocation at a Republican National Convention. Ishwar Singh the President of the Sikh Society of Central Florida stood on stage and said how spoke about unity saying 'everyone has one god. The gods have different names but there is one god'.
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Rajat Gupta trial: Anil Kumar takes the stand
The broken relationships between mentors and proteges have always been material for great literature- be it Julius Caesar and Brutus, or Professor Dumbledore and Lord Voldemort. And the tension was apparent when Anil Kumar walked into the federal courthouse to testify against Rajat Gupta - the man who had built his career at McKinsey. This is the f...
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Apology rejected as Dharun Ravi starts jail
After weeks of obstinate silence, Dharun Ravi finally spoke the words his detractors were waiting to hear - that he regrets his "thoughtless, insensitive, immature, stupid and childish choices."
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Rajat Gupta's trial enters second week, early edge for US prosecutors?
The trial of Rajat Gupta enters its second week today as court resumes after a long Memorial Day weekend. It has been a damaging opening week for the former Goldman Sachs Director as the prosecution took to the stand to present its case- playing their trump card- wire tap recordings of Hedgefund owner Raj Rajaranam's cell phone that Rajat Gupta's l...
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Did McKinsey & Co throw Rajat Gupta under the bus?
It was surprising that a firm that prides itself on relationships chose to cut itself off from former Managing Director Rajat Gupta last year, when he was accused of insider trading in the Raj Rajaratnam case, solely on the strength of an accusation and before Mr Gupta had stood trial.
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Hezbollah tweet costs CNN reporter her job
Last week, CNN's senior Middle East editor Octavia Nasr was fired after she expressed sadness over the death of a Lebanese Shia cleric on Twitter. The tweet was immediately picked up and criticized by supporters of Israel.
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"Expected This...": Kerala Health Minister On Continuing Covid Infections
Kerala, along with Maharashtra, now reports the most number of new COVID-19 cases every day, accounting for almost 30 per cent of India's daily tally. But its new Health Minister Veena George says this was expected and is a part of a strategy.
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"Yogi Adityanath Didn't Trust UP Police": BJP Leader To NDTV On Hathras
A senior BJP leader in Uttar Pradesh has indicated that the UP Police failed to do their job properly in handling the gang-rape and murder case of a 20-year-old woman in Hathras district, days after the CBI charged the four accused of these crimes.
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Blog: Wal-Mart lobbying report - the panic is unfounded
The media controversy over the issue of Wal-Mart's lobbying for FDI in India, citing disclosure reports filed by the company with the US Senate, reflects a poor understanding of how business and politics work in the United States. The media has chosen to sensationalise the issue, instead of placing these disclosure reports in context.
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Undeterred by 'Made in China' allegations, India showcases Aakash 2 tablet at UN
The architect of Aakash 2 says India's low-cost tablet is not 'made in China'. Some parts are made in that country, Sunil Singh Tuli says, but it is assembled in India and is "an Indian product, made by Indians."
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Rajat Gupta: The rise and fall
Rajat Gupat joined McKinsey & Company, the elite and secretive management-consulting firm as an earnest, under-stated young man, fresh out of Harvard Business School, and IIT Delhi before that. He rose rapidly through a competitive system, going on to rule boardrooms, chair nonprofit boards, and move with CEOs and heads of state from Bill Gates to ...
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In a first, Indian American Sikh offers prayers at Republican Convention
For the first time in U.S. history, a Sikh American gave the invocation at a Republican National Convention. Ishwar Singh the President of the Sikh Society of Central Florida stood on stage and said how spoke about unity saying 'everyone has one god. The gods have different names but there is one god'.
-
Rajat Gupta trial: Anil Kumar takes the stand
The broken relationships between mentors and proteges have always been material for great literature- be it Julius Caesar and Brutus, or Professor Dumbledore and Lord Voldemort. And the tension was apparent when Anil Kumar walked into the federal courthouse to testify against Rajat Gupta - the man who had built his career at McKinsey. This is the f...
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Apology rejected as Dharun Ravi starts jail
After weeks of obstinate silence, Dharun Ravi finally spoke the words his detractors were waiting to hear - that he regrets his "thoughtless, insensitive, immature, stupid and childish choices."
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Rajat Gupta's trial enters second week, early edge for US prosecutors?
The trial of Rajat Gupta enters its second week today as court resumes after a long Memorial Day weekend. It has been a damaging opening week for the former Goldman Sachs Director as the prosecution took to the stand to present its case- playing their trump card- wire tap recordings of Hedgefund owner Raj Rajaranam's cell phone that Rajat Gupta's l...
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Did McKinsey & Co throw Rajat Gupta under the bus?
It was surprising that a firm that prides itself on relationships chose to cut itself off from former Managing Director Rajat Gupta last year, when he was accused of insider trading in the Raj Rajaratnam case, solely on the strength of an accusation and before Mr Gupta had stood trial.
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Hezbollah tweet costs CNN reporter her job
Last week, CNN's senior Middle East editor Octavia Nasr was fired after she expressed sadness over the death of a Lebanese Shia cleric on Twitter. The tweet was immediately picked up and criticized by supporters of Israel.
