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Infosys to allocate 50 million shares to employees
17 May 2019
The allocation of stocks that account for 1.15 per cent of the company’s equity shares will be made over a period of seven years, based on challenging performance criteria, including revenue growth and shareholder returns
ITC chairman YC Deveshwar passes away
13 May 2019
Deveshwar, who transformed the tobacco company to a diversified consumer goods company, also saw ITC group’s revenues grow ten-fold from Rs5,200 cr to over Rs51,500 crore over a 20-year period, while also ensuring compounded annual shareholder returns of 23.3 per cent
Ratan Tata invests in Ola Electric Mobility
06 May 2019
Japan’s new emperor Naruhito ascends Chrysanthemum Throne
02 May 2019
Naruhito, like his father Akihito, has warned of the need to remember World War II "correctly," without downplaying Japan's early 20th-century militarism as also of the need to modernise the royal family
NIA arrests terror plotter in Kerala; Sri Lanka bars burkha
30 Apr 2019
Riyas Aboobacker, who was arrested from Kerala’s Palakkad district has admitted to plotting a similar attack in India after closely following the Sri Lankan terror mastermind Zaharan Hashim
Former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn granted bail on $4.5 mn security
25 Apr 2019
Ghosn’s lawyers say prosecutors have been bringing up new charges against him, the latest being the siphoning off $5 million of cash from Nissan to a dealership in Oman
Indonesian President Joko Widodo looks set for another term
18 Apr 2019
While multiple quick counts showed Widodo leading at 55 to 45 per cent, rival presidential candidate Prabowo said his team had evidence of cheating and claimed to have won 62 per cent of the popular vote based on internal polling
PM Modi honoured with Russia's highest civilian award
12 Apr 2019
Besides the 'Order of Saint Andrew the Apostle' of the Russian Federation, Prime Minister Modi has received a string of awards, including the UAE’s Zayed Medal, the Seoul Peace Prize from the South Korean government, the UN’s Champions of the Earth Award and the Philip Kotler Presidential Award
Julian Assange arrested in London
11 Apr 2019
Assange, who was holed up in the Ecuadorean embassy in London for nearly seven years, was today arrested by the London police and taken out of the building
Israel's Netanyahu set for a fifth term as prime minister
10 Apr 2019
Netanyahu had pledged to annex Jewish settlements in West Bank if re-elected, which is likely to further hinder Israel-Palestine peace talks that have been stalled since 2014
I-T raids entities linked to Madhya Pradesh CM Kamal Nath
08 Apr 2019
I-T officials from Delhi escorted by CRPF personnel carried out the searches, while reports said the raids had some connection with the Rs3,600-crore AgustaWestland case
AgustaWestland case accused Michael says ‘FAM’ is for family and ‘AP’ for Ahmed Patel: report
05 Apr 2019
UAE honours PM Narendra Modi with the `Order of Zayed’
04 Apr 2019
UAE honoured Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the country’s highest civilian decoration, the Order of Zayed, for reinforcing historical and comprehensive strategic ties between the two countries
CBI findings in Sardha Chit Fund case ‘very, very serious’: SC
26 Mar 2019
Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said the CBI’s interrogation of the then Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar in the Sardha Chit Fund case has brought out some “very very serious facts” and that the Supreme Court cannot “close its eyes” to such findings
Mueller report sees no Trump role in Russian meddling in US elections
25 Mar 2019
Attorney General William Barr said the investigation by US Special Counsel Robert Mueller into the alleged Russian meddling in US elections failed to prove any Russian connection to Trump and that there was insufficient evidence that Trump had attempted to obstruct justice
Nirav Modi arrested in London on PNB fraud case
20 Mar 2019
Modi allegedly cheated Punjab National Bank through fraudulent issuance of Letters of Undertakings and Foreign Letters of Credit, thereby siphoning off funds worth Rs6,498.20 from PNB's Brady House branch in Mumbai while his uncle and aide Mehul Choksi has been accused of swindling Rs7,080.86 crore, also from PNB
Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose appointed India’s first Lokpal
20 Mar 2019
President Ram Nath Kovind also on Tuesday announced an eight-member Lokpal team selected from top judges and experienced bureaucrats
Pramod Sawant is Goa’s new chief minister
19 Mar 2019
Since the coalition partners of the Parrikar-led government had allied with BJP on condition that the government is headed by Manohar Parrikar, the then defence minister of India, the BJP, therefore, has no allies as of now
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Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
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