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'India is so poor that political parties will not be able to wipe out poverty from our country in another 100 years. I am of the opinion that development can come only through corporates.' 'Tomorrow, if Tata or Birla or Reliance takes up another 500 panchayats, it will boost the Indian economy also.' Sabu M Jacob, managing director of the Kitex group whose NGO Twenty20 has just won a panchayat election in Kerala, speaks to Shobha Warrier/Rediff.com

The 55-year-old executive takes over on August 1.

George Clooney's day out with his wife!

Hollywood A-lister got hitched to acclaimed London barrister Amal Alamuddin in an intimate ceremony in Italy over the weekend.

Indian shooters continued to misfire at the Olympic Games as Heena Sidhu and Annu Raj Singh bowed out of the women's 10m air pistol event after failing to qualify for the finals in London on Sunday.

Robert Kubica's Formula One career hung in the balance on Sunday after a high-speed crash in a minor rally in Italy left the Renault driver fighting to save the use of his right hand.

Polish Formula One driver Robert Kubica was flown to hospital on Sunday after a high speed crash while competing in a rally in Italy, his Renault team said in a statement.

The judge overseeing GM's Chapter 11 case has set Friday as the deadline for objections to its restructuring plan. The report noted that GM and its advisers are confident that none of the roughly 500 objections submitted so far would derail the timetable, under which the court is due to consider the sale of most of its assets to a new entity on June 30.

Hari Sevugan, an Indian-American attorney, has been co-opted by the Barack Obama presidential campaign as a senior spokesperson to augment the already massive media operation of the campaign of the Democratic candidate. Sevugan has considerable experience in communication and policy work with statewide political campaigns.Sevugan had served as the Communications Director for presidential candidate Senator Chris Dodd, before the latter threw in the towel in January.

On Monday, the world's biggest food company and the leading Swiss giant Nestle announced an impressive growth of 6 per cent in the first quarter sales that touched over $25.21 billion (Swiss francs 25.7 billion). The company is confident that its full year growth forecast is on target.

Gujarat is facing an acute shortage of skilled labour in the apparel manufacturing sector and at a time when most textiles manufacturing firms are coming up with their own garment facilities, the shortage is likely to become acute in the future.

Alberton Cricket and Hockey Club began their 40-day tour of India with a 21-run victory over Chaman Vatika school.

In order to enhance the existing bilateral economic ties, Switzerland is now keen on attracting Indian investment into the country.

Two containers of Gerber banana yoghurt were found contaminated with the deadly poison.\n\n