A documentary on football and a biography of Jesus make Roopa Unnikrishnan mull over the lessons organisations can learn from honest outsiders.
In the fourth and final part of a series on Indian Americans who have won the George Marshall Scholarship in 2012, Arthur J Pais profiles microbiology student Paras Minhas, who wants to pursue a doctorate at the University College of London and treat mental disorders.
Meanwhile, reports said that Strauss-Kahn, who quit after being charged with sexually assaulting a hotel maid in New York, will receive $250,000 severance payment, but American taxpayers are not too happy paying part of it.
The Sacramento Kings will remain in the California capital for at least one more season after dropping plans to relocate to Anaheim, the NBA team confirmed on Monday.
The most high-profile Indian participant at the Carnegie International Nuclear Policy Conference speaks to Aziz Haniffa
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Monday said that revenue authorities have detected tax evasion of about Rs 1 lakh crore (Rs 1 trillion) during the past 18 months as a result of international cooperation as well as domestic surveillance.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh heads for Cannes in France on Wednesday to attend a crucial summit of the world's 20 leading economies(G20) during which India is expected to make a call to resist trade protectionism when the global economic growth is facing a slowdown.
Pet and consumer foods manufacturer Del Monte Foods Company has agreed to $5.3 billion acquisition proposal by a group of private equity firms including Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co (KKR). KKR along with Vestar Capital Partners and Centerview Partners have offered $19 a share in cash for the food company, Del Monte said in a press statement. The transaction, which was unanimously approved by Del Monte's board of directors, is valued at about $5.3 billion.
They won for their analysis of markets with search frictions.
Ahead of the annual meeting of the IMF and World Bank here, a top US official indicated on Tuesday that greater representation of emerging economies in the bodies hinged upon their acceptance of greater accountability for the impact of their decisions on the global economy.
In an online chat with readers overseas education consultant NNS Chandra addressed queries related to international admissions.
It was a quiet birthday for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh who turned 78 on Sunday. President Pratibha Patil and Vice President Hamid Ansari sent flowers and wished the prime minister on the occasion. Congress president Sonia Gandhi, her son Rahul Gandhi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati called up Dr Singh and greeted him. Among those who wished the prime minister on the occasion are Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj.
With only 50 days left for the G-20 Seoul Summit, Korea is making conscientious efforts to gather a consensus in putting development as one of the major topics for discussion.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who will turn 77 on September 26, will celebrate yet another birthday mid-air, on board the Air India One, like he did in 2004.Dr Singh will celebrate his birthday in his special aircraft or at Geneva, the flight's stop- over, while on his way back from the G20 summit in Pittsburgh, United States. Once the G-20 summit gets over, Dr Singh will have a quiet family get-together on the eve of his birthday.
Staff on Air India One, the Prime Minister's official aircraft, was reportedly given advance instructions to trim the contents on offer in the official menu.
Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh on Sunday underwent a routine medical check-up.Informed sources confirmed that such a medical check-up is a must before undertaking a foreign trip. Dr Singh is scheduled to visit Pittsburgh in the United States next week to attend the G-20 Summit hosted by US President Barack Obama. Media Advisor Harish Khare said Dr Singh's health was fine and he was attending to his work as usual.
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US President Barack Obama on Friday said that there seems to be a positive signal from China with regard to the flexibility of its currency Yuan, but it is too early to say whether the appreciation that will track the market is sufficient to allow for the rebalancing.
US President Barack Obama has invited Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to visit Washington later this year to enable them to discuss the global economic situation and regional security issues. US National Security Adviser James L Jones conveyed the invitation to Singh during a meeting in New Delhi on Friday.
It was a weekend to remember for Uttar Pradesh-born US baseball league players Rinku Singh and Dinesh Patel as they met US President Barack Obama and Brazilian soccer star Ronaldinho at the White House in Washington DC.
Cochin-born and raised Shaffi Mather, founder of an ambulance service that has revolutionized medical transport in Mumbai and Kerala, was appreciative of President Obama's "vision of trying to bring together grassroots and community-based entrepreneurs, instead of the regular Fortune 500 and Forbes businessmen."
Bill Gates, a frequent visitor to India, had a firsthand experience of this variety of rice when he visited the country last year.
United States President Barack Obama has said that he was not worried about radiation from the quake hit Japanese nuclear power plant reaching Hawaii.
Charging China with following unfair trade practices, an influential US Senator has proposed a bill of rights to protect the American workforce from unfair competition in a global economy.
The US economy, which is hit by one of the worst crisis after the Great Depression, is coming back stronger and faster than predicted, the US Treasury Secretary, Timothy Geithner, has said.
Indian American student Dr Sandeep Kishore, who was conferred with the 2012 Raymond W Sarber Awards, tells Aziz Haniffa what the award means to him and how he endeavours to bridge the gap between public sciences and public health.
Feel embarrassed when your phone starts ringing amid an important meeting? Help could be on the way -- as American scientists have developed a device that would enable you to silence the gadget by just "whacking" it.
In a brief speech, United States President Barak Obama has welcomed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. "Yours is the first official state visit of my presidency.Its fitting that you and India be so recognised," Obama told Singh at the ceremonial welcome at the White House.
The rise of BRIC countries represents a fundamental shift in global economy and the developing world needs a legitimate seat at the table so that shared challenges are better addressed, a powerful US Senator has said.
Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Citigroup, Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs International, JP Morgan Securities, Morgan Stanley, Nomura and UBS have confirmed their commitment to the FSA Rule and the supporting Code on remuneration practices. These were published in August and would come into force on January 1, 2010 (and cover payments for performance year 2009).
He said balancing the stimulus against the risks of inflation and threats to fiscal viability is a key short-term challenge.
The honour of being the guest at the first state dinner hosted by President Barack Obama would go to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and it will be held during his upcoming State Visit scheduled for November 24. Obama, who has been a great admirer of Manmohan Singh for his visionary role in steering India from a developing country to a major economic power, has invited the prime minister for the first State Visit of his administration.
Announcing a partnership between the UN World Food Programme and the Millenia Villages Project, WFP chief Josette Sheeran said, "Hunger is on the march and is right now the most threatening Millennium Development Goal".
Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi is in soup again for calling United States President Barack Obama "suntanned" for the second time.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will be celebrating his 77 birthday in Geneva Switzerland on way to New Delhi after attending the G-20 summit at Pittsburgh in the United States. He is scheduled to leave in few hours from now.
United States President Barack Obama has assured Prime Minister Manmohan Singh that the United Nations Security Council resolution asking non-Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty states to sign the proliferation treaty is not directed against India and that his country would fulfill all obligations with regard to the nuclear deal.
Ahead of the meeting of the foreign ministers of India and Pakistan in New York, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday urged Pakistan to shed its mindset of using terror as an instrument of state policy against New Delhi and take action against those involved in the terror attack on Mumbai. He made it clear that there was no change in India's stand on Pakistan since the Sharm-el-Sheikh talks with his counterpart Yousuf Raza Gilani.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has not yet firmed up any bilateral or pull-aside meetings with South African President Jacob Zuma during the two-day G-20 Summit at Pittsburgh, but officials accompanying him have not ruled out such a possibility.
The G-20 leaders at their last meeting at London had asked Lamy to explore ways to improve the political engagements for resolving differences on the much-delayed Doha Round of negotiations, which were meant to culminate into a multilateral trade liberalising agreement in 2005.
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