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'More upgrades will hike the Gorshkov's price'

A consummate Russian diplomat, Vyacheslav Trubnikov is returning home this week after having served as serving as Russia's ambassador to India for nearly five years. The period has seen several......

Pakistani girls get hooked to smoking early: Study

Pakistani girls may be getting hooked to smoking at an early age of 15 years, says a new study. The study conducted by the Aga Khan University shows that 16 per cent of girls have tried smoking by......

Gen-next taking to smoking early: Survey

As the government moves to make tobacco companies to print pictorial and graphic warnings on the harmful effects of smoking on cigarette packets, health experts are worried over the younger......

Blair, India ready for business

With its economy strong, military power growing and diplomatic clout increasingly formidable, India welcomes British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Tuesdaywith hopes that his visit will help bring......

BAT to sell up to 3.5% stake in ITC via block trade

British multinational BAT PLC on Tuesday said it plans to sell up to 3.5 per cent stake in India's ITC Ltd to institutional investors through a block trade. Photograph: Dado Ruvic/Reuters In a......

ITC would increasingly try to go outside India: Sanjiv Puri

Sanjiv Puri, chairman and managing director of ITC, is looking to expand the conglomerate’s play outside India by taking “strategic positions” in markets close to home in the......

4 reasons why Jefferies has downgraded ITC

ITC stock slipped over 4 per cent on Thursday (February 8) after British American Tobacco (BAT) said it could sell some of its stake in the company, recovering partially in trade. Image: Sanjiv......

Yogi Deveshwar: The Risk Taker

During his time as executive chairman, the company's net revenues grew 17-fold to Rs 42,777 crore and profit after tax nearly 40 times to Rs 10,289 crore.Total shareholder returns grew at a......

Fulfilling Deveshwar's dreams: A big challenge for ITC's new chief

The outgoing chairman believed in building for the future; for his successor, the challenge will be to maintain the momentum, says Ishita Ayan Dutt. Five hundred rooms. A 37,000-square-feet......

Review: Unbroken is a good film that could have been great

Unbroken's first half might seem a little vexing but the second one is where the actors' performances really shine through, says Paloma Sharma.Louis "Louie" Zamperini (1917-2014) was an......

Pitlane tales: F1 mourns sudden death of race director Whiting

IMAGE: FIA Race Director, Charlie Whiting died in Melbourne of a pulmonary embolism. Photograph: Mark Thompson/Getty Images Formula One race director Charlie Whiting, a popular and key figure in......

Sports Shorts: Tobacco giant BAT returns to F1

Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Monday. IMAGE: Fernando Alonso in action for McLaren during the 2018 Abu Dhabi F1 Grand Prix. Photograph: Lars Baron/Getty Images British......

Cricket and baseball come together at Lord's

They're the two most popular 'bat-and-ball' sports in the world, based on opposite sides of the Atlantic. But, oh, how different they are! Cricket, the ultimate gentleman's game, with its regal......

Super Aguri F1 team a non-starter for 2006

Japan's planned Super Aguri Formula One team will not take part in next season's championship, the governing FIA said on Thursday.An official list of entrants had just 10 teams, the same number as......

Honda to run own F1 team from 2006

Japanese car manufacturer Honda plans to go it alone in Formula One from next year after acquiring a 100 percent stake in the BAR Honda team on Tuesday. Honda announced its buyout of founding owner......

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