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Obama surprises vice president Joe Biden with top civilian honor
Barack Obama awarded vice president Joe Biden America's highest civilian honor on Thursday, in an emotional surprise ceremony at the White House.
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Even as jawans of paramilitary forces express dissatisfaction online over poor living conditions, a Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) jawan on Thursday gunned down four of his seniors in a fit of rage, apparently over denial of leave, outside their barracks on the premises of the Nabinagar Power Generation Company in Aurangabad district of Bihar, 150 km from Patna.
Tatas pick first non-Parsi as group chairman
Two-and-a-half months after the Tatas stunned the world by sacking chairman Cyrus Mistry and recalling Ratan Tata as interim chairman, Natarajan Chandrasekaran, the 53-year-old MD and CEO of India’s largest technology company TCS, was elevated as the first non-Parsi and first professional executive to head the country’s largest, $108-billion conglomerate.
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A Parel-based chartered accountant who runs coaching classes has filed a public interest litigation in the Bombay high court seeking to stop the Maharashtra government's plans to construct a memorial to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in the Arabian Sea at a cost of Rs 3600 crores.
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Amazon says 'sorry' for offending Indian sentiments
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Former TCS veteran Natarajan Chandrasekaran appointed Tata Sons chairman
Natarajan Chandrasekaran's phenomenal three-decade journey from an intern at TCS, to the head of the company, and now as Chairman of Tata Sons, the holding company of the $103-billion Group, in a way represents the tenacity of pursuing his passion of...
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I have not thought about anything: Ganguly on BCCI job
Sourav Ganguly said that he has not thought about his future plan as yet after the Lodha Panel made it clear that he will have to serve a compulsory 'cooling off' period of three years after June if he wants to become an office bearer of the BCCI or the state units.
Dhoni managed senior players well: Kumble
MS Dhoni had a phenomenal career as captain and one of the highlights of his leadership tenure was the apt handling of senior players in the team, said current India coach Anil Kumble who himself had made way for the wicket-keeper batsman to be Test captain in 2008.
Shreyas Iyer's 82 keeps Mumbai alive in Ranji Trophy final
Middle-order batsman Shreyas Iyer made a fine half-century to keep multiple-time champions Mumbai in the hunt after the title holders conceded the first innings lead to Gujarat in the summit clash of the Ranji Trophy cricket tournament on Thursday.
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Wasn’t academically brilliant: Chandra's elder brother
In the early 1970s, N Chandrasekaran, along with his two brothers, would walk 3km to his Tamil medium government school in a village called Mohanur in Namakkal, some 415km west of Chennai. When he drives into Bombay House to occupy the corner office on February 21, it will mark the arrival of a man, who believes in loyalty and hard work.
TCS net profit up 1.6 per cent, hits $1 billion in a quarter 
Though the third quarter is a seasonally weak quarter due to furloughs and the annual holiday season in the US and UK, TCS’ net profit rose 1.6% to touch the $1 billion milestone in a quarter for the first time. Operating margins remained flat at 26%, but within the company’s expected range.
N Chandrasekaran: A classic insider who knows the Tata terrain
It could be any hour of the day or night, but as they say, a global CEO is accessible 24x7. That description fits Natarajan Chandrasekaran (53) and that’s despite the fact that “he is a CEO who collects miles,” in the words of a peer.
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