KB Kachru elected as Hotel Association of India President for 2-year termKB Kachru elected president of HAI, succeeding Puneet Chhatwal. Rohit Khosla as VP. New management team elected for a two-year term. Dr JK ...
20 Mar, 2024, 10.41 AM IST
Bharti chairman Sunil Mittal knighted by Britain’s King CharlesMittal was awarded the Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (KBE). The KBE is among the highest honours confe...
28 Feb, 2024, 05.22 PM IST
Chief national badminton coach Pullela Gopichand awarded honorary doctorateIndia's chief national badminton coach Pullela Gopichand was awarded an honorary doctorate by Sri Sathya Sai University for Human Excellenc...
04 Jul, 2023, 09.31 PM IST
Who is Lady Susan Hussey? Know about Prince William's godmother who resigned amid race rowQueen Elizabeth’s most trusted advisor and aid, Susan Hessey, has gotten into some controversy. Susan made a line of inappropriate comments...
01 Dec, 2022, 12.10 AM IST
Nepal Army chief embarks on four-day trip to IndiaDuring his stay, General Sharma will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, Defence Minister Rajnath Sing...
09 Nov, 2021, 12.25 PM IST
Shashi Tharoor joins UK firm as strategic adviserTharoor joins a team made up of former British Prime Minister Theresa May, former UK National Security Advisor Sir Mark Lyall Grant, former...
19 Nov, 2019, 10.18 PM IST
Nepal Army chief to arrive in India on Friday on six-day visitGeneral Thapa, who took charge of the Nepal Army on August 9, is visiting India at the invitation of his Indian counterpart General Bipin R...
10 Jan, 2019, 06.15 PM IST
Nandan Nilekani advises NPCI on Aadhaar-backed paymentsCreation of the National Financial Mapper will enable banks to remit money to individuas based on any one identifier including mobile numbe...
30 Jun, 2015, 12.33 PM IST
CNR Rao conferred with Japan's highest civilian awardRao is also the only Indian to be elected as a foreign member of the Japan Academy in Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Resea...
01 May, 2015, 09.10 PM IST
NPCI to come out with virtual form of RuPay debit card"We are planning to go for pilot of a virtual RuPay card over the next 4-5 months," NPCI Managing Director and Chief Executive A P Hota sai...
19 Feb, 2015, 11.50 AM IST
NCPI to launch another real time fund transfer mechanismNCPI will launch one another real time fund transfer mechanism christened as "Unified Payment Interface" - a single interface across all sy...
18 Feb, 2015, 08.01 PM IST
Malaysia opposition leader stripped of honorary titleAnwar Ibrahim has been stripped of the honorary title of 'Datuk Seri' by the Sultan of Selangor state.
04 Dec, 2014, 03.01 PM IST
- Raghuram Rajan to take charge as chief economic advisor on Aug 29
"Raghuram Rajan will take charge as chief economic advisor in the Finance Ministry on August 29," a senior finance ministry official said.
26 Aug, 2012, 01.20 PM IST
Government appoints Raghuram Rajan as new CEAThe government has appointed former IMF chief economist and currently Chicago University professor Raghuram G Rajan as Chief Economic Advis...
11 Aug, 2012, 11.57 AM IST
Chidambaram gives nod to Raghuram Rajan as chief economic advisorRaghuram Rajan, a former chief economist of the International Monetary Fund, is expected to take over as the new chief economic advisor.
08 Aug, 2012, 02.16 AM IST
- P Chidambaram's return to Finance Ministry coincides with key changes in the bureaucracy
P Chidambaram's return to the finance ministry will coincide with a few key changes in the bureaucracy.
01 Aug, 2012, 06.37 AM IST
- Sam Pitroda to get honorary doctorate from Univ of Illinois
Telecom technoczar Sam Pitroda, who is also the advisor to Prime Minister on infrastructure and innovation, has been selected for honorary ...
28 Apr, 2010, 02.32 PM IST