Mukesh Ambani becomes world’s richest man
Billionaire Mukesh Ambani on Monday became the richest person in the world, surpassing American software czar Bill Gates, Mexican business tycoon Carlos Slim Helu and famous investment guru Warren Buffett, courtesy the bull run in the stock market.
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JD(S) on the verge of split in Karnataka
The JD(S) in Karnataka on Monday headed for a vertical split with rebels led by party leader M P Prakash rejecting the former Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy’s truce offer and deciding to petition Governor Rameshwar Thakur not to allow the BJP-JD(S) combine to form the government again.
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Sensex hits 20k mark makes history
Tracking global trend, the benchmark Sensex sky-rocketed by 772.5 points to touch the 20,000 mark, in intra-day trading on the Bombay Stock Exchange on Monday on aggressive buying by funds ahead of the US Federal Reserve meeting.
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Argentine first lady become first lady president of country
Argentina’s glamorous first lady, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, claimed victory on Sunday in her bid to succeed her husband and become the first woman in her country’s history to be elected president.
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Police protection of Chiranjeevi’s daughter extended
Delhi High Court on Monday extended the police protection to the daughter and son-in-law of Telugu megastar Chiranjeevi in the capital for further two weeks in the wake of delay in getting security for them in Hyderabad.
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Pak was preparing to use nuke missiles during Kargil war
Pakistan was preparing to use nuclear missiles against India during the Kargil war, a new book has claimed, citing a conversation between US President Bill Clinton and Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif eight years back.
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Congress and BJP rebels set to alliance in Gujarat
In a significant development which could have immense bearing on the two-phased assembly elections in Gujarat, on December 11 & 16, Congress has agreed upon a seat-sharing formula with BJP rebels as well as Nationalist Congress Party.
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Dravid droped from first 2 ODI against Pakistan
Rahul Dravid and Dinesh Karthik found no place in the team announced for the first two one dayers against pakistan. Sehwag comes back for Dravid and Praveen for karthik.
Its only second time in his career that Dravid being dropped from the team.
Tags: darvid dravid dropped dravid dropped for pak series sehwagWorld’s fastest computer launched by NEC
Japan’s NEC Corp. announced the launch of what it called the world’s most powerful supercomputer on the market, meant for advanced use in the sciences.
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India is fifth largest forex reserves in world
India on Friday joined the elite group of world’s five biggest holders of foreign exchange reserves as it added about $4.5 billion last week to take the kitty to $261 billion.
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