Yearly Archives: 2015
New Data Explains Why You Can’t Get That Promotion
October 5, 2015
Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg and McKinsey & Company released a report containing the latest digest of what seems like a bottomless trove of sad data about women at work.
"Women in the Workplace" sourced data from 118 companies and almost 30,000 employees, hoping to illuminate why inequalities persist between men and women in corporate spaces.
T20 Cricket: South Africa overcome crowd trouble to clinch series
October 5, 2015
Brief Scorecard: South Africa 96 for 4 (Duminy 30*, Ashwin 3-24) beat India 92 (Raina 22, Rohit 22, Morkel 3-12) by six wickets
Farhaan Behardien and JP Duminy were made to wait to clinch the series - Associated Press
Azam Khan seeks UN intervention into ‘miseries’ of Muslims in India
October 5, 2015
UTTRA PRADESH – Amid outcry over lynching of a 50-year-old Muslim man in Dadri, senior Uttar Pradesh Minister Azam Khan today sought intervention of United Nations to look into the "miseries" of minorities in India.
Anjula Acharia-Bath: The angel investor propelling Priyanka Chopra’s American dream
October 4, 2015
It took her more than five years, but with Priyanka Chopra’s debut on ABC’s new drama Quantico, which opened in the US on 27 September and launched in India on 3 October, Anjula Acharia-Bath finally achieved her goal—to get a desi artist into mainstream America.
A file photo of Anjula Acharia-Bath. Photo: The New York Times
Non-declarants of black money to face consequences, says FM Arun Jaitley
October 4, 2015
NEW DELHI – Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today warned that those who did not declare overseas black money during compliance window will face the consequences as the government will receive information about their wealth under automatic exchange of information, while others who took advantage of the scheme to come clean can "sleep well".
Don’t run after Indian board, focus on Pakistan Super League: Inzamam to PCB
October 3, 2015
Karachi: Former captain Inzamam-ul-Haq has advised the PCB to focus on organising the Pakistan Super League and getting international cricket teams to tour the country instead of chasing the Indian board for revival of bilateral series between the two nations.
Forces capable of targeting terror camps across LoC: IAF chief
October 3, 2015
New Delhi: Indian Air Force Chief Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha on Saturday asserted that the armed forces have the capability to strike at terror camps in PoK and along the Line of Control, but the intent and decision will have to be taken by the political leadership.
Where is India’s black money?
October 3, 2015
NEW DELHI – With the black money scheme turning into a big embarrassment for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the PM must tell FM Arun Jaitley to disclose the findings of the black money reports of NCAER, NIPFP and NIFM so that a strategy could be drawn to make a serious dent in the Indian shadow economy.
Deaths from gun violence vs. deaths from terrorism, in one chart
October 2, 2015
In his impassioned address in the wake of Thursday's horrible shooting at an Oregon community college, Obama issued a challenge to the media.
Scientists suggest a new, earth-shaking twist on the demise of the dinosaurs
October 2, 2015
New research suggests that the asteroid or comet that slammed into the Earth 66 million years ago rocked the planet so violently that it accelerated a massive volcanic eruption in India, a double catastrophe that wiped out the dinosaurs and 70 percent of the Earth's species.
