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L N Mittal bags Asia Society 'Leadership Award'

The Asia Society also honoured chairman and CEO of Citigroup Charles O Prince with the Leadership Award for his contribution to the financial sector.

Richest 2% own over half of world's wealth

The richest two per cent of adults in the world own more than half of global household wealth, according to a study released on Tuesday.

2 Indian firms in WEF Technology Pioneers list

Two Indian companies -- Strand Life Sciences and Drishtee -- are among 47 'visionary' firms worldwide selected by the World Economic Forum as Technology Pioneers 2007 for their life-changing innovations.

Dow Chemical blamed for Bhopal gas tragedy

The Campaign estimates that 22,000 people are already dead and says yet Dow wants to deny all responsibility and wants the Indian government to pay millions of dollars for the clean of its mess in Bhopal.

Resurgence of HIV: 4.3 mn infected in a year

The global epidemic continues to grow with 2.9 million deaths last year.

Saddam trial flawed, verdict unsound: HRW

'The proceedings in the Dujail trial were fundamentally unfair'.

Taj Hotels to buy Ritz Carlton in Boston

Life in India is better now: UN report

Guatemala, Venezuela concede UN seat to Panama

HRW seeks probe into Pak madrassa bombing

'Terrorists should not get access to nukes'

Indo-US CEOs Forum to launch $5 bn fund

Nobel laureates deplore arms exports

NKorea resisting chemical arms ban

Ban Ki-Moon recommended as UN Secy General

What threatens women the most today

Towards a nuke-free world

Hubble peers through Milky Way, spots 16 planets

Two of Indian-origin indicted in US for fraud

Moon casts shadow over Tharoor at UN