The US-India Business Council announced the appointment of Indra K Nooyi, CEO of PepsiCo, to its Board of Directors. The USIBC is a business advocacy organisation representing 250 of the largest US companies investing in India and two dozen of India's largest global companies, it said in a statement.
Singh, who arrived in Moscow on Wednesday on a three-day visit to attend a crucial meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), pressed for expediting supply of a number of weapons systems, ammunition and spares to India by Russia under contracts which were concluded earlier.
After the thriller Race, comes another suspense film, Bhram. Only this film does not brag of a stellar cast like Race. Despite that, Bhram holds its own. Bhram is Pawan Kaul's second directorial venture after his first thriller, Sssshh..., and stars Dino Morea, Milind Soman, Sheetal Menon and Simone Singh.
Kerala is becoming a breeding centre for terrorists, particularly Inter Services Intelligence activists, Bharatiya Janata Party national secretary Indra Sena Reddy said on Monday.
Indian billionaire Lakshmi Mittal-led ArcelorMittal will get Energy Star Partner of the Year award. This award is given by the EPA and the US Department of Energy for companies making outstanding contributions to protecting the environment and reducing greenhouse gas emissions through energy efficiency. To cut the company's energy and carbon intensity, it had launched ArcelorMittal Energy Reduction Initiative in 2006. ArcelorMittal will get the award in Washington on April 1.
The success of a comedy depends on good timing, dialogues and comedy sequences. But Mast Maja Maadi fails on all three counts.
Mahipal, who has worked with actresses like Madhubala and Meena Kumari, established himself as a hero in the mythological genre.
Tabu, David Dhawan and many others from the film industry turn up to support the family.
For those who believe only grey cells set apart leaders from the rest, there is another hair raising observation among corporate America that most of the successful CEOs including Pepsico's Indra Nooyi part their hair to the left, says US business magazine Fortune.
'The SIT quizzed me for about 11 hours. I have told them about the rape. Even after telling them everything, they have not arrested Chinmayanand yet
The investment would be spread over manufacturing capacity, market infrastructure, environment sustainability initiatives, R&D and agriculture. Pepsico Chairman and CEO Indra Nooyi said the new investment will generate 50,000 direct and indirect jobs in India. PepsiCo has invested $ 700 million since its entry into the country in 1989, employing 4,000 people directly and some 60,000 others indirectly.
Professors Padma Desai and Jagdish Bhagwati were conferred the Lifetime Achievement Award. Dr Renu Khator, President and Chancellor of the University of Houston, was given the Publisher's Special Award for Excellence. The Youth Achiever 2007 Award was given to 24-year-old Somdev Dev Burman, the first Indian to win the US collegiate tennis title. The Community Service Award went to Dr Navin Shah, while Dr Joy Cherian received the Lifetime Award for Service to the Community
Chief executive officers heading America's 500 largest firms have taken a beating on their paychecks for the first time in five years, but the 13 female members of this elite club, headed by India-born chief of PepsiCo Indra Nooyi, have a reason to smile with a trend-defying hike.
India were held to a 1-1 draw by Malaysia in a friendly football match played at the Lal Bahadur stadium in Hyderabad on Tuesday.
The Yale University and the Confederation of Indian Industry are jointly holding two panel discussions on India in New York later this month, featuring corporate leaders like Indra Nooyi and Nandan Nilekani.
Reader Dr Sayanta Jana sent us this picture from Perth.
Indra Sinha's novel, Animal's People, has made it to the Man Booker long list. An interview with the author.
"India has been a fantastic market" for the $40 billion PepsiCo, Indra K Nooyi, chairman and CEO said, and this is the feedback she has received from other CEOs of American companies doing business in India.
The formal notification of handing over the case to the NIA is expected to be issued by the ministry soon, an official privy to the development said.
Darshan, in his comic role, rocks while Aadithya is a revelation.
Former Indian ambassador to the US Naresh Chandra, noted litterateur Raja Rao (posthumous) and scientist S E Chandy George and civil servant V Krishnamurthy were also selected for Padma Vibhushan.
Given the controversy over Uttar Pradesh's population control moves, Hemant Shivsaran/Rediff.com digs deep to find out how many children BJP MLAs in UP have.
The shocking incident triggered protests by revenue department employees across Telangana, while political leaders condemned it.
The latest Fortune list is topped by Apple Computer CEO Steve Jobs.
The war games codenamed INDRA-2007 are aimed at practising cooperative engagement in the fight against terrorism, Russian Pacific Fleet said in its press release. It is the third such joint exercise since 2003.
Whether they live away from their families or with them, all CEOs struggle with work-life balance, says Shyamal Majumdar.
The Ambanis are ranked 31 ahead of the likes of global soft drink giant PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi and music-to-airlines conglomerate Virgin Group's founder Richard Branson.
Xi will later head for New York to attend the UN General Assembly session.
Indian Nikita Lalwani's first novel Gifted and Indra Sinha's Animal's People are among the 13-title longlist for the 50,000 pounds (about Rs 41 lakhs) prize.
Nooyi had recently said that the company might make two or more acquisitions outside North America this year to add snacks or drinks it did not already make.
PepsiCo has been is forced to mull over its sponsorship deal with the Indian Premier League following the controversies around the cricket tournament.
Vodafone debuted at 20th rank in this year's list, prepared by consulting firm Hay Group and Chief Executive Magazine. PepsiCo is down to 7th position from its third rank last year. In the 2006 list, Citigroup, now headed by another Indian origin banker Vikram Pandit, was ranked at fourth. However, it does not find a place in this year's list. Nagpur-born Pandit was named the CEO of Citigroup earlier this month, after his predecessor Charles Price stepped down last month.
PepsiCo has tie-ups with KFC, Pizza Hut, Domino's, Burger King, and Subway in India, while Coca-Cola has a partnership with McDonald's only
Why Indra Nooyi's rise to the top is a cause for much celebration.
While never jarring on the senses, Dhaamal's music doesn't do anything to thrill them either.
Krishna's appointment as head of the global IT giant adds to the growing list of Indian-origin executives at the helm of some of the biggest multinational companies. Krishna joins the club that includes Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, MasterCard CEO Ajay Banga, PepsiCo's former CEO Indra Nooyi and Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen.
