We present our alphabet of 2020, pulling in everything you'll remember about this year we'd rather forget.
A special Central Bureau of Investigation court on Tuesday rejected the agency's closure report giving clean chit to controversial minister Raja Bhaiyya in Kunda Deputy Superintendent of Police, Zia-ul-Haq's murder case, and directed it to further investigate the matter.
The 2015 World Bank group's Doing Business index ranked India at 142, down from 140, which it was the year before.
Accusing the media of glorifying suspended Indian Administrative Service officer Durga Shakti Nagpal as "Durgaji", senior Uttar Pradesh minister Mohd Azam Khan said her case was highlighted while other such suspensions went unnoticed.
Talking tough, India on Friday threatened to drag the European Union to the World Trade Organization if the 28-nation bloc did not lift its ban on the import of Indian mangoes and vegetables.
The police stopped Patkar and informed her that she could not proceed to Dhar, but as she refused to relent, she was placed under arrest.
In 2014, Sun Pharma agreed to buy Ranbaxy -- which was then controlled by Daiichi.
On day 1, says retrospective taxation should be avoided; Sets up special investigation team to unearth black money.
'Predators will always try, but I'm sure there will be less. We need one or two big examples like this.'
'All PoWs recounted that one of the worst aspects of their captivity in Tibet was the constant attempt at brainwashing by Chinese Communist propaganda,' reveals Claude Arpi.
The surrendered Naxal said such arguments and counter-arguments led to internal dispute. "I felt suffocated and a sense of remorse started setting in."
'Vijay Gokhale's appointment as foreign secretary can be regarded as a certain 'adjustment' that could make a difference to the poor climate of India-China relations,' says Ambassdor M K Bhadrakumar.
The prime minister and the Chinese president walked along the banks of East Lake and also took a boat ride together as they decided to step up their personal rapport.
In the European countries, one of the pivotal issues is quality control. Once a product is granted GI there is little possibility of fakes, which is not the case in India
Most business groups in India, including Godrejs, Tatas and Mahindras, have seen patience tested in JVs, with some of them winding up quickly
Paper notes, diaries, laptops and desktop computers recovered from the 'horor' house in Kolkata where a man was found living with a skeleton and carcasses have revealed a complicated relationship between the family members.
Road projects alone worth $10 billion face delays over land disputes and other clearances.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday presented the Union Budget for 2016-17.
Despite the onslaught of international brands -- Coke and Pepsi -- the fizz has not gone out of India's very own cola brand, Surajeet Das Gupta.
The 30-share Sensex ended down 297 points at 27,438 and the 50-share Nifty closed 93 points lower at 8,305.
Cairn India CEO has a tough task at hand.
The Matunga restaurant, known for its cleanliness and quick services, was established by Gopal Purshottam Kamath.
If an employee bond is used to ensure that the employee never leaves, then it is illegal.
Nestle says newly manufactured Maggi found safe in tests; to start retail sales this month.
Time unkindly has a sole endeavour: To drag the person, whose death you are mourning, further and further away from your presence, to some far edge of your falsely anesthetised mind. So your memories are drained of colour, growing faint and grainy. You are left with a more and more distant recollections of that person, their laugh, their embrace, their voice and the moments surrounding their final departure. Vaihayasi P Daniel mourns her beloved father who passed away one December morning last year.
Unimaginative increments, persistent refusal of funds have turned the military into an underfed child scared to ask for a full meal.
Privacy is liberty itself. And in ruling on it, the Supreme Court must not only seize the concerns of today but also gaze into the future, says Apar Gupta.
Rai Mamta Kumari's first shot at politics ended before it could begin. She had gone to file her nomination with a procession of 56 four wheelers and distributed 1,800 food packets. But then something went wrong.
50-odd biz leaders are part of Modi's entourage for the 3-nation tour
Indian markets ended on a lower note after the stimulus announced by the European Central Bank (ECB) failed to meet expectation.
It was Obama's eighth and final address to the UN General Assembly as the US President
The Modi government's array of economic policy has been impressive.
'The digital age has forced diplomats to be less formal and more accessible, reaching out to ordinary people both within and outside their countries, combining statecraft with streetcraft,' says former foreign secretary Ambassador Shyam Saran.
'Kofi Annan will be remembered more for his Nobel Prize and related glory rather than Rwanda and Volcker,' notes Ambassador T P Sreenivasan with whom he worked in the UN.
We sorted through countless photographs taken around the world to come up with the top photos of 2019. Together these images tell the story of the year -- capturing moments of hope and heartbreak, triumph and tragedy.
She accused the Narendra Modi government of engaging in a "dangerous duplicitous game.
'No one has ever heard of a thulabharam scale collapsing before.' 'I was very fortunate to have escaped with a head injury, which could have been a lot worse if my optic nerve was hit or say if the hook had landed on my neck.'
How to shield brand McDonald's? While consumers may have ignored the legal battles plaguing the franchise in north and east India, closure of restaurants is not something they are likely to ignore.
Buffett gave no hints about who would succeed him and defended ties with Brazil's 3G Capital during the annual meeting
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The rupee resumed lower at 61.15 per dollar as against the last closing level of 60.77 per dollar yesterday at the Interbank Foreign Exchange (Forex) Market and dropped further to 61.44 per dollar before quoting at 61.40 per dollar at 1045 hours.
