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Historic first: Indian NGO 'Educate Girls' wins Magsaysay award

'Educate Girls' was founded in 2007 by Safeena Husain, a graduate of the London School of Economics, then working in San Francisco, who decided to return home to India to take on the challenge of......

Seshan wanted to halt polls after Rajiv Gandhi's assassination: Book

A bossy chief election commissioner TN Seshan proposed an immediate halt to the general election process when Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated on May 21, 1991 and put himself forward as home minister,......

Trump Has Become A Reset Button

Trump's sweeping tariffs and penalties on China-built ships have turned global shipping into the front line of economic war, observes Shyam G Menon. Photograph: Kevin Mohatt/Reuters For Donald......

The Ramon Magsaysay Awards

Presenting the awardees of the 2005 Ramon Magsaysay Awards, given away on Monday.From left to right:Jon Ungphakorn of Thailand for government service, Teten Masduki of Indonesia for public service,......

Ravish Kumar receives 2019 Ramon Magsaysay Award

The Indian media is in a state of "crisis" which is not accidental or random, but systemic and structural, prominent Indian journalist Ravish Kumar said in Manila on Monday as he received the......

Aim to double every 4 years: HDFC Bank MD after merger

Having successfully executed the merger with parent HDFC, HDFC Bank's managing director and chief executive Sashidhar Jagdishan on Saturday said the country's largest lender aims to double every......

Indra Nooyi to step down as PepsiCo CEO in October

Indra Nooyi, Pepsico's Indian-origin CEO, will step down after 12 years leading the US food and beverage giant, the company announced on Monday. Nooyi, 62, will step down on October 3 after......

Food focus keeps PepsiCo going, but Coke struggles amid pandemic

The good news for PepsiCo is that the foods segment has normalised much faster to pre-pandemic levels than beverages. One of the things Covid-19 has brought into stark relief is the contrasting......

A business model that won an award and gave 'life' to the poor

As an NGO, IVDP has facilitated loans totalling Rs 2,406 crore.It was in 1979 that Kolandei Francis, this year's Ramon Magsaysay award winner started Integrated Village Development Programme to......

Lockdown a bitter pill for Brand Cadbury

Companies from Unilever to Proctor & Gamble, Nestlé, Coca-Cola and PepsiCo have all alluded to lockdown challenges in India and the globe as well as the impact it will have on April-June as......

When Brad Pitt Hung Out With Tom Cruise

London was treated to Hollywood's hunky A-listers Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise at the European premiere of the former's sports film, F1: The Movie. Photograph: Maja Smiejkowska/Reuters Directed by......

'Frankly, Angelina Is Exhausted'

'She is relieved this one part is over.' IMAGE: Angeline Jolie and Brad Pitt arrive at the Golden Globe Awards at Beverly Hills in 2012. Photograph: Mario Anzuoni/Reuters After more than eight......

Fighter Review: Wannabe Top Gun

Fighter's distressing lack of thrills and sizzle reduces the exercise to an excuse for tedious amounts of Pakistan bashing, observes Sukanya Verma. Gloss is Siddharth Anand's forte. Within the......

Are you ready for these NEW RELEASES?

Even as theatres get ready to open their doors, the OTT platform is as busy as ever, churning out new content for its viewers. Joginder Tuteja lists the films and Web shows coming up. Poison......

West Indies trounce Nepal; avoid T20I series sweep

IMAGE: Amir Jangoo smashed a quickfire 74 not out from 45 balls to power West Indies to a 10-wicket victory against Nepal. Photograph: Windies Cricket/X West Indies got back to winning ways as......

LaLiga: Real delay Barca party with last-gasp win

IMAGE: Real Madrid's Jacobo Ramon celebrates scoring the late winner against Mallorca in the LaLiga. Photograph: Susana Vera/Reuters Real Madrid's Jacobo Ramon scored a dramatic winner in the......

Brazil sack coach Dorival after Argentina thrashing

IMAGE: Brazil coach Dorival Junior never seemed to get to grips with the national team job, winning only seven of his 16 games in charge. Photograph: Agustin Marcarian/Reuters Brazil have sacked......

Huge setback for Real Madrid

IMAGE: Real Madrid's Kylian Mbappe and Jude Bellingham out of Copa del Rey quarters. Photograph: Pablo Morano/Reuters Real Madrid will be without forward Kylian Mbappe and midfielder Jude......

PIX: Atletico win; Mourinho begins three-match ban

IMAGES from soccer matches played across Europe on Sunday. IMAGE: Atletico Madrid's Pablo Barrios celebrates scoring their second goal with team Koke in the La Liga match against Sevilla at Ramon......