Ivan Manuel Menezes, the India-born CEO of the world's biggest spirits company Diageo, died on Wednesday, days after being hospitalised for treatment of stomach ulcer. Menezes, 64, who was to retire at the end of this month, died in London, the company said. "It is with great sadness that Diageo announces that Sir Ivan Menezes has passed away following a brief illness, with his family at his side," it said in a statement. Diageo had on Monday announced that CEO-designate Debra Crew will assume the top role on an interim basis immediately as Menezes undergoes medical treatment.
The government on Monday appointed former Sebi member Madhabi Puri Buch as chairperson of the Securities and Exchange Board of India.
He would have a tenure of two years and is due to retire on November 10, 2024.
Hansraj College's decision to discontinue serving non-vegetarian food at its canteen and hostel after it reopened following the pandemic in February last year has drawn sharp criticism from several quarters.
Subhashish Bhadra, a final year student of Economics at the St. Stephens College, Delhi University who cracked CAT 2011 with a 100 percentile tells us how he did it.
Ravi Sinha is described as "highly tech-savvy", and credited with infusing modern technology in the field of intelligence collection.
India Today's annual list ranks the top 100 colleges in the country.
Justice Chandrachud will serve as the CJI for two years till November 10, 2024.
Counted as a judge who enriched the 'verdict docket' of the apex court, Justice Chandrachud is viewed as sharp, articulate and forward looking.
The government is targeting export of goods and services worth $2 trillion by 2030.
Mitra was the editor of The Pioneer newspaper and was considered a respected voice on a variety of issues, ranging from politics to popular music, before poor health kept him out of the public eye for some time.
Economist Abhijit Sen, a former Planning Commission member and one of the country's foremost experts on rural economy, died on Monday night. He was 72.
An alumnus of St Stephen's College, Delhi, his professional career began in the early 1990s. He completed a Master's degree in international affairs from Columbia University during 1996-98. And an MBA from Northeastern University, Boston.
Amid a raging controversy over the alleged molestation at Stephen's College, the human resource development ministry on Saturday asked the University Grants Commission to take "appropriate measure" to ensure the institute's internal complaints committee completes the inquiry "expeditiously" and "impartially".
The last date for submitting college applications is June 15, 2015.
Akumjung Pongen, the first Rhodes scholar from Nagaland, shares his inspiring journey.
While grad student Suraj Sharma Churai is making his dream debut with Ang Lee's Life Of Pi, Yale graduate Satya Bhaba is stepping into the limelight with Deepa Mehta's celluloid telling of Midnight's Children.
The upgrading of undergraduate courses in Hindi and Sanskrit is opening up the job portals, slowly but surely.
Cooking tips from executive chef and entrepreneur Manu Chandra, an alumnus of the Culinary Institute of America, New York.
Under-19 World Cup-winning captain Unmukt Chand is hopeful that his attendance problem in St Stephen's College will be sorted out amicably within the next few days.
Senior leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Shashi Tharoor, in the race for the post of Congress president, not only possess contrasting demeanour but have had an equally disparate political journey.
Days after being hailed as a hero for leading the India Under 19 side to World Cup victory, Unmukt Chand is in an unenviable position as he stands to lose a year of college due to low attendance.
Senior Congress leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Shashi Tharoor will face-off in an electoral contest on Monday for the post of All India Congress Committee chief, as the party gets set to have a non-Gandhi president in over 24 years.
A veteran of many battles against the authority, Shourie, discusses philosophy, politics and policies in a freewheeling conversation with Mahesh Sarma, editor, Careers360.
A look at the wedding album of India's First Family
Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, however, had no qualms about overturning the judgements of father Y V Chandrachud on hot- button issues like adultery and the right to privacy.
He will take oath on November 9, a day after incumbent CJI Justice Uday Umesh Lalit demits office on attaining the age of 65.
'The Centre and state need to take a unified approach and take concerted action before this matter assumes menacing proportions because unemployment, the drug trade and the levels of frustration among the youth make them vulnerable to any maverick who promises something better.'
President Droupadi Murmu administered him the oath at a brief ceremony held at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Low-profile Shahabuddin Yaqoob Quraishi, brings with him rich experience as a thoroughbred civil servant of more than 35 years to become the first Muslim Chief Election Commissioner of India.
As president, global corporate affairs, Jaishankar will report to Tata Sons Chairman N Chandrasekaran, the company said in a statement.
Amid questions over his future, many political observers believe he has enhanced his political stature.
A 1978 batch IAS officer, Ranjan, who assumed office this evening, said he would try to ensure clean administration.
The government has retained Arvind Subramanian as its chief economic advisor, unlike other American professors Dr Raghuram Rajan and Arvind Panagariya, who quit their jobs as RBI governor and NITI deputy chairman respectively.
The ex-foreign secy was the government's pointsman for China and the US.
By filing his nomination as Congress president on Friday, Shashi Tharoor has shown he is no 'quockerwodger' -- a word he introduced into our lexicon which means someone acting on the instructions of an influential third party.
Launching a toll free number -- 1800-180-5522 -- for victims of ragging, in New Delhi, Sibal went back in time to detail how he was ragged when he was fresher in college and how he himself ragged new comers while studying in St Stephen's college in New Delhi.
Bharat Ram, Chairman Emeritus of DCM Ltd, will be remembered as a leader who successfully forged partnerships between private sector and the government besides bringing international recognition to Indian business.
A student from US, who was enrolled in Delhi University's St Stephens College for a short duration course in Sanskrit, was allegedly sexually harassed by a teacher, according to college authorities.
Shringla, a 1984 batch officer of the Indian Foreign Service, is considered an expert on India's neighbourhood and is currently serving as envoy to the US.
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