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‘Enhancing developmental, economic linkages’: New foreign secretary Harsh Shringla lists priorities India’s new foreign secretary Harsh Shringla said on Wednesday that enhancing economic linkages, building synergies with major world powers and seeking an unambiguous approach to combating terrorism will be among the country’s priorities. Shringla also listed sustaining a rules-based multilateral order, sharing India’s developmental experience with countries in Africa and Latin America, climate change and challenges related to the worldwide web and emerging technologies as other priorities for the nation’s foreign policy. Source: Hindustan Times

Aisa lagta hai apunich Bhagwan hai: Sehwag, Yuvraj and others shower high praise on Rohit Sharma After Indian opener Rohit Sharma led his team to a thrilling win in the Super Over vs New Zealand in Hamilton on Wednesday, the cricket fraternity immediately started singing praises for the ‘Hitman’. Having helped India post 179 with a 40-ball-65 in the 1st innings, Rohit returned to hit 15 off 4 balls in the Super Over including 2 successive sixes off Tim Southee to mow down the 18-run target. Former India all-rounder and Rohit’s IPL teammate, Yuvraj Singh took to Twitter to write:...

Narayana Murthy touches Ratan Tata’s feet in a ‘touching gesture of humility’ A humble gesture by Narayana Murthy, the co-founder of software giant Infosys touching the feet of Ratan Tata feet has gone viral in the social media. The two tycoons from India’s business community were present in TiE-Mumbai conclave. Ratan Tata was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 11th edition of TiECon Mumbai. Narayana Murthy touched the feet of Ratan Tata after giving him the Lifetime Achievement award. Ratan Tata also shared Narayana Murthy’s gesture in an Instagram story and said he was “truly humbled” by it....

Taranjit Singh Sandhu appointed India’s ambassador to US Seasoned diplomat Taranjit Singh Sandhu has been appointed as India’s Ambassador to the US, replacing Harsh Vardhan Shringla, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Tuesday. Shringla is set to take over as the next foreign secretary on Wednesday. Sandhu, a 1988-batch Indian Foreign Service officer, is currently posted as High Commissioner of India in Sri Lanka. His appointment to the high-profile job comes at a critical time when the US-India strategic partnership is deepening and also tensions are simmering in the Gulf region after the US killed top Iranian commander General...

Badminton ace Saina Nehwal joins BJP Badminton champion and former world number one Saina Nehwal on Wednesday joined the BJP. Her elder sister, Chandranshu Nehwal, also joined the party along with her.  At a formal joining ceremony at the BJP national headquarters in New Delhi after meeting party president J.P. Nadda, Ms. Nehwal hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi as an “inspiration” with his “hard work” for the country. Source: The Hindu

IndiGo shareholders reject Rakesh Gangwal’s proposal to amend Articles of Association NEW DELHI : Shareholders of InterGlobe Aviation rejected co-promoter Rakesh Gangwal’s proposal to amend the company’s Articles of Association, the company said in a filing with exchanges. The amendment would have done away with the other co-promoter Rahul Bhatia-led group’s veto powers if Gangwal decided to sell his shares. About 51.11% of the valid votes were against the special resolution, while only 48.56% were for it, as per the filing. For the special resolution to pass, Gangwal and his promoter entities, which had called an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) on...

Former Boeing CEO Muilenburg resigns from Caterpillar’s board Former Boeing Co. BA, -0.08% Chief Executive Dennis Muilenburg has left the Caterpillar Inc. CAT, +0.91% board of directors, Caterpillar said in a filing late Monday. The company accepted Muilenburg’s resignation effective immediately, and the resignation “is not the result of any disagreement with the company,” Caterpillar said. Muilenburg resigned from Boeing last month and was replaced by David Calhoun as Boeing’s top executive. He left under criticism about the way the jet maker has handled the 737 Max crisis. The jets have been grounded worldwide since March after two deadly crashes connected to a defective anti-stall feature....

Start-ups that burn investor money, disappear won’t get second chance: Ratan Tata MUMBAI : Industrialist Ratan Tata on Tuesday warned that start-ups which burn investors’ money and disappear will not get a second or a third chance. Tata, who also invests in start-ups, also said old-age businesses will recede and the young founders of innovative companies are the future leaders of the Indian industry. The comments from Tata come at a time when many start-ups have been blamed for what is termed as “cash burn”, wherein the optimism of making money in the future makes venture funds to invest in such...

Former BMW ReachNow CEO and INRIX executive Steve Banfield has joined Seattle-based “startup studio” Madrona Venture Labs as founder-in-residence. “Steve’s proven talent and leadership make him uniquely suited to build the next great Seattle company,” said Mike Fridgen, managing director of Madrona Venture Labs. “It is still day one and we will have more to share later, but we can say that together we are attacking an immense and growing data problem faced by essentially every enterprise today and that this challenge fits squarely in both Steve’s and Madrona Venture Labs’ founding and operating experience.” Source: GeekWire

Rakesh Jhunjhunwala Probed by Sebi for Insider Trading in Aptech Shares: Report Ace investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala is being investigated by capital markets regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) for alleged insider trading in shares of Aptech Ltd, according to media reports. Jhunjhunwala was ordered to appear before Sebi on January 24, along with his brother Rajeshkumar Jhunjhunwala, wife Rekha Jhunjhunwala and mother-in-law Sushiladevi Gupta, according to a report in Economic Times. Jhunjhunwala’s sister Sudha Gupta was also questioned by the regulator on 23 January, the report added. Source: News18.com