Onno Ruhl is World Bank’s new country director for India
September 10th, 2012 - 8:17 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 10 (IANS) Onno Ruhl, a Dutch national, has taken over as World Bank's new country director for India, replacing N. Roberto Zagha, who is due to retire from ... Read more...
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CII’s ‘Young Indians’ to launch chapter in Bhopal
September 9th, 2012 - 7:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 9 (IANS) Young Indians (Yi), a part of industry body Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) will launch its 25th chapter at Bhopal Sep 11 on the completion ... Read more...
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Yusuf Pathan becomes first to win IPL with two teams
May 28th, 2012 - 2:05 am ICT by IANS
Chennai, May 28 (IANS) Explosive batsman Yusuf Pathan became the first player to hold the Indian Premier League title with two different teams after his Kolkata Knight Riders outplayed ... Read more...
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Few filmmakers interested in women leaders: Meryl Streep
February 17th, 2012 - 11:10 am ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, Feb 17 (IANS) Meryl Streep, who won the best actress BAFTA for her performance in "The Iron Lady", says she instantly said yes for the movie on former ... Read more...
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Usher to be honoured for philanthropy
October 13th, 2011 - 11:36 am ICT by IANS
London, Oct 13 (IANS) Singer Usher is to be honoured with an award in recognition of his charity work.He will be presented the Philanthropy Freedom Award from the National Civil ... Read more...
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Indian cricket pays rich tribute to Tiger Pataudi
September 23rd, 2011 - 12:05 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 22 (IANS) Present and former cricketers paid rich tributes to former Indian captain Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi, who passed away here Thursday after battling a lung infection.Abbas ... Read more...
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Missing you Sonia, says Anna-hit Congress
August 22nd, 2011 - 7:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) With the UPA government looking increasingly helpless in the face of the avalanche of anti-corruption protests led by Anna Hazare, the ruling Congress is ... Read more...
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Clarke will also turn out to be champion leader: Rixon
August 20th, 2011 - 3:08 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Aug 20 (IANS) Australia's fielding coach Steve Rixon is impressed with Michael Clarke's leadership skills in Sri Lanka.Rixon, who played key role in turning Stephen Fleming into one of ... Read more...
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Dhoni’s record as India’s captain remarkable: Atherton
July 17th, 2011 - 5:35 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 17 (IANS) Former England captain Michael Atherton is moved by India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni's leadership qualities.Atherton in his column in The Times said the "defining cricketing image ... Read more...
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Strauss is defensive, Dhoni thrives on aggression: Vaughan
July 16th, 2011 - 2:45 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 16 (IANS) Former England captain Michael Vaughan described Andrew Strauss as a defensive captain and called India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni as an aggressive leader.Vaughan said Strauss likes ... Read more...
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Team India imparts best leadership lessons: Anita & Harsha Bhogle
June 26th, 2011 - 1:09 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 26 (IANS) The Indian cricket team has imparted great leadership lessons to millions of cricket-struck fans as well as business leaders because sports and the corporate ... Read more...
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Ross Taylor appointed New Zealand captain
June 21st, 2011 - 6:50 pm ICT by IANS
Wellington, June 21 (IANS) Ross Taylor was Tuesday named captain of the New Zealand cricket team for all three formats of the game.The attacking right-hand batsman took over the ... Read more...
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Vettori to lead Royal Challengers in IPL
April 5th, 2011 - 6:38 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, April 5 (IANS) New Zealand skipper Daniel Vettori will lead the Royal Challengers Bangalore team in the fourth edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL).RCB chairman Vijay Mallya in ... Read more...
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Anyone advising to have wars like Iraq, Afghanistan should have head examined: Gates
February 26th, 2011 - 12:33 pm ICT by ANI
West Point (New York), Feb.26 (ANI): United States Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates has bluntly told West Point cadets that any senior official advising the president to deploy huge land armies in ... Read more...
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Being vice-captain does not guarantee Taylor future New Zealand captaincy: Vaughan
February 14th, 2011 - 2:04 pm ICT by ANI
Auckland, Feb 14(ANI): New Zealand vice-captain Ross Taylor, long considered the heir apparent to Daniel Vettori who will stand down from the captaincy after the World Cup, is not "guaranteed" the ... Read more...
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Prior says his role will be to ‘turbo charge’ England to World Cup glory
January 21st, 2011 - 2:29 pm ICT by ANI
Hobart, Jan 21(ANI): Recalled England wicketkeeper Matt Prior has said that he intends to use his experience and leadership skills to guide the team to World Cup glory.Prior is the sole wicketkeeper-batsman ... Read more...
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Gilchrist to lead Kings XI Punjab in IPL-4
January 11th, 2011 - 9:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) Former Australian wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist will lead Kings XI Punjab in the fourth season of Indian Premier League (IPL) beginning Feb 19.Gilchrist played for Deccan Chargers in ... Read more...
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Ponting must remain captain as Clarke is not ready to lead: Chappell
December 19th, 2010 - 1:23 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Dec 19 (ANI): Australian selector Greg Chappell has said that Ricky Ponting must remain Test captain because there are no obvious successors at present.In an interview that would completely change the ... Read more...
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Zardari lacks public leadership acumen, Gilani has “strong leadership skills”: WikiLeaks
December 6th, 2010 - 12:46 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Dec 6(ANI): Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari lacks public leadership acumen, while Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has shown strong leadership skills in building parliamentary coalitions in times of national ... Read more...
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Gordon Brown weak, unstable: US diplomats told Obama
November 28th, 2010 - 3:45 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 28 (IANS) US diplomats had described Britain's former prime minister Gordon Brown and his government as weak and unstable in secret briefings to US President Barack Obama, which could ... Read more...
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Brown Govt. was paranoid, weak and unstable: US diplomats
November 28th, 2010 - 1:08 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov.28 (ANI): Secret briefings by US diplomats to President Barack Obama have described the government of former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown as paranoid, weak and unstable.According to the Daily ... Read more...
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North bats for Ponting’s superlative leadership skills
October 21st, 2010 - 4:14 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Oct 21(ANI): Australian batsman Marcus North has launched a staunch defence of Ricky Ponting's captaincy, by claiming that the 35-year-old's leadership skills are second to none."I kind of laugh at it ... Read more...
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Negative personality traits good for being a leader
October 20th, 2010 - 4:07 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 20 (ANI): A new study has suggested that when it comes to leading, some of the negative personality traits aren't such a bad thing.Researchers of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's College ... Read more...
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Seven Indians awarded Australian scholarship (Lead)
September 21st, 2010 - 7:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 21 (IANS) Seven Indian students have been selected by the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) for prestigious Australian Leadership Award (ALA) scholarship, it was announced Tuesday.
"I congratulate the ... Read more...
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Seven Indian students get prestigious Australian scholarship
September 21st, 2010 - 4:17 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Sep 21 (ANI): Australian High Commissioner to India Peter Varghese today announced that seven Indian students will be offered the prestigious Australian Leadership Award (ALA) scholarship.These scholarships are implemented ... Read more...
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Srikkanth turns management mentor
September 6th, 2010 - 11:47 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Sep 6 (IANS) Launching an e-learing portal here Monday and turning a management mentor, Krishnamachari Srikkanth - the tormentor of bowlers during his cricket days - plans to launch portals for ... Read more...
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Redskins Face Jets On Friday Triggering Argument About Donovan Mcnabb Vs Mark Sanchez
August 27th, 2010 - 7:30 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
August 27, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): With the players gearing up for yet another game of the NFL, the argument about the best quarterback resurfaces once again. A lot of ... Read more...
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Getting dropped helped banish wicket-keeping blues: Kamran Akmal
August 24th, 2010 - 3:41 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug.24 (ANI): Pakistan wicket keeper Kamran Akmal reckons that getting dropped from the squad for the second Test against England at Edgbaston provided him a perfect period to reflect on his ... Read more...
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Selectors will look at my performance: Clarke
May 18th, 2010 - 4:15 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne, May 18 (IANS) Australian captain Michael Clarke is in a spot after his team's loss to England in the World Twenty20 final.
Clarke feels that Australia's performance will be reviewed after batting ... Read more...
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‘Contender’ White backs Clarke to lead Oz T20 side
May 18th, 2010 - 2:23 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, May 18 (ANI): Australia's Twenty20 vice captain Cameron White has backed incumbent Michael Clarke to lead the side for his leadership skills, despite selectors toying with the idea of allowing Clarke ... Read more...
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Students out on boats to save Sukhna lake
May 15th, 2010 - 4:37 pm ICT by IANS
By Alkesh Sharma
Chandigarh, May 15 (IANS) Young enthusiastic students sailed on boats and extracted grass, weeds and silt from Sukhna lake, a Chandigarh landmark that is being suffocated by excessive silting and ... Read more...
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600 Abu Dhabi students chosen for ’summer abroad’ programme
May 1st, 2010 - 4:40 pm ICT by IANS
Abu Dhabi, May 1 (IANS/WAM) Six hundred Abu Dhabi students of grades 10 and 11 will visit Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand and the US as part of a "summer abroad" programme.
The ... Read more...
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Americans split on success of Obama presidency: Poll
January 13th, 2010 - 12:45 pm ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, Jan 13 (IANS) Americans are giving Barack Obama a split decision on his first year in office with 48 percent saying his presidency has been a failure so ... Read more...
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RSS chief in Lucknow on three-day visit
January 8th, 2010 - 10:37 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Jan 8 (IANS) Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat arrived here Friday evening on a three-day visit, during which he would have "special sessions" with young workers of both ... Read more...
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2010 Is The Year Of The Tiger, According To Chinese Astrology
January 1st, 2010 - 9:06 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
Jan.01, (THAINDIAN NEWS) According to Chinese astrology, the year 2010 would be the Year of the Tiger and the cycle would begin on February 14, 2010 and would come to ... Read more...
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