Thursday, January 28, 2016

Apple Watch

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Apple Watch: Smartwatch Outranks Rolex in Annual Luxury Brand Ranking's Watch Category
Analytics firm NetBase compiled the annual list, covering social media mentions and consumer comments from over 700 million posts between 2014 and 2015.

Deloitte

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Deloitte: Firm Survey Shows 44 Percent of Millennials Expect to Leave Employer in Next 2 Years
Millennials cited a lack of career progression for wanting to leave. 48 percent of women said they are being overlooked for potential leadership positions and 50 percent of men agreed

Reserve Bank of India Governor

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Raghuram Rajan: Reserve Bank of India Governor Criticizes Defaulters Flaunting Lavish Lifestyles
"If you flaunt your birthday bashes even while owing the system a lot of money, it does seem to suggest to the public that you don't care," Rajan said, reportedly alluding to Vijay Mallya.

Bharti Airtel

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Bharti Airtel: Company Announces 22.2 Percent Drop in 3rd-Quarter Profit
The company's consolidated net profit dropped to Rs 1,117 crore in the quarter ending Dec. 31, Bharti Airtel announced. Its total revenue rose 3.7 percent to Rs 24,066 crore.

Japan: Defense Ministry

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Japan: Defense Ministry Unveils Country's 1st Domestically-Made Stealth Fighter Aircraft
Japan unveiled the X-2 Thursday at a Mitsubishi hangar, measuring 14 meters in length and a $340 million price tag. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe recently eased Japan's postwar military restrictions.

India's Minister of External Affairs

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Sushma Swaraj: India's Minister of External Affairs Relaxes Police Verification Process for Passports
Swaraj fast-tracked the first-time passport application process, allowing it to take less than a week. The new policy pushes back police verification until after a passport is issued to the applicant.

Hema Malini

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Hema Malini: Right to Information Activist Accuses Actress and Party of Land Grabbing, Report Says
Anil Galgali told Indo Asian News Service that Malini and Bharatiya Janata Party Lok Sabha were allotted 2,000 square meters in Mumbai for a dance academy despite not having paid off a 1997 proposal.

Arun Jaitley

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Arun Jaitley: Government to Fund 10,000 Kilometers of Road Projects, Finance Minister Says
The government, having simplified procedures for building highways, will award the contracts by the end of the current fiscal year, Jaitley said Thursday.