Google's Pichai to oversee major products and services
Google Inc Chief Executive Officer Larry Page has put Sundar Pichai, one of his key lieutenants, in charge of the Internet company's products. The India-born executive will have oversight over products such as search, maps, Google+, commerce, advertising and infrastructure. Full Article
Gold sales jump about 20 pct for Diwali - trade body
SINGAPORE - Gold sales in India during the festivals of Diwali and Dhanteras celebrated this week rose by about a fifth, a senior official at the country's biggest gold trade group said on Friday.
Two killed, four wounded in US school shooting
A student shot dead a female classmate and wounded four others when he opened fire in the cafeteria of his Washington state high school on Friday, apparently after a fight with fellow students, authorities said. Full Article | Suspect left unhappy tweets
India's growth to pick up along with reforms
India's economy will likely grow at its fastest pace in two years in the current fiscal year as Prime Minister Narendra Modi implements reforms to attract investment, a Reuters poll of economists showed on Friday. Full Article | Asia economic growth to languish
Euro zone risks "relapse into recession": Draghi
The ECB's president warned divided euro zone leaders on Friday they risked "a relapse into recession" if they failed to press ahead with structural economic reforms, a message welcomed by German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Full Article | Video
Dissolving hatred of homosexuals in India
Modern India is walking slowly towards a general acceptance of homosexuals and lesbians. Shonali Bose in her film, “Margarita, With a Straw,” tries to pick up the pace. The film, which won the NETPAC award at the Toronto Film Festival earlier this year, is about a teenager with cerebral palsy who is unabashed about her sexuality. Read
Torrid season over as Nadal opts for surgery
Rafa Nadal's announcement that he will miss the ATP World Tour Finals because of appendicitis ended a difficult year for the Spaniard. Full Article | Coric stuns Nadal in Basel, Federer through
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'Mushroom' could be early branch on tree of life
Miniature deep sea animals discovered off the Australian coast almost three decades ago are puzzling scientists, who say the organisms have proved impossible to categorise. Academics at the Natural History of Denmark have appealed to the scientific community for help, saying that further information on Dendrogramma enigmatica and Dendrogramma discoides could answer key questions. Video
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Movie Review: Happy New Year
Filmmaker Farah Khan brings back Shah Rukh Khan, self-deprecating jokes, six-pack abs and lots of bling. Borrowing liberally from Hollywood heist films, most notably Steven Soderbergh’s “Ocean’s Eleven,” Khan doesn’t seem too concerned with the business of making a good film – she just wants to make sure her lead hero and his rippling muscles get as much screen time as possible. Full Article
Peace Laureate's Call
Spend less on arms, more on schools, says Nobel laureate Satyarthi
Countries around the world should cut their defence budgets and invest in education if child labour is to be eradicated, said Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi. Satyarthi founded the charity Bachpan Bachao Andolan (Save the Childhood Movement) in 1980 and has helped rescue over 80,000 children - many of whom were trafficked from poor rural villages. Full Article
Lessons of Ebola: Unequal in life, unequal in death
Dr. Margaret Chan, who leads the WHO, sent her chief of staff to a WHO regional conference in Manila to spotlight something we rarely keep in our conscious mind and don’t, collectively, do much about: Inequalities can be a matter of ever-longer life, or a most miserable death: Inequalities can be a matter of ever-longer life, or a most miserable death. Commentary
Being the ‘indispensable nation’ is killing American democracy
America — proudly dubbed the “indispensable nation” by its national-security managers — is now the entangled nation enmeshed in conflicts across the globe. The indispensable nation is permanently engaged across the globe. But endless war undermines the Constitution. Commentary
Cheap oil is no tonic for Asian economies
Cheaper oil won’t be much of a tonic for Asian economies. While painful for exporters, sliding prices should benefit consumers of crude. For most in the region, though, less expensive oil is mainly a sign that growth is stalling. The big exceptions are India and Indonesia. For them, the price slide over the past 4 months translates into significant budgetary savings. Full Article
Ebola Outbreak
Two U.S. states to quarantine health workers returning from Ebola zones
New York and New Jersey will automatically quarantine medical workers returning from Ebola-hit West African countries and the U.S. government is considering the same step after a doctor who treated patients in Guinea came back infected, officials said. Full Article | Slideshow
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