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Penang targets US expansion to cement status as global chip hub

GEORGE TOWN, Sept. 28 -- Penang is ramping up its efforts to attract fresh American capital and encourage existing US multinationals to expand their footprint in the state. Chief Minister Chow Kon Ye... Read More


'Top secret' files from British era, freedom struggle found hidden at CSMT

India, Sept. 28 -- Central Railway (CR) officials last week stumbled upon 12 to 15 'secret' files in a room at the CSMT headquarters. Dating back to the late 1920s and early 1930s, the files were in a... Read More


'Above the age limit': ICT professor moves HC against VC's second term reappointment

India, Sept. 28 -- A senior professor at the Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT), Mumbai, has moved the Bombay High Court challenging the reappointment of vice-chancellor Aniruddha B Pandit for a s... Read More


Sharad Pawar seeks loan waiver, cash aid for drought-hit farmers

India, Sept. 28 -- A day after the Maharashtra government declared drought in 265 of its 358 talukas, NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar on Sunday wrote to chief minister Devendra Fadnavis seeking a 17-point... Read More


Work on controversial Bhujbal-linked Kalina Central Library almost complete

India, Sept. 28 -- Even as veteran NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal was discharged by a special court in the Kalina Central Library case last week, the public works department (PWD) is all set to complete t... Read More


Who is CJ Desai? MongoDB CEO set to join Meta Enterprise Platform for businesses; will report directly to Zuckerberg

New Delhi, Sept. 28 -- Chirantan Desai, aka CJ Desai, President and CEO of database company MongoDB Inc. has stepped down, effective immediately, to join Meta Platforms, where he will report directly ... Read More


Film fraternity condemns SRFTI clash; 3 FIRs lodged

Kolkata, Sept. 28 -- The usually busy Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute (SRFTI) wore a deserted look on Monday, with tension palpable a day after a clash between students and members of the A... Read More


K'taka flags drug price gaps at 254 companies

BENGALURU, Sept. 28 -- Karnataka's Food and Drug Administration has asked the Centre to intervene against 254 pharmaceutical companies over what it says are extreme gaps between the prices at which me... Read More


TVK govt rolls back RTI order after political backlash

CHENNAI, Sept. 28 -- The Tamil Nadu government on Sunday revoked an order exempting the Public (Law and Order) department from the ambit of the Right to Information (RTI) Act, 2005, after it triggered... Read More


Karur stampede an 'unhealable' wound: Vijay on 1st anniversary

CHENNAI, Sept. 28 -- Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay on Sunday said that the Karur stampede left an "unhealable wound" in his life, while paying tributes on the first anniversary of the incid... Read More