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The New Age of InnovationCategory : Non-Fiction

Author : C.K. Prahalad and M.S. Krishnan

Publisher : McGraw-Hill Education India Pvt Ltd

Bipin Kabra joins Dhanalakshmi Bank as CEO

Mr Bipin Kabra has joined the Thrissur,Kerala-based Dhanalakshmi Bank as the Chief Financial Office He worked both as chartered accountant and a cost accountantand has over 16 years of experience in financial services sector.

'Slumdog Millionaire' now in Tamil

Valentine’s day ( February 14) and Kollywood will see the release of not a romantic film, but of the dubbed version of one of cinema’s biggest dramas – Slumdog Millionaire. K Natarajan, of Falcon films, has bought the Tamil rights for the Oscar nominee, paying a sum of over Rs.50 lakhs.

Slumdog Millionaire has been dubbed as " Naanum Koteeswaran" (I am a millionaire too), with popular Tamil actor Simbu lending his voice for the lead role played by Dev Patil, and veteran playback singer S P Balasubramaniam dubbing for Anil Kapoor.

3 Indian women entrepreneurs among third IWEC awardees

Three Indian businesswomen are among the 15 women entrepreneurs who have been awarded the third La Caixa International Women Entrepreneurial Challenge Awards (IWEC) this year.

The three Indian women entrepreneurs are Dipali Goenka, Director of Welspun Retail, Vasundhara Mantri, professional Jewellery Designer and Anita Lal Creative Head, The Goodearth Company.

Iran launches home-built satellite

Iran has successfully placed into orbit its first domestically made satellite, using an indigenous launcher. It is the Safir-2 rocket.
The lightweight satellite can carry out remote sensing and satellite telemetry operations. It is expected to have a maximum life of three months and will orbit the earth 15 times per day.

A S Murthy appointed as Satyam's CEO

Satyam Computer's A S Murthy who was heading Satyam's global operations was appointed as the new CEO.Company board Satyam has also got a Rs 600 crore breather from the banks for immediate working capital requirements.

Infosys freezes recruitment, mulls pay cuts

Employees of Infosys Technologies may have to live with a salary cut and without any significant increment, even as the IT bellwether has virtually frozen fresh recruitments on account of the global meltdown.

Sensex, Nifty end in red

The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex on Thursday fell nearly 111 points on heavy selling by funds in bluechips led by Reliance Industries and Infosys Technologies.

The Sensex, which gained 135 points in the last two sessions, fell by 110.97 points to 9,090.88.