Haryana's whistleblower IFS officer Sanjay Chaturvedi has been chosen for this year's Ramon Magsaysay Award for his exemplary integrity and courage in public life.

E-commerce portal Snapdeal is all set to raise $500 million in investment from Alibaba Group Holding Ltd along with SoftBank Group Corp and Foxconn, as reported from a source.

The Indian Institute of Management Amritsar, is all set to start classes from August 7 from a provisional campus, as the construction work on its own building is yet to start.

The Hong Kong Central Bank has initiated a fine of HK $ 7.5 million on the State Bank of India's Hong Kong branch for breaching the city's anti money-laundering and counter terrorism financing rules.

The Greek manufacturing activity in July has plummeted to levels that record back to 16 years, owing to shortage of new orders and significant supply issues caused by the three week bank shut down.

In the country's first big clampdown on internet porn, the Indian government has ordered service providers to block 857 websites, as per a spokesperson of the Department of Telecommunications, NN Kaul.

Indian writer Anuradha Roy and British-Indian Sunjeev Sahota are two of the names on the list of 13 international authors for the Man Booker prize of 2015, as per the prize committee.