Dinesh Thakur is the Indian-American who’s richer by $48.6m today for playing a crucial role in nailing Ranbaxy for its crimes. Background Thakur received a Bachelors degree in Technology from Osmania University, a Master of Science in Chemical Engineering from University of New Hampshire, and graduate training from Syracuse University. Court documents show Thakur as […]
Generic drugs manufacturer Ranbaxy USA has confessed to engaging in criminal behavior and agreed to pay a $500 million fine (covering both criminal and civil fines and forfeiture). The fine is the largest imposed by the U.S. on a generic drugs manufacturer. Ranbaxy – Japanese Firm Now Ranbaxy USA is a subsidiary of Ranbaxy Laboratories […]
Smartphones are entering the irritating terrain of gimmickry with features that most of us don’t care about, will not use or that just don’t work. In a desperate attempt at boosting sales, most of the major smartphone vendors including Apple, Samsung and LG are lately guilty of trumpeting features that are completely irrelevant to 95% […]
By Naveen I am not a fan of Zombie movies and I don’t recall having seen one in recent times. For me to watch the Saif Ali Khan produced Go Goa Gone, Bollywood’s first Zombie movie, was an odd choice. But I don’t regret the decision as the movie was not so bad after all! […]
They’re a rotten crowd…You’re worth the whole damn bunch put together. – Nick Carraway’s parting words to Jay Gatsby in The Great Gatsby If you have not read F.Scott Fitzgerald’s so-called masterpiece The Great Gatsby, you’re not likely to be able to make much sense of this movie. The wild, overflowing parties, the music, the […]
To millions awaiting news of Nokia’s obituary, the Finnish company decisively proved today that it was neither dead nor dying with the launch of Asha 501, a cheap smartphone for the Indian market. Asha 501 is built not on Google’s Android nor on Windows, but on Nokia’s proprietary Asha software platform. Good move! At first […]