
Govt open to hiring Coal India chief from private sector: Piyush Goyal
The government is open to hiring chairman and managing director of state-owned Coal India from the private sector, coal and power minister Piyush Goyal said on Friday. “I have also initiated a dialogue to see if we can attract talent going beyond the routine selection process, to attract... read more »

BSNL to open call centre at Technopark
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A 200 seat call centre facility to serve BSNL telephone service subscribers across the state would become operational at Technopark here by August, 2014, BSNL Kerala chief general manager M S S Rao said here on Friday. Earlier, the call centre for BSNL Kerala was operating from... read more »

C.D.C. Closes Anthrax and Flu Labs After Accidents
After potentially serious back-to-back laboratory accidents, federal health officials announced Friday that they had temporarily closed the flu and anthrax laboratories at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta and halted shipments of all infectious agents from the agency’s... read more »

Kerry Pushes for Solution to Afghanistan Election Crisis
KABUL, Afghanistan — The Obama administration had hoped that after years of frustration with President Hamid Karzai, a successful election in Afghanistan would finally produce a leader who could stabilize the country while working with the United States to allow an orderly withdrawal of American... read more »