China hands drugmaker GSK record $489 mln fine, sentences executives

September 19, 2014 0
A jogger runs past a signage for pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline in London

By Adam Jourdan and Ben Hirschler SHANGHAI/LONDON (Reuters) – China fined GlaxoSmithKline Plc a record 3 billion yuan ($490 million) on Friday for paying bribes to doctors to use its drugs, underlining the risks of doing business there while also ending a damaging chapter for the British drugmaker. A court in the southern city of Changsha also sentenced Mark Reilly, the former head of GSK in China, and other GSK executives to between two and four years in jail, according to state news agency Xinhua. …

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Shreya Narayan loved the challenge of essaying a non-actor in the Rekha starrer Super Nani

September 19, 2014 0

For Shreya Narayan, who comes from the lineage of the first President of India, Dr. Rajendra Prasad, acting and writing go hand in hand. The lady who is an actor, lyricist, author and philanthropist has earlier written lyrics for the Madhuri Dixit – Juhi Chawla starrer Gulaab Gang. She is also presently writing her first book of fiction, and has earlier worked on the Bihar Flood Relief Mission with Prakash Jha during the Kosi river floods.

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Not easy to part as BJP, Shiv Sena bound by ‘Hindutva’ ideology: Sanjay Raut

September 19, 2014 0

Mumbai, Sept. 19 (ANI): Amidst the ongoing bickering between the Shiv Sena and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over sharing of seats for Maharashtra Assembly elections, Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Friday said that it would be difficult for Shiv Sena and BJP to part as the two parties joined hands because of their similar ‘Hindutva’ ideology.

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Sony TV launches Humsafars

September 19, 2014 0

One a vivacious, lively, talented girl from Lucknow, the other an intense and complicated ruthless business tycoon! What happens when destiny entwines their lives together? Affirming the saying that opposites attract, Sony Entertainment Television’s latest offering is a beautiful love story of two contrasting individuals – Humsafars.

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Music world mourns the demise of Carnatic legend Mandolin Srinivas

September 19, 2014 0

It’s tragic Friday for Indian music industry. One of the foremost exponents of Carnatic music, Uppalapu Srinivas, 45, passed away in the morning in Chennai. Srinivas was reportedly battling liver related ailment and was hospitalised for the same.

The news of the legend’s demise sent the entire music industry into a state of mourning. Many took to Twitter to express their deep condolences.

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Khoobsurat: Bumbling Beauty and Boring Prince

September 19, 2014 0

He thinks she is ‘aafat‘. She thinks he is ‘khadoos‘. That’s the starting point. The thinking continues. He thinks. She thinks. In voiceovers. They say the opposite. It doesn’t take much for them to have second thoughts. The hormones play Cupid. The oldest trick in Hindi movies is used here. She falls into his arms while reaching out for a book. (How original). Not that either of them read much.