Departed
Balwant Mehta
Pandari Bai
Vazhkai
Appointed
Tahani El Gabali
Launched
Packaged Cow Dung for religious ceremonies, aimed at NRI and/or urban Hindus, by a firm in Vijayawada, AP.
Patented
‘Veda’, the name of the central texts in the Indian canon, by Veda GmBH, a German software developing firm.
Departed
G. Agnelli, Fiat’s patriarch, at 81. As chief of the auto firm till 1996, he expanded into media, biotech, power and telecom against great odds.
Named
A.S. Anand
Launched
Iran’s First Fashion Mag
