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...held by the end of this year, but say a timetable won't be revealed until September, which many people interpret as a sign the poll could be delayed again. Rising inflation has people grumbling as well. "Anticipation of the rising prices of essentials has Bangladeshis really worried," says Indra Nath Mukherji, an Honorary Visiting Professor of South Asian Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University. "People are also saying elections should be taking place soon, they want the chance to have a say." The revelations of Khalil's treatment are only likely to add to the growing sense of disgruntlement...
...diaspora has spread beyond Silicon Valley. Indian-born executives have in recent years taken the reins at some of the world's biggest companies. Arun Sarin, a native of Madhya Pradesh in central India, is CEO of Britain's Vodafone. Three months ago, Indra Nooyi was named CEO of PepsiCo after serving five years as the U.S. beverage giant's CFO. Indians have credibility as managers, says Hemant Luthra, head of the Systems & Automotive Technologies division at Indian car-and-tractor manufacturer Mahindra & Mahindra. This was not always so. Luthra remembers visiting Hong Kong in 1991 when India's government...
...NAMED. Indra Nooyi, 50, chief financial officer of soft-drink giant PepsiCo; as the company's chief executive, making her one of just 11 women to head FORTUNE 500 companies; in New York. The Indian-born, straight-talking Nooyi will succeed Steven Reinemund in October. With Nooyi at the helm, PepsiCo will be the largest U.S. company, by market value, to be led by a woman. "Being a woman, being foreign-born, you've got to be smarter than anyone else," Nooyi said last week...
...highlighting the continuing possibility of terrorist attacks, says Indra Piliang, a political analyst at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies, "it may even help him get more support from the U.S. in the war on terror." With such threats still very real, better ties are more important than ever...
...Former Garuda CEO Indra Setiawan?who was removed last week with the rest of Garuda's board in a long-planned management change unrelated to the Munir case?says Pollycarpus was flying to Singapore to check on a Boeing 747 with a landing gear problem, and denies any skulduggery on the part of the airline. As someone who challenged the military, security agencies and big business, Munir had many enemies. Rachland says the commission will next question officials from the National Intelligence Agency. "Let's hope," he says, "the investigation doesn't stop with [Pollycarpus'] arrest...