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Besides famous playwright, writer, romantic and critic of his contemporaries, William Shakespeare was also a grain hoarder and a tax evader, according to a new research.

Academic researchers said that historical archives have shown that Shakespeare was also a merchant and property owner. Data showed that the writer was pursued for tax evasion and even ted for hoarding grain during a time of shortage in 1598. This side of his life is often overlooked by people because he was such fine writer.

According to the latest data released, the manufacturing data expanded to its highest level in 11 months during the month of March indicating that the Chinese economy is showing signs of recovery.

The National Bureau of Statistics and China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing said that the country's Purchasing Managers' Index, which is an important index for manufacturing activity in the country, increased to 50.9. The index was recorded at the level of 50.1 during the month of February. A rating of more than 50 shows expansion while a rating of below 50 shows contraction.

Swiss drug maker, Novartis faced a defeat in a patent issue as India's apex court dismissed its patent bid for a blockbuster cancer drug.

The company condemned the decision by the Supreme Court of India to dismiss its patent application. The decision by the Supreme Court came after legal battle for seven years by the company to gain a patent protection for an updated version of leukemia drug Glivec in the country.

Telecom service provider, Telkom has said that it has appointed Sipho Maseko as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the troubled fixed line company.

Maseko, who has been working as a managing director of Vodacom, has said that he is privileged to join the company and pledged to work with the chairman, the board and staff to address the problems of the company and boost growth. The company had recently announced a voluntary early retirement process for its employees in order to save costs and strengthen its financial position in the South African market.

New Delhi, April 1 : Lauding Indian space agency ISRO, US astronaut Sunita Williams Monday said it was doing an excellent job and wished that more Indian American women follow her and the late Kalpana Chawla into space.

Williams, 47, who holds the world record for the most spacewalk time - 50 hours 40 minutes - by a female astronaut, is in India on a week-long trip.

"India is doing excellent in space programme and has a huge resource of people. ISRO (India Space Research organisation) is doing a great job," Williams told IANS.

New Delhi, April 1 : Beijing Games bronze medallist Vijender Singh's alleged involvement in drugs will hit his 'iconic' image and hamper the growth of boxing in the country, say his contemporaries and juniors a day after Punjab Police claimed that the star boxer took heroin 12 times.

Vijender, who is a deputy superintendent in Haryana Police, has been the face of Indian boxing ever since he won a historic bronze at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.