Former Infosys president Ravi Kumar appointed as new CEO of Cognizant
Mumbai, 12/2: Former Infosys president Ravi Kumar has been appointed as the new CEO of Cognizant, according to reports. Kumar succeeded outgoing CEO Brian Humphries.
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Citing threat to life, Nupur Sharma gets gun licence
New Delhi, 12/1: Suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma, whose controversial comments during a TV debate triggered protests and violence last year, now has a gun licence, said sources in Delhi Police on Thursday. The source added that she has been given the licence to carry a firearm for her protection. During a TV…
Maruti Suzuki unveils Jimny, Fronx, eyes top slot in SUV segment
Mumbai, 12/1: In a bid to secure top position in the sports utility vehicle segment, Maruti Suzuki India on Thursday unveiled two new products — Jimny and Fronx — in the country. The country’s largest carmaker also seeks to regain 50 per cent market share in the domestic passenger vehicle segment by bolstering…
Noam Chomsky among 261 academics write to President Murmu on axing of Bengal prof
Kolkata, 12/1: Academics, including linguist Noam Chomsky, have written to President Droupadi Murmu about the service termination of Visva Bharati professor Sudipta Bhattacharya and sought her intervention. The 261 signatories have expressed “deep concern” at the termination order served to Bhattacharya, who besides being a teacher of economics at the university, is also the…
World is in state of crisis: PM Modi at Voice of Global South summit
New Delhi, 12/1: The world is in a state of crisis and it is difficult to predict how long this state of instability will last, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday referring to various global challenges arising out of conflict, war and terrorism among others. In his opening remarks at the Voice of…
Markets climb in early trade, turn flat later
Mumbai, 12/1: The domestic equity benchmarks climbed in early trade on Thursday amid positive trends from the US markets. The 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 139.34 points to 60,244.84 in initial trade. The broader NSE Nifty advanced 39.35 points to 17,935.05. From the Sensex pack, HCL Technologies, Titan, UltraTech Cement, Larsen & Toubro,…
Hockey World Cup Opens with a grand ceremony
Cuttack, 11/1: The wait is finally over. The FIH Odisha Men’s Hockey World Cup 2023 opened to an extravaganza and colorful opening ceremony as Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik took the centre stage of celebrations at historic Barabati Stadium, which has turned into a constellation brimming with the brightest of stars from music and entertainment industry….
Suicide blast near Afghan ministry, more than 20 casualtie
Kabul, ,11/1: A suicide bomber detonated a device Wednesday near Afghanistan’s foreign ministry in the capital, causing more than 20 causalities, an AFP staff member said. Images from the scene show people lying in the snow in the street outside the central Kabul building. “I don’t know how many of them were…
New therapies, not tobacco ban, key to combating lung cancer: Nobel laureate Harold Varmus
Washington DC, 11/1: The key to combating lung cancer is the development of novel immunotherapies and diagnostic techniques and not a complete ban on tobacco that is impossible to enforce, says American Nobel laureate Harold Varmus. Varmus won the 1989 Nobel Prize in Medicine – along with American immunologist Michael Bishop — for…
US FAA says flight personnel alert system not processing updates after outage
Washington DC, ,11/1: The US Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) system that alerts pilots and other flight personnel about hazards or any changes to airport facility services and relevant procedures was not processing updated information, the civil aviation regulator’s website showed on WednesdayIn an advisory, the FAA said its NOTAM (Notice to Air Missions) system had…