Sundar Pichai was appointed CEO of Google in October 2015, and later took charge of its parent company, Alphabet, in December 2019. Known for his calm and understated leadership style, Pichai is one of those rare executives who lets results speak louder than words. What many people do not know is that Google Chrome, which…
Trinamool’s former MLA from Barrackpore, filmmaker Raj Chakraborty, announced on Thursday that he is quitting politics. KOLKATA: Trinamool’s former MLA from Barrackpore, filmmaker Raj Chakraborty, announced on Thursday that he is quitting politics.Chakraborty’s statement comes in the wake of former ministers and TMC functionaries publicly turning on the leadership, blaming organisational arrogance and grassroots disconnect…
In a recent incident, a young tourist, identified by her surname Liu, lost her life after falling from a cliff swing attraction at the Maliuyan Expedition Park in Huaying, Sichuan province. What was supposed to be a thrilling holiday adventure turned into a tragedy. The accident has left the world of tourism shaken across China…
NEW DELHI: Veteran Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar on Friday questioned the grand old party’s decision to support actor-politician Vijay and his Tamilaga Vetri Kazhagam in Tamil Nadu, calling the move “dreadful”, ethically questionable and politically reckless. Speaking to PTIl, Aiyar accused the Congress of abandoning its long-time ally Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam immediately after contesting…
NEW DELHi: The race to form the next government in Tamil Nadu intensified on Friday as political parties scrambled for support after the assembly elections delivered a fractured mandate. With no party crossing the halfway mark, Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) chief Vijay continued his push to gather allies, even after securing a historic mandate.Vijay, whose…
MS Dhoni (BCCI/IPL Photo) NEW DELHI: Former India captain MS Dhoni has added another remarkable achievement to his legacy off the cricket field after emerging as the highest individual taxpayer from Jharkhand and Bihar combined during the 2025-26 financial year.The revelation was made on Thursday by Principal Chief Commissioner of Income Tax (Bihar-Jharkhand), Dr D…
On May 7, 2026, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and the Indian Air Force (IAF) successfully carried out the maiden flight trial of the Tactical Advanced Range Augmentation (TARA) weapon off Odisha’s coast. TARA, released from a Jaguar aircraft, is India’s first indigenous glide weapon system designed to convert unguided warheads into precision-guided…
The United States Court of International Trade on May 7 delivered another setback to Donald Trump’s tariff strategy, striking down the 10% global duties imposed under Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974. The 10% tariffs were imposed by the Trump administration after the US Supreme Court blocked the “Liberation Day tariffs”, which had…
James Holder, the co-founder of fashion brand Superdry, has been jailed for eight years after being found guilty of raping a woman following a night out in the UK. The incident took place in Cheltenham in May 2022 after Holder and a friend went to the woman’s home following a night out drinking. Prosecutors said…
Health authorities are racing to trace dozens of people who recently disembarked from the Dutch cruise ship MV Hondius after a hantavirus outbreak onboard left three people dead and several others infected.According to the World Health Organization (WHO), five of eight suspected cases have been confirmed. Among the dead is a 69-year-old Dutch woman who…