MARCH 21, 2023
Starbucks, one of the largest coffee chains in the world, has announced that Laxman Narasimhan has assumed the role of the chief executive officer of the company on Monday, months after he joined the American company. The 55-year-old also joined the board of directors of Starbucks. He joined the company in October. He had been learning the...
Business
Meet SN Subrahmanyan, CEO whose salary is Rs 16.7 lakh per day for running Rs 3-lakh crore business
MARCH 21, 2022
Larsen and Toubro is one of the largest infrastructure companies in the world. Its market capitalisation is a whopping over Rs 3 lakh crore. It is being spearheaded by SN Subrahmanyan, one of the highest paid CEOs in India. Sekharipuram Narayanan Subrahmanyan is the CEO and Managing Director of the company known for handling gigantic infrastructure projects....
MARCH 20, 2023
San Francisco Indian Consulate vandalized by Khalistanis
India conveyed its strong protest in a meeting with the US Charge d'Affaires in Delhi after Khalistani supporters vandalized the Indian Consulate General in San Francisco.
"The US government was reminded of its basic obligation to protect and secure diplomatic representation. It was asked to take appropriate measures to prevent the recurrence...
Agriculture
‘The climate time-bomb is ticking’: The world is running out of time to avoid catastrophe, new UN report warns
MARCH 20, 2023
Floods in Jaffarabad district, Balochistan province, on August 26, 2022. Scientists found devastating floods across the country were made worse by climate change. - Fida Hussain/AFP/Getty Images/File
The world is rapidly approaching catastrophic levels of heating with international climate goals set to slip out of reach unless immediate and radical action is taken, according to a new UN-backed...
MARCH 17, 2023
This photo provided by the California Strawberry Commission shows a flooded Pajaro River area in Pajaro, Calif. on Tuesday, March 14, 2023. California's strawberry farms have been hit hard by this year's winter storms. Industry experts estimate about a fifth of strawberry farms in the Watsonville and Salinas areas have been flooded since a levee ruptured last...
MARCH 17, 2023
Specifically, the 2018 report discusses the H-20 range with a mind to Asia, explaining that the H-20s reported range would “expand long-range offensive bomber capability beyond the second island chain,” placing areas such as the South China Sea at risk.
H-20: The stealth factor
While the H-20 certainly looks quite stealthy as it very closely seems to replicate a...
MARCH 17, 2023
An image taken from a video released by the Pentagon showing a Russian Su-27 dumping fuel while flying toward an American drone on Tuesday. - U.S. European Command/Via Reuters
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Pentagon’s European Command on Thursday released the first declassified video images of the events leading up to a Russian fighter jet colliding with an unarmed...
Business
Ryan Reynolds’ mobile company to be sold for whopping Rs 11,000 crore, here’s how much Deadpool star will make from deal
MARCH 16, 2023
Mint Mobile, a company in which actor Ryan Reynolds is an investor, is being sold to telecom giant T-Mobile for a whopping $1.35 billion (approximately Rs 11,135 crore). The Deadpool star reportedly has a minority stake in the company and as per details available, he will stay on in his creative role ‘on behalf of Mint’.
On Wednesday,...
Asia
Google Layoffs: No more sacking, please! Employees protest; come up with alternative ideas for job cuts
MARCH 16, 2023
Google Layoffs 2023: Around 250 Google employees at the tech giant’s office in Zurich, Switzerland staged a walkout on Wednesday to mark their protest and solidarity for those laid off as part of the massive layoff from the company worldwide.
Earlier in January, Alphabet Inc, the parent company of Google announced that it will be laying off 12,000...
MARCH 15, 2023
President Joe Biden speaks about the U.S. banking system, March 13, 2023, in Washington. - aul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images
The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank is putting deregulatory reforms implemented under former President Donald Trump back in the spotlight.
The abrupt implosion of the country's 16th-largest bank last week resulted in swift finger-pointing in Washington.
President Joe Biden and...