Yusuf Mehdi, Microsoft’s consumer chief marketing officer and one of its longest-serving executives, is leaving the company after 35 years. He announced the decision in an internal memo to staff on Thursday, first reported by Business Insider. Mehdi isn’t walking out the door immediately. He plans to work through the next fiscal year—which at Microsoft...
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Why Vaibhav Sooryavanshi plays only as Impact Player for RR
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (Image credit: BCCI/IPL) MUMBAI: He has left the cricketing world spellbound with his tremendous hitting abilities, with sixes and fours raining off his marauding blade relentlessly but Rajasthan’s explosive opener Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has also faced a bit of scrutiny for playing as an ‘Impact Player,’ which means that he has only batted during...
The big AI shock: Have Indian IT sector stocks lost their lustre?
IT stocks crash (AI image) Globally technology sector stocks are leading stock market rallies. In India, the picture is the opposite. The Nifty IT index has dropped around 23% since the start of the year, sharply underperforming the broader market decline of around 10%.In fact, IT has been the worst-performing major sector in the Indian...
Future wars will span cyber, cognitive domains: CDS Anil Chauhan
NEW DELHI: Chief of defence staff Anil Chauhan on Saturday said future wars will be fought across multiple domains including land, sea, air, cyberspace and cognitive warfare, as he inaugurated the NIBE Defence Manufacturing Complex in Maharashtra’s Shirdi and described the city as an emerging hub of defence manufacturing and technological innovation.Addressing the inauguration ceremony,...
Marco Rubio invites PM Modi to visit White House on ‘behalf of Trump’
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit the White House in the near future on behalf of US President Donald Trump, signalling a renewed push to deepen ties between New Delhi and Washington despite tensions over trade in recent months.The invitation was announced by US Ambassador to India...
‘Neither unemployed nor am I lazy but … ‘: Sonam Wangchuk calls himself ‘an honorary cockroach’
PTI file photo Environmentalist and educationist Sonam Wangchuk on Saturday expressed support for the online “cockroach” movement led by the self-styled “Cockroach Janata Party” (CJP), calling himself an “honorary cockroach”.He also urged the government to engage with the concerns raised by youngsters instead of suppressing their digital expression.When asked whether he would formally join the...
Swipe, scroll, repeat: How algorithms are shaping young minds
Representative AI image A toddler swipes across a screen before learning to hold a pencil properly. A teenager wakes up and reaches for Instagram before even getting out of bed. At dinner tables, family members sit together, but each is absorbed in a different digital world. Childhood, friendship, boredom, validation, many of life’s earliest experiences...
‘India-US will continue to work closely for global good’: PM Modi after meeting Marco Rubio
(Photo shared by PM Modi on X) NEW DELHI: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Saturday held talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi deepening India-US strategic ties across defence, trade, technology and the Indo-Pacific.Sharing the details of the meeting, Sergio Gor, US ambassador to India wrote on X, “Great to join...
Twisha death case: Husband Samarth sent to 7-day police remand; cops say he’s not cooperating
Prime accused Samarth Singh in the death of his wife Twisha Sharma was arrested in Jabalpur and remanded to police custody for seven days in Bhopal. BHOPAL: Police on Saturday secured a seven-day remand of Samarth Singh, the prime accused in the death case of his wife, Twisha Sharma, after producing him before a court...
West Bengal shifts Bakrid holiday to May 28, cancels earlier dates
The West Bengal government has declared May 28, 2026, as a public holiday on account of Id-Ud-Zoha (Bakrid), revising its earlier holiday schedule for the festival.In a notification, the state government said, “in partial modification of the aforesaid notification, the Governor is pleased to declare 28th May, 2026 (Thursday) as a public holiday on account...
