Spread the love Satya Nadella Norway’s $2 trillion Sovereign Wealth Fund recently voted against two key proposals involving Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. At the company’s annual shareholder’s meeting on December 5, the Fund voted against Nadella’s compensation package as well as him continuing as chair of Microsoft’s board. Norway’s Sovereign Wealth Fund is managed by Norges Bank Investment Management. As...
Uttar Pradesh: BJP unanimously elects Pankaj Chaudhary state president; who is he?
Spread the love NEW DELHI: Union Minister of State for finance Pankaj Chaudhary has been unanimously elected as the Uttar Pradesh BJP president, Union Minister Piyush Goyal announced on Sunday amid loud cheers at the party headquarters in Lucknow.“Today, on December 14, I am very happy to announce that Pankaj Chaudhary has been unanimously elected as the Uttar Pradesh BJP...
Jaiswal sends loud message to Gambhir after Gill’s T20I struggles
Spread the love India’s Yashasvi Jaiswal (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.) Yashasvi Jaiswal underlined his white-ball credentials in emphatic fashion with a blistering hundred for Mumbai in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, steering his side to a four-wicket victory over Haryana at the DY Patil Academy in Ambi on Sunday. Making only his second appearance of the season for Mumbai, Jaiswal...
Several injured after mass shooting at Sydney’s Bondi Beach; video captures gunmen opening fire — watch
Spread the love Image: X@/AustralianJA, DrewPavlou Australian emergency services rushed eight people to hospitals on Sunday following a shooting at Sydney’s popular Bondi Beach, officials said, as police responded to a developing incident and urged the public to avoid the area. A spokesperson for the New South Wales Ambulance Service said multiple people were treated at the scene before eight...
‘Congress wants to eliminate PM’: BJP raises slogan charge at Delhi rally
Spread the love Visuals from Congress rally (Credit: Delhi Congress X handle) NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday levelled serious accusations against Congress party, alleging that the “real agenda” behind its SIR, ‘vote chori’ rally was to “eliminate” Prime Minister Narendra Modi.BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla shared an IANS video on X where he claimed that the Congress leaders were...
South’s ‘Ayodhya’ moment? Why Karthigai deepam row matters beyond Tamil Nadu
Spread the love Rising at the edge of Madurai, Thiruparankundram in Tamil Nadu‘s Madurai has served as sanctuary, landmark, battlefield, shrine and memory for centuries. First to Jain monks who chiselled beds into its stone nearly 2,300 years ago, later to poets of the Sangam age who immortalised it as Murugan Kundram, and eventually to monarchs, pilgrims and mendicants who...
‘Dhurandhar’ box office day 10: Ranveer, Akshaye Khanna, R Madhavan starrer crosses Rs 300 cr
Spread the love Ranveer Singh‘s ‘Dhurandhar’ released in cinemas on December 5 and has now completed its first week. While there were expectations attached to the film, it has surpassed all of those. The Aditya Dhar directorial also stars Akshaye Khanna, R Madhavan, Sanjay Dutt, Arjun Rampal in pivotal roles. ‘Dhurandhar’ is also made on a big scale so the...
D-Street outlook: What could drive the market this upcoming week? Key cues to watch
Spread the love Stock market outlook: The markets this week were driven by macroeconomic pressures and mixed global cues. Domestically, the rupee slid to a fresh record low of 90.56 against the US dollar, dampening risk sentiment. However, some relief came after the US Federal Reserve announced a 25-basis-point rate cut, while optimism over progress in India–US trade talks helped...
‘Shooter on campus, we hid in the dark’: How fear & sirens took over Brown University
Spread the love A quiet winter afternoon at Brown University turned into hours of fear and uncertainty after gunshots rang out on campus, forcing students to hide in darkened rooms as police launched a massive manhunt for the attacker.Shortly after an emergency alert warned of an active shooter, students across the Ivy League campus in Providence were ordered to shelter...
What is ‘lunarcrete’?
Spread the love Lunarcrete is an umbrella term for ‘concrete made on the moon’. As the US and China race to establish long-term lunar settlements, scientists are looking for a suitable building material to protect people from hazardous radiation and drastic temperature swings. Lunarcrete is one promising candidate: instead of sand and gravel, it uses lunar regolith, the grey soil...
