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Infosys CEO Vishal Sikka's salary down 67% in 2016-17
25 May 2017
The cash component of Sikka's salary fell to Rs16.01 crore in 2016-17 from Rs48.73 crore in the previous year, while his total compensation stood 7 per cent lower at 45.41 crore
Flipkart, Snapdeal sign term sheet for all-stock merger
24 May 2017
The merged entity will create a stronger competitor to global online retailer Amazon, which is using all available means to establish itself as leader in the Indian online market place
Cyber security experts warn of EternalRocks, meaner than WannaCry
23 May 2017
Like WannaCry, EternalRocks also deploys an NSA tool known as EternalBlue to infect one computer after another through Windows, but is also equipped with six other NSA tools, with names like EternalChampion, EternalRomance, and DoublePulsar
Don’t reboot: experts find WannaCry fix
20 May 2017
French researchers said on Friday they had found a way for technicians to save Windows files encrypted by WannaCry, the ransomware that threatens to start locking up victims' computers
No mass layoffs, IT firms are still hiring: Nasscom
19 May 2017
The industry body says reports of mass layoffs in India’s IT industry are exaggerated, but re-skilling is important in view of the fast-changing contours of the industry
Zomato says 17 mn user records hacked
18 May 2017
Facebook fined €150,000 by French regulator for gathering internet user data
18 May 2017
The social network was fined for six violations, including collecting information on users "without having a legal basis" to target them with advertising, and tracking them unfairly without warning that they were being tracked
US tech giant Apple acquires Lattice Data
15 May 2017
‘WannaCry’: second malware wave feared; India on high alert
15 May 2017
The computer security expert who discovered a 'kill switch' that has slowed a global malware attack has revealed that cyber attackers are working to bring down the ‘emergency stop’, which is halting the virus from spreading
Major cyber-attack hits nearly 100 countries; Asia mostly spared
13 May 2017
A massive cyber attack that was earlier reported to have hit the UK’s National Health Service has now proved to be of global scale, leveraging hacking tools believed to have been developed by the US National Security Agency
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By Kiron Kasbekar | 03 Jan 2024
In March 2013 Chinese scientists pulled off a remarkable feat. They created the world’s lightest aerogel. Tipping the scales at a mere 0.16 milligrams per cubic centimeter – that’s a sixth of the weight of air!
COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions
By Aniket Gupta | 27 Dec 2023
The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP28, took place from 30th November 2023, to 13th December 2023, at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
What is a Ponzi scheme?
By Aniket Gupta | 06 Dec 2023
Ponzi schemes have long captivated the public imagination, drawing unsuspecting investors into a web of illusion and deception.
The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
03 Jul 2023
HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
02 Apr 2023
Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
06 Mar 2023
Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation
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