IT news
Unprecedented: IT workers unite to launch stir against TCS layoffs
03 Jan 2015
According to FITE founding member Bharatidasan, TCS has asked 700 employees in Hyderabad, 470 in Bangalore, 480 in Chennai, 70 in Pune and 20 in Kochi to leave, while several hundreds were told that they would be called by HR
US hits N Korea with new sanctions after cyber-attack on Sony
03 Jan 2015
The sanctions are part of the US response to the cyber attack on Sony, which was targeted as it prepared to release `The Interview,’ a crude comedy about a CIA plot to kill North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un
Researchers create robotic ‘thinking’ sea turtle
31 Dec 2014
China blocks access to Gmail
30 Dec 2014
North Korea blames US for internet outages
27 Dec 2014
North Korea’s National Defence Commission accused US President Barack Obama of going reckless like a monkey in a tropical forest by inciting the release of ‘The Interview’, a comedy featuring a fictional plot to kill its leader
Microsoft CEO Nadella meets PM, seeks to partner ‘Digital India’
27 Dec 2014
During talks with communications and IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, Nadella even pushed his ideas on building a secure government controlled digital infrastructure using Microsoft’s cloud services
Microsoft, Sony working to restore internet platforms
26 Dec 2014
The online gaming platforms of Xbox and PlayStation were disabled by attacks on Christmas Day, which made it difficult for users to log on, say reports
WhatsApp to add voice calling feature: reports
26 Dec 2014
Singapore’s GIC to take control of Nirlon in Rs1,250-cr deal
24 Dec 2014
Nirlon has built a high-quality knowledge park in a 23 acre land parcel in Mumbai's Goregaon suburb after successive failures of its textile and rubber businesses
Google to open own campus in Hyderabad: report
22 Dec 2014
Google’s proposed permanent centre in Hyderabad will be its third campus, after the previous two in the US and the UK
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Lighter than air, yet very, very powerful
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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