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From oasis to obscurity: Disappearing lakes of Bengaluru

From oasis to obscurity: Disappearing lakes of Bengaluru

August 19, 2024

Though its origins date back to the 16th century, Bengaluru’s importance as a city began from the mid-19th century as an administrative and military centre of the British colonial administration. After the independence, large-scale investments by the government in setting up hi...

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A Signal to exit WhatsApp

A Signal to exit WhatsApp

January 16, 2021

Late on Friday, WhatsApp, world’s leading messaging app, announced that it was delaying the implementation of its new privacy policy which would have led to sharing of comprehensive user profile and sensitive data with Facebook, its parent. Users now have till May 15 to accept ...

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Seven Indian-Americans in Forbes’ list of wealthiest people in US

Seven Indian-Americans in Forbes’ list of wealthiest people in US

September 14, 2020

Sixty-one-year-old Jay Chaudhry, CEO of cybersecurity firm ZScaler, has been named the richest Indian American in the rankings for 2020 released by Forbes magazine, which goes on to list six other Persons of Indian Origin amongst the 400 richest persons in the United States. Inte...

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Tiff over French tech tax may climax at G7

Tiff over French tech tax may climax at G7

August 24, 2019

A trade battle threatens to break out here at Biarritz over the new tax by France on ‘new economy’ companies as an upset US President Donald Trump threatens strong retaliation.

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Trade tiff over French tech tax

Trade tiff over French tech tax

August 13, 2019

A new tax by France on ‘new economy’ companies upsets the US and threatens the start of another trade war, after China.

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GoAir launches new daily flights between Bengaluru and New Delhi

GoAir launches new daily flights between Bengaluru and New Delhi

June 23, 2017

GoAir is set to expand operations with the launch of a third daily direct flight between Bengaluru and New Delhi.

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Donald Trump – American votes decide world’s fate

Donald Trump – American votes decide world’s fate

November 10, 2016

Endless predictions and speculations about the US presidential elections came to a conclusion with Donald Trump emerging as a surprise winner and was elected as the 45th president of the United States of America yesterday. While the American voters have chosen their new leader, t...

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Indian IT giant Wipro acquires American firm Appirio

Indian IT giant Wipro acquires American firm Appirio

October 22, 2016

Wipro Limited, a major IT company announced earlier this week that it has acquired Appirio Inc., a US-based cloud services firm, for an approximate EUR 450 million. However, declining revenue rates, revealed yesterday, remains a concern.

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The latest push for Science and Technology incubators

The latest push for Science and Technology incubators

May 20, 2016

India will soon launch a hub and spoke model to set up science cities and science centres to encourage science and technology (S&T) incubators and create an enabling environment. This was announced by Minister of state for science & technology and earth sciences, Y.S. Cho...

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