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What a misleading headline!
Ramdev said, "There is no need to fear from coronavirus but strictly take precautions to prevent its spread and infection.When you are at public places or are travelling by bus, train and flight then you must use sanitizer for your hands."
Ratan Tata to PM Modi: "You have been the carrier of leadership
You have not escaped, you have led the country in this difficult period. There will be discontent & opposition. Your efforts are not showmanship. If we all stand together, the world will say the PM made it happen."
BREAKING: iPhone supplier Wistron sacks its India Vice-President, admits to lapses in Karnataka plant. Statement below:
We have been investigating and have found that some workers were not paid correctly, or on time.
We deeply regret this and apologize to all of our workers.
Twitter- Parag Agarwal
Google - Sundar Pichai
Microsoft - Satya Nadella
IBM - Arvind Krishna
Adobe- Shantanu Narayen
VMWare - Raghu Raghuram
So many CEOs of Indian origin in global tech!
Very confused with Adar Poonawalla s interviews and statements
First no raw material so can't make vaccine
Then can't ramp up vaccine output because of fire at one unit
Give me 3000 crore else can't produce
Now, we didn't know we had to make so much in the first place 🙄
Spoke to a friend in Australia. He asked me if I got my vaccine. I said yes, both doses done. He said he was yet to get even the first shot. Only Pfizer being given now and that too for the 40-49 age group. We truly have a lot to be thankful for amidst all the chaos
Met a friend from Chennai recently. Apparently some mega land grab going on by one top leader's son in law. "You cannot sell any land parcel above 5 crore in Chennai if you dont sell it to this guy"
The more things change....
Full respect and admiration for Ravish Kumar but to say that a conglomerate is spending crores & buying a tv channel just to silence him is a bit much no... Will a billionaire make important boardroom decisions & capital allocation based on one anchor?
A two-day nationwide strike in India, involving both public and private sector workers, has disrupted transport and other services across the country.
Workers are protesting the government’s economic policies, including a privatization plan.
Sebi order on NDTV: Prannoy Roy and Radhika Roy shall, jointly or severally,disgorge the amount of wrongful gain of 16 crore plus interest rate of 6% . Restrained from accessing the market & buying, selling or dealing in securities, directly or indirectly for 2 years
JUST In: Swiggy begins vaccination drive for its delivery partners and frontline staff. Few thousand delivery partners across age groups have already received the first dose of the vaccination.
Sudha Murty was conferred with the Padma Bhushan this evening. An interesting back story from the awards ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan. Her daughter Akshata Murty, wife of UK PM Rishi Sunak, was initially seated with her family. Govt officials later moved her to the front row
A rare picture. Five founders of Infosys with their spouses. This was taken on campus at a farewell for Sudha Murty, who retires as the chairperson of Infosys Foundation after 25 years and UB Pravin Rao, who retires as COO after 35 years at the software major.
Pic:
@nanjappa_bs
My husband and I bought lots of green crackers. Livelihoods in the town of Sivakasi depend on the fireworks and matches industry, apart from printing. They slog all year for this one day. And govt and courts conveniently ban fireworks just a fortnight before Diwali. It's cruel.
Unlike Aamir Khan's "We don't feel safe in India", Shahrukh Khan maintained a stoic silence even during the worst of times- Aryan Khan arrest and all. His Pathaan victory feels like such a vindication. He is the original superstar, and love for him cuts across sections.
What is amazing about this letter is that there is no blame game, ranting or raving. Simply has a problem statement and 5 solutions. What a statesman, Former PM Dr Manmohan Singh.
OVER THE past few months, athletes, coaches at Thyagraj Stadium have been complaining about being forced to wrap training earlier than usual The reason: Delhi’s Principal Secretary Sanjeev Khirwar walks his dog at the facility about half-an-hour later!
Last March, my husband, kids and I moved back to Blore after a short stay in UK. Neighbours created a big issue, said we can't quarantine at home, called cops & BBMP. Today, 2 of my neighbours tested +ve and there is empathy and help all around. This is what has changed.
"I started Nykaa at the age of 50 with no experience.
I hope the Nykaa journey can inspire each of you to be the Nykaa of your lives " 🚀🚀
Falguni Nayar ahead of
#Nykaa
listing
JUST In:
@ptrmadurai
is the new Minister for Finance and Human Resources Management for Tamil Nadu. Easily one of the most qualified politicians in India. MBA from MIT Sloan. Worked in Lehman, Standard Chartered Bank
Someone just sent this to me. Sudha Murty dancing and singing with
@shreyaghoshal
as part of the
#Infy4Decades
celebration in Bengaluru last night. Wholesome 😍
Using this logic. Serum Institute exports to 170 countries. Some estimates say two-thirds of the world's children are inoculated with its vaccines. Why is the world so dependent on one vaccine maker 🤔🙄
As we hit the
#OneBillionDoses
landmark, noteworthy that close to 90% of that number has come from a single company - Serum Institute. Genuine question: has the vaccination programme of any other comparable country banked so heavily on a single manufacturer?
BREAKING: BharatPe says, "The Grover family and their relatives engaged in extensive misappropriation of company funds, including, but not limited to, creating fake vendors through which they siphoned money away from the company’s expense account"
Good news. TCS has surpassed Accenture to become the world's most valuable IT company by market cap. As of yesterday's market closing, TCS valued at $144.73 Bn, Accenture at $143.4 Bn. I think the last time this happened was in 2018, with TCS at $100 Bn and Accenture at $98 Bn.
As someone said on WhatsApp: We have to also give credit to Rahul Dravid for grooming our youths in the India A setup. Players like Gill, Siraj, Sundar, and Thakur had an instant impact!
#IndiavsAustralia
#IndianCricketTeam
Important update from iPhone supplier Wistron. They have marked down the extent of damage caused to their Kolar facility from Rs 437 crore to Rs 26-Rs 52 crore. Also that there was no major damage caused to their manufacturing equipment and warehouses.
Message I received from a friend in Chennai
"This Harvard issue reminds me of people studying at Madras Institute of Technology saying they are at MIT"😂
Watch elderly couple in Tamil Nadu fight back against armed robbers. It's a scary situation for anyone to be in, esp a 70 & 65- year old. Isolated house close to the forest, with two armed intruders gaining entry. Amazing how they chased them away bravely. Glad both are safe
Fascinating 2020 trends from Zomato 🧵
A person from Jalgaon, Maharashtra ordered 369 pizzas this year
A person from Bengaluru emerged overall topper, having placed 1,380 orders this year (4 orders a day)
I'm feeling a lot better about myself after seeing all this
#WATCH
| Transgender folk dancer of Jogamma heritage and the first transwoman President of Karnataka Janapada Academy, Matha B Manjamma Jogati receives the Padma Shri award from President Ram Nath Kovind.
In its October 11 story,
@thewire_in
cites a supposed email from
@andymstone
. It is a fake. The supposed email address from which it was sent isn’t even Stone’s current email address, and the "to" address isn't one we use here either. There is no such email. (4/6)
Since some asked for a daylight visual of the building where Tesla India is registered. This is in Lavelle Road, Bengaluru.
#Teslaindia
#Tesla
Ground floor of this high rise has a Lexus showroom.
JUST IN: Amazon is in early-stage talks to buy a stake worth at least $2 billion in Indian mobile operator Bharti Airtel, Reuters reports. This comes amid reports of Google investing in Vodafone Idea after Facebook invested in Jio. Fascinating FAANG battle in India.
We asked Infosys Foundation about this picture. It is Sudha Murty , but she is not selling veggies. She helps out in the Raghavendra Swamy temple Jayanagar kitchen at times as a form of service. Also not a recent picture.
#DidYouKnow
Sudha Murti (Wife of
#Infosys
founder Narayan Murthy whose wealth is over 2500cr) sells vegetables in front of Venkateshwar Temple for 1 day every year to get rid of any kind of EGO अहंकार
🙏
Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries becomes India's first $200 Billion company by market cap! This is one group that continues to prosper during the pandemic and how!
7 years of a young man's life down the drain because of a false sexual assualt case filed by his stepdaughter. This is criminal. Kudos to people like
@DeepikaBhardwaj
,who is helping him rebuild his life
🚨🆕️ Imp: Zoho is building its own large language model (LLM), similar to OpenAI's GPT and Google's PaLM 2 models. The project is being overseen by
@svembu
, and is being worked on by the company's R&D team in India.
@deepsekharc
reports
10-lane Bengaluru-Mysuru Economic Corridor is being constructed at record speed. Rs 8172 Cr economic corridor is likely to be completed by October 2022. It will reduce the travel time between the two cities by half from current 3 hours to only 90 minutes.
#PragatiKaHighway
Personal news. Today is my last day at
@ETNOWlive
, which I joined in January 2009, months before it launched. I've learnt so much, had such a good time & I'm going to miss my colleagues terribly. Off for a week before I start my next innings in journalism..Pic from last show here
Interesting. Zerodha CEO Nithin Kamath says less than 1% of active traders earn more money than a bank fixed deposit over a 3 year period. That is quite a statement, considering his business rests on luring more traders on his platform
I can’t express how I feel right now, but I am so very grateful to each and everyone who has wished me over the last few days. I would also like to thank the
#KnowledgableChennaiCrowd
for turning up in numbers and making me feel like a hero. 🙏🙏🙏
Shaktikanta Das, Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), has been named the 'Governor of the Year' for 2023 by the international economic research journal Central Banking.
Read more 👇
#RBI
|
@DasShaktikanta
@RBI
This was kind of a pattern for many years, IIT or otherwise. Happy if it is has changed.
Engineering in India
MS in US
Get a job
Settle down
Then join one Telugu Association of North America to stay close to roots
Infosys will cover the COVID-19 vaccination cost for its over 2.4 lakh employees and their immediate family. Accenture too said it will cover the cost of vaccination for its employees and their dependents. Accenture has 2 lakh employees in India
Reliance Industries is now net debt- free! Mukesh Ambani says, "I have fulfilled my promise to shareholders by making Reliance net debt- free much before our original schedule of 31st March, 2021." RIL raised Rs 1.68 lakh crore in under two months.
The loan they took to finance an open offer over a decade ago led to current debt trap. Highly unlikely they will borrow to make another open offer.
The warrants was public info, Adani takeover rumours have been around for a year, NDTV stock has run up.
But the Roys didnt know?
Reading this story just made me sad and worried.
The Roys can prevent a takeover by Adani only if they can buy more shares from the public shareholders than Adani.
How Adani is taking over NDTV without consulting the Roys
On
#WorldPressFreedomDay
, let's confront the harsh reality: under BJP rule, India's press freedom is in tatters.
With low rankings in the Press Freedom Index, and the murders of journalists like Gauri Lankesh and Kalburgi, along with constant intimidation of journalists like…