Author: News Desk
Entrepreneur Elon Musk, who recently bought social media platform Twitter Inc for $44 billion, has said that he put the deal ‘temporarily on hold.’ Musk says he is waiting for data on the proportion of Twitter’s fake accounts. “Twitter deal temporarily on hold pending details supporting calculation that spam/fake accounts do indeed represent less than 5% of users,” Musk told his more than 92 million Twitter followers. Ever since Musk signed the deal, technology stocks have plunged amid investor concerns over inflation and a potential economic slowdown. The spread between the offer price and the value of Twitter shares had…
BYJU’S group company Great Learning has acquired Singapore-based Northwest Executive Education for about $100 Mn The acquisition will help Northwest Executive Education and Great Learning expand their offerings across markets such as India, the US, Europe and Latin America Northwest has partnered with several universities, including Yale, UC Berkeley, MIT, University of Chicago, and UCLA Northwest will continue to work independently, while its co founders – Mohit Jain, Tamhant Jain and Maitreyi Singhvi – will continue to lead the company Northwest Executive’s acquisition comes nearly a year after Byju’s had acquired 100 percent stake in Singapore-based Great Learning for $600…
India’s first indigenously developed electric bus was showcased to Nitin Gadkari, Minister of Road Transport and Highways of India “EKA E9” is the first electric bus with the “Made-in-India” tag The future-ready bus comes with a monocoque stainless steel chassis and has a complete composite structure It is a 9- metre pure electric, zero-emission bus With both front and rear air suspension, the E9 electric bus is powered by an electric motor that delivers maximum energy of 200 KW It is also supported by a 2500 Nm torque with a “regenerative braking system” The E9 electric bus can carry up…
Toyota group firms will invest about Rs 4,800 crore in Karnataka It will be for local production of powertrain parts and other components of electric vehicles Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) along with Toyota Kirloskar Auto Parts (TKAP) will put in Rs 4,100 crore While Toyota Industries Engine India (TIEI)– will pitch in with another Rs 700 crore TKM and TKAP inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Karnataka government in this regard The MoU was exchanged between Chief Minister of Karnataka Basavaraj Bommai and Vikram S. Kirloskar, Vice-Chairman, Toyota Kirloskar Motor “Just from the group companies (TKM & TKAP),…
Google CEO Sundar Pichai cleared the air about the school he went to When Pichai was appointed as the CEO of Alphabet Inc, several educational institutions claimed that Pichai was their student It was reported that in the same week he became the Google CEO, there were nearly 350 edits made to the Wikipedia page During an interview at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, Pichai said he completed his school education at Vana Vani in Chennai The school is located inside the campus of IIT Madras
Wakefit Solution launched an initiative, allowing them to enjoy an afternoon siesta every day for half an hour Being a direct-to-consumer home and sleep solutions brand, the policy seems to be aligned with the company perfectly Wakefit co-founder Chaitanya Ramalingegowda announced that the staff members can now take a quick nap between 2 to 2.30 pm He suggested that afternoon naps are linked to better performance and productivity The company on Twitter announced that they will block the calendar for all its employees during the time designated for afternoon naps A poster shared by the startup also informed that they…
APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University will facilitate the first offline placement drive It will be exclusive for Differently Abled students and graduates The placement drive will be conducted by Amazon Federal Institute of Science And Technology (FISAT) was selected by Amazon for hosting/ managing this placement drive The drive will be conducted on 21 May 2022 If selected, candidates should be willing to relocate to either Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Telangana, Maharashtra or Uttar Pradesh and work from home To Register visit: https://tinyurl.com/kochidrive
Anupam Mittal is a man of many hats. A well-known name in the e-commerce industry, he is the founder and CEO of People Group, an umbrella platform comprising Shaadi.com, Makaan.com, Mauj Mobile, and People Pictures. His brainchild ‘Shaadi.com.’ is one of India’s best matrimonial sites. The portal that claims to have brought together millions of couples was started in 1996. The aim was quite simple: give a better matchmaking experience to people through numerous possibilities. It was his own experience that triggered Mittal to start the venture. The story goes on like this. After his studies, Anupam returned to India.…
Microsoft and Volkswagen to bring Augmented Reality into CarsThis will be carried out with Microsoft’s ‘HoloLens 2’The duo has been experimenting with HoloLens 2 in moving vehicles for some timeEventually, they have created a ‘moving platform’ model for the headsetThe new system overcomes some of the major limitations of VR headsetsHoloLens 2 shows a virtual map with navigation arrows and information about key intersections on the dashboardIt also displays a holographic pedestrian warning at crosswalksMoreover, the system informs the temperature inside the carMicrosoft and Volkswagen started collaborating in 2018
Kamalathal or ‘Idli Amma’ went viral in September 2019 for selling idlis for just Re 1 Anand Mahindra, chairman of the Mahindra Group shared her “humbling” story on Twitter Her philanthropy moved Mahindra at the time, and he had shared her video to help her As the 1st milestone the land was registered on her name at Thondamuthur Nearly two years later, she has a house of her own, which would also function as her new food joint Kamalathal’s philanthropy had moved the Chairman of Mahindra Group