London, China is to take “golden shares” in two of its biggest tech companies, Alibaba and Tencent, as Beijing extends its influence on the country’s star tech firms and its most powerful and wealthy business people, media reports said. Beijing’s move marks a shift away from imposing hefty fines and sanctions in its two-year tech […]
New Delhi, The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas will host the inaugural edition of India Energy Week 2023 in Bengaluru (February 6-8) at the Bengaluru International Exhibition Centre, convening global policymakers and energy leaders to drive dialogue on how India will address rising energy demand through a convergence of bio-fuels, green hydrogen, renewable energy, and […]
San Francisco, Microsoft will give its staff in the US “unlimited time off”, no longer requiring them to formally record vacation. According to The Verge, the new ‘Discretionary Time Off’ policy will apply to all employees on the pay role. “How, when, and where we do our jobs has dramatically changed. And as we’ve transformed, […]
Mumbai, Jan 12 Bollywood producer-filmmaker Karan Johar congratulated his friend and fellow filmmaker S. S. Rajamouli and the team of his film ‘RRR’ as the song ‘Naatu Naatu’ from the film bagged the Golden Globe award for the best original song at the recently-concluded 80th edition of the award ceremony at the Beverly Hills in […]
Mumbai, Jan 12 Bollywood actress Taapsee Pannu has started shooting for the sequel of ‘Hasseen Dillruba’, which is titled ‘Phir Aayi Hasseen Dillruba’. Filmmaker Anand L. Rai took to Twitter to announce that the shooting has commenced and also asked Taapsee as to why she hasn’t shared the poster yet. “O hamari haseen dillruba Aaj […]
Mumbai, Jan 10 (IANS) The Tamil trailer of the Shahrukh Khan-starrer ‘Pathaan’ will run in ‘Thalapathy’ Vijay’s ‘Varisu’ and Ajit’s ‘Thunivu’ as part of a unique collaboration. Coming as they do from two of Kollywood’s top stars, their movie releases promise an epic box-office clash in Tamil Nadu during the Pongal festival holidays. Earlier in the […]
New Delhi, 10 Jan (IANS) A successful training launch of Short-Range Ballistic Missile, Prithvi-II was carried out from the Integrated Test Range, Chandipur, off the Odisha coast, on Tuesday, defence officials said. The missile struck its target with high accuracy. The user training launch successfully validated all operational and technical parameters of the missile, a Defence […]
Being a chef requires energy and commendable passion, says the Chef. By Tanya Banon Renowned for being one of the original judges of the highly rated television show, MasterChef Australia, celebrity Masterchef Gary Mehigen is no stranger to food enthusiasts. The Chambers at Taj Mahal, New Delhi, India’s very first exclusive business club, presented Rendezvous with Chef Gary Mehigan in […]
Celebrated poet of romance and revolution, Faiz Ahmed Faiz, titled his first book of verse “Naqsh-e-Faryadi” after the opening words of the first ghazal in this doyen of Urdu poetry’s Diwan, while the irrepressible Asrar-ul-Haq ‘Majaz Lakhnavi’ used the same lines to great effect in real life. He was at a mushaira when a baby […]
By Dr. T Selva I write this column with complete bliss because I just returned after having a rear audience with the 14th Dalai Lama in Dharamsala, India. The world-renowned Tibetan spiritual leader stroked my head, pinched my cheek and held my hand firmly as part of his blessings. His message to me was: “Peace […]