BengaluruThe Karnataka Digital Economy Mission (KDEM) has partnered with GoodWorks Group to attract over Rs 5,000 crore in investments and facilitate the setting up of 50 new global capability centres (GCCs) in the state over the next few years.The initiative will also include sector-focused investor roundtables, business delegations, GCC research reports and promotion of Karnataka…
NEW DELHI: Air India on Friday hiked pilot salaries by 8% to 15%, with commanders getting the biggest hikes and then the same tapering with rank. Going ahead, first officers or co-pilots will primarily get command upgrade (become captains) in AI Express (which has only single aisles) and then move to AI (which has wide…
United States on Friday urged the Pakistan government to exercise restraint amid its ongoing crackdown on citizens following violent protests.Speaking to news agency ANI, a US state department spokesperson urged Pakistani authorities to create conditions for free and fair elections that can be conducted peacefully.“As with electoral proceedings around the world, we urge officials to…
According to the prosecution, Ravichandra, a mason, was strangled to death by his elder brother Raja Naik and his wife, Savitri Bai. TUMAKURU: A web of illicit passion, betrayal and a shallow grave beneath an unfinished house has culminated in a life sentence for a man convicted of murdering his younger brother, with DNA evidence…
UPI has always been free for consumers since its launch in 2016. (Image: Stock.adobe) Will you now have to pay charges for your UPI transactions? That’s the big question that many are asking after the Lok Sabha cleared a Bill amending the Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007, enabling the government to authorise banks and…
Few scientists have reshaped humanity’s understanding of the universe as profoundly as Max Planck. Celebrated as the father of quantum theory, the German physicist not only revolutionised modern physics but also left behind timeless reflections on science, philosophy and the limits of human knowledge. One of his most quoted observations is: “Science cannot solve the…
Toronto gets its pygmy hippo calf on Sunday, born to 20-year-old mother Kindia. Toronto got its own Moo Deng as the Toronto Zoo has announced the birth of a female pygmy hippo calf to 20-year-old Kindia. The birth took place on Sunday morning and the calf took her first steps within minutes of her birth….
Shakib Al Hasan, Sheikh Hasina Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan is ready to return home after two years in exile, face trial in the cases against him, including a murder charge, and play a farewell series if the government guarantees his safety, news agency Reuters reported.Shakib, a former lawmaker from former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s…
A scientist on board captured the moment the glacier crashed into the ocean. Credit: Alice Fremand Scientists aboard Britain’s flagship polar research vessel, RRS Sir David Attenborough, watched an estimated 18 million metric tonnes of ice crash into the ocean when a massive section of Greenland’s Sorgenfri glacier broke away in a single evening event.The…
Scott, 56, is one of the world’s best-known donors. (Getty images) Native Forward Scholars Fund (NFSF) has announced how it will use the entire $50 million unrestricted donation it received from philanthropist and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ former wife, MacKenzie Scott. The organisation said every dollar of the gift will go towards supporting Native students…