Manoj Rana who went to the US on an exchange programme was a victim of a fire accident in 2005. However, the determined young man survived the extreme situations in his life to chase his dream and is finally an MBA today.
Another major announcement that came was an MoU signed between GE and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited to jointly produce fighter jet engines for the Indian Air Force.
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'It is important to understand that the disability is not in the person.' 'The problem lies in societal attitude and the discriminatory treatment given to disabled people in our country.'
Stephen Elop has been appointed as the chief executive officer of Nokia by its board of directors. Elop who currently heads Microsoft's business division will join Nokia team on September 21.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Jalan-Kalrock consortium, the new owners of cash-strapped Jet Airways, how much have they paid towards dues on account of provident fund and gratuity to the former employees of the troubled airline. The top court made the query while commencing the hearing on a batch of petitions, including the one filed by the Jet Aircraft Maintenance Engineers Welfare Association, against the October 21, 2022 order of the insolvency appellate tribunal NCLAT.
Chennai-based law graduate S Divyadharshini has topped the prestigious Civil Services Examination 2010 for which the results were announced on Wednesday. The second position was also secured by a woman, Sweta Mohanty, a computer engineer, while R V Varun Kumar, a dentist from Chennai, got the third rank
Under Khosla, an Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur alumnus who did his MS and PhD from Carnegie Mellon, there has been a 25 per cent increase in the number of PhD students there, and an increase of more than 50 per cent in the number of graduate students who were women or underrepresented minorities.
The message is clear: The 60-year-old wise uncles need to handhold the 40-year-old entrepreneurs when, obsessed with ambition and greed for growth, they become a victim of hubris, points out Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
The Federation of Indian Associations has come out with proposals to perpetuate the memory of murdered Old Bridge, New Jersey, computer science engineer Divyendu Sinha and to enhance safety and security in the neighborhood after a meeting with township Mayor James Phillips last week.
Nerves gave way to smiles at the spaceport in Sriharikota as delays and an anomaly-triggered 'hold' forced Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) scientists to revise the launch schedule of a test vehicle carrying payloads related to the country's ambitious human space flight mission, Gaganyaan which soared into skies after initial hiccups.
The actress/model looks back at her Bigg Boss experience.
Unanimously confirmed by the Senate last week, Panchanathan, 58, from the Arizona State University, replaces White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) Director Dr Kelvin Droegemeier who served as Acting Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF).
We bring you excerpts from the latest book of Penguin India's Metro Reads series.
For Lori Beer, chief information officer, JPMorgan Chase & Co, largest banker in the US, India is a big part of the organisation's global technology footprint and is core to its products and services. This is evident from the fact that in less than two months since JPMorgan & Chase chief executive officer Jamie Dimon visited India, Beer has come here to see the recently opened centres in Mumbai and Bengaluru. "What is different for me this year are our new centres and to be able to come and see the vibrancy, and connectedness is great.
Disgraced Pakistani nuclear scientist A Q Khan, allegedly involved in proliferating nuclear technology to countries like North Korea and Iran, has now been accused of plagiarism.
The MP ATS arrested 11 persons, including a gym trainer, software engineer and teacher, and booked them under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and other relevant provisions of the IPC, an official said.
National UPSC topper from Chennai, Divyadarshini, speaks about her preparation tips, her success mantras, her failure to clear the same exam in her first attempt, how she coped with it and things that she would like to change in India as an Indian and an IAS officer.
In an online chat with Get Ahead readers on April 20 career counsellor Amit Bansal discussed how young students and fresh grads can improve their employability quotient. Here's the unedited chat transcrip.
An Indian software engineer working with scam-hit Satyam Computer Services was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Arkansas in the United States.
'There is something in our desh ki mitti that has held us together.'
'So many conquerors, colonisers, cultures came and went, but we withstood them and rose up again.'
'We went from zero to about 10 million users in three months. Paytm came out with the wallet play and we came out with the UPI play.'
Mohammed Mansoor Ashgar Peerbhoy, the computer engineer accused of sending emails on behalf of terror outfit Indian Mujahideen about different blasts across the country, was on Monday remanded to seven days police custody by a Delhi court. Peerbhoy, a former employee of Yahoo, was brought to the capital by the Delhi police's Special Cell on February 28 for his alleged role in the serial blasts that rocked Delhi on September 13 last year.
Mohammed Mansoor Ashgar Peerbhoy, the computer engineer accused of sending e-mails on behalf of terror outfit Indian Mujahideen about various serial blasts, was on Saturday sent to ten-day police custody by a Delhi court. The techie was arrested along with three others by the anti-terror cell of Mumbai Police last year. Public Prosecutor Rajeev Mohan said Peerbhoy, 31, headed the media cell of the terrorist outfit. He hacked WiFi networks in Mumbai and Navi Mumbai.
Roles ranging from digital marketing to wealth management are some of the emerging roles, notes Sekhar Garisa, CEO, foundit, a job search app.
The sustainable impact of this process is under scrutiny, Tripathi added.
HSBC Group Service Centre, Kolkata is recruiting Managers, Assistant Managers and Business Analysts.
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'Any person who wants to enter this service should have a single object of serving the public irrespective of hindrances.'
The indictment charged that he was traveling on British Airways Flight Number 67 from London to Philadelphia when he assaulted and intimidated British Airways flight attendants and interfered with their duties.
The Intelligence Bureau has alerted Interpol about the whereabouts of Rahil Sheikh, who it suspects of having played a role in the Mumbai terror attacks.
A guy who loved English literature but settled for electrical engineering and later, an MBA, pours his heart out...
It is a blame game as usual. Bus unions blame the commission system of payment, while the owners claim they have little control over the heavily-unionised staff. Sadly, commuters are paying the price in this confrontation.
Even as cyber threats continue to rise in India - the second-largest global active internet user base - the country is currently facing a big skill gap in the cybersecurity domain and represents just six per cent of global cybersecurity jobs, finds a report. As of May 2023, the industry had about 40,000 open opportunities, indicating the growing demand for skilled cybersecurity professionals. However, the demand-supply gap stood at 30 per cent, projecting a major skill challenge in the industry, finds the study by tech staffing firm TeamLease.
Hinting towards a possible takeover of Satyam Computer, engineering major Larsen & Toubro on Friday raised its stake in the beleaguered IT firm to 12 per cent through open market share purchases.
First suggested by Albert Einstein more than 100 years ago, the paradox deals with the effects of time in the context of travel at near the speed of light.
Creating an LLM trained on Indian languages is not easy. Experts say each language in India has a nuance of its own, so creating a ChatGPT-like product is an ambitious challenge.
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