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A Maersk Names Robert Erni as New Chief Financial Officer
By Cygnus | 12 Dec 2025
Maersk appoints former Dachser and Panalpina executive Robert Erni as Chief Financial Officer. Erni succeeds Patrick Jany in 2026 to lead financial strategy for the global logistics giant.
Oracle Founder Larry Ellison Pledges to Donate 95% of His Wealth
24 Sep 2025
Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison, currently the world’s second richest individual after Tesla CEO Elon Musk, has made headlines not just for his wealth but for his ambitious philanthropic goals.
DMart founder Radhakishan Damani's Rs9,771-cr NSE stake awaits an IPO windfall
By Unnikrishnan | 05 Jul 2025
The initial public offer (IPO) of National Stock Exchange of India (NSE), which is expected by the end of the current financial year or early next financial year, could unlock value for investors like Radhakrishna Danani.
Finance secretary Tuhin Kanta Pandey appointed new Sebi chief
28 Feb 2025
Tuhin Kanta Pandey, who is currently the finance secretary and secretary in the Department of Revenue, has been appointed as the new chairperson of Securities and Exchange Board of India
Former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati launches Thinking Machine Lab
22 Feb 2025
Mira Murati, who was formerly the chief technology officer of artificial intelligence pioneer, OpenAI, has brought together a team of specialists
Air Force Chief frustrated by HAL’s long delays
13 Feb 2025
Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh has expressed reservations about entrusting state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL)
Air Force Chief frustrated by HAL’s long delays
13 Feb 2025
Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh has expressed reservations about entrusting state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL)
Hariman Sharma lets apple travel to India’s warmer climes
10 Feb 2025
Apple, which was the preserve of the cooler Himalayan region in India, is now everywhere – in the East, the West and the South - thanks to one enterprising Himachal farmer, Hariman Sharma.
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Trump takes US out of climate pact, WHO as he takes oath as 47th US President
21 Jan 2025
Donald Trump took oath as the 47th president of the United States on Tuesday, vowing to deport millions of illegal immigrants
Google CEO Sundar Pichai unveils 2025 prospects in internal communication: Report
13 Jan 2025
Google’s chief executive officer, Sundar Pichai, has provided a tantalizing preview of the tech titan’s forthcoming advancements in artificial intelligence
Trump escapes punishment in hush money case
11 Jan 2025
A New York court on Friday discharged US President-elect Donald Trump unconditionally in the hush money case involving misappropriation of corporate funds by falsifying business accounts
The life and times of Manmohan Singh, former Prime Minister of India
By Cygnus | 28 Dec 2024
On 27th December 2024 India and the world lost one of their finest statespersons in a hundred years. Manmohan Singh, born on 26th September 1932, in Gah, Punjab (now in Pakistan)
Former Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh passes away, at 92
27 Dec 2024
Manmohan Singh, former prime minister of India, who is also widely considered as the architect of India’s economic policy liberalisation, died on Thursday night
The remarkable Ratan Tata
By Kiron Kasbekar | 23 Oct 2024
One newspaper report of Ratan Tata’s passing away showed an old photo of him climbing into the cockpit of a Lockheed Martin F-16 fighter.
Elon Musk looks like winning his satellite internet gambit in India
20 Oct 2024
Elon Musk could still be able to extend the services of its Starlink, a constellation of telecom service satellites, if the government sticks to its policy of administrative allocation of radio spectrum for satellite services.
Three economists from 2 US institutions share Nobel Prize in Economics
16 Oct 2024
The 2024 Nobel Prize for Economics has been awarded to three US economists - Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson, both from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge and James A Robinson
Noel Tata appointed chairman of Tata Trusts
13 Oct 2024
Noel Naval Tata, half-brother of Ratan Tata has been appointed the new chairman of Tata Trusts, on the passing away of Ratan N Tata, ending all speculation about the succession at Tata Sons.
South Korean writer Han Kang awarded 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature
11 Oct 2024
The Nobel Prize in Literature 2024 has been awarded to South Korean author Han Kang, who used her intense poetic prose to expose the fragility of human life through a narrative of historical traumas.
US researcher to share Chemistry Nobel with UK duo
10 Oct 2024
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2024 to David Baker of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute
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Ratan Tata is no more
10 Oct 2024
Tata Group Chairman Emeritus Ratan Tata breathed his last at Mumbai's Breach Candy Hospital late on Wednesday. He was 86, and a bachelor.
US, Canadian researchers awarded Physics Nobel for laying foundation for machine learning
09 Oct 2024
John J Hopfield of Princeton University, New Jersey, USA and Geoffrey E Hinton from University of Toronto, Canada are the winners of the 2024 Nobel Prize for Physics.
Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun of US win Medicine Nobel for discovery of microRNA
08 Oct 2024
Victor Ambros, a professor at the Harvard Medical School and Gary Ruvkun, an investigator with Massachusetts General Hospital, jointly won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
Anil Ambani invests Rs1,104 cr as Reliance Infra achieves debt-free status
23 Sep 2024
Anil Ambani has made a spectacular comeback with fresh equity investment in Reliance Infrastructure after the company along with Reliance Power achieved debt-free status by clearing around Rs8,000 core debt.
Elon Musk gets another India shock, from satellite internet
18 Jun 2024
Tesla CEO Elon Musk seems to be losing out on his plans to launch satellite-based internet services in India with major Indian telecom operators Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel
Elon Musk secures Baidu-Tesla deal on self-driving vehicles: report
30 Apr 2024
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is reported to have clinched a key deal with Chinese car maker Baidu for collaboration in self-driving vehicles, clearing the way for incorporating advanced assisted driving technology in Tesla vehicles.
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