- Thursday, April 25, 2024
TESLA reported a big drop in quarterly profits Tuesday amid an increasingly competitive electric vehicle market, with the entry of Chinese players, but shares rallied as CEO Elon Musk pledged to accelerate plans for a more affordable EV. Tesla reported profits of $1.1 billion (£880 million), down 55 per cent…
TECH billionaire Elon Musk postponed a planned trip to India where he was to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi, citing obligations at his Tesla automaker and saying he aimed to reschedule the visit for later this year. "Unfortunately, very heavy Tesla obligations require that the visit to India be delayed,…
Billionaire Elon Musk is gearing up for a visit to India, targeting an electric vehicle plant in the country. But that's not the only thing he will be discussing during his India visit. In addition to Tesla, Musk's satellite internet company Starlink is expected to receive preliminary clearances to operate…
SOCIAL media platform X has blocked several election-related posts in India after the government authorities ordered their takedown ahead of a six-week general election that starts Friday. X, owned by Tesla boss Elon Musk and formerly known as Twitter, said the posts would be withheld from Indian audiences until the…
TO CURB the influx of bots and fake profiles, newcomers to social media platform X (previously Twitter) might now need to pay a modest yearly fee to be able to like, post, bookmark, and reply. According to the company, users can continue to follow accounts and browse X for free.…
ELECTRIC car maker Tesla plans to lay off more than 10 per cent of its global workforce, news site Electrek reported Monday (15), publishing an email from chief executive Elon Musk announcing the cuts. The job reductions are needed after rapid growth that has led to duplication of roles, Musk…
Ahead of his meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Elon Musk's Tesla has struck a deal with Tata Electronics to acquire semiconductor chips for its global operations. The Economic Times newspaper, citing sources, reported that the strategic deal between Tesla and Tata Electronics was executed discreetly a few months ago.…
Less than a week after reports saying Tesla will send a team from the United States to India to study sites for an electric car plant in India, company CEO Elon Musk has confirmed that he is coming to the country. "Looking forward to meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi…
Tesla will send a team from the United States to India by late April to study sites for a proposed $2 billion to $3 billion (£2.4bn) electric car plant in the country. The Financial Times reported that Tesla would send a team to study sites for the plant, focusing on…
Scotland's First Minister Humza Yousaf has spoken out after being targetted with Islamophobic graffiti near his family home. He emphasised the necessity of a zero-tolerance approach to hatred. Yousaf said the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act 2021 will deal with the "rising tide of hatred," reported BBC. Scotland’s…
Scotland's new hate crime law, which has been criticised by many including the likes of Elon Musk and JK Rowling, came into force on Monday. The new law, called the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act, aims to make Scotland safer by strengthening laws against hate crimes. However, its…
PAKISTAN’S communications authority has admitted in papers filed in the court that it was ordered by the interior ministry to shut down the social media platform X – now in its fifth week of outages. The newly-elected government has been evasive over the censorship of the micro-blogging site formerly known…
In recent developments concerning the health of members of the UK royal family, ancient predictions by the renowned 15th-century prophet Nostradamus have resurfaced, sparking intrigue and speculation about the monarchy's future. Nostradamus, known for his eerily accurate forecasts, had previously predicted significant historical events, including the death of Queen Elizabeth…
In a stark revelation, entrepreneur Elon Musk has sounded the alarm on a potential global power crisis as artificial intelligence (AI) and electric vehicles (EVs) continue their rapid expansion. Speaking at the Bosch Connected World conference, Musk highlighted the accelerating demand for electricity, stressing the need for an urgent focus…
Former top executives of Twitter sued Elon Musk on Monday (4) saying he has failed to pay them nearly $130 million after the billionaire took over the social media company and dismissed them. "Musk doesn't pay his bills, believes the rules don't apply to him, and uses his wealth and…
INDIA will allow 100 per cent foreign direct investment in the manufacture of satellite systems without official approval and eased the rules for launch vehicles, a government statement said, aiming for a greater share of the global space market. India’s space ambitions got a boost when it became the first…
Google’s AI chatbot released on 8th February called 'Gemini', received a lot of criticism from the netizens when they used it to create AI-generated images. The accusation of being racist towards the white people has been made by the users against Google's Gemini. The initial users who tried the chatbot…
AMBER PEARSON used to wash her hands until they bled, terrified by the idea of contaminations – a result of her obsessive-compulsive disorder or OCD. But the repetitive rituals of her condition are largely consigned to memory, thanks to a revolutionary brain implant that is being used to treat both…
JOEL GOODMAN, a lyricist and composer, wanted to write a musical “about someone who changed the world. I brainstormed different people like Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk and also Alan Turing. In the end we decided on Alan Turing.” The result is Alan Turing: A Musical Biography at the…
VIVEK RAMASWAMY, a multi-millionaire former biotech executive, ended his White House bid and endorsed Donald Trump after his longshot bid caught attention but failed to catapult him high enough in the Republican Party's first nominating contest in Iowa. Ramaswamy, a 38-year-old born in Ohio to immigrant parents from southern India,…
INDIA's Gautam Adani once again became Asia's richest man on Friday (5), according to a Bloomberg index of the world's billionaires, a year after allegations of market manipulation hammered his conglomerate's stock prices. Adani Group saw more than $150 billion wiped from its market value after a bombshell report by…
THE Financial Times business book of the year for 2023 has gone to Right Kind of Wrong: Why Learning to Fail Can Teach Us to Thrive by Amy Edmondson, a Harvard professor who has been called “the world’s most influential organisational psychologist”. The prize, worth £30,000, was announced last Tuesday…
The prime minister has shown that “he has a backbone” by sacking his controversial home secretary, south Asian Conservative parliamentarians and grassroots members have told Eastern Eye. Rishi Sunak fired Suella Braverman on Monday (13), five days after she wrote a Times newspaper article in which she criticised the Met…
US electric car maker Tesla Inc is planning to double the number of components it imports from India, Indian trade minister Piyush Goyal said on Tuesday (14) through a post on social media platform X. "Proud to see the growing importance of Auto component suppliers from India in the Tesla…
Countries including the UK, United States and China on Wednesday agreed the "need for international action" as political and tech leaders gathered for the world's first summit on artificial intelligence (AI) safety. The UK government kicked off the two-day event at Bletchley Park, north of London, by publishing the "Bletchley…
BILLIONAIRE businessman Elon Musk called Scottish first minister Humza Yousaf a “blatant racist” after watching an edited clip of the Asian politician’s three-year-old speech. The Tesla and SpaceX owner’s comment sparked a storm on social media while Yousaf reacted to his claim by posting a GIF. Musk responded to a…
AMAZON is in the final stage of applying for an operating license for its satellite communication (satcom) service, Project Kuiper, in India, reported the Mint. It will provide 'fast, affordable broadband to unserved and underserved communities around the world,' with a constellation of more than 3,200 satellites in low Earth…
INDIA’S telecoms major Bharti Enterprises will have a 21.1 per cent stake in Eutelsat Group, formed by the merger of the European satellite operator Eutelsat and the UK’s OneWeb.Eutelsat Group, which will remain headquartered in Paris, has named Sunil Bharti Mittal as its co-chair.OneWeb will be a subsidiary operating commercially…
THE just-announced shortlist for the Financial Times and Schroders Business Book of the Year 2023 includes Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives by Indian-origin author Siddharth Kara. According to the FT, “Cobalt Red is the searing, first-ever exposé of the immense toll taken on the…
FOLLOWING quickly on the success of India's moon landing, the country's space agency launched a rocket on Saturday (2) to study the sun in its first solar mission. The rocket left a trail of smoke and fire as scientists clapped, a live broadcast on the Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO)…
FORMER US president Donald Trump was arrested at a Georgia jail Thursday (24) on racketeering and conspiracy charges and released on a $200,000 bond after having a historic mug shot taken. Trump, who is accused of colluding with 18 other defendants to overturn the 2020 election result in the southern…
INDIA began exploring the Moon's surface with a rover on Thursday (24), a day after it became the first nation to land a craft near the largely unexplored lunar south pole. Pragyan -- "Wisdom" in Sanskrit -- rolled out of the lander hours after the latest milestone in India's ambitious…
THE space race India aims to win this week by landing first on the moon’s south pole is about science, the politics of national prestige and a new frontier: money. If India’s Chandrayaan-3 succeeds in landing on the lunar south pole on Wednesday (23), analysts and executives expect an immediate…
The space race India aims to win this week by landing first on the moon's south pole is about science, the politics of national prestige and a new frontier: money. If India's Chandrayaan-3 succeeds in landing on the lunar south pole on Wednesday (23), analysts and executives expect an immediate…
TESLA’S Indian-origin accounting officer has been made the electric carmaker's chief finance officer. Vaibhav Taneja succeeds Zachary Kirkhorn who stepped down from the position after 13 years of association with the Austin-based company headed by billionaire Elon Musk. Kirkhorn, who had succeeded Indian-American Deepak Ahuja as the CFO in 2019,…
SOCIAL media platform Twitter is seeking to quash an Indian court ruling that it was not compliant with federal government orders to remove content, arguing it could embolden New Delhi to block more content and broaden the scope for censorship. Twitter in July 2022 sought to overturn government orders to…
SOCIAL media platform Twitter has sought to quash an Indian court decision that found it non-compliant with content removal orders, arguing the ruling could embolden the government to block more content. Twitter, rebranded now as X, sought in July 2022 to overturn some government orders to remove content from its…
A MYSTERIOUS object that washed up on an Australian beach has been identified as debris from an Indian rocket, officials said Monday. The bulky barnacle-encrusted cylinder was first spotted in mid-July near remote Jurien Bay, a coastal region two hours' drive north of Perth in Western Australia. Amateur sleuths speculated…
While Greta Gerwig's Barbie film set several box office records, it faced scrutiny from some who believed that it portrays anti-man feminism. Seems like Tesla CEO Elon Musk also did not like the film. He recently took to Twitter and slammed the film, "If you take a shot every time…
TODAY'S Britain is a much less racist society than the one which I grew up in. Yet I undoubtedly receive much more racial prejudice in 2023, more often, than I did thirty years ago. This is the paradox of racism in Britain today. There are fewer racists, because social norms…
ELON MUSK wants his Starlink to beam down wireless internet in India from satellites orbiting the earth, but the licensing regime his group favours has put him at odds with Mukesh Ambani's Reliance. After meeting prime minister Narendra Modi in New York last week, Musk on June 21 said he…
INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi's visit to the United States may encourage more American companies to consider investing in the South Asian country as they look to reduce their reliance on China for manufacturing-related activities. The United States is the third largest source of foreign investment for India, with over…
US president Joe Biden welcomes India's prime minister, Narendra Modi, on Wednesday (21) for two days of talks that the White House sees as bolstering "one of the defining partnerships of our age," despite ongoing concerns about human rights. Washington wants India to be a strategic counterweight to China while…
TESLA chief executive Elon Musk said India's prime minister Narendra Modi was pushing the car maker to make a "significant investment" in the country, adding that such an announcement was expected soon. His comments came after a meeting with Modi on Tuesday (20) during the Indian leader's state visit to…
Indian prime minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to embark on a state visit to the United States of America on Tuesday (20) upon the invitation of US President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden. The visit will last until June 24. During his visit, Modi plans to meet with…
Indian prime minister Narendra Modi's upcoming visit to the United States is expected to be marked by several key moments that will further strengthen bilateral relations and showcase India's global influence. Modi is visiting the US from June 21-24 at the invitation of US president Joe Biden and first lady…
INDIA threatened to shut Twitter down unless it complied with orders to restrict accounts critical of the government's handling of farmer protests, co-founder Jack Dorsey said, an accusation prime minister Narendra Modi's government called an "outright lie". Dorsey, who quit as Twitter CEO in 2021, said on Monday (12) that…
A collective of industry leaders and experts on Tuesday (30) cautioned that global leaders must strive to mitigate "the risk of extinction" posed by artificial intelligence (AI) technology. Dozens of specialists, including Sam Altman, whose company OpenAI developed the ChatGPT bot, endorsed a concise statement emphasising the significance of addressing…
On April 13, financial services provider eToro announced a partnership with social media site Twitter. Through this collaboration, Twitter users could trade stocks and other digital assets on eToro. In a recent interview with Cointelegraph, Lule Demmissie, CEO of eToro U.S., said the partnership created a natural symbiosis. She said…
Tesla Inc. asked how it could take part in domestic incentives in India related to car and battery manufacturing when it held discussions with government officials this week, a source with direct knowledge of the talks said. The electric car maker proposed setting up a factory in India to build…
Film personalities, including Amitabh Bachchan, Priyanka Chopra, and Prakash Raj on Sunday welcomed Twitter's move of restoring verification badges on high-profile celebrity accounts, days after the microblogging platform culled the legacy blue check marks. Indian celebrities such as Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan, Akshay Kumar, Ajay Devgn, and…
Some joking others sarcastic, celebrities from across the Indian entertainment industry, including megastar Amitabh Bachchan, Taj actress Aditi Rao Hydari and comedian Vir Das, had a field day on Twitter after losing their verified status on the social media platform. Indian celebrities such as Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan and Salman…
A group of three high-ranking Twitter officials who were fired by Elon Musk after he assumed control of the social media platform last year have taken legal action. They filed a lawsuit on Monday (10) requesting compensation for expenses related to litigation, investigations, and congressional inquiries linked to their former…
Twitter has labelled the BBC as a "government-funded media" on the microblogging site, as part of the microblogging site's new policies under owner Elon Musk, drawing sharp reaction from the British public broadcaster which on Monday objected to the move. The taxpayer-funded licence fee supported UK media corporation said it…
On Sunday (26), Narendra Modi praised the successful launch of 36 internet satellites owned by UK-based OneWeb Group into their intended orbits by Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO's) Launch Vehicle Mark-3 (LVM3), the heaviest rocket. Modi highlighted that this accomplishment further solidifies India's position as a leading global commercial launch…
OneWeb has deployed a fresh batch of 40 satellites as the British communications company expands its connectivity capabilities. The satellites, launched by Elon Musk's SpaceX from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Thursday (9), take Oneweb’s constellation strength to 582 against the target of 648. The latest satellites…
Neal Mohan, a longtime Indian American YouTube executive, will be the new CEO of the Google-owned video sharing platform. Mohan, a Stanford graduate and a senior advertising and product executive who joined Google in 2008, will join the elite club of global tech chiefs of Indian origin such as Google…
Financial contagion fears spread in India on Friday as the Adani Group's crisis worsened, with ratings agency Moody's warning the conglomerate may struggle to raise capital and S&P cutting the outlook on two of its businesses. Chaotic scenes in both houses of India's parliament led to their adjournment on Friday…
Both houses of India's parliament were adjourned on Friday amid chaotic scenes as some lawmakers demanded an inquiry following the meltdown of shares in billionaire Gautam Adani's group companies, which some fear could spark wider financial turmoil. Shares in Adani companies recovered after sharp falls earlier in the day, but…
India's Gautam Adani, the school drop-out turned billionaire who rose to become Asia's richest man, faces possibly the biggest challenge of his career after a U.S. short-seller cast doubts on his business practices, hammering shares in his companies and his reputation. Adani, whose home state is Gujarat in western India,…
Popular actress Jameela Jamil has shared her concern about people using diabetes medication Ozempic as a rapid weight loss solution. For those not in the know, Ozempic is a brand name for semaglutide and is approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use by individuals with type…
Salman Khan is one of the biggest superstars that Indian cinema has ever produced. The actor, who kick-started his acting career with a supporting role in Biwi Ho To Aisi in 1988, has been ruling the hearts of the audience for more than three decades now. Khan is hugely popular…
Indian television actor Dev Joshi, who shot to overnight fame after playing the lead role in a TV show called Baal Veer, on Friday announced that he will be joining the “dearMoon CREW” and taking a week-long trip around the moon in a SpaceX rocket in 2023. Joshi is among…
An Indian-origin professor at Stanford claimed Twitter had blacklisted him before the social media company was taken over by billionaire Elon Musk. Jay Bhattacharya said he visited Twitter’s headquarters in San Francisco after he was invited by Musk to meet him and learn more about the blacklist he was added…
In what looks like an effort to silence the right-wing, social media giant Twitter reportedly censored a number of known figures, including Dr Jay Bhattacharya, a Stanford professor who cautioned against the possible harmful effects that Covid-19 lockdown could lead to, The Telegraph reported, citing internal company data shared by…
Two Indian Americans – Congressman Ro Khanna and Vijaya Gadde – prominently figure in US President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden’s laptop story whose full disclosure Twitter CEO Elon Musk has announced would be released on the microblogging site. Musk, the world’s richest man who purchased Twitter last month, said…
In February, the National Institute for Health, and Care Excellence (NICE) approved a weekly jab for obese patients with weight-related diseases, such as type 2 diabetes, or for those at high risk of a heart attack, as losing weight can help protect against these health issues. However, when in May,…
Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk has said Twitter is “very slow” in India and many other countries. “Twitter is very slow in India, Indonesia & many other countries. This is a fact, not a “claim”. 10 to 15 secs to refresh homeline tweets is common. Sometimes, it doesn't work at all,…
After calling Twitter the "best social media platform", Kangana Ranaut thinks Instagram is dumb! Ironically, Kangana took to her Instagram stories on Friday and called Instagram "dumb". She wrote, "Dumb Instagram is all about pictures, whatever opinion one writes disappear(s) next day, as if everyone is fickle, frivolous, dumbo who…
With Tesla CEO Elon Musk's recent takeover of Twitter, there has been much talk about the changes that will be coming to the micro-blogging site following its acquisition. However, amidst all this, India's first Twitter user has some thoughts to share about the platform's evolution and the new changes. In…
Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut, on Sunday, extended her support to the new Twitter owner, Elon Musk's decision to charge $ 8 a month to get verified accounts. Calling the social media platform as intellectually and ideologically motivated she termed it as the "best" and said that anybody who has an…
Elon Musk-owned Twitter has begun mass layoffs. As per an unsigned internal memo seen by The Verge, Twitter employees were notified in the email that the layoffs were set to begin. Employees will receive an email by 9 AM PST on November 4th confirming whether they have been laid off…
Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal and two other top executives were ousted moments after Tesla owner and billionaire Elon Musk acquired the social media platform in a $44 billion takeover deal. Now, the billionaire has roped in Sriram Krishnan, the general partner at the top VC firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) where…
Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut, on Friday, claimed that she predicted the doom of ex-Twitter heads long ago which came true. Taking to Instagram, the 'Dhaakad' actor shared a post on her stories which she captioned, "Trending since morning I had predicted the doom of ex Twitter heads long ago...another prediction…
Elon Musk, the CEO of electric car maker Tesla Inc, is the new owner of the world’s most popular micro-blogging platform Twitter. As soon as Musk took over, he booted out a couple of top executives from the company, including chief executive Parag Agrawal, CFO Ned Segal, and legal affairs…
A steadily growing club of executives from India rising to the top of global corporations, but the 38-year-old executive's brief tenure at the helm of the social media giant was challenging and chaotic. Less than a year into his job as CEO, India-born Agrawal was ousted from the company by…
Indian national Akshata Murty, the wife of UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, and daughter of Narayana Murty, co-founder of Infosys, the software giant, was recently in the news for allegedly saving millions in taxes from British tax authorities by using her non-domicile status. However, in April 2022 the 42-year-old Indian-born…
Cryptocurrencies are becoming more popular every day, even if you can't deny the recent downward trend. However, it is this downward trend that is now setting the stage for a new rise in prices. While bitcoin is still the best known and most valuable cryptocurrency and is used in Bluechip…
Amber Heard notching up the lead role in the 2018 DC blockbuster Aquaman reportedly surprised a number of Hollywood executives who could not believe she ‘hacked it as the worst actor’. During an interview with Pop Topic, an elite member of Hollywood revealed, “A lot of us were actually pretty…
Twitter shareholders on Tuesday (13) approved Tesla chief Elon Musk's $44 billion bid to buy the social media platform. The approval to accept Musk's offer of $54.20 per share was substantially higher than Twitter's current trading price, below $42 was widely expected. Twitter has forged ahead with the deal, despite…
The critic in Elon Musk has dissected Amazon Prime Video’s Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power, reigniting his longstanding rivalry with Amazon founder and executive chairman Jeff Bezos. The first two episodes of The Rings Of Power debuted on September 2 on Prime Video, based on Middle-earth’s Second…
Indian industrialist Gautam Adani became the world's third-richest person on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index on Tuesday, the first time an Asian has ranked in the top three. The self-made billionaire has seen his net worth more than double to $137.4 billion in the last year, rising 20 spots on the…
The dry British humour was on its best display at Delhi's Iskcon temple on Friday as UK High Commissioner Alex Ellis made fun of a Manchester United fan who was praying for divine intervention on Janmashtami for the struggling English Premier League (EPL) side. Alex Ellis took time to have…
British businessman Jim Ratcliffe is "definitely a potential buyer" of Manchester United if the English football giants go on sale, a spokesman for the Ineos petrochemicals billionaire said Wednesday. Ineos was responding to reports United's current owners, the US-based Glazer family, are considering selling a minority stake, with the team…
Billionaire Elon Musk, the chief executive of electric automaker Tesla Inc TSLA.O and rocket company SpaceX, on Tuesday tweeted that he was buying soccer club Manchester United MANU.N, before posting later that he said it as a joke. Musk has a history of being unconventional, posting irreverent tweets. It is…
If you thought everything was settled down for once and all after a judge read his order in the high-profile Johnny Depp and Amber Heard defamation trial, you were wrong. Ever since the pronouncement of the judgment, some secret documents have been coming out, which have caught the attention of…
Tesla Inc TSLA.O boss Elon Musk said late on Sunday on Twitter that he and Google co-founder Sergey Brin remain friends and denied a report that he had been involved in an affair with Brin's wife Nicole Shanahan. Musk's tweets came after a Wall Street Journal report that cited unidentified…
Tesla and SpaceX owner, Elon Musk's 76-year-old father Errol Musk has revealed he had a secret second child, with his 35-year stepdaughter Jana Bezuidenhout three years ago. According to New York Post, Errol Musk in an interview with a British tabloid admitted that he welcomed a baby girl with Elon's…
Elon Musk's pursuit of Twitter was a melodrama from beginning to end -- a volatile courtship between a mercurial billionaire and the massively influential social media platform. That relationship -- an obvious love-hate affair from Musk's side -- now seems set to end in an acrimonious divorce. The courtship It…
British officials have launched an investigation after hackers took control of the armed forces Twitter and YouTube accounts, the ministry of defence announced Sunday. "We are aware of a breach of the Army’s Twitter and YouTube accounts and an investigation is underway," said a ministry statement. "Apologies for the temporary…
Elon Musk's transgender daughter has filed a request to change her name in accordance with her new gender identity and because "I no longer live with or wish to be related to my biological father in any way, shape or form."The petition for both a name change and a new…
After weeks of explosive testimony and three days of deliberations, the jury delivered a split verdict on Wednesday in the blockbuster defamation case between Johnny Depp and his ex-wife Amber Heard. And while the jury found that each had defamed the other, Depp celebrated the verdict as a victory and…
SEEKING to further increase private participation, the government will soon unveil a new space policy that could see the rise of India's own "SpaceX-like ventures", principal scientific advisor Ajay Kumar Sood has said. In an interview, the government's top science advisor said consultations have taken place and the final version…
American electric carmaker Tesla, which has been seeking reduction in import duties to sell its vehicles in India, will not manufacture its products locally unless it is allowed to first sell and service its cars in the country, company founder and chief executive Elon Musk has said.In a tweet responding…
LONDON mayor Sadiq Khan said he endured heightened online racist abuse when Donald Trump was the American president.His comment at Stanford University in California on Tuesday (10) came amid debates over allowing the former president back on Twitter after billionaire Elon Musk struck a deal to take over the social…
BILLIONAIRE businessman Elon Musk’s criticism of Twitter’s top legal officer Vijaya Gadde has raised fears of “harassment” against the woman executive of the social media company.Musk, who agreed to buy Twitter in a $44 billion deal, criticised Gadde for her role in banning from the micro-blogging platform a media report…
TWITTER’S India-born CEO Parag Agrawal has told its worried employees he doesn’t know “what direction this company will go in” once the social media giant is formally taken over by billionaire Elon Musk. The remarks by Agrawal, who took charge as the chief executive of Twitter just five months ago,…
ELON MUSK's criticism of Twitter sparked a barrage of abusive tweets against the company's top lawyer, raising questions about his compliance with a non-disparagement agreement and the tone that the social media platform's incoming owner will set for its users. Musk tweeted he disagreed with a decision Twitter made in…
TWITTER'S India-born CEO Parag Agrawal has told its worried employees that he doesn't know “what direction this company will go in” once the social media giant is formally taken over by billionaire Elon Musk. The remarks by Agrawal, who took over the helm of Twitter just five months ago, came…
ONEWEB, the low earth orbit satellite communications company, has collaborated with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to complete its satellite launch programme.The London-based company was forced to look for alternatives after it broke with Russian space agency Roscosmos in March this year as Moscow invaded Ukraine. But it later…
INDIAN business magnate Gautam Adani has joined the league of the world’s top 10 richest persons on the back of the recent stock market rally.Adani, who runs diversified businesses ranging from green energy to mining, was ranked eighth on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index as of Friday (8), becoming the richest…
INDIA's digital inclusion might get momentum due to recent policy moves including easier approvals for satellite broadband network rollouts, and the imminent launch of satellite broadband from India's Bharti Airtel and Jio Platforms, Elon Musk's Starlink, and others. There are currently more than 800 million internet subscribers in the nation…
A website for Britons interested in housing and sponsoring Ukrainians fleeing the Russian invasion went live on Monday (14) as the government steps up its efforts to deflect anger over its response to the refugee crisis. Prime minister Boris Johnson has sought to portray Britain as helping lead the global…
ELON MUSK, the world's richest man, on Monday (14) challenged Russian president Vladimir Putin to a fight, with nothing less than the fate of Ukraine, scene of Moscow's brutal invasion, at stake.The eccentric billionaire and founder of aerospace company SpaceX took to Twitter, where his messages are notoriously erratic, to…
GLOBAL satellite communications company OneWeb has announced that its board had voted to suspend all launches from Russia's Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. With this, OneWeb has joined a growing list of companies snapping or suspending ties with Russia. Russia's space agency Roscosmos has sought guarantees from OneWeb and Europe's Arianespace…
INDIAN tycoon Mukesh Ambani is set to enter the satellite broadband services space as his tech company Jio Platforms has announced a tie-up with Luxembourg-based SES.The two companies have formed a joint venture, Jio Space Technology Limited, in which Jio owns 51 per cent equity stake and SES the remaining…
INDIA has made it clear that relaxations will not be provided to US-based electric vehicles major Tesla unless it participates in manufacturing activities in the south Asian country.Heavy industries minister Krishan Pal Gurjar on Tuesday (8) said there cannot be a situation where the market is India but jobs are…
BRITAIN’S satellite communications company OneWeb and Hughes Communications India Pvt Ltd (HCIPL) have come together to provide low orbit connectivity services across the south Asian country for six years.However, the financial details of the satellite broadband distribution deal are not disclosed. HCIPL is a joint venture between America’s Hughes Network…
TESLA is working through a lot of challenges with the government to launch its products in India, the US-based electric car major's founder and CEO Elon Musk said on Thursday (13).Responding to a tweet on the company's plans to launch its products in India, Musk tweeted: "Still working through a…
THE WORLD'S richest person Elon Musk-owned SpaceX has incorporated its wholly-owned subsidiary in India to start local broadband operations, a top official of the company said. SpaceX's satellite broadband arm Starlink aims to start broadband services in India from December 2022, with 200,000 active terminals subject to permission from the…
INDIAN transport minister Nitin Gadkari has said that US electric car-maker Tesla had been asked not to sell its China-make vehicles in India and instead make them in the South Asian country. He also reportedly asked Elon Musk’s firm to export its cars made in India product. The minister said:…
Generally, to be successful in any business industry, there are some character traits you should possess. One can acquire this set of skills from different places such as schools, mentors, business articles, and magazines. For some people, these character traits are inborn. However, this does not mean that those born…
BRITISH space internet company OneWeb has successfully launched 34 new satellites into space on Saturday (21) through Russian Soyuz rocket, taking its in-orbit mega-constellation to 288. The rocket operated by Europe's Arianespace took off successfully at 2213 GMT Saturday (21) from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Roscosmos space agency…
TESLA Inc Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk on Twitter said that a factory in India was likely if the electric-car maker was successful with imported vehicles. The company has also recently written to Indian ministries seeking a reduction in import duties on electric vehicles (EVs) in a bid to promote…
SIRISHA BANDLA made history on Sunday (11) when she flew to the edge of space on billionaire Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic rocket plane. She became the second woman from India to go to space after Kalpana Chawla, who died when the Columbia Space Shuttle's crash in 2013. Sir Richard…
BRITISH space internet company OneWeb on Thursday (1) successfully launched another 36 satellites, taking its in-orbit mega-constellation to 254. With the current number of satellites, the company is planning to offer a commercial service to a great swathe of the Northern Hemisphere by the end of 2021. "These things don't…
INDIA’S Bharti Global will invest $500 million (£362m) in the UK-based space start-up OneWeb, becoming the biggest shareholder in the satellite provider. With the deal, billionaire Sunil Mittal-run Bharti Group, will now own a 39 per cent stake in OneWeb, which it along with the UK government had rescued from…
A RUSSIAN Soyuz rocket carrying 36 UK telecommunication and internet satellites was launched on Friday (28) from the Vostochny cosmodrome in Russia's Far East. The rocket blasted off at 1738 GMT, and the process was carried out by the world's leading satellite launch company, Arianespace. "The launch went according to…
A French company backed by the government has invested $550 million in British space internet company OneWeb to challenge Elon Musk's SpaceX. Eutelsat has paid $550m (£395m) for a 24 per cent stake in OneWeb, which was rescued by the British government last year in a joint venture with Indian…
THE UK government’s OneWeb satellite network will provide rural broadband for the whole of the UK by October, the businessman backing the project has said. According to The Times report, Sunil Mittal has said that OneWeb can give a broadband signal to everyone. "That is a powerful start and a…
INDIA is ready to offer incentives to ensure Tesla Inc's cost of production would be less than in China if the carmaker commits to making its electric vehicles in the south Asian country, transport minister Nitin Gadkari told Reuters. Gadkari's pitch comes weeks after billionaire Elon Musk's Tesla registered a…
INDIAN-owned luxury car brand Jaguar has said that it will produce only electric vehicles from 2025 as governments put pressure on the business world to slash carbon emissions and consumers demand greener products. Jaguar Land Rover, owned by Mumbai-based Tata Motors, will invest £2.5 billion ($3.5 billion) annually under its 'Reimagine'…
TWITTER CEO Jack Dorsey and rapper turned business mogul Jay Z have paired up to invest £17.2 million ($23.6m) into a trust designed to fund Bitcoin development around the world. Dorsey, who is also founder and chief of financial services and mobile payments firm Square, said in a tweet that…
Tesla Inc has moved a step closer to its launch in India later this year by registering a company in the country, a regulatory filing showed on Tuesday (12). Tesla Motors India and Energy Private Limited was incorporated on January 8th with its registered office in the southern city of…
India's richest state Maharashtra has invited U.S. electric-car maker Tesla Inc, weeks after its chief executive officer Elon Musk suggested entering the country next year. In a tweet on Thursday, state tourism and environment minister Aaditya Thackeray said he and industries minister Subhash Desai held a video call with Tesla…
Tesla Inc chief executive Elon Musk indicated on Friday that the US electric carmaker will make a foray into India in 2021. "Next year for sure," Musk said on Twitter in reply to a post with a photograph of a T-shirt with the message: "India wants Tesla". "Thanks for waiting,"…
TWITTER confirmed on Thursday (3) that an account of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's personal website was hacked, with a series of tweets asking its followers to donate to a relief fund through cryptocurrency. The incident comes after several Twitter accounts of prominent personalities were hacked in July. According to reports,…
BRITAIN has joined forces with India's Bharti Global to buy the collapsed satellite operator OneWeb, with the two sides pledging $1 billion between them to develop a constellation that could boost broadband and other services. Under the deal announced on Friday (3), Britain will invest $500 million and take a…
DONALD TRUMP has named six Indian-American corporate leaders, including Sundar Pichai of Google and Satya Nadella of Microsoft, to his Great American Economic Revival Industry Groups. The US president has roped in over 200 top American leaders from various industries and sections to create nearly a dozen and half different…
Zoom Video Communications Inc (ZM.O) has tapped former Facebook security chief Alex Stamos as an adviser as safety and privacy concerns about its fast-growing video-conferencing app drive a global backlash against the company. Recently, Google banned the desktop version of Zoom from corporate laptops. Coronavirus lockdowns have driven a surge…
AN Asian candidate is among the 2019 Apprentice hopefuls, the BBC revealed on Tuesday (24). Shahin Hassan, a 36-year-old Chartered Engineer from Birmingham, will be featured on the show when it returns to BBC One on October 2. The show will have 16 contestants battling it out to become Lord…
INDIA’S space programme suffered a setback Saturday (7) after losing contact with unmanned spacecraft moments before it was due to make a historic soft landing on the Moon. Prime minister Narendra Modi sought to comfort glum scientists and a stunned nation from mission control in Bengaluru, saying India was still…
TWO communications satellites for India and a consortium from Saudi Arabia, Greece and Cyprus -- were successfully put into orbit by the European aerospace firm ArianeGroup, the company announced today (6). Competition by commercial operators in the lucrative rocket industry has intensified in the past few years, particularly since the…
Microsoft's Satya Nadella and Google's Sundar Pichai have claimed top spots in companies-rating platform Comparably's best CEOs of 2018. While Nadella came on top of the list, Pichai stood at the third place. The Home Depot's CEO Craig Menear took the second position. The ratings were compiled through responses from…
Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone is the only Indian actress to be featured on Time Magazine's prestigious 100 Most Influential People list, and fellow actress Priyanka Chopra tweeted a shout-out to her colleague, saying she was proud of the Padmaavat actress. Indians featured in the Influential People list also include Ola co-founder…
Indian-born British businessman Sanjeev Gupta may soon hold the honour of building the world's most powerful lithium-ion battery. The honour currently belongs to Elon Musk’s Tesla. Gupta, says Techradar, has plans to build a 120 megawatt/140 megawatt-hour battery, beating out the 100 megawatt/129 megawatt-hour battery by Tesla in South Australia. The…
Elon Musk needs to stop throwing temper tantrums and acting like a spoilt child, his father Errol Musk said. The 72-year-old South African engineer has not spoken to his billionaire son in more than a year, ever since welcoming a child with a woman 42 years his junior. Errol opened up…
Elon Musk wants to send more than one million people to Mars to preserve humanity in case a catastrophe strikes earth and wipes out the entire human race. The SpaceX CEO said humans need to think seriously about colonising Mars in case there's a third world war. "There's likely to…
Virgin Hyperloop One, the futuristic transport startup backed by British tycoon Richard Branson, has announced plans for a superfast rail network linking India's financial capital Mumbai to the city of Pune. The proposed hyperloop -- which aims to deliver transport at near-supersonic speeds in sealed tubes -- would reduce travel…
India successfully launched its first mini space shuttle on Monday as New Delhi’s famously frugal space agency joined the global race to make rockets as reusable as airplanes. The shuttle was reportedly developed on a budget of just one billion rupees (£9.6 million), a fraction of the billions of dollars…
AN INDIAN-born billionaire believes his company’s mission to explore the Moon and enable humans to live there could lead to world peace. In an interview with Eastern Eye, Naveen Jain revealed his bold plans to allow people to take a holiday on the Moon’s surface, buy space rocks and use…
US president Donald Trump’s administration has indicated for the first time that Pakistan could be included in a list of Muslim-majority countries from where immigration to the US has been banned. It follows his controversial executive order last week barring refugees and people from seven mainly Muslim nations. The travel…
US president Donald Trump’s administration has indicated for the first time that Pakistan could be included in a list of Muslim-majority countries from where immigration to the US has been banned. It follows his controversial executive order last week barring refugees and people from seven mainly Muslim nations. The travel…