Google is building a car without a steering wheel
Sergey Brin, co-founder of the technology titan, told a Southern California technology conference on Tuesday evening that Google will make 100 prototype cars that drive themselves and therefore do not need a wheel. Or brake and gas pedals. Instead, there are buttons for go and stop. A combination... read more »
Shiv Sena Sulk On Portfolios Over, Anant Geete To Take Charge Today
New Delhi – Anant Geete, the Shiv Sena’s lone minister in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s cabinet, will take charge of his office in the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises today, his office has confirmed. He had yesterday demanded a change of portfolio given to his... read more »
Education Minister Smriti Irani ‘Not Even Graduate!’
New Delhi – Congress leader Ajay Maken has touched off a political storm with a series of tweets deriding the new Narendra Modi cabinet. In one of them, he questioned the educational qualifications of Smriti Irani, who has taken over as Human Resource Development Minister. “What a... read more »
Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants more devolution in Sri Lanka
Prime Minister Narendra Modi pushed Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa hard, asking for him to deliver on his promises to devolve wide powers to the country’s Tamil-majority regions – a formula called ‘Thirteen-Plus’ that was promised during diplomatic negotiations with former Prime... read more »
Nokia names Rajeev Suri as new CEO
HELSINKI: Rajeev Suri will become the new chief executive of Finnish telecommunications gear maker Nokia, the company said on Tuesday, confirming what analysts had expected. Suri, 46,... read more »
Nomura raises Ranbaxy to ‘buy’ on Sun Pharma takeover
Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd gains 0.2 per cent to Rs 481 after Nomura upgrades the stock to “buy” from “reduce” and raises its target price to Rs 543 from Rs 321 on the... read more »
Nokia names Rajeev Suri as new CEO
HELSINKI: Rajeev Suri will become the new chief executive of Finnish telecommunications gear maker Nokia, the company said on Tuesday, confirming what analysts had expected. Suri, 46,... read more »
Modi shows ‘mirror’ to Farooq Abdullah on secularism
New Delhi: Reacting strongly to Farooq Abdullah’s remark that “those who vote for Modi should drown in the sea”, Narendra Modi tore into the National Conference chief and asked... read more »
McCullum enjoying batting with ‘intelligent’ Smith
Chennai Super Kings went into the IPL season with a fresh opening pair in Brendon McCullum and Dwayne Smith. So far, the two have responded with starts of 123, 23, 35, 11 and 85. McCullum said he was... read more »
