One of the biggest IT companies in the country, Wipro, has decided to hold back variable pay for its mid and senior-level employees while fresher and junior-level staff will get variable pay after 30 per cent cut. In an email, the company said that the variable pay cut is happening due to operating margin pressure. It…
Equity benchmark Sensex ticked higher for the fifth straight session on Thursday, helped by fag-end buying in select blue-chip stocks amid a largely negative trend in global markets. A depreciating rupee and rising crude prices in the international market capped the gains in domestic equities, traders said. In a…
Indian Institute of Technology, IIT Bombay has partnered with the JSW Group to establish a state-of-the-art JSW Technology Hub in India for steel manufacturing. IIT Bombay has set up the Centre of Excellence in Steel Technology (CoEST) and the JSW technology hub is established within the CoEST. Under this pact,…
Karnataka Government has issued notices to schools and asked them to ensure that the National Anthem is sung after daily prayers. The notices were issued to three schools in Bengaluru for non-compliance after reports. Schools have reportedly agreed to comply to the government order.The notices were issued to St…
Bharti Airtel received spectrum allocation letter within few hours of making upfront payment to the Department of Telecom, Bharti Enterprises founder and chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal said on Thursday. This is the first time ever that the Department of Telecom (DoT) has handed out a spectrum allocation letter on the day…
After Bangarraju, Nagarjuna, who is fondly called The King, is thrilled about his upcoming film. Titled The Ghost, the slick action thriller is all set for a grand release on October 5. Today, August 18, the makers unveiled the film’s promo titled Tamahagane. The stylish promo has piqued the curiosity of the…
The Indian government has once again blocked some YouTube channels for spreading false information related to the country’s national security, foreign relations, and public order. The Ministry of Information & Broadcasting has blocked 8 YouTube channels this time. It is said that out of the 8 channels, 7 are from…
It was in 2019 when astronomers came together to make the world’s most powerful telescope that was spread across the planet. What the Event Horizon Telescope did was capture the first image of a supermassive black hole at the centre of the Messier 87 (M87) galaxy. While the data processing revealed an incredible…
Launched from Earth in 1977 to explore the world of Jupiter and Saturn, the twin Voyager probes are still alive and kicking, but not in the solar system. The two probes have been operating in interstellar space, crossing the heliospheric boundary where our Sun’s impact ends. Known as the time capsule of a bygone…
A Russian spacewalk outside the International Space Station ended hours earlier than planned on Wednesday after a cosmonaut discovered an electrical issue with his spacesuit, U.S. and Russian officials said. Oleg Artemyev was roughly two hours into a six-hour spacewalk when voltage levels in his spacesuit’s…