The Internet’s coolest kids hung out together for the most impressive picture we’ve seen in recent times. That’s what this photo from the Internet Industry Forum at Microsoft’s main campus in Redmond, Washington feels like. Maybe less cool and more iconic, though. The picture puts together the World Wide Web’s most powerful names – the top CEOs and founders – Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, Alibaba’s Jack Ma, Microsoft’s Satya Nadella, Apple’s […]

A 13-year-old girl from Odisha’s backward Koraput district bagged a prestigious $10,000 award at the finals of the Google Science Fair in the United States late on Tuesday for her low-cost water purifier using corn cobs. Lalita Prasida Sripada Srisai will be supported in her research for one year by the well-known journal, Scientific American, for winning the Community Impact Award that honours projects which make a practical difference by […]

Bollywood actress Kajol will be attending the United Nations General Assembly and Global Citizen Festival in New York next week, where she will be advocating the importance of a hygienic environment. “Excited to announce I’ll be at @UN General Assembly & #GlobalCitizen Festival next week supporting the #hygiene cause in the #GlobalGoals,” Kajol tweeted on Monday. The actress, who is married to actor Ajay Devgn, will be a part of the […]

The cricket pitch across India would never be the same again! One of the game’s best known administrator and the face that converted India into a cricketing powerhouse is lost forever. Yes I am talking about Jagmohan Dalmiya. Late last night he succumbed to a massive cardiac arrest after being hospitalised for chest pain 3 days ago. He was born in Kolkata on May 30, 1940 and went on to […]

Texas: Ahmed Mohamed, a 14-year-old bright student in Texas, built a digital clock and brought it to his high school. Never did he know that instead of appreciation, he would get arrested. The principal having mistaken the gadget for a fake bomb called the police- a detention some claim was due to his Muslim background. Tech companies are now throwing their support behind him and are flocking to the social […]

Fortune magazine has ranked Indian bankers Chanda Kochhar and Arundhati Bhattacharya as the top two in a list of most powerful women in Asia Pacific. ChandaKochhar, 53 heads the country’s largest private sector lender ICICI Bank stands tall at Number 1 on the list. The magazine has recognized Kochhar who has revolutionized Indian banking and for making ICICI Bank into the “nation’s largest and most profitable private sector lender”. Kochhar […]

Canberra: Former Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull was sworn in as Australia’s new prime minister on Tuesday, a day after Tony Abbott was defeated in ruling Liberal Party’s leadership ballot.    Turnbull was sworn in at a ceremony by Governor-General Peter Cosgrove in the capital Canberra, reported Xinhua news agency.    “There has been a change of prime minister, but we are a very strong government, a very strong country with […]

Ever wondered what’s inside the Facebook headquarters at Menlo Park, California or what Mark Zuckerberg’s office space looks like? Wonder no more, the Facebook CEO has just granted you full access to his kingdom. In the company’s first ‘live’ video, Mark Zuckerberg personally provides a tour of the tech giant’s new headquarters. Essentially, the Facebook workspace is sprawled across a massive open area and has a democratic seating plan with […]

Russian astronaut Gennady Padalka has returned to Earth with the record for having spent the most time in space. The 57-year-old’s latest mission lasted 168 days, bringing his total to 879 days in space over five trips. This is two months longer than the previous record set in 2005 by Russian Sergei Krikalev over six missions. Mr Padalka and two other members from the International Space Station (ISS) landed safely […]

Brazilian legend and football’s elder statesman Pele will come to India after a gap of 38 years after accepting an invitation to attend the final of the 56th edition of the Subroto Cup as its chief guest, the tournament organisers said here on Monday. Pele, widely regarded as the finest exponent of the game, will be in the Capital as the chief guest at the tournament’s final to be held […]