September 4th, 2017We all know him as the first Indian Army officer to be promoted to the rank of Field Marshal- Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw, popularly known as Sam Bahadur. As the Chief of the Army Staff, Sam’s service to the nation is immense as he united the army, navy and air force into a team, helping India win against Pakistan in 1965...
August 29th, 2017Michael Sayman, a 17-yo joined Facebook Inc. as an intern and soon became a full-time engineer by the time he reached 18. Now this Wunderkind is leaving to join Alphabet's Google. By the way he is only 21!
At Facebook, Sayman joined as a product manager who helped the social media giant to understand how his generation uses their...
August 8th, 2017Jeffrey Immelt, the well-known CEO of GE, who recently retired from his company, sent a farewell letter to the employees titled "Things I Learned", sharing 10 pearls of wisdom.
Jeff Immelt, 61 was the Chairman and CEO of the manufacturing giant since 2001 who upon retiring handed the post to John Flannery.
Today is my last day as CEO...
August 6th, 2017Year 2017 has been the year of very famous 'Football Players Transfer' and has seen 10 transfers until now, and not to forget the latest and the world record breaking transfer of Neymar from Barcelona to Paris Saint-Germain for £200 million.
With this transfer, Neymar has set a benchmark for the transfers to come in the future. Where...
August 5th, 2017Neymar has hit the headlines hard for leaving Barcelona and signing with Paris Saint-Germain on Friday after his $263 million (£200 mn) record fee transfer, which is more than the double of the world record.
PSG has officially signed the footballer for a 5-year playing contract, amounting to about £40 mn earnings per year.
The...
July 22nd, 2017Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi has asked professionals to use technology to solve social problems in addition to their business requirements.
"The world is at your fingertips," Satyarthi said at an event hosted by social networking platform for professionals, LinkedIn India here yesterday to interact with its employees in Bengaluru,...
May 6th, 2017LONDON: A 12-year-old Indian-origin girl in England, who secured two points higher than geniuses Albert Hawking in the British Mensa IQ test, has been invited to join the coveted society as a member.
Rajgauri Pawar appeared in the British Mensa IQ Test in Manchester last month, and scored 162 - the highest possible IQ for someone...
April 9th, 2017India is looking for young entrepreneurs to build business houses and create more jobs, Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said today, asking business graduates to become fountainhead of commercially viable ideas.
"India needs several entrepreneurs who can become fountainheads of commercially viable ideas that will make a...
March 3rd, 2017New Delhi, Delhi, India- A commercial bank in Saudi Arabia appointing a woman as a CEO; a woman becoming the dean of a renowned medical college; women and men attending the recent Comic Con event in Jeddah; Women-only gymnasiums gaining traction; celebration of first ever Women’s Day - Women in Saudi Arabia are well on their way to...
January 16th, 2017A wedding dinner scheduled at the renovated Taj hotel in Mumbai shortly after 26/11 had to be shifted at the eleventh hour despite the food being ready to the Oberoi hostel due to a fire, making it a rare occasion when the two business rivals worked together.
Karambir Kang, the then GM of Taj Mahal Mumbai, called it a truly win-win...
December 27th, 2016
If No Narinder then no internet, no laser surgeries, no high speed communications
Narinder Singh Capany was the first person in the world who coined the term Fibre Optics. Capany was born in 1927 in Moga, Punjab, he graduated from Agra University and went on to his Ph.D at Imperial College, London.
His groundbreaking research led...