LiveIBM CEO Arvind Krishna to Take Over as Chairman
International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) has said that Chief Executive Officer Arvind Krishna would take over as chairman from January 01, replacing Ginni Rometty, who stepped...
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Siddharth Chatterjee Appointed as UN Resident Coordinator in China
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appointed Senior UN official Siddharth Chatterjee of India as UN Resident Coordinator in China, with the host government’s approval.Resident Coordinators...
UK PM to be Chief Guest at R-Day Celebrations by PM Modi
UK Prime Minister Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson has accepted the invitation of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to be the Chief Guest at Republic Day celebrations...
Sputnik V is 91.4% Effective, Says Vaccine Developers
Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine is 91.4 per cent effective in protecting COVID-19 and has demonstrated 100 per cent efficacy against severe coronavirus cases, the vaccine’s developers said...
Reddit Acquires TikTok Rival Dubsmash
Social news platform Reddit on Sunday said that it had acquired short-video platform Dubsmash, to become the latest company to expand in the short-form videos space dominated...
US to Receive First Batch of Pfizer Covid-19 Vaccine on Monday
Initial shots of Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine will be delivered to states from Monday morning, said General Gustave Perna, Head of the Trump-led administration’s Operation Warp Speed, on...
Sequoia Capital, KKR Led ByteDance Funding Round Valuing at $180 Bn
US venture capital firm Sequoia Capital and global investment firm KKR & Co. lead in ByteDance’s latest funding round, valuing the Chinese tech giant and TikTok owner at $180 billion, said two people...
US Expert Committee Recommends Approval of Pfizer Vaccine
On Thursday, an expert committee convened by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) voted heavily recommending the approval of Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use.The committee includes independent...
Time Names Joe Biden, Kamala Harris as Person of Year, 2020
US President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris were jointly named Time magazine’s 2020 “Person of the Year” for their election victory over President Donald Trump, Time...
Christopher Nolan’s ‘Tenet’ Crosses Rs 1 Crore Mark on Day 1
Christopher Nolan’s Tenet has opened to decent numbers in India despite the covid-19 situation. The film that is the first big tent-pole release in Indian...