A British film on Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan’s life,’The Man Who Knew Infinity’ will open the 46th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) on November 20. Actor Anil Kapoor will be chief guest for the 11-day film carnival in Goa. The Matthew Brown-directed film sees Indian-origin British star Dev Patel in the titular role along side British star Jeremy Irons […]
» Read moreTamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa on Wednesday announced that a compensation of Rs 4 lakh would be paid to relatives of those who die in rain-related incidents in the state. Last year, the government paid Rs 2.5 lakh. She also announced compensation in the case of damage to houses and crops and deaths of cattle and poultry. In a […]
» Read moreSundar Raman, the chief operating officer of Indian Premier League (IPL), has stepped down from his post. Shashank Manohar, Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president, has accepted his resignation. Thursday (November 5) will be Raman’s last day as the IPL COO. Raman, who has been IPL COO since the inception of the tournament in 2008, was one […]
» Read moreFormer Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik announced his retirement from Test cricket after he failed in the second innings of the third Test against England in Sharjah on Tuesday. The 33-year-old only made a comeback in the longer format of the game after five years in the first Test against England in Abu Dhabi, smashing a career-best 245. But since then […]
» Read moreHewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), the enterprise division of HP that became a separate company effective November 1, plans to open an innovation hub in India that will assist startups to scale their operations. The hub will be open by the end of November but the company declined to name the location. “We will help startups with technology, expertise in architecting […]
» Read moreMicrosoft chief Satya Nadella will meet industry leaders like Mahindra Group chairman Anand Mahindra, Axis Bank head Shikha Sharma and Tata Starbucks CEO Avani Davda during his one-day visit to India on November 5. The India-born CEO will also deliver a keynote address at ‘Microsoft’s Future Unleashed’ event here that will bring together 3,000 industry thought leaders, enterprise heads, developers […]
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