A British Airways plane was left with a broken windscreen after hitting a large block of ice. The crash occurred as the plane was flying from London Gatwick to San Jose in Costa Rica several hours after the incident. A British Airways plane carrying 200 passengers escaped fearfully in the middle of the air after
New Delhi: 2021 saw many new Indians becoming billionaires. From Falguni Nair, CEO of Nykaa to Inder Jaisinghani, CMD of Polycab India, many Indians have become billionaires in the last 365 days. Here is a list of Indians who became billionaires in 2021. Inder Jaisinghani Inder Jaisinghani is the Chairman and Managing Director of Polycab
Omicron triggered the third wave of COVID likely to hit on Feb 2, 2022 in India says top researchers Amid the rise in COVID-19 cases in the country, researchers at IIT Kanpur confirmed the possibility of a third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic by February 3, 2022. The report, published in the online preprint health
The mega surge in COVID cases in Europe and the US is probably a ‘Delmicron’ wave – a combination of Delta and Omicron variants – said a member of the Covid Task Force in Maharashtra. “There has been a small tsunami of cases in Delmicron, Europe and the US due to the twin spikes of
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said he has canceled most of his holiday plans due to the threat of the rapidly spreading Omicron version of COVID-19. The billionaire cautioned that the version would “soon be in every country of the world”. “When it looked like life would return to normal, we may have entered the worst
Search engine giant Google has released its annual recap for 2021 and the results are as hilarious as can be expected. This year, searches were mostly dominated by topics related to Coronavirus (Covid-19) and how to register for the vaccine in India. Cryptocurrency related topics such as ‘How to buy Dogecoin in India’ and ‘How
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has recently reached a manned milestone after “touching the Sun.” While the feat itself is remarkable, do you find yourself wondering what the spacecraft’s view was like? As the Parker probe directly orbited the Sun, it managed to capture a spectacular clip filled with a mind-bending view of the universe. In
Global IT company Veem Software has appointed Anand Easwaran as its new CEO and a member of the company’s board of directors. Easwaran holds a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering from the University of Mumbai. He attended the University of Missouri-Columbia for a Masters in Computer Science and Engineering. Prior to becoming the CEO of
Leena Nair, the new global CEO of the chanel, is the second Indian-origin woman to become a global CEO after former PepsiCo chief Indra Nooyi. The French fashion house on Tuesday announced the appointment of Nair, making her Chanel’s first Indian-origin boss. In her previous role, 52-year-old Leena Nair was Unilever’s first lady, the first
Srinagar: Security forces have claimed to have killed most wanted Pakistani terrorists Abu Zarar in Surankote area of Poonch. In an ongoing operation, the Indian Army has claimed to have killed the most wanted Pakistani terrorist in an ongoing encounter near Bufaliyaz in Surankote area of Poonch district. According to the army handout, “The terrorists
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Sunday he would take “stern action” against illegal fishing by trawlers off the Gwadar coast, a setback to the government after weeks of sit-ins and protests by local residents and thousands of additional police officers to the authorities and forced to deploy. Hundreds of local residents, civil society
SpaceX’s first flight surgeon, Indian-origin Dr Anil Menon, is among the new recruits who will report for duty in January 2022 for NASA’s 2021 Astronaut Candidate Class, which will train for the agency’s future missions. Menon, 45, was born and raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota to Ukrainian and Indian immigrant parents, having previously served NASA as
