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14 Jul

Wipro pushes salary hikes to Q3, to pay 80% of variable pay for Q1FY24

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsBusiness, IndiaBusiness, INDIA

Departing from the previous practice of implementing salary hikes in September, Wipro has decided to shift its wage growth cycle to the third quarter of the financial year. The company's management, speaking during a press conference, confirmed that the wage increase will still be provided to workers. According to a report by Moneycontrol, the salary hike issue comes at a critical juncture as companies try to protect their margins and reduce wage bills, with particular concern surrounding Wipro. While Wipro has assured that its margins will remain within comparable ranges, it plans to go ahead with a salary hike in…

13 Jul

Salman Khan praises Shah Rukh Khan’s ‘Jawan’ teaser

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsBollywood, Entertainment, IndiaBusiness, entertainment, INDIA

Bollywood megastar Shah Rukh Khan's 'Jawan' 'prevue' has left a significant mark on the Indian digital landscape and now Salman Khan too has termed it as 'Outstanding'. The overwhelming response to the video reflects the huge fan base the film has garnered even before its theatrical release.The pre-release video of SRK's 'Jawaan' has easily surpassed all previous records set by teasers and trailers in the Indian film industry in terms of 24-hour view count.Bollywood's 'Bhaijaan' Salman shared the teaser on social media and said that it is a film that should be seen only in theatres. Salman Khan Tweeted, “Pathan…

13 Jul

Tesla in talks with India to set up factory

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsBusiness, IndiaBusiness, INDIA

Electric vehicle (EV) maker Tesla has held talks with the Indian government, exploring the possibility of bringing its auto parts and electronics chain to India and getting allocations and tax breaks in the process. The US-headquartered electric vehicle maker has shown interest in bringing its own supply chain ecosystem to India, even as the government asked the company to assess the existing auto-component supply chain in the country, the Economic Times reported on July 13. After meeting Prime Minister Modi during his visit to the US last month, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said: "He (PM Modi) really cares about India…

12 Jul

Kapil Sharma’s Zwigato gets a spot at Academy of Motion Picture library

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsBollywood, Entertainment, IndiaBusiness, entertainment, INDIA

Kapil Sharma's latest film Zwigato won the actress praise for her performance but failed to perform well at the box office. However, now the film's screenplay has been invited to reside in the permanent original collection of the Library of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Written by Nandita Das and Samir Patil, the script of Zwigato starring Kapil Sharma and Shahana Goswami explores the impact of the food app service industry and its impact on the working class. The movie was released worldwide in March and premiered at the first Toronto International Film Festival and the Busan…

12 Jul

Google celebrates pani puri with creative doodle

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsBusiness, IndiaBusiness, INDIA

Call it 'Golgappa', 'Pani Puri' or 'Puchka', this delicious snack is one of India's favorite street foods, loved by all age groups. And today, Google is celebrating its favorite street food with a special interactive doodle game. Google chose this day to celebrate snacks, as on July 12, 2015, a restaurant in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, achieved the world record for serving the most flavored panipuri offering 51 options. Eight years later, Google is celebrating an extraordinary record and giving users the opportunity to play interactive games. Google wrote,'' Today's interactive game Doodle celebrates pani puri — a popular South Asian…

11 Jul

Helicopter Carrying 6 People Goes Missing in Nepal

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsIndiaINDIA

A private commercial helicopter carrying six people, including five Mexican nationals, went missing near Nepal's Mount Everest region today, aviation authorities said.Manang Air Helicopter 9N-AMV departed Surke Airport in Solukhumbu District at 10:04 am for Kathmandu. However, it suddenly lost contact at an altitude of 12,000 feet at 10:13 am, Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) manager Gyanendra Bhul said.The passengers aboard the helicopter were identified as five Mexican nationals, whose identities have not yet been released, and the pilot, Senior Captain Chet B Gurung, the Himalayan Times newspaper reported. "It was learned that the Manang Air helicopter is out of contact,…

11 Jul

Anupam Kher plays Rabindranath Tagore in his next project

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsEntertainment, Indiaentertainment, INDIA

Renowned Indian actor Anupam Kher has announced that he will be portraying the iconic poet, philosopher, and essayist Rabindranath Tagore in his 538th film. The news was shared by Kher on his Instagram, where he posted a photo of his first look as the revered poet. In the striking black-and-white image, Anupam is seen in an outfit reminiscent of Rabindranath Tagore's signature style. Sporting white hair and a long beard, he gave a serious expression as he looked down at the floor.The post is accompanied by an instrumental rendition of Tagore's famous song "Sakhi, Bhabona Kahare Bole" playing in the…

10 Jul

Odisha gets its first AI news anchor ‘Lisa’

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsIndiaINDIA

Odisha TV, an Odisha-based private news channel, launched an AI-generated news anchor named 'Lisa' on Sunday. A prosthetic woman wearing a saree woven from Odisha will present news in both Odia and English for OTV Network's television and digital platforms, a company release said. According to a company statement, OTV is giving Odia television journalism its first artificial intelligence (AI) news anchor Lisa, it said. Although Lisa can speak many languages, for now, she will present news only in Oriya and English for the network's television and digital platforms. https://twitter.com/otvnews/status/1678022423017586688?s=20 According to the release, “Efforts are on to make Lisa…

10 Jul

Indian-origin business owners charged in a $53 million COVID relief program-related fraud

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsBusiness, Covid-19, Health, IndiaBusiness, Covid-19, INDIA

A group of around 14 people, including several business owners and employees of Indian origin, have been charged in a massive fraud scheme involving a COVID-19 pandemic relief program in the US state of Texas. The case, considered the largest investigation to date by the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee (PRAC) Fraud Task Force, has led to the arrest of defendants across Texas, California and Oklahoma. The defendants are alleged to have defrauded the proceeds of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), a financial program introduced during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as more than $53 million in loans to various financial…

08 Jul

CBI arrests 3 Railway employees in Balasore train incident

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsIndia, Latestaccident, INDIA

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which is probing the Balasore triple-train accident that claimed more than 290 lives, has arrested three railway employees, officials said on Friday. They said the arrested include senior section engineer Arun Kumar Mahanta, section engineer Mohammad Amir Khan and technician Pappu Kumar under sections 304 and 202 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). The sections under which the three have been arrested relate to criminal homicide not amount to murder and destruction of evidence, they added.' The central probe agency had formally taken over the probe into the train accident in Odisha's Balasore on…