Image courtesy: X/@k7_shanmugam After spending 23 years at Microsoft, Kesavan Shanmugam has decided to step away from a senior engineering role to spend more time with his ageing parents in India. The Microsoft vice president of engineering announced his retirement in a LinkedIn post, explaining that he wanted to focus on his family and friends….
MUMBAI: The rupee rose 96 paise to 95.77 per dollar on Monday after fresh measures to curb dollar demand and speculative positions, even as banks sought relaxation of the new foreign exchange restrictions, more time for compliance and clarity on operational issues. The currency has weakened around 6.5% this year.The recovery may prove temporary unless…
NEW DELHI: Opposition INDIA bloc members, led by leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and joined by thousands of supporters, undertook their march to Supreme Court on Monday to file a joint petition seeking intense scrutiny into a host of issues – functioning of EC, preventing CEC Gyanesh Kumar from taking decisions “unilaterally”,…
CJI rejects INDIA bloc leaders’ request for meeting over ‘vote chori’ NEW DELHI: A day after CJI Surya Kant turned down Congress leadership’s request to meet them privately on their “vote chori” charge, saying doing so will violate the principle of separation of powers, SC Monday reiterated that it should not be dragged into political…
Representative Image (Agencies Photos) The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has shifted ongoing President’s Trophy Grade 1 matches away from Peshawar and Abbottabad following the federal government’s announcement of a state of emergency and the imposition of governor’s rule in the politically troubled province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.The venue changes come amid escalating political tensions involving the…
TRIGGER WARNING: This article contains references to suicide. Actor RJ Mitte, best known for playing Walter White Jr., aka Flynn, in the hit television series ‘Breaking Bad’, has sadly passed away. He was 34.According to a TMZ report, county officials have reportedly confirmed that the actor passed away in Texas on Monday. His death is…
Some birthday wishes celebrate achievements, while others capture the quiet changes that come with watching a child grow up. Sachin Tendulkar’s message for his daughter Sara Tendulkar did both. As Sara turned 29 on October 12, the cricket legend shared a photograph of the father-daughter duo on Instagram, along with a note about how their…
BENGALURU: IT firms had shrugged off concerns over their dependence on the US green-card route well before the US administration announced the suspension of PERM processing, with certified applications already declining sharply.Thirteen major IT services companies recorded 607 certified permanent labour certification (PERM) applications in the first nine months of FY26, compared with 1,670 in…
In 2002, a Tyeb Mehta triptych aptly titled Celebration, from The Times of India collection, set off quite a party in the Indian art market when it became the first Indian painting to cross the crore mark at auction. Though it came in the winter of his life, it was a remarkable milestone for an…
NEW DELHI: Centre has asked states and UTs to ensure hospitals prominently display rates for their services and facilities to improve transparency in treatment costs and reduce billing disputes. The directive comes even as hospital representatives question gaps in implementation.In a letter to chief secretaries of all states and UTs, health secretary Punya Salila Srivastava…
