Nadella ranked No 1 among CEOs in Brand Finance list, women CEOs lose, tech, Tik Tok and China surge

26 Jan, 2022

New York, Jan 26 (IANS) The Brand Finance Brand Guardianship Index just in has ranked Microsoft boss, Satya Nadella, as the top CEO in the world.

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New Nelhi, Jan 25 (IANS) In a big honour for the top India-origin tech prowess that has virtually taken over the Silicon Valley in the US, the Indian government on Tuesday awarded Padma Bhushan to Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella and Alphabet and Google's Sundar Pichai among the 17 awardees.

Omicron can survive 8 days on plastic, 21 hours on skin: Study (25 Jan, 2022)

Tokyo, Jan 25 (IANS) The highly contagious Omicron variant of Covid-19 can survive upto eight days on plastic and 21 hours on skin -- a much longer period of time than other variants of concern like Alpha, Beta, Gamma and Delta, as well as the original strain, according to a study.

Mega Russian cyber attack on US possible, warns Homeland Security (25 Jan, 2022)

New York, Jan 25 (IANS) Amid the heightened Russia-Ukraine border tensions, the US' Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has warned that critical infrastructure and local government networks are at a "very high risk" of a mega cyber attack sponsored by the Russian government.

Gujarat likely to get medical isotopes reactor facility to be set up in PPP mode (25 Jan, 2022)

Chennai, Jan 25 (IANS) The Indian government is mulling to locate the country's first dedicated nuclear research reactor for making medical isotopes or radio pharmaceuticals in Gujarat, said a top official of Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) and Atomic Energy Commission (AEC).

Google sued for 'deceptive' Android location tracking in US (25 Jan, 2022)

San Francisco, Jan 25 (IANS) Google has now been sued in the US for 'deceptive' collection of location data on Android devices.

Policy support, ease of doing biz key for electronics sector: MAIT President (Interview) (24 Jan, 2022)

New Delhi, Jan 24 (IANS) As India doubles down on local electronics manufacturing, what is critically required in the Union Budget 2022-23 is the continued policy support as well as more reforms in ease of doing business, Nitin Kunkolienker, President of the Manufacturers Association For Information Technology (MAIT), the apex body representing India's ICT sector, said on Monday.

Omicron's immune evasion behind rapid spread, say studies (23 Jan, 2022)

New York, Jan 23 (IANS) Two new studies, not yet peer-reviewed, have shown immune evasion is the reason behind the Omicron variant's increased transmissibility.

How trillion-dollar 'space economy' is threatened by debris (22 Jan, 2022)

New Delhi, Jan 22 (IANS) The space economy is on track to be valued at a trillion dollars by the end of 2030, but assets such as navigation, weather and communication satellites that serve our society daily are threatened by space debris, an Indian-American professor has stressed.

Saturn's Death Star moon hides an underground 'stealth' ocean (21 Jan, 2022)

New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) Scientists have discovered an underground ocean buried beneath the surface of the Death Star-like moon of Saturn, paving the way for a new class of "stealth" ocean worlds with possible signs of life.

ISRO test fires engine for India's human space mission rocket (21 Jan, 2022)

Chennai, Jan 21 (IANS) The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully fired the high thrust Vikas engine that would power India's first rocket that would carry humans.