Washington: The number of the worldwide administered doses of vaccines against the Coronavirus has surpassed 8 billion, Johns Hopkins University (JHU) said. The total number of administered doses currently stands at 8,036,182,904. The World Health Organisation declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic on March 11, 2020. To date, more than 263.41 million people have been…
Washington: For the first time in its 98-year history, Walt Disney has elected a woman as its Chairman. Citing a statement issued by the Walt Disney on Wednesday, BBC reported Susan Arnold, who has been a Disney Board member for 14 years, will succeed Bob Iger at the end of this year. Iger stepped down…
India-origin Nadella took over as CEO of Microsoft in 2014 Washington: Microsoft Corp. has named Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Satya Nadella as its new Chairman. Microsoft on Wednesday announced that the Board’s Independent Directors unanimously elected Satya Nadella to the role of Board Chair and unanimously elected John W. Thompson as lead Independent Director, a…
For the first time ever 20 Indian-Americans, including 13 women, nominated to key positions Washington: Democrat Joe Biden took charge as the 46th President of the United States of America on Jan. 20. While the transfer of power was not peaceful in the world’s oldest Constitutional Republic, that transfer did occur on Wednesday on the…
Washington: As part of its goal to become a USD 5 trillion economy by 2024, India plans to spend USD 1.4 trillion (Rs. 99.52 lakh crore) on its infrastructure in the next five years, Union Finance Minister (FM) Nirmala Sitharaman said. Addressing the annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington on Saturday,…
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