N. R. Narayana Murthy says he used to arrive at the office at 6:20 a.m. and leave at 8:30 p.m. He worked 14 hours per day, six-and-a-half days per week for 30 years until he retired in 2011 at age 65. Murthy is the 78-year-old co-founder of Infosys, an Indian technology firm with offices in…
What Time Is Starship Launching Tuesday? The sixth flight test of Starship is targeted to lift off on Tuesday, November 19. The 30-minute launch window opens at 5 p.m. EST. How Can I Watch the Sixth Starship Test Flight? A live webcast of the flight test will begin about 40 minutes before liftoff, which you…
You may be speaking in English, but to your colleague in Paris tuning into the Microsoft Teams meeting, you’ll sound like you’re talking in French. Microsoft is currently testing a new Interpreter AI feature that clones your voice and converts it to another language in real-time. The result is a voice that sounds “just like…
Gold prices surged by Rs 600, reaching Rs 78,050 per 10 grams in the national capital on Tuesday, driven by a strong trend in the global market, according to the All India Sarafa Association.The precious metal, with a purity of 99.9 percent, closed at Rs 77,450 per 10 grams on Monday, as increased purchasing by…
NTPC Green Energy Ltd’s IPO subscribed one-third of the total shares being offered on the first day of the bidding. It received applications for 19,46,53,968 shares against the available 59,31,67,575 shares, according to the NSE data.The shares reserved for retail investors were oversubscribed, with almost 1.5 times what was offered, according to the data. Earlier,…
NEW DELHI: Solar panel maker Saatvik Green Energy has filed preliminary papers with capital markets regulator Sebi to raise Rs 1,150 crore through an initial public offering (IPO). The Haryana-based company’s proposed IPO is a combination of a fresh issue of shares worth Rs 850 crore and an offer for sale (OFS) of Rs 300…
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology is crafting these standards as informal guiding principles. (Image source: Freepik) Use of AI: The government is developing voluntary guidelines and ethical standards for organisations involved in artificial intelligence (AI) and generative AI operations, according to sources who spoke to ET.The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology is…
The percentage of people working primarily from home has nearly tripled globally, from 10% in 2019 to 28% in 2023. Online freelance work is also the most popular holiday side hustle, with 66% of Americans indicating they plan to pursue it this season. What exactly are employers looking for from remote hires? A new study…
Allstate cut annual spending on corporate offices by more than half in four years, going from $382 million in 2020 to $138 million this year, per Bloomberg — a $244 million reduction. Though Allstate has also reduced its real estate footprint from 12 million square feet to 4 million, the insurance giant says it’s metaphorically…
NEW DELHI: SBI chairman CS Setty on Monday said that the structural transformation in the domestic banking sector is driven by investment opportunities aided with ease of doing business and digitalization. He also pointed out that, over the past decade, banks have not placed sufficient emphasis on deposits.At a panel discussion on the ‘role of…
