The last six months have seen delays in top-level appointments in PSBs, state insurance companies and the RBI. These institutions need leaders in place for acting fast on integration, re-strategising and also digitalisation

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella was at the World Economic Forum's annual meet in Davos, where he spoke to Forum founder Klaus Schwab on issues ranging from capitalism to caring for society, data privacy and data dignity. Nadella stressed on how data privacy should be thought of as a human right with the next step being data dignity. He said that the next level of work to be done was to look at how data could create utility for the company, individual and the world. The need was to create guiding principles around data dignity. Watch the video for more of his ideas around data, Artificial Intelligence and AI ethics.

Shah Rukh Khan quoted Anand Mahindra's tweet and said that this simple formula solved many of his life's issues

Chidamabaram says IMF Chief Economist Gita Gopinath was one of the first to denounce demonetisation; we must prepare ourselves for an attack by government ministers on the IMF and Dr Gita Gopinath, he adds

Jeff Bezos in India: The Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said SRK was \"one of the most humble people\" he had ever met. Here's what SRK said

Microsoft announced today that it would be removing as much carbon as it has emitted in its 45-year history.

Targeting the Modi government over the ongoing economic slowdown, Chidambaram said Goyal's snub \"will reverse the five successive month decline in imports and the eight successive month decline in exports\"

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella's remarks on the Citizenship Amendment Act have created a controversy, with the BJP saying his remarks are a perfect example of how \"literate\" people need to be educated on the citizenship law. Responding to a question by BuzzFeed on the CAA, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said what's happening in India was \"sad\" and \"just bad\". During an event in New York, the Microsoft CEO added he hoped for an India where an immigrant could aspire to found a prosperous start-up or lead an MNC. Watch what BJP's Meenakshi Lekhi said in response to this.Also read: Over-regulation by govt killing auto industry, says Rajiv Bajaj; Budget must address 'real issues'Also read: Tata-Mistry dispute: Behind Nusli Wadia's decision to withdraw lawsuits against Ratan Tata  

During an event in New York, the Microsoft CEO said he hoped for an India where an immigrant could aspire to found a prosperous start-up or lead an MNC

Microsoft's India-born CEO Satya Nadella has expressed grief over the Citizenship law. \"I think what is happening is sad, primarily as sort of someone who grew up there... I think it's just bad,\" Nadella told BuzzFeed at a Microsoft event in Manhattan; Market regulator SEBI has extended the deadline given to companies to separate the roles of chairman and managing director by two years till April 2022; German engineering group Siemens said it would fulfil its contractual obligations to a controversial coal mining project in Australia's outback, attracting criticism from environmental groups on Monday. This and more news on News Blast.

Aviation ministry asks operators to register drones by Jan 31 or face actionThe Aviation Ministry announced a scheme on Monday asking operators to voluntarily register their drones by January 31. The ministry said that those who fail to register will face action under the Indian Penal Code and Aircraft Act. The number of illegal drones in India is likely to be between 50,000 and 60,000, co-chair of a FICCI committee on drones, Ankit Mehta, had said on October 22 last year.Siemens ...

The $5.3 billion price given in Monday's statement is double what Plaid was reportedly valued at during its last fundraising

'The nation is engrossed with the anti-CAA, anti-NPR protests. Both present a clear and present danger,' Chidambaram said

Google Doodle Today: Today's Google doodle features the noted Urdu poet Kaifi Azmi on his 101st birthday. Here are some interesting facts about Kaifi Azmi

Satya Nadella on CAA: Microsoft CEO said that he hopes one day that a Bangladeshi immigrant can come to India an start his own start-up

Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai has the opportunity of a rejig in leadership at his hands with the exit of the Chief Legal Officer of Alphabet, David Drummond. Here's all that could happen at the parent company of Google

When he took over as Google's chief in 2015, Pichai drew an annual salary of $652,500. The following year his earnings skyrocketed, thanks to a massive $199 million in stock awards, the highest ever for any Alphabet executive back then

Initiatives are being put in place to reach out to women professionals across the country including freshly minted engineers from the tier-II and tier-III cities and towns

Best places to work: LinkedIn has been ranked on 12th spot, followed by Boston Consulting Group on the 13th. Microsoft that was ranked 34th last year has been ranked 21

Infosys said these offerings will help the company enhance its Cyber Next Platform to deliver a comprehensive managed security solution to its clients