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Google CEO Sundar Pichai offered his condolences on the passing away of businessman Ratan Tata and said that Tata leaves an extraordinary business and philanthropic legacy. In a post on X, Mr Pichai said that Ratan Tata “deeply cared about making India better.” The veteran industrialist, 86, passed away on Wednesday evening at Breach Candy Hospital in Mumbai.“My last meeting with Ratan Tata at Google, we talked about the progress of Waymo and his vision was inspiring to hear.” Mr Pichai said. “He leaves an extraordinary business and philanthropic legacy and was instrumental in mentoring and developing modern business leadership in India,” he said. My last meeting with Ratan Tata at Google, we talked about… Read More »“We Talked…”: Google CEO Sundar Pichai Remembers Last Meeting With Ratan Tata

Online hate against Americans of South Asian ancestry has risen steadily in 2023 and 2024 with the rise of politicians from that community to prominence, according to a report released on Wednesday by nonprofit group Stop AAPI Hate. WHY IT’S IMPORTANT Democratic presidential candidate and Vice President Kamala Harris is of Indian descent, as are former Republican presidential candidates Nikki Haley and Vivek Ramaswamy. Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance’s wife, Usha Vance, is also Indian American. Harris faces Republican former President Donald Trump in the 2024 U.S. elections. There has been a steady rise in anti-Asian hate in extremist online spaces from January 2023 to August 2024, the report said. The nonprofit group blamed… Read More »Online Hate Against South Asian Americans Rises Steadily: Report

Joe Biden and Benjamin Netanyahu agreed Wednesday to stay in “close contact” as Israel mulls its response to Iran, with the US leader also urging the Israeli premier to “minimize” harm to civilians in Lebanon, the White House said. Biden and Netanyahu’s call was their first in nearly two months and came amid mounting pressure from Washington not to strike Iran’s oil or nuclear facilities less than four weeks before the US presidential election. A White House readout of the call did not directly mention possible retaliation for an Iranian missile strike on Israel last week but said Biden had condemned Tehran’s attack “unequivocally” and pledged “ironclad” support for Israel. Biden and Netanyahu “agreed to… Read More »Biden, Netanyahu To Stay In “Close Contact” As Israel Vows Iran Attack

A 51-year-old woman from Jodhpur died of Congo fever on Wednesday at an Ahmedabad hospital. The medical and health department in Rajasthan has issued necessary guidelines for the prevention and protection of the disease across the state, officials said. The woman’s sample was found positive in the investigation conducted at the National Institute of Virology, Pune. She was receiving treatment at at NHL Municipal Medical College, Ahmedabad. Public Health Director Dr. Ravi Prakash Mathur said that the Chief Medical and Health Officer of Jodhpur has been instructed to prevent the infection by sending a rapid response team to the affected area. Suspected and symptomatic patients in the area have been asked to be traced and… Read More »Jodhpur Woman Dies Of Congo Fever, Rajasthan Government Issues Guidelines

Ratan Tata, the businessman who inherited one of India’s oldest conglomerates and transformed it through a string of eye-catching deals into a global empire, has died. He was 86. His death was announced in a statement by Tata Group Chairman Natarajan Chandrasekaran, who called Tata “a truly uncommon leader whose immeasurable contributions have shaped not only the Tata Group but also the very fabric of our nation.” As chairman for more than two decades beginning in 1991, Tata rapidly expanded the 156-year-old business house. It now has operations in more than 100 countries and clocked $165 billion in revenue for the year ended March 2024. Through more than two dozen listed firms, the conglomerate makes… Read More »Ratan Tata, Global Icon Who Led Tatas To Over 100 Countries, Dies At 86