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Celebrating the 113th birth anniversary of famous Malayalam poet Balamani Amma, Google illustrated a Doodle by Kerela-based artist Devika Ramachandran. The Doodle showcases Balamani Amma composing a poem and sitting by a window, with several books around her. Balamani published more than twenty anthologies of prose, translations, and poetry. She received many accolades, including Padma […]
It is not for nothing that Google has emerged a verb in itself! To mark the ARMY’s ninth anniversary, the browser has made a huge change to the “BTS” search page. Onwards July 9, you get to see a shower of purple hearts on your browser each time you “google” the K-Pop craze. There is […]
Google India announced the launch of Startup School on Wednesday, with the goal of guiding 10,000 startups in the country’s tier II and III cities. Startup School is a series of guided online training designed to provide tools, products, and knowledge to early-stage startup founders. The curriculum will include instructional modules on topics such as […]
Google Doodle is celebrating the 75th anniversary of the world’s most famous 15 year old author, and her account of horrors of holocaust, written by Jewish German – Dutch diarist Anne Frank. To honor her memory, the search engine has featured a slideshow of real excerpts from her diary, that narrate first hand experience of […]
Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) is currently in the final stages of discussions with Google, in order to get a unique geotag for every property in the city. The two entities are set to sign an MoU in this regard soon. This agreement will include every property – commercial, residential, chawls as well as special buildings […]
Google CEO and Padma Bhushan recipient Sundar Pichai is celebrating his 50th birthday today. Here’s a timeline of his career from IIT, Kharagpur, to becoming the CEO of the search giant Google. Completing his B.tech in metallurgic engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology IIT and M.S. in material science from Stanford University, he joined […]
Refreshed by your Monday morning coffee? The godfather of espresso machines deserves a standing ovation for it. Search giant Google came up with a doodle made from coffee by an artist named Olivia When, to celebrate the 171st birth anniversary of Angelo Moriondo, credited for patenting the earliest known espresso machine in 1884. Born on […]
Two dozen new languages including eight Indian languages have been added to Google Translate, a favourite translation tool of many users. Following this update, Google Translate now supports 133 languages used around the globe. Besides Sanskrit, the other Indian languages in the latest version of Google Translate are Assamese, Bhojpuri, Dogri, Konkani, Maithili, Mizo and […]
The day of an emotion that drives the human race in this tough world, that keeps their heart-thumping and makes this world a much more liveable place – the day of love, “The Valentine’s Day”. Throughout the year, Google never misses out on a chance to maintain its tradition of introducing little interactive games for […]
In what has emerged as a well-oiled operation, the Local Crime Branch (LCB) of Narmada district police in Gujarat has arrested a woman from Delhi who allegedly ran a racket selling fake degrees from various universities across the country. A former employee of Google, the arrested woman Beula Nand from Chhattisgarh holds a Diploma in […]
Every year, Google comes out with its ‘Year in Search’ list, reflecting the top queries being asked in each country, and the 2021 list is as intriguing as ever. Interestingly, a tough math problem made it to India’s list: what is the factorial of 100? This was the second most searched query on Google for […]
A specialized vessel is required for laying underwater internet cable by plowing up to the height of a two-storey building for thousands of miles undersea. Here’s how the tech giants, Google and Facebook are doing it. Both Tech Giants invest in cable projects along with a consortium of other companies, Google has invested in nineteen […]
Reliance Jio made an announcement on Friday that it has put off the launch of JioPhone Next, the low-priced smartphone developed in partnership with Google, to Diwali. The phone was initially scheduled to be launched on September 10 on the occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi. The company further said in a statement that both the companies […]
Google has dedicated its homepage to celebrate 107th birth anniversary of India’s first women pilot, Sarla Thukral. Sarla Thukral was India’s first lady to fly an aircraft. She earned an aviation pilot license at a young age of 21 in 1936 and flew a Gypsy Moth solo in a traditional saree. Sarla was born in […]
New Delhi: Despite claiming to be an “independent” organisation, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad-America has deep ties – both political and material – with the right-wing Hindutva group in India, a new report has said. “The VHP-A…must be seen as an inseparable part of the VHP: born from its efforts, and tied by shared personnel, regular coordination meetings and […]
Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s visit to India has been temporarily postponed, according to a news report. Musk was scheduled to visit India on April 21 and 22 to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and announce his plans to enter the Indian market. While the specific reasons behind the postponement remain undisclosed, reports suggested that Musk’s […]
In a complex international case, the Canadian authorities have arrested nine individuals, including some of Indian origin, in connection with a multi-million dollar gold and cash heist. The stolen cargo, comprising 6,600 bars of pure gold, weighing 400 kg, worth over $20 million and CAD 2.5 million in foreign currency, is touted to be Canada’s […]
New Delhi: The latest electoral survey done by Kannada portal Eedina has given a distinct advantage to the Congress in Karnataka. Eedina, which was the only media house to accurately predict a Congress victory with 132 to 140 seats in the 2023 state assembly polls, has now said that the state is likely to buck the historical trend of […]
An Indian-origin Google employee got a permanent residency in the US after a long nine-year wait.“After 3505 days in this country, I’m finally a ‘permanent resident’. I can travel without constantly having to worry about my visa stamp or my I-94 date or a million other things,” the X user wrote in a now-deleted post.In […]
Actress Parineeti Chopra married Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA from Punjab, Raghav Chadha, last year. Parineeti, who is in the spotlight for her film ‘Amar Singh Chamkila’ which is streaming on an OTT platform, said she’s not interested in politics, just like he’s not into movies. However, says the actress she has to follow politics […]
