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Google tried to poke holes in both sides' cases during closing arguments Thursday, as he weighs a ruling that could reshape the technology industry. Judge Amit P. Mehta was presiding over the first day of closing arguments in the most consequential tech antitrust case since the U.S. government sued Microsoft in the late 1990s. The Justice Department has sued Google, accusing it of illegally shoring up a monopoly in online search. Google has denied the claims.

Nyrika Holkar has the additional task of leading a refrigerator-to-aerospace behemoth from the front. Holkar, executive director and future managing director candidate at Godrej & Boyce (G&B), fronted the succession settlement with her legal team along with Pirojsha Godrej from the Adi Godrej side of the family. Nyrika is understood to have been quietly working on the plan for the last five years, officials close to the matter said.

Wipro on May 2 elevated Hari Shetty as its Chief Strategist and Sales Excellence Officer from immediate effect, the company informed in an exchange filing. This is the first CXO-level appointment made by the Bengaluru-headquartered firm after the new CEO Srinivas Pallia who took charge this month on April 6 following the resignation of former CEO Thierry Delaporte.

Coforge’s net profit declined by 6% quarter on quarter (QoQ) at Rs 223 crore in the March quarter of FY24. The profit for the company grew by a whopping 94.8% on-year, from a profit of Rs 115 crore in Q4 FY23. The IT firm’s annual net profit for fiscal 24 stood at Rs 808 crore, up 16.5% year on year. Consolidated revenue stood at Rs 2,358 crore in the just concluded quarter, up 1.5% sequentially and 8.7% on-year. Margins stood at 19% in Q4 up from 18% in Q3 FY24.

Khaleej Times, an orange alert was issued on Thursday as heavy rains and thunderstorms lashed the desert city. The National Centre of Meteorology has said that the weather scenario was not anticipated to be as severe as what the city encountered on April 16. Also Read: 'Work from home, distance learning' in Dubai due to heavy rainfall warning.

Paytm Money, the wealth management platform of One 97 Communications Ltd, has appointed Rakesh Singh as its CEO replacing Varun Sridhar, who had been its chief executive since 2020, people aware of the matter said. Singh, who was the CEO of broking services at PayU-backed Fisdom, is learnt to have joined Paytm Money last month, one of the persons said, adding that Sridhar has been moved to a different role within the group.

Amidst the weather warnings, Dubai Airport issued advisories, urging travelers to check flight statuses with airlines due to potential delays caused by rescheduled flights. They advised allowing extra travel time and utilizing the Dubai Metro, operational until 5 AM on Friday, for smoother commutes. Emirates Airlines echoed these precautions, cautioning travelers about possible road delays and suggesting proactive measures to mitigate travel disruptions.

Sanjiv Bhasin, Director, IIFL Securities, says “among power stocks,, RattanIndia is my top pick of the year. DCB Bank and Dhanlaxmi Bank, are my two favourites and are in our portfolio. Along with that, Bank of Baroda, Can Bank, PNB are also looking very, very strong and if the Bank Nifty has got to lead, then those will participate. Further, I still think UltraTech, Ambuja are two stocks which should be in your portfolio while Concor is an undiscovered dark horse.” How have you looked at the overall auto space? Sanjiv Bhasin: So, before I get that, you have not seen REC, PFC. They have been four baggers from where we have been saying and still the numbers are the best. Power is like you have never seen it, in my 35 years I have never seen the type of return. Before I can go on the autos can I give you one power pick which I think should be the year's pick and for everyone who is in.

Cognizant Technology Solutions (Cognizant) posted a 1.1% year-on-year (YoY) fall in revenue at $4.76 billion for the first quarter FY24 due to continued slowdown in discretionary spending by clients. Cognizant, whose majority of employees are based in India, follows the calendar year cycle from January to December.

The bungled rollout of a new federal student aid form has left millions of students in limbo and some wondering if their college dreams will survive

ONDC), the government-backed ecommerce network has approved its first buyer-side app for logistics that will aim to solve one of the biggest sore points of shopping through the network – seamless delivery. The platform, MP2 Innovations, will allow ONDC participants to fetch the best available delivery fleet through a single API instead of tying up with individual logistics companies, people aware of the development said.

UCLA, hours after police arrested activists who occupied a building at Columbia University and cleared a tent city from its campus. Eyewitness videos from the University of California at Los Angeles, verified by Reuters, showed people wielding sticks or poles to hammer on wooden boards being used as makeshift barricades to protect the pro-Palestinian protesters before police were called to the campus.

LPL has extended its reach in the Midwest by onboarding two advisors in Iowa.

Vladimir Putin-led country. Earlier, the Delhi Police had revealed that the email used tov threaten over 100 schools in the Delhi-NCR in the early hours of Wednesday, had contained the word ‘Swaraiim’. ‘Swaraiim’ is an Arabic word used by the Islamic State, a transnational Salafi jihadist group, since 2014, said Delhi Police, adding that they used this term to spread Islamist propaganda.

bomb threat email sent to over 130 schools in the Delhi-NCR region, as the initial probe hinted at a deeper conspiracy by a terror group during the Lok Sabha elections, officials said on Wednesday. A case has been registered under relevant sections of law for offences like conspiracy and threat by the Special Cell and a dedicated team formed to conduct the investigation, an official said. «The matter is related to national security. It needs a deeper probe,» the official said. In a scare of unprecedented scale, over 130 schools in the Delhi-NCR area received an identical bomb threat by email early Wednesday, triggering mass evacuations and searches as panic-stricken parents rushed to pick up their children.

bomb threat to giving minute-by-minute updates to parents about their wards, schools in Delhi-NCR took several measures on Wednesday to ensure that there was no panic-like situation due to a hoax e-mail received by them. Several schools said they were able to carry out a swift evacuation of the students and staff, but dealing with the parents was a challenge. Some schools said they plan to issue a circular for parents, outlining the standard operating procedure to guide them on how to react in adverse situations like these. «We hold frequent evacuation drills to prepare students for situations like an earthquake or other natural calamities. So handling the students was not a problem as our children are trained on how to react during such situations. It was the parents who panicked and were difficult to manage,» Sudha Acharya, principal, ITL Public School, said.

Digantara, which focuses on space situational awareness (SSA), has been chosen for a joint industry space mission called Mission for Australia-India's Technology, Research and Innovation (Maitri) to manage debris in space. The mission, led by Space Machines Company, has won over AUD $8.5 million (Rs 46 crore) in grants from the Australian Space Agency as a part of the International Space Investment (ISI) India Projects programme.

Delhi government issued an advisory for schools on Wednesday, asking them to ensure that the e-mails received at their official e-mail addresses are checked timely, after at least 100 schools in the capital and neighbouring Noida received a hoax bomb threat. At least 100 schools in Delhi-NCR received an identical bomb threat by e-mail on Wednesday, triggering mass evacuations and massive searches as panick-stricken parents rushed to pick up their children. The threat was declared a hoax as «nothing objectionable» was found during searches, police said. «In view of the current situation wherein bomb threats were received by a few schools of Delhi in early hours of morning of 01.05.2024, it is advised that School Administrators/Managers/Heads of Government/Government Aided and Unaided Recognised Schools under the Directorate of Education, GNCT Delhi should ensure that emails/messages received on official email id of the school at any time of the day (before, during or after school hours) are checked timely,» read the advisory issued by the Directorate of Education.

₹7.5 trillion on education every year. There are frequent calls to double this number if the education system is to be fixed. Overcoming the myriad problems in areas such as education, health, nutrition, safety, justice and social protection needs more than higher public spending.

[email protected]. The word ‘Sawariim’, which means clashing of the swords, is an Arabic word. It has been used by the terrorist group Islamic State since 2014 to spread Islamist propaganda.