Wednesday, 1 Jan 2025
Category: People

Apple CEO Tim Cook took home $15.7 mn in 2018

San Francisco: Riding on a robust growth last year, Apple CEO Tim Cook earned a compensation package of $15.7 million – including $12 million in the bonus that means nearly $33,000 a day. The package included $3 million in base salary, $12 million in incentives awarded for performance and another $682,000 as “Other Compensation” (like […]

What’s the difference in the new and old Maruti Wagon-R, know here

Maruti Suzuki’s new Wagon-R is ready for launch. It will be launched in India on January 23, 2019. Even before the launch, much important information related to the new wagon-r feature and design has come out. Here we have compared the new Wagon-R to the old model on many fronts, so what will be the […]

Soon you will not have to answer calls from your boss after working hours

New Delhi, Jan 9: An interesting Bill known as the Right to Disconnect Bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha by NCP MP Supriya Sule. In a nutshell this Bill gives employees the right not to respond to communication from employers outside of office hours. The Bill is largely aimed at reducing stress and ease […]

National Database has been created on Driving Licenses and Vehicle registration

Avoiding Multiple Driving Licences A National Database has been created on Driving Licenses and Vehicle registration. NIC has been entrusted with the design, development, computerization roll-out and maintenance of the VAHAN for Vehicle Registration and SARATHI for issuing of Driving Licence project across all the states and Union Territory Administrations. Subsequently, to consolidate the database, […]

Low-danger avalanche warning issued for 5 Himachal districts

Himachal Pradesh government on Monday issued a low danger avalanche warning for five state districts. On the basis of information received from Chandigarh-based Snow Avalanche and Study Establishment (SASE), a warning has been issued for avalanche prone areas, including Kullu, Shimla, Chamba , Lahual and Spiti, and Kinnaur districts. ‘According to the advisory, there are […]

Reports suggest Mobile Wallets may soon become nonoperational by March 2019

Mumbai: Section 57 of the Aadhaar Act mentions “Nothing contained in this Act shall prevent the use of Aadhaar number for establishing the identity of an individual for any purpose, whether by the State or any body corporate or person, pursuant to any law, for the time being in force, or any contract to this […]

WhatsApp brings 3 new features for iPhones in its first 2019 update

First update of 2019 is out for the Facebook-owned WhatsApp for iOS devices. WhatsApp version number 2.19.10 has brought several new features like ‘Reply Privately’ in WhatsApp Groups, ability to add stickers to photos and videos, and 3D Touch support to preview a contact’s status. Here’s a peek at what’s fresh in this version of […]

16 airports under AAI now free from single-use plastic

The Airports Authority of India (AAI), which operates over 90 airports, has declared 16 airports free from single-use plastic. It has also issued a direction to the airport directors to ban plastic and asked them to implement the order as early as possible. The AAI has engaged Quality Council of India (QCI) to assess/check the […]