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November 29, 2023 10:00 AM
Charlie Munger, the longtime vice chairman and second-in-command to Warren Buffett at Berkshire Hathaway, died at a California hospital. Munger was 99, and would have turned 100 on January 1. He died peacefully, Berkshire said. No cause has been given. "Berkshire Hathaway could not have been buil...
November 28, 2023 2:31 PM
Vehicle sales in India rose 19% during a 42-day festive season, boosted mainly by strong demand for two-wheelers in rural areas, an auto dealers' body said on Tuesday. Indians generally make big-ticket purchases on items like vehicles during the festive season, which kicked off in mid-Octobe...
October 25, 2024 3:54 PM
Rescuers led by "rat miners" drilled through rocks and debris on Tuesday to reach 41 construction workers trapped in a collapsed tunnel in Uttarakhand for 17 days. The process of pulling out the 41 low-wage workers from India's poorest states, one at a time on wheeled stretchers through a pi...
October 25, 2024 3:54 PM
In the ongoing effort to rescue 41 men stuck inside the Silkyara tunnel in Uttarakhand, drilling is expected to resume soon as a 25-tonne platform supporting the auger machine has been successfully repaired. The platform, housing the American auger machine used for drilling through the debris, had d...
November 22, 2023 11:39 AM
OpenAI on Tuesday said it reached an agreement for Sam Altman to return as CEO days after his ouster, capping frenzied discussions about the future of the startup at the center of the artificial intelligence boom. In addition to Altman's return, the company agreed in principle to partly reco...
October 25, 2024 3:54 PM
Rescuers drilled about one-third of the way into the debris of a collapsed highway tunnel in Uttarakhand by Friday morning to reach 40 workers trapped inside for five days, officials said. Drilling had penetrated through about 21 meters (70 feet) of debris, Devendra Singh Patwal, a disaster man...
October 25, 2024 3:54 PM
Rescue workers renewed efforts on Thursday to reach 40 men trapped inside a collapsed highway tunnel in Uttarakhand for the fifth day, making slow progress as they began drilling through rock and soil debris. Authorities said they were confident an advanced drilling machine flown in from New Delh...
November 15, 2023 10:27 AM
Subrata Roy, the architect of the vast business empire, Sahara Group, passed away at the age of 75 following a cardiorespiratory arrest that occurred at a private hospital in Mumbai on Tuesday, after a period of prolonged illness, as confirmed by a statement released by the company. He is survive...
October 25, 2024 3:55 PM
Rescuers trying to reach 40 road workers trapped in a collapsed tunnel in Uttarakhand for more than three days will soon get help from a heavy drilling machine airlifted to the site, officials said on Wednesday. The workers are safe, and rescuers have been able to communicate with them and send t...
November 15, 2023 9:08 AM
Japan's economy contracted in July-September, snapping two straight quarters of expansion on soft consumption and exports, complicating the central bank's efforts to gradually phase out its massive monetary stimulus amid rising inflation. Gross domestic product (GDP) in the world's...
