Author: Dr Anand Mali
Tesla Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Elon Musk on February 19 defended Tesla’s purchase of Bitcoin, saying that owning some of the digital currency is “adventurous enough” for an S&P 500 company. “Having some Bitcoin, which is simply a less dumb form of liquidity than cash, is adventurous enough for an S&P500 company,” Musk tweeted on Thursday in response to an interview with Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao. Musk also said he is an engineer, not an investor, and that apart from his stock in Tesla, he does not own any equity. Musk even compared Bitcoin with fiat currency or government-issued currency…
The Beer Factory Possibly Dates Back To The Era Of King Narmer King Narmer founded the First Dynasty and ruled over 5,000 years ago. He also unified Upper and Lower Egypt. Egyptian and American archaeologists have discovered a brewery in the ancient Egyptian city, Abydos and they have claimed that it could be the oldest beer-producing factory in the world. According to a report, secretary-general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, Mostafa Wazir has said that the factory possibly dates back to the reign of King Narmer. Many historians consider him as the founder of the First Dynasty of Egypt,…
Fans went absolutely berserk following Ravi Ashwin’s stellar all-round show in Chennai with social media getting flooded with hilarious memes, hailing the all-rounder. One such meme was shared by Ashwin’s wife Prithi Narayanan in which the talismanic off-spinner has been placed in a morphed poster of 2020 South Indian movie featuring Vijay Sethupathi in the lead Indian off-spinner R Ashwin put up a sterling show to notch up his fifth Test century against England on Day Three of the second Test in Chennai on Monday (February 5). Ashwin’s wife Prithi is one of his biggest supporters and it didn’t take…
A PACK of stray dogs in Russia have reportedly been turned blue “by pollution from chemical waste” from a factory. The dogs were spotted by local residents who say the animals’ fur has been turned blue by “chemical waste” from a Soviet-era factory in Dzerzhinsk, east of Moscow in Russia. Local authorities are reportedly visiting the site to check on the animals after concerned locals photographed the animals. Residents are claiming the animals have been turned blue by chemicals from the hydrocyanic acid factory, which closed six years ago due to financial probimage However, the plant’s bankruptcy manager, Andrey Mislivets,…
Results of the Femina Miss India 2020 beauty pageant made headlines as three beautiful ladies emerged winners following a unanimous verdict by jury members Falguni Shane Peacock, Neha Dhupia, Chitrangada Singh and Pulkit Samrat. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Femina Miss India (@missindiaorg) View this post on Instagram A post shared by Femina Miss India (@missindiaorg) Manasa Varanasi from Telangana was crowned Miss India 2020, but it is the runner-up, Manya Singh from Uttar Pradesh, who is hogging all the limelight with her inspirational story behind the journey of winning the title. Manya comes from a…
Doctors and pro-democracy protesters in Myanmar raised their hands in three-finger salute, a gesture of rebellion inspired from The Hunger Games movies, to protest against the military coup that ousted the country’s democratically elected government. The gesture of resistance against tyranny was first invoked in real life from the silver screen during demonstrations in neighbouring Thailand against a military coup in 2014. So much so, that it was banned by military in Thailand to silence criticism In Myanmar, civilians in the country have been raising their voices against the army rule by taking part in civil disobedience campaigns and banging…
Salesforce is revamping its work policies and workspaces to incorporate a hybrid work model while allowing some employees to work remotely on a permanent basis. The new guidelines, which Salesforce is calling “Work From Anywhere,” offer employees three different options for how they’ll work going forward: flex, fully remote, and office-based. Salesforce said the decision to offer new ways of working was based on employee wellness surveys the company has been sending around since the onset of the pandemic. “An immersive workspace is no longer limited to a desk in our Towers; the 9-to-5 workday is dead, and the employee…
We all know that trees are priceless because they provide us with the oxygen we breathe. However, for the first time in India, guidelines on the valuation of trees have been set. The five-member Supreme Court-appointed committee of experts appointed to set a guideline about the valuation of trees , “A tree’s monetary worth is its age multiplied by ₹74,500,” The committee has added in its report that a heritage tree with a lifespan of well over 100 years could be valued at more than Rs 1 crore and also that the monetary worth of a project for which hundreds…
One of South Korea’s wealthiest people, the billionaire founder of the country’s biggest mobile messenger operator KakaoTalk, promised Monday to give away more than half his wealth. The decision by self-made Kim Beom-su, worth around $9.4 billion, is an unusual one for the world’s 12th-largest economy, where business is dominated by sprawling family-controlled conglomerates. “I have pledged to donate more than half of my assets throughout my life to solve social issues,” Kim said in a message sent to all of Kakao’s employees seen by AFP. KakaoTalk, a free messaging service founded in 2010 has effectively replaced SMS texting in…
A couple in Tamil Nadu tied the knot 60 feet under water in the Bay of Bengal near the coast of Neelankarai in the south of Chennai. V. Chinnadurai and S. Swetha, both software engineers, married under water on Monday morning and exchanged garlands. Chinnadurai, the groom, said that he and Swetha dived under water during the auspicious time before 7:30 a.m., following the priest’s directives. Incidentally, the groom is a licenced scuba diver while the bride only started to learn scuba diving a month ago to be ready for her marriage. For the wedding dive, as many as eight…