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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella received a record total compensation package of about $96.5 million during fiscal year 2025. His latest pay package was up around 22% from $79.1 million a year earlier. The increase came as Microsoft reported higher revenue, operating income and cloud growth, with the company’s board citing “exceptional progress in artificial intelligence”…

Skardu military base, PoK (AP file photo) NEW DELHI: Did India plan to strike Pakistan-occupied Kashmir’s Skardu airbase after targeting Sargodha? Former chief of defence staff General Anil Chauhan has revealed that Indian forces had cleared Skardu in Gilgit-Baltistan as a possible target during Operation Sindoor but had to change plans because of “bad weather”.Chauhan,…

File photo: Former CDS Anil Chauhan NEW DELHI: Former director of naval operations and intelligence commodore Ranjit Rai (Retd.) on Tuesday said former Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Anil Chauhan’s remarks on Pakistan’s Kirana Hills indicated that Operation Sindoor was a “total success”, particularly highlighting India’s use of loitering munitions during the 87-hour military…

Bank operations will vary state to state on Wednesday If you are planning to visit a bank branch on Wednesday, August 26, you may need to reschedule your visit depending on where you live. Bank branches in several cities will remain closed today for Id-E-Milad, Milad-un-Nabi and Thiruvonam, while branches in other parts of the…

Intel’s share in the x86 CPU market for PCs and servers reportedly fell under 70 percent for the first time ever since the year 1995. According to a report by Mercury Research, first quoted by CRN, the Intel numbers mark a 31-year low for the semiconductor giant, even as AI spending fueled historic growth for…

The fire reportedly started after an air-conditioner compressor exploded inside the nursery, according to rescue sources. 15 newborns died after a fire broke out in the gynaecology ward of the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) in Islamabad on Wednesday.According to PIMS officials, the nursery housed 16 newborns when the fire broke out, with only…

Police said they responded to the home on Sunday evening and heard gunshots coming from out back, just before the house was completely engulfed in flames. (Photo: AP) A 12-year-old girl called 911 from inside a Montana home as a gunman killed eight relatives, including four children, during a Sunday family dinner outside Billings. The…

Stock markets have been quite volatile this week With Eid-e-Milad being observed on Wednesday, August 26, investors may be wondering whether they will get a trading holiday on the stock market. The festival is a holiday for several government offices and institutions, and banks in many states are also closed. But the stock market follows…

A federal judge has finalized a judgment ordering pharma giant Guardant Health to pay more than $245 million to Seattle-based biotech startup TwinStrand Biosciences and the University of Washington for willfully infringing on patented DNA sequencing technology. The final order, entered in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware, formalizes an initial November…

India’s Dilpreet Singh in action during the World Cup Field Hockey pool D match between India and Pakistan in Amstelveen, Netherlands. BENGALURU: If the eighth place in the FIH Pro League sounded the warning bells, the Indian men’s hockey team has done little to show they heard it.On Friday, India will play Belgium in the…