India-born Sundar Pichai is new Google CEO

Google has unveiled restructuring under new parent company Alphabet Inc. The search engine, YouTube and Android operating system will remain under the Google brand, while newer businesses, such as its research and investment arms, will work as separate parts of the new conglomerate ‘Alphabet Inc’.

Google co-founder Larry Page will be Alphabet’s chief executive, while his partner Sergey Brin will be president of the umbrella company, while former Android chief Sundar Pichai will replace Page as Google’s new chief executive.

ISRO-NASA jointly working on NISAR mission

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) are jointly working on the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) mission to co-develop and launch a dual frequency synthetic aperture radar satellite.

Goa Tourism Minister D Parulekar conferred with PATWA 2015 award

Goa Tourism Minister Dilip Parulekar has been awarded with the PATWA – Safari India South Asia Travel Award for the year 2015. Pacific Area Travel Writers Association (PATWA) is an affiliate of United Nations WTO.

Veteran Marathi stage actor Bhalchandra Pendharkar passes away

Veteran Marathi stage actor, drama producer and singer Bhalchandra Pendharkar passed away in Mumbai after a brief illness. He was 94. He received many honours and awards, including the Bal Gandharva award and the Vishnudas Bhave award. He was also a recipient of the Sangeet Natak Akademi award in 2004.