Workday to set up its GCC in Chennai

An MoU was signed between officials off Workday and Guidance in the presence of Tamil Nadu Industries Minister TRB Rajaa | Photo Credit: Supplied Workday, the US-based cloud-based software package provider is setting up a global capability centre (GCC) in Chennai. With an investment of around ₹220 crores creating up to 3,000 jobs, this facility…

Retired police officer launches collection of short stories

The launch of ‘A’, a collection of short stories by retired police officer and author Chilukuri Rama Umamaheshwara Sarma, was held on Sunday at the Jubilee Hills International Centre. The event saw the presence of senior journalist K. Srinivas, Sahitya Akademi Award-winning children’s writer Pattipaka Mohan, authors Mohammed Khadeer Babu and Unudurthi Sudhakar, as well…

Spanish distributor says restoring power after major outage could take 6–10 hours; Portugal also affected

Spanish power distributor Red Eléctrica said that restoring power to large parts of the country after a massive and unprecedented outage Monday that also hit Portugal could take 6-10 hours. The company declined to speculate on the causes of the blackout. The Portuguese National Cybersecurity Center issued a statement saying there was no sign the…