




Modi's voice broke as he described his humble beginnings. "I came from a very poor family. ... We went to our neighbors' houses nearby (to) clean dishes, fill water, do hard chores. So you can imagine what a mother had to do to raise her children."
While talking to the CEOs, Modi said his government strongly supports Public Private Partnership. "GDP growth last year was 7.3 percent. There has been a 40 percent increase in FDI; WB, IMF," he said.
Modi will hold talks with his Irish counterpart Enda Kenny and is also scheduled to interact with members of the Indian community in Ireland. Modi's day-long visit to Ireland will be the first by an Indian prime minister since Jawaharlal Nehru visited Dublin in 1956.
Few days after Cleartrip and other partners pulled out of Facebook's Internet.org initiative over net neutrality, Mark Zuckerberg has come out to defend the programme.
Young Turks brings you the highlights of Founder and CEO of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg‘s India visit and his mission – Internet For All!
Speaking at the Internet.org Summit, Mark Zuckerberg said: "Around 80 percent of the content on internet is only in 10 languages," and there are 22 different official languages in India and many more unofficial ones. 65 percent people use the social networking site in languages other than English.
Zuckerberg, who believes that connectivity is a human right, said that still two-third of the world‘s population does not have access to the internet.
The co-founder and CEO of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg has defended his firm's decision to shell out USD 19 billion to buy WhatsApp. Speaking at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Zuckerberg said WhatsApp is worth the big bucks.
John Byrne, the former executive editor of business week and author, who interviewed Mark Zuckerberg for his book World Changers says the Facebook founder has done the right thing by using his cash as opposed to sitting on it.
Mark Zuckerberg's story starts on the banks of the Hudson River an hour away from New York, and its bustle.
Mark Zuckerberg‘s story starts on the banks of the Hudson River an hour away from New York and its bustle. Its here in Dobbs Ferry, an elegant and peaceful suburb of 10000 inhabitants that Mark Zuckerberg grew up.
CNBC-TV18's Young Turks takes you to the What You See Is What You Get conference where eminent speakers like Nitin Seth, country head, Fidelity International India, shared their stories and unraveled ideas.
Facebook, the world‘s largest social network goes down in history for pulling off the world‘s largest IPO ever with 421 million shares on offer. Mark Zuckerberg seems to have truly understood the idea that no man is an island.
Facebook is expected to submit paperwork to regulators on Wednesday morning for a USD 5 billion initial public offering and has selected Morgan Stanley and four other bookrunners to handle the mega-IPO, sources close to the deal told IFR.
When Divya Narendra conceived the idea of an online networking platform for Harvard, he had little clue it will lead to the creation of the world's largest social media website, a USD 65 million lawsuit and even the plot of a Hollywood blockbuster. The one who claims he is the original ideator of Facebook gets up close on Young Turks.
Divya Narendra is one of the minds who brought the world internet phenomenon Facebook, but received no credit for it. He was part of the original quartet behind the social networking site the Facebook when it was called the Harvardconnections.
The social network that has 750 million users is offering advertisers various new options. Their latest creation is the new ad unit called ‘Comments’. Anuradha SenGupta talks to Carolyn Everson, Vice President- Global markating sloutions for Facebook.
And now in the online world, Facebook returns the salvo to counter Google's re-entry in the social networking arena, reports CNBC-TV18's Ashwin Raghunath.
New York Times chief M&A reporter and author of bestseller - Too Big to Fail, Andrew Ross Sorkin broke the news on this deal breaker. In an exclusive interview with CNBC-TV18’s Menaka Doshi, discussed whether this deal is more than just a financial investment by Goldman Sachs.