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Time of India
a day ago
- Sport
- Time of India
1st Unofficial Test: Karun Nair nears a double century, Sarfaraz Khan silences critics as India A post 409/3 vs England Lions
NEW DELHI: Karun Nair oozed elegance with a sublime unbeaten 186, issuing a timely reminder to the Gautam Gambhir-led team management against a lacklustre England Lions side on the opening day of the first 'Unofficial' Test in Canterbury on Friday. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now Although traditionally slotted at No. 4 or lower in first-class cricket, Nair looked at complete ease throughout his masterclass innings, rendering the Lions attack — including their Test spinner Rehan Ahmed — largely ineffective. Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW! India A batters capitalised on an underwhelming bowling effort on a docile pitch, but the lack of resistance from the Lions and the nature of the surface may not offer an accurate gauge of Test-level conditions. Now representing Vidarbha, the Bengaluru-born Nair put his county experience with Northamptonshire to good use, notching up his 24th first-class century. His classy knock, laced with 24 boundaries and a six, couldn't have come at a better time as the Indian think-tank weighs up its options for the opening Test against England at Leeds on June 20. , mixed audacity with finesse but fell short of a well-deserved hundred after doing all the hard work. Together, Sarfaraz and Nair stitched a 181-run stand for the third wicket. Later, Dhruv Jurel joined the party with an unbeaten 82 off 104 balls, forming a 177-run unbroken partnership with Nair to end the day on a commanding note for India A. 'I don't want to be a one-season wonder': Punjab Kings' Shashank Singh Ironically, much like in the selection race for the Test squad where Nair edged out Sarfaraz, he once again outshone the Mumbai batter on a pitch offering little for the bowlers. The Lions attack, toothless for the most part, leaked 51 boundaries and three sixes across 90 overs — an alarming stat. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now Earlier, Yashasvi Jaiswal (24 off 55) saw off the first hour but failed to convert the start, while (8) once again raised questions about his suitability for the top level despite being handed another opportunity. Despite the greenish tinge on the Canterbury County ground surface, there was barely any lateral movement. Nair, with ample time to play his shots, was ruthless on anything short and majestic with square-of-the-wicket play. His pull shots were particularly commanding, while against off-spinner Dan Mousley, he reverse-swept with nonchalant ease. Why no Shreyas Iyer for England tour? Coach Gautam Gambhir opens up Rehan Ahmed had a forgettable outing, conceding 95 runs in 16 overs. Sarfaraz took him on confidently — reaching his fifty with an inside-out boundary and later lofting him straight for a six. Against pace, he was equally inventive, using the bounce to ramp deliveries over the slips. Sarfaraz eventually fell chasing a wide one down leg-side off Hull, a wicket even the Lions bowlers didn't seem to expect. But the joy was fleeting for the home side as Nair and Jurel pressed on relentlessly, showing no signs of easing up.
Time of India
6 days ago
- Business
- Time of India
Walmart Layoffs: Who is Suresh Kumar, the Indian-origin CTO in news amid latest job cuts
ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Earlier this week, Walmart announced plans to lay off 1,500 employees at its headquarters in Bentonville, Arkansas, as it looks to cut costs and weather economic uncertainties, affecting the global technology team, ecommerce fulfillment in US stores and advertising business, Walmart job cuts are meant to accelerate decision-making and reduce complexities, a memo by chief technology officer (CTO) Suresh Kumar and Walmart US chief executive officer (CEO) John Furner read, as reviewed by Bloomberg News. While eliminating some roles, Walmart is also creating new positions, they latest round of layoffs has drawn criticism from US tech workers. One user on X claimed the vacancies in the Walmart tech team will be filled by H-1B visa holders. One post with Kumar's image claimed without proof that 40% of Walmart's IT department comprises H-1B visa holders from three decades of his experience, Bengaluru-born Kumar has worked with Microsoft Google and Amazon in various leading capacities. He has been working with Walmart for nearly six years, currently serving as global CTO and chief development officer. In this role, he leads Walmart's technologists across its global businesses, including Walmart US, Sam's Club, and Walmart International. He also oversees global shared services, data, cloud, infrastructure, and information security organisations for the retail joining Walmart, Kumar was the vice president and general manager at Google. In this role, he oversaw display, video, app advertising, and analytics, managing the advertising revenue and bottomline across platforms like the Google Play Store, Gmail, and YouTube. He led product and engineering teams for key advertising and analytics products including AdSense, AdMob, DV360, AdManager, and Google Analytics (both standard and 360). During his tenure, he drove business growth, introduced new product features, and significantly cut infrastructure and traffic acquisition joining Google, Kumar held a senior role at Microsoft as corporate vice president of cloud infrastructure and operations. He led the global planning, delivery, and management of Microsoft's physical cloud infrastructure, including data centres, networks, servers, supply chains, and automation systems. Under his leadership, Microsoft doubled its global cloud footprint and tripled capacity. He also transformed the company's cloud supply chain and operations to enhance scalability, agility, and safety through to Microsoft, Kumar spent 15 years at Amazon in multiple leadership roles. As vice president of technology for retail systems and operations, he played a key role in scaling Amazon's retail business tenfold by automating functions like forecasting, pricing, merchandising, and vendor management. He also oversaw Amazon's retail operations, catalog management, and competitive analysis. Earlier, he led Amazon's retail supply chain and inventory began his career at IBM's Thomas J Watson Research Center, where he worked on collaborative supply chain planning and shock protection technologies for portable hard holds a PhD in engineering from Princeton University. He completed his BTech in aerospace, aeronautical and astronautical engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Madras in earned $15.98 million last year at Walmart, according to a regulatory filing. This included base salary of $1.1 million and stock awards worth $12 this month, US President Donald Trump lashed out at Walmart , accusing the retail giant of using tariffs as an excuse to raise prices and urging the company to absorb the cost increases instead of passing them on to American consumers.'Walmart should STOP trying to blame Tariffs as the reason for raising prices throughout the chain,' Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social.
Time of India
6 days ago
- Business
- Time of India
Who is Suresh Kumar, the Indian-origin Walmart CTO in news amid latest job cuts
Earlier this week, Walmart announced plans to lay off 1,500 employees at its headquarters in Bentonville, Arkansas, as it looks to cut costs and weather economic uncertainties, affecting the global technology team, ecommerce fulfillment in US stores and advertising business, Walmart Connect. The job cuts are meant to accelerate decision-making and reduce complexities, a memo by chief technology officer (CTO) Suresh Kumar and Walmart US chief executive officer (CEO) John Furner read, as reviewed by Bloomberg News. While eliminating some roles, Walmart is also creating new positions, they said. The latest round of layoffs has drawn criticism from US tech workers. One user on X claimed the vacancies in the Walmart tech team will be filled by H-1B visa holders. One post with Kumar's image claimed without proof that 40% of Walmart's IT department comprises H-1B visa holders from India. 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In this role, he leads Walmart's technologists across its global businesses, including Walmart US, Sam's Club, and Walmart International. He also oversees global shared services, data, cloud, infrastructure, and information security organisations for the retail major. Before joining Walmart, Kumar was the vice president and general manager at Google. In this role, he oversaw display, video, app advertising, and analytics, managing the advertising revenue and bottomline across platforms like the Google Play Store, Gmail, and YouTube. He led product and engineering teams for key advertising and analytics products including AdSense, AdMob, DV360, AdManager, and Google Analytics (both standard and 360). During his tenure, he drove business growth, introduced new product features, and significantly cut infrastructure and traffic acquisition costs. Discover the stories of your interest Blockchain 5 Stories Cyber-safety 7 Stories Fintech 9 Stories E-comm 9 Stories ML 8 Stories Edtech 6 Stories Before joining Google, Kumar held a senior role at Microsoft as corporate vice president of cloud infrastructure and operations. He led the global planning, delivery, and management of Microsoft's physical cloud infrastructure, including data centres, networks, servers, supply chains, and automation systems. Under his leadership, Microsoft doubled its global cloud footprint and tripled capacity. He also transformed the company's cloud supply chain and operations to enhance scalability, agility, and safety through automation. Prior to Microsoft, Kumar spent 15 years at Amazon in multiple leadership roles. As vice president of technology for retail systems and operations, he played a key role in scaling Amazon's retail business tenfold by automating functions like forecasting, pricing, merchandising, and vendor management. He also oversaw Amazon's retail operations, catalog management, and competitive analysis. Earlier, he led Amazon's retail supply chain and inventory systems. Kumar began his career at IBM's Thomas J Watson Research Center, where he worked on collaborative supply chain planning and shock protection technologies for portable hard drives. Kumar holds a PhD in engineering from Princeton University. He completed his BTech in aerospace, aeronautical and astronautical engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Madras in 1987. Suresh Kumar salary Kumar earned $15.98 million last year at Walmart, according to a regulatory filing. This included base salary of $1.1 million and stock awards worth $12 million. Walmart's tariff troubles Earlier this month, US President Donald Trump lashed out at Walmart , accusing the retail giant of using tariffs as an excuse to raise prices and urging the company to absorb the cost increases instead of passing them on to American consumers. 'Walmart should STOP trying to blame Tariffs as the reason for raising prices throughout the chain,' Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social.
Hindustan Times
6 days ago
- Business
- Hindustan Times
Suresh Kumar: Walmart's Bengaluru-born CTO with $15 million salary in news amid layoffs
Suresh Kumar, the California-based chief technology officer of Walmart, is in the news amid reports of the retailer slashing 1,500 tech jobs. Walmart is cutting corporate staff in the company's headquarters in Bentonville, Arkansas, and other positions in its global technology team. The decision to layoff around 1,500 employees is aimed at accelerating decision-making and reducing complexities, Walmart CTO Suresh Kumar and US Chief Executive Officer John Furner said in a memo viewed by Bloomberg. Bengaluru-born Suresh Kumar has made the news amid reports of layoffs at Walmart. Here is all you need to know about Suresh Kumar: Suresh Kumar serves as the executive vice president and global chief technology officer (CTO) and chief development officer (CDO) of Walmart. He has over three decades of experience in the tech industry, having worked at Google, Microsoft and Amazon before this. Based in Sunnyvale, California, Kumar was born in India. In an interview with Times of India, Kumar had revealed that he was born in Basavanagudi, Bengaluru. He spent his whole childhood in Bengaluru, up until the point where he left for college. Kumar is an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras. He holds a BTech in aerospace engineering from IIT Madras. He later obtained a PhD in control systems from Princeton University. In a recent LinkedIn post, he reflected on his time at IIT. 'I completed my undergrad time in the late '80s, and one truth still stands out: learning never stops,' he wrote. According to Suresh Kumar's LinkedIn profile, he started his career in 1992 as a Research Staff Member at IBM. After seven years at IBM, he moved to Amazon as a Software Architect. At Amazon, Kumar rose through the ranks until he was appointed as Vice President, Retail Systems in 2005. It was a position he held for three years before he was promoted to VP, Worldwide Retail Systems and Retail Services. In 2014, Kumar joined Microsoft as Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Cloud Infrastructure and Operations. After almost four years at Microsoft, he moved to Google as VP and GM, Google Display+Video ads, Apps and Analytics. Kumar joined Walmart in July 2019. 'Suresh's organization includes technologists from across Walmart that power all of our global businesses, including – Walmart U.S., Sam's Club, and Walmart International. He also oversees our global shared services, data, cloud, infrastructure, and information security organizations,' reads his page on the Walmart website. Suresh Kumar earned $15.98 million last year, according to an SEC filing. This included a base salary of $1.1 million and stock awards of $12 million.
Mint
7 days ago
- Automotive
- Mint
‘Proud to have you': Anand Mahindra celebrates Kush Maini's F2 breakthrough
Kush Maini scripted a watershed moment in Indian motorsport on Saturday, becoming the first Indian driver to win a Formula 2 race at the prestigious Monaco Grand Prix. The 24-year-old clinched victory in the Sprint Race with a commanding lights-to-flag performance for Dams Lucas Oil, sending a strong message to the paddock and delighting fans back home. Among the first to congratulate Maini was business magnate Anand Mahindra, who took to social media to laud the achievement. "You are standing tall, @kmainiofficial, and the country stands tall with you," Mahindra wrote. "Kush Maini making history as the 1st Indian winner of an F2 race in Monte Carlo… We are proud to have you on our team at @MahindraRacing." Maini started the Sprint Race from pole position courtesy of Formula 2's reverse-grid rule, which flipped the top ten qualifiers for Saturday's event. Having originally qualified 10th for the Feature Race, the Bengaluru-born racer seized the opportunity with a faultless drive on the notoriously unforgiving streets of Monte Carlo. From the moment the lights went out, Maini remained composed under pressure, defending his lead with clinical precision across 30 gruelling laps. The narrow confines of the circuit, where overtaking is a rarity, left no room for error—a challenge Maini met head-on to claim a milestone victory. Speaking after the race, a visibly emotional Maini described the win as a 'dream come true' and thanked his team and supporters. 'We kept believing, and it paid off,' he said on the podium, as the Indian national anthem rang out across Monaco. Now in his second full season in Formula 2, Maini has been striving for a breakthrough in what has been a challenging 2025 campaign. Saturday's result marks a turning point and comes at a critical juncture as he aims to build consistency and gather points in the races ahead. Among those celebrating the win was Gautam Singhania, who was present at the circuit and met Maini in the pit lane following the race. Singhania's JK Racing and TVS Racing have long supported the young driver, playing a key role in his development through the junior categories of international racing. Currently serving as a reserve driver for the BWT Alpine F1 Team, Maini's progress is being closely followed by stakeholders in Indian motorsport. His Monaco victory not only elevates his stock but also raises hopes of a full-time Formula 1 seat in the future. Maini will now turn his attention to Sunday's Feature Race, where he will start from 10th on the grid. With momentum on his side, he will be aiming to deliver another strong performance before the paddock moves to Barcelona next weekend. Regardless of what lies ahead, Maini's maiden Formula 2 win at Monaco has already cemented his place in history—marking a proud moment for Indian motorsport and igniting inspiration for a new generation of aspiring racers.
