Current Affairs Today May 17, 2023 Video: BrahMos supersonic missile testing to Twitter New CEO

Only a little over six months after his contentious purchase of the social media business, Elon Musk has selected a new CEO of Twitter.The billionaire said that the site's business operations would be managed by Linda Yaccarino, the former chief of advertising at NBCUniversal.She would begin, he added, in six weeks.As executive chairman and chief technology officer, Elon Musk will still be active. 

 

 

On May 15 the Indian Navy successfully tested the BrahMos supersonic missile.Brahmos Aerospace, a joint venture between India and Russia, created this missile.The missile can travel at a speed of three times the speed of sound and was launched yesterday from the INS Marmukova of the Indian Navy.From this cruiser, which has just joined the Navy, the missile was fired for the first time in a test.The initial effort was successful. This is a prime illustration of independence, according to the Indian Navy.