Chief executive Satya Nadella highlighted Microsoft's advances with its HoloLens augmented reality goggles, its Cortana virtual assistant and its progress in cloud computing.
The app, which was available for $4.99, was removed from the Apple store in August 2015 for reasons that are unclear, said the study.
Messenger has more active monthly users than rivals Snapchat and Viber, but still lags the 900 million using WhatsApp.
The report, which examines laws that impede women's employment and entrepreneurship, finds that women face job restrictions in 100 of the 173 economies monitored.
It is noteworthy that Pichai's appointment comes just over a month before Modi is scheduled to visit Silicon Valley in September and is expected to meet heads of various technology giants based there.
The government had signed a MoU with a private Portuguese biomedical research organisation, to set up a state-of-the-art cancer institute in Jaipur.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "trips and promises" to attract foreign investment can yield desired results only when India improves its domestic environment for investors, Chinese media said in Monday.
Taking serious note of the killing of a police constable allegedly by sand mafia in Madhya Pradesh's Morena district, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Monday said the case will be probed by a Special Investigation Team.
There can be nothing worse for the memory of an officer like DK Ravi than this political tug-of-war being played out right now.
Tourism is the mainstay of our economy. Our efforts are directed towards its revival. Giving the message of a safe Uttarakhand to the outside world is necessary for this", says CM Harish rawat.
"We believe that we've reached a sufficient understanding, and I think this process will continue," said Ben Rhodes, Deputy National Security Advisor at the White House.
AIB Knockout was one hell of a show where Arjun Kapoor and Ranveer Singh were roasted to an extent that they go charred quite literally.
The French embassy in Niamey warned its citizens not to go out on the streets.
The tinsel town divas came together to celebrate Farah Khan's 50th birthday at her residence and they all seemed to have a gala time at the bash.
