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The Doodle, illustrated by Kerala-based guest artist Neethi, celebrates India's 75th Independence Day by showcasing the age-old tradition of flying kites. "Happy Independence Day, India! We're commemorating 75 years with a special #GoogleDoodle celebrating family, community and the colourful kites that float in the skies every August 15," the Indian-American CEO wrote on Twitter.

According to an internal memo sent by Alphabet and Google CEO Pichai to employees, the company will have to "be more entrepreneurial" and work with "greater urgency, sharper focus, and more hunger than we've shown on sunnier days".

Addressing the company's flagship Google I/O 2020 conference, Pichai said that Google's flood forecasting technology sent flood alerts to 23 million people in India and Bangladesh last year. "During last year's monsoon season, our flood alerts notified more than 23 million people in India and Bangladesh. And we estimate this supported the timely evacuation of hundreds of thousands of people," he said late on Wednesday.

The company, which announced a $10 billion Google for India Digitisation Fund last year, has already invested $4.5 billion for a 7.73 per cent stake in the top telecom network Reliance Jio Platforms, along with recently investing up to $1 billion in Bharti Airtel.