In 1957, an Indian plastic-packaging maker chronicled the happy fate of a hosiery brand that had begun wrapping its products in plastic. The result, he wrote in an Indian daily, was a 65% jump in sales. Paper, wood, aluminium, tin and other containers had been on the market for decades, but were opaque. “It is...
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Microsoft announces first voluntary buyout in its 51-year history for over 8,000 US employees
FILE Picture (AP Photo/Jason Redmond, File) Microsoft is planning its first voluntary employee buyout in the company’s 51-year history. According to a memo, Microsoft is offering voluntary retirement to thousands of its employees in the US. Microsoft has never previously done buyouts of this scale. As per the report, about 7% of Microsoft’s workforce in...
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Trump’s ‘Gold Card’ visa: One cleared, hundreds await as $1 million residency plan rolls out
Trump gold card The United States has approved only one applicant so far under President Donald Trump’s ‘Gold Card’ visa programme. According to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, the visa programme will offer US residency in exchange for a $1 million fee.Testifying before a US House committee on Thursday, Lutnick said that the identity of the...
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‘EC salutes voters’: Tamil Nadu, West Bengal record highest-ever turnout since Independence
Nandigram: People show their ink-marked fingers after casting votes during the first phase of the West Bengal Assembly election, in Nandigram, Purba Medinipur district. (PTI Photo/Manvender Vashist Lav) NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu and West Bengal recorded bumper polling on Thursday, with the Election Commission (ECI) saying both states saw their highest-ever voter turnout since Independence...
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‘Uninformed, in poor taste’: India slams Donald Trump over ‘hell hole’ remark
US President Donald Trump NEW DELHI: India on Thursday strongly expressed its reservations over US President Donald Trump’s “hell hole” remark, calling it “uninformed, inappropriate and in poor taste.” The comment came after Trump reshared an anti-immigration post targeting India and China.The MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said, “we have seen the comments, as also the...
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Sanju Samson scripts history vs MI in IPL, becomes only CSK batter to…
Sanju Samson Chennai Super Kings batter Sanju Samson struck his fifth Indian Premier League (IPL) century on Thursday during his team’s IPL 2026 match vs Mumbai Indians on Thursday at Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium. Sanju Samson completed his century on the last ball of the innings with a four off Krish Bhagat’s bowl. That was his...
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Pathogens without payback: when sharing isn’t caring
When contagions don’t discriminate, why should cures? That question encapsulates a bitter irony of global public health. Countries that contribute the most pathogens to medical research are often the last to benefit from the outcomes. Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) in Africa, Southeast Asia and Latin America, where new pathogens often emerge, are expected to...
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Trisha’s subtle election day nod to Vijay’s Ghilli sends Tamil internet into a frenzy
3 min readHyderabadApr 23, 2026 09:22 PM IST Trisha Krishnan voted in Chennai on Thursday morning, showed her inked finger to the cameras, smiled, and left. Nothing about that was unusual, because most of Tamil cinema did the same thing. When she shared her first post from election day, the photos were straightforward enough: a...
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‘Modi ji what are you scared of?’: Kharge targets PM over Trump’s ‘hellhole’ remark
Mallikarjun Kharge (Image/ANI) NEW DELHI: Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday launched a sharp attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over US President Donald Trump’s controversial ‘hellhole’ remark referring to India. He questioned the government’s silence and asked whether PM Modi was ‘scared’.Referring to the controversy in his post on X, Kharge wrote: “Modi ji’s...
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Will space decide future wars? DRDO chief details what India must do to dominate new battle arena
NEW DELHI: The nature of warfare is undergoing a fundamental shift, with space emerging as the most critical domain for shaping the future conflicts, Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) said on Thursday.Speaking at the 4th Indian DefSpace Symposium at Manekshaw Centre, Kamat underscored the urgent need for India to accelerate its capabilities in military...
