Representative Image. In pic: Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg Meta recently laid off 8,000 employees to push for a broader AI-focused restructuring. Meanwhile, the company has reassigned around 7,000 workers to new AI teams as CEO Mark Zuckerberg seeks to strengthen Meta’s position in the AI sector. According to an internal memo reviewed by Business Insider...
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‘Nice way to put it’: Manjrekar rejects captaincy burden theory behind Pant’s poor form
Rishabh Pant Former India batter Sanjay Manjrekar believes Rishabh Pant’s batting struggles in IPL 2026 cannot be explained solely by the pressures of captaincy, saying something has clearly gone wrong with the wicketkeeper-batter’s game after a difficult season with Lucknow Super Giants.Pant was relieved of LSG’s captaincy duties last week after the franchise finished at...
From Messi to Ronaldo, 13 legends who could play their final FIFA World Cup
Messi, Ronaldo, Neymar and more stars could be heading to their final World Cup stage. The 2026 FIFA World Cup is expected to deliver plenty of firsts. It will be the largest tournament in history, featuring 48 teams and taking place across the United States, Canada and Mexico. Yet beyond the expanded format and the...
Annamalai submits 5-page resignation letter to BJP chief; to launch new party in 6-8 months
Former Tamil Nadu BJP president K Annamalai met with party leaders in Delhi CHENNAI: Former Tamil Nadu BJP president K Annamalai on Tuesday met BJP national president Nitin Nabin and the party’s national general secretary (organisation), BL Santhosh, in New Delhi and submitted a five-page resignation letter, sources told TOI.The meetings come amid intense speculation...
Watch: Mamata defies Bengal police, holds protest without permission in Kolkata
NEW DELHI: TMC chief Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday led a sit-in protest in Kolkata over alleged attacks on party leaders, including nephew Abhishek Banerjee. This comes a day after police denied permission to the West Bengal opposition party to hold any protest.Addressing the people, Mamata accused the BJP of “rigging counting in 177 of 294...
Desi jugaads during heatwaves: India’s battle against 45°C temperatures
NEW DELHI: India is learning to live with a hotter future. From Delhi to Mumbai, temperatures are regularly crossing 45 degrees Celsius, heatwaves are lasting longer and cities are becoming giant heat traps due to rapid urbanisation and the growing urban heat island effect.But if there is one thing Indians are famous for, it is...
West Bengal BJP shuts doors on TMC rebels, vows to prevent ‘Trinamoolisation’
NEW DELHI: West Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya on Tuesday firmly rejected speculation over the induction of former Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders into the BJP, asserting that the party would not admit “tainted” individuals and that “trinamoolisation of BJP would never happen.”Emphasising that the BJP’s rise in West Bengal had been driven by grassroots workers...
Federal data on H-1B visa reveals how much base pay Nvidia offers its employees
Federal data on H-1B visas reveals how much Nvidia is paying foreign workers across key roles, underscoring the chipmaker’s determination to attract top talent despite a broader slowdown in tech immigration, according to a report by Business Insider. While rivals like Google and Amazon have back on sponsorship amid the Trump administration’s crackdown, Nvidia obtained...
‘Isolate yourself’: Govt advisory for travellers from Ebola-hit countries showing symptoms
Govt issues advisory for travellers from Ebola-affected countries showing symptoms (Image credit: AP) NEW DELHI: The union ministry of health and family welfare on Tuesday issued a precautionary advisory for travellers arriving from Ebola-affected countries. The ministry said no cases of Ebola disease have been reported in India so far.In a statement, the ministry urged...
Twisha death case: Giribala Singh, Samarth to be sent to jail under judicial custody
BHOPAL: A special CBI court at Bhopal is likely to send Giribala Singh, a former district judge and mother-in-law of model-turned-actor Twisha Sharma and her lawyer son and husband of Twisha Sharma, Samarth Singh to jail under judicial custody on Tuesday afternoon.Giribala Singh and Samath Singh were produced in the court on Tuesday and after...
