Category: Events

Meta explored 60% team cuts and AI replacements under Project OT; staff revolted and the productivity data didn’t hold up Meta explored cutting some of its teams by as much as 60 per cent and handing their work to AI agents, according to a Reuters special report on the company’s 2026 restructuring. The plan, code-named...

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Uzbekistan and the Kyrgyz Republic from August 29 to September 1, the ministry of external affairs said on Thursday.During his four-day visit, PM Modi will undertake a bilateral visit to Tashkent and participate in the 26th Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in Bishkek.PM Modi will also hold...

Tamil Nadu CM Vijay’s seat switch in the assembly draws attention NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay broke with a long-standing assembly convention on Thursday when he left his designated chair and took a seat alongside ministers in the front row during the afternoon session. It was unusual for a chief minister...

Sam Altman has spent the last few days being quoted back to himself. Clips of the OpenAI chief executive admitting he misjudged how fast AI would upend the economy have been everywhere, and this week they ran into something awkward: a new cover story in which his own company describes itself as standing at the...

​RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s event organiser’s X account has been suspended two days before the Madison Square Garden programme. The X (formerly Twitter) account of the organisation hosting Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat‘s event at New York’s Madison Square Garden has been suspended days before the event.The American Hindus for Engagement and Dialogue...

Congress questions govt as ex-CDS calls China-Pak collusion ‘contractual’ NEW DELHI: Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Thursday questioned what he described as conflicting statements by senior military officials on the extent of cooperation between Pakistan and China during Operation Sindoor.Sharing video clips on X, Ramesh said Deputy Chief of Army Staff Lt Gen Rahul Singh...

AI generated image used for representative purpose NEW DELHI: Is one year of practice at the Bar enough to prepare a lawyer for the responsibilities of a judicial officer? The Supreme Court‘s decision to reduce the practice requirement for entry-level judicial service from three years to one has triggered a debate over whether courtroom experience...

Can GCCs absorb talent across levels that are not finding jobs in traditional IT sector firms? The Indian IT sector is undergoing a tectonic shift with artificial intelligence rendering many traditional roles redundant and requiring an unprecedented skill upgradation to stay employable. Even as the traditional IT firms continue to hire and fire, one branch...

Sri Lanka’s Sonal Dinusha is congratulated by the India’s team members at the end of the day five of the second cricket test match between Sri Lanka and India in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026. (AP) TimesofIndia.com in Colombo: With the handshake looming, Shubman Gill introduced himself into the attack. Judging by their...

In Kyoto’s Arashiyama area, bamboo groves are frequently damaged by graffiti. Kyoto’s famous Arashiyama Bamboo Grove is facing growing damage from tourists carving names and other writing into its bamboo stalks. A city investigation found that around 350 bamboo plants along the popular walking path had been damaged since spring 2025.The damage has prompted Kyoto...