New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) Former Army Chief General (Retd) M.M. Naravane broke his silence over the raging controversy, pertaining to his unpublished memoirs on the Galwan stand-off in 2020 between India and China, even as the no-holds barred confrontation between the government and Opposition intensified to a new level on Tuesday.General (Retd) Naravane took to his social media handle and shared the current “status” of the book, that has been at the centre of the government-Opposition tussle…
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New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) Amid the Parliament stalemate over former Army chief General M.M. Naravane’s unpublished memoirs, Rahul Gandhi escalated his attack on the government and Penguin, the book’s publisher, claiming the memoirs are in the public domain and accusing the BJP of trying to brush it under the carpet to prevent the “inconvenient truth” from spiralling out. Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, speaking to the media, after the adjournment of the House on Tuesd…
Hyderabad, Feb 9 (IANS) The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has seized cryptocurrency equivalent to $12,000 and Rs 13.5 lakh unaccounted cash during searches at six locations in Ahmedabad in connection with an investigation into large-scale illegal call centre operations involved in cheating foreign nationals, mainly citizens of the United States.The ED, Hyderabad Zonal Office, conducted search operations on February 4 under PMLA, 2002.The Central agency said in a press release on Monday that th…
Ahmedabad, Feb 8 (IANS) The Ahmedabad Crime Branch on Saturday arrested five members of a sophisticated interstate gang involved in defrauding major e-commerce platforms, including Flipkart and Amazon, and seized goods and equipment worth Rs 20.5 lakh.The arrested individuals have been identified as Ramlal alias Romil Gehlot (27), Manoj Kumar Mali (30), Bharat Kumar Sundesha (25), Vishal Panchal (29), all residents of Jalore, Rajasthan, and Vishal Bavri, a resident of Surat.Two other members, Ri…
Mumbai, Feb 2 (IANS) US tech giant Oracle is planning to cut 20,000 to 30,000 jobs and sell parts of its activities to help finance expansion of its AI data‑centre capacity, a new report has claimed.The report from CIO, citing an investment bank TD Cowen, said the company cut about 10,000 jobs in late 2025 as part of a $1.6 billion restructuring plan. The total potential layoffs would be the largest in Oracle’s recent history, while TD Cowen estimated the proposed job reductions could free u…
New Delhi, Jan 28 (IANS) E-commerce giant Amazon on Wednesday said it was laying off 16,000 employees globally as part of “additional organisational changes”.This is the second major round of layoffs at the company in about three months in the AI era.Beth Galetti, Senior Vice President of People Experience and Technology at Amazon, said that “we’re making additional organisational changes across Amazon that will impact some of our teammates”.In a blog post, she said that “I recognise th…
Kolkata, Jan 28 (IANS) Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday intensified her attack against the BJP and the Election Commission over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise and alleged that a conspiracy to implement National Register of Citizens (NRC) was being hatched under the guise of SIR. Demanding accountability from the Centre on this matter, Chief Minister Banerjee warned that she would move court as an individual if necessary.She claimed that about 140 people have fallen vict…
New Delhi, Jan 28 (IANS) An internal Amazon Web Services (AWS) email, seemingly sent by mistake referencing “organizational changes,” heightened speculation that US tech giant Amazon may announce another round of layoffs, though employees were already expecting one despite no official announcement.The message, sent by Colleen Aubrey, senior vice president of applied AI solutions at Amazon Web Services (AWS), acknowledged that “changes like this are hard on everyone” and said they were in…
New Delhi, Jan 23 (IANS) US e-commerce giant Amazon is likely to announce a second round of job cuts next week, in its plan to trim its workforce by 30,000, due to efficiency gains from artificial intelligence (AI), according to reports.The new round of layoffs is expected to impact white collar roles across divisions including Amazon Web Services (AWS), the People Experience and Technology unit (human resources), Prime Video and retail, according to reports.In October last year, Amazon reduced …
Los Angeles, Jan 22 (IANS) Hollywood star Will Smith opened up about how he narrowly escaped death while scuba diving in the Arctic as part of his travel series. Minutes into the actor’s underwater adventure under thick ice, an emergency abort forced him to ascend into solid ice, and he accidentally pulled off his mask. The star recalled the terrifying incident that happened whilst filming Pole to Pole on an episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, reports femalefirst.co.uk.He told the…