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Swiggy on Friday laid off 380 employees as part of a “restructuring exercise” citing challenging macroeconomic conditions, with its CEO Sriharsha Majety saying that over-hiring was a case of “poor judgement” where he should have done better. Majety, Co-Founder and CEO, also apologised to the affected employees and said the “extremely difficult decision” was taken […]
CEO Sundar Pichai announced on Friday that Google will lay off 12,000 jobs across the globe , becoming the latest tech giant to retrench staff en mass amid the global economic downturn. In an email to employees, the Indian-origin CEO said that ‘I have some difficult news to share. We’ve decided to reduce our workforce […]
The BBC on Friday defended its controversial series on Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a ‘rigorously researched’ documentary that sought to highlight important issues, a day after the Indian government condemned the programme as a ‘propaganda piece’ lacking objectivity. A BBC spokesperson said in a statement that “The documentary was rigorously researched according to the […]
Lauding Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership in a fractured world, the World Economic Forum’s founder and executive chairman Klaus Schwab said India is a bright spot amid the global crisis. After attending an India reception on Thursday evening during the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting 2023, Schwab stated that India is promoting a just […]
The government on Friday made it mandatory for social media influencers to disclose their “material” interest in endorsing products and services and violations can attract strict legal action, including ban on endorsements. The regulations are part of continuing efforts to curb misleading advertisements as well protect the interests of consumers amid the expanding social influencer […]
Passenger traffic at Jaipur International Airport has witnessed a record growth of 15 per cent in December as compared to November last year. A total of 4,96,770 passengers travelled through Jaipur Airport in December, of which 4,53,884 were domestic and 36,597 were international travellers. According to airport officials, per day average passenger traffic in November […]
Bajrang Punia, Olympian wrestler and 2022 Commonwealth Games gold medallist on Friday said that they are fighting against the Wrestling Federation of India and appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur to hear their demands. Ace wrestlers Vinesh Phogat, Bajrang Punia, Sakshee Malikkh, Ravi Dahiya and […]
Chinese President Xi Jinping has held a video conversation with the soldiers stationed along the India-China border in eastern Ladakh and inspected their combat readiness, official media reported on Friday. The Chinese President addressed the troops from the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) headquarters in Beijing on the border defence situation in Khunjerab under the Xinjiang […]
A Three-day long basic training session on Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear materials (CBRN) was conducted from 18th Jan as part of handling the emergency at the Ahmedabad airport. The National Disaster Management Authority, Gujarat State Disaster Management Authority organised training at the airport for stakeholders and first responders in case of emergencies. As an […]
People staying in temporary relief camps in subsidence-hit Joshimath have sought permanent rehabilitation at a safe location where they do not have to face the same crisis again. Joshimath, the gateway to famous pilgrimage sites like Badrinath and Hemkund Sahib and international skiing destination Auli, is facing a major challenge due to land subsidence. Authorities […]
A 34-year-old Indian man has been sentenced to more than seven years in prison after he pleaded guilty to his role in a USD 3.5 million international drug smuggling conspiracy that brought illegal opioids from India and Singapore into the US. Manish Kumar shipped millions of illegal and unapproved pills to the US to people […]
Two days after the death of Riya Sagar, the Class 8 student of Amrutlal Virchand Jasani Vidyamandir (AVJV) on Rajkot’s Gondal Road—who died after collapsing in her classroom due to coldwave—the District Education Officer (DEO) issued an advisory, asking for delayed opening of schools in the morning in view of the cold weather. Following the […]
With cyber security, war on drugs and threats from across the border among their top agenda, chiefs of all state police forces and paramilitary organisations are meeting in Delhi for three days. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, and National Security Adviser Ajit Doval will address the annual meet. Around 350 top police […]
Common Effluent Treatment Plants (CETPs) in Gujarat are preparing suggestions for final draft of the Regulation of Common Effluent Treatment Plant Rules 2022 released by the Union ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC). The ministry has vested powers in CETP operating agencies to take stringent action against non-compliant member units. The draft rules […]
This year, only 88,000 students have opted for standard maths while the lion’s share of 8 lakh students have opted for basic maths in Class 10 in Gujarat. This comes to 22,000 less students opting for advanced version of maths as compared to 1.10 lakh students who had chosen standard maths in 2022 while 6.61 […]
Aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has imposed a penalty of Rs 30 lakh on Air India as well as suspended the licence of the pilot-in-command of the New York-Delhi flight in which a person allegedly urinated on a female co-passenger. In the incident, which happened on November 26, 2022, the watchdog has […]
After a row erupted over the opening of the emergency exit door of an IndiGo aircraft by BJP MP Tejasvi Surya, Tamil Nadu BJP chief K Annamalai who was also onboard at the time of the incident, has said that Surya “accidentally touched the emergency door” but it was not his fault that the flight […]
Glass cups and earthen kulhads will replace paper cups at tea stalls as the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation’s decision to ban paper cups in the city will come into force from Friday. The AMC decision was taken after it was found that paper cups clogged the drains. According to Harshad Solanki, Director of Solid Waste Management […]
In a PIL case hearing in December, the Gujarat High Court upheld that schools affiliated to Central Boards such as CBSE and ICSE “cannot refuse to implement the state government policy of teaching the local language as one of the mandatory subjects in Classes I to VIII.” In pursuance of the same matter, the HC, […]
It is well known and widely accepted that medicare, dental and ophthalmology procedures in India are relatively cheaper while being no less competent than in developed nations around the world. Little wonder then that NRIs who visit their motherland on an annual break during winters often choose to “deal with issues” in India where surgery […]
