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What Amazon said in layoff mail to 16,000 employees on job cut

India, Jan. 29 -- Amazon has confirmed it will cut 16,000 jobs globally in a bid to "strengthen the company." Amazon sent the mail late on Tuesday to employees, including in US, Canada and Costa Rica... Read More


CEOs, experts from AI field meet PM Modi, hail his vision for ensuring universal access to technology

New Delhi, Jan. 29 -- CEOs of various private companies and experts on Thursday hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision to develop Artificial Intelligence (AI) infrastructure in the country after... Read More


Economic Survey 2025-26 calls for education reforms to stem student exodus, draw overseas learners

New Delhi, Jan. 29 -- India needs structural higher education reforms to address the significant imbalance in international student mobility that contributes to brain drain and outward remittances, ac... Read More


Material and storage roadblocks emerge as key risks in India's energy transition, Economic Survey signals reform momentum

India, Jan. 29 -- Material intensity and storage requirements are becoming the principal roadblocks to deeper renewable energy utilisation, even as India pushes ahead with one of its most ambitious re... Read More


Demolitions: Coalition, activists condemn Lagos police, lawmakers over crackdown on protesters, journalists

Nigeria, Jan. 29 -- Civil rights activists and advocacy groups have condemned the Lagos State Government and the Lagos State Police Command over the violent dispersal of peaceful protesters and journa... Read More


Delhi: MCD's budget focuses on pollution control, dog shelters, theme parks

India, Jan. 29 -- Focusing on infrastructure expansion and pollution control, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi's standing committee on Wednesday proposed a Rs.16,697.56-crore budget for fiscal 2026-... Read More


Delhi: Overflowing dhalao in Hari Nagar shut, MCD informs NGT

India, Jan. 29 -- The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has informed the National Green Tribunal (NGT) that it has shut down a dhalao in west Delhi's Hari Nagar, due to which waste was overflowing ... Read More


Economic Survey views Sebi code as blueprint for regulatory reform

MUMBAI, Jan. 29 -- The Securities Markets Code (SMC), 2025, could become a template for regulatory governance well beyond India's capital markets, offering a model that may be replicated across the co... Read More


India-EU FTA most forward-looking, wide-ranging concession package for India so far: EY report

New Delhi, Jan. 29 -- The India-European Union Free Trade Agreement (FTA) represents one of the most forward-looking and wide-ranging concession packages India has negotiated so far, highlighted a rep... Read More


DDA plans real-time monitoring of STP water quality in 100 parks

India, Jan. 29 -- The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) plans to introduce online real-time monitoring of sewage treatment plants (STPs) in around 100 parks under its horticulture department to ensure... Read More