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Microsoft is preparing to announce another round of layoffs as part of the company’s efforts to rein in costs, according to a report by Business Insider. The job cuts are expected to affect proffesisoanls in the sales, consulting and roles within the Xbox gaming division. While the scale will be smaller than last year’s reductions,…
Omaha Beach front line. Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons Over 80 years since Allied forces landed on the beaches of Normandy, the physical marks left from D-Day do not entirely vanish; they have simply become less visible.Visitors to Omaha Beach know the site’s wartime history, but a scientific study has found microscopic remnants of the assault…
India, the world’s third-largest oil importer, received around 2.70 million barrels of Russian oil per day in June. Russia has begun importing gasoline by sea from India as it seeks to ease fuel shortages caused by Ukrainian attacks on its energy infrastructure, two industry sources told news agency Reuters on Wednesday.The shortages have spread across…
Image of Eucalyptus trees. Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons What was once seen as a smart way to boost Spain’s timber industry is now raising difficult environmental questions. Vast areas of eucalyptus plantations have been a characteristic part of the northwestern region of Spain for years now. Widely cultivated in Spain since the 1940s to meet…
Five women daycare staff at an IT company campus in Bengaluru face an FIR for allegedly abusing toddlers BENGALURU: Shocking videos allegedly showing toddlers being physically abused at a daycare centre inside an IT company Capegemini’s HAL campus in Bengaluru have led to the registration of an FIR against five women caregivers, with police launching…
A Germany fan reacts at the end of the World Cup round of 32 soccer match between Germany and Paraguay in Foxborough, Mass., near Boston, Monday, June 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) “Football is a simple game. Twenty-two men chase a ball for 90 minutes and, at the end, the Germans always win.” Gary Lineker’s…
At just 14 years old, Mahima Rajput, a Class 10 student from Chhattisgarh, has achieved a remarkable milestone by earning a place in ShakthiSAT, an international student-led space mission bringing together young innovators from 108 countries. Her selection reflects not only academic excellence but also a growing passion for space science and satellite technology. As…
Google’s Sergey Brin dumped his NYC real estate stake for six cents on the dollar as Mamdani’s rent freeze squeezes landlords. Google co-founder Sergey Brin has quietly walked away from a sizable bet on New York City apartments, selling his stake in a struggling real estate fund for just six cents on the dollar—a steep…
V. Sripathy with her daughter. When V. Sripathy walked into an examination hall in Chennai in November 2023, she was carrying more than a pen and admit card. She had given birth just two days earlier. Her newborn daughter was back home, her body was still recovering, and the journey from her village had taken…
Biosphere 2, artificial closed ecological system. Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons Eight people stepped into an airlock in the Arizona desert on the 26th of September, 1991, and stepped into something that was to be an example of the human future. Biosphere 2 was a massive enclosed system designed to test whether people could survive in…
