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Half a million white-collar job cuts since Oct 2022: Is this just a start?

There have been more than 500,000 job cuts announced around the world since October, as tracked by Bloomberg

Amid constant fear of layoffs, employees at startups looking for a way out

People working at these firms have witnessed their colleagues being shown the door. Many have left on their own or are looking for options

States switching to OPS incurring less proportion of earnings on pension

The state used to spend a proportion of its revenue receipts on pension expenditure in double digits in 2019-20 and 2020-21

Detected 5 Chinese planes, 4 naval ships around island, says Taiwan

Taiwan's Defence Ministry detected 5 Chinese military aircraft and four naval ships around Taiwan between 6 a.m. on Sunday (April 2) and 6 a.m. on Monday (April 3)

IRB Infra becomes the first company to list privately-placed InvIT

Private trust becomes first to get listed on NSE post SEBI guidelines

Train in Howrah-Bandel section suspended due to stone pelting in Hoogly

Train movement was suspended in the Howrah-Bandel section for about 3 hours due to stone pelting at Rishra, informed officials on Tuesday

Nasa announces crew for lunar mission Artemis II to be launched in Nov

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) on Monday introduced the four astronauts, who will be a part of the lunar mission, Artemis II, next year

Karnataka Congress chief DK Shivakumar booked for throwing notes in rally

The Mandya Court, on Tuesday, booked Shivakumar for allegedly throwing Rs 500 currency notes during the Praja Dhwani Yatra in Mandya

Donald Trump to appear in New York court today: What happens next?

Donald Trump has denied all wrongdoings in connection with the payments made to Stormy Daniels, 44, ahead of the 2016 presidential election

Warner Brothers closing in on deal for Harry Potter online TV series

Each season of the series will be based on one of JK Rowling's seven books

Venezuela opposition envoy urges US prez Biden to ease oil sanctions

The new representative of Venezuela's opposition in the US is urging the Biden administration to relax crippling oil sanctions on Nicolas Maduro's government

What higher oil prices mean for the fight against climate change

In the past year, soaring energy prices and Russia's invasion of Ukraine have been accelerants and a curse for the transition away from dirty fuels

Homes destroyed, 4 reported dead from Papua New Guinea earthquake

An earthquake in a remote region of Papua New Guinea killed four people and destroyed more than 300 homes, local media reported, as disaster relief officials worked to further assess damage Tuesday.

Around 1 mn children above 5 years deprived of Covid vaccines in Nepal

Around one million children, above five years of age, have not received even a single dose of the vaccine in Nepal, The Kathmandu Post reported citing the country's Ministry of Health and Population

Australia to ban TikTok on government devices amid security concerns

Australia's federal government will ban video-sharing application TikTok on govt devices over fears that the application's security could be compromised

Untamed global warming risks soaring death toll in middle east: Report

If global warming can be limited to 2C above preindustrial levels, the researchers found that over 80% of those deaths could be avoided

Tripura CM Manik Saha attends mega blood donation camp in Agartala

Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Monday participated in the mega blood donation camp organized by Agartala Municipal Corporation, North Regional Office in Agartala.

Heavy rainfall, thunderstorms lash parts of Delhi-NCR; traffic woes likely

Heavy rain coupled with thunderstorms lashed parts of Delhi-NCR (National Capital Region) in the wee hours of Tuesday, which is likely to create inconvenience for commuters during peak morning hours.

Still assessing exactly what intel China got from spy balloon: Pentagon

The US has said it is still doing an assessment of what exactly intelligence information China was able to gather from its spy balloon that flew over sensitive American military sites in February

Stock markets closed today; check full list of 2023 market holidays here

Share market holiday: According to the list of trading holidays on the website of BSE, apart from today's holiday, the stock market will remain closed for 11 more days in 2023