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Mark Zuckerberg‘s email landed in 78,000 inboxes on Wednesday morning, just as the first wave of layoff notices began going out in Singapore at 4 a.m. local time. To the roughly 8,000 employees losing their jobs, the Meta chief executive offered gratitude. To everyone else—the people still logged in, still wondering whether next month brings...

Director Anik Dutta died by suicide, conclude cops KOLKATA: City cops investigating the death of 66-year-old film-maker Anik Dutta are now certain it was a case of death by suicide.The sleuths have cited several findings — from the postmortem report, witness accounts and the recovery of a note and slippers on the roof from which...

Jet once stuck at Nagpur MRO for 6 yrs aborts Delhi-SF flight NAGPUR: An Air India Delhi-San Francisco flight that returned to the national capital after remaining airborne for nearly nine hours on Wednesday was the same aircraft that was grounded at Nagpur’s aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility for six years due to...

Claude Lemieux (Image Via Getty) The hockey world is in shock after former NHL player Claude Lemieux passed away at the age of 60. The four time Stanley Cup winner was one of the most emotional and fearless players of his generation. Fans across the NHL remembered him for his playoff heroics, intense rivalries, and...

An 80-year-old retired Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer lost his life while his son had to be hospitalised after a fire broke out following an AC blast on the ground floor of their three-storey residence in south Delhi’s Hauz Khas Enclave late on Wednesday night. NEW DELHI: An 80-year-old retired Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer...

BENGALURU: The next Karnataka cabinet could mirror the Congress-led UDF experiment in Kerala, with the party high command weighing a younger and fresher team after Siddaramaiah’s exit as chief minister.Congress appears headed for a major balancing exercise as it prepares to hand the reins possibly to DK Shivakumar, 64, currently deputy CM. Speculation is rife...

The airport mosque shift will give Kolkata airport a lifeline of 10 more years, aviation industry experts said. KOLKATA: The airport mosque shift will give Kolkata airport a lifeline of 10 more years, aviation industry experts said.While the civil aviation ministry and the state govt have cited airport’s safety and security to push for the...

‘Donald Trump’ became a viral sensation overnight. Crowds came from afar to marvel at his visage. They could barely fathom that one like him walked the earth. They were in awe of his blond fringe and fair white skin. They marvelled at his weight. And they were in a state of shock when they learned...

Most people think mantra chanting simply means repeating a sacred phrase again and again. But traditional spiritual systems never treated all chanting as the same practice. The method changes the experience. The energy changes. The impact on the mind changes too.Some forms make the atmosphere powerful. Some pull the mind inward. Some sharpen concentration. Some...

AHMEDABAD: A 22-year-old student from Gujarat was allegedly stabbed to death in Canada’s Niagara region near the US border, leaving her family in Anand district devastated.The deceased was identified as Vidhi Kalpeshbhai Megha, a native of Borsad town in Anand district.Vidhi had been living in Canada for the last four years for higher studies. Along...