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BENGALURU: TCS has rolled out a tiered severance package for about 12,000 employees, primarily affecting mid- and senior-level executives. This move is part of a major workforce realignment as the company ramps up investments in AI, data, and cybersecurity, while phasing out roles that cannot be redeployed within the organisation. The decision has sparked a…
File photo: Union minister Nitin Gadkari NEW DELHI: Prices of electric vehicles will match that of petrol-diesel ones in next four-to-six months, Nitin Gadkari, minister of road transport and highways said on Monday Speaking at a Ficci event, Gadkari said, “When I launched electric vehicles, the battery cost was $150 per kilowatt hour. Today it’s…
AI image used for representative purposes NEW DELHI: Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari on Monday said that electric vehicle (EV) prices in India are expected to match the cost of petrol vehicles within four to six months, highlighting the economic and environmental pressures of India’s Rs 22 lakh crore annual fuel import…
Marcus Fakana was a passenger in a car that failed to stop during a brief police chase, leading to a fatal collision in London. Image: X A tragic end has come for Marcus Fakana, a 19-year-old British teenager who was released from a Dubai prison earlier this year after serving time for having a sexual…
Jyotiraditya Scidia (Photo-ANI) Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd’s (BSNL) indigenously developed 4G network will be upgraded to 5G across India within six to eight months, telecom minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said on Sunday.Speaking at the Kautilya Economic Enclave 2025, Scindia said India has entered the exclusive club of 4G technology, previously dominated by five global companies —…
NEW DELHI: Its promoters are based in Russia, technical support in Georgia, its India operations are handled from Dubai and the servers are in Barcelona.Illegal online trading platform OctaFX, which is being investigated by ED for laundering thousands of crores of rupees from India to tax havens over the past few years, has become part…
MEERUT: Sambhal district administration Thursday demolished a mosque and a 30,000-sq-ft marriage hall allegedly built on govt land that was earlier a pond in Raya Buzurg village. Both structures, erected a decade ago, had been declared illegal encroachments during a recent survey. This is the second mosque to face demolition in Sambhal within four months.Sambhal…
Gurgaon: After remaining offline for several months, all four air-quality monitoring stations of the city are now back online, restoring access to real-time pollution data. Officials said the monitors have been recalibrated and integrated with both the state and central dashboards under a new maintenance contract. However, stations in Panchkula, Ballabhgarh, Charkhi Dadri, Dharuhera, Fatehabad,…
NEW DELHI: GST collections rose 9.1%, the fastest pace of expansion in four months, to Rs 1,89,017 crore in Sept, indicating that the impact of the announcement of a rate reduction did not significantly dent sales.Domestic collections in Sept — for transactions in Aug — were up 6.8% to Rs 1,36,525 crore as consumers deferred…
Akshay Kumar has reacted to fellow actor Aamir Khan‘s statement about wanting to stream films on OTT after a gap of six months. According to the current regulations, a gap of two months or eight weeks is needed between the OTT and theatrical release. As per Khan, a major portion of the audience don’t show…
