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Remember when getting laid off felt final? Badge deactivated, laptop shipped back, “keep in touch” email sent—door slammed shut. But corporate India’s flipping the script. For instance: Zomato CEO Deepinder Goyal recently shared on X: “If you left Zomato—or had to leave—the door’s wide open. Come back!” And over 400 ex-employees already have, as per…
Harshwardhan Sapkal (PTI image) NEW DELHI: At least nine people were injured on Sunday after a confrontation broke out between BJP and Congress workers in Pune during a protest over remarks made by Congress leader Harshwardhan Sapkal that allegedly equated Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj with Tipu Sultan.The clash took place outside the Congress Bhavan, where BJP…
File photo: Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman NEW DELHI: Tobacco Board, under the administrative control of the Department of Commerce, has written a letter to finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman highlighting the adverse impact of the unprecedented increase in excise duties on cigarettes on the industry, as well as on millions of farmers and workers.The excise…
Recently, Madhu Gottumukkala, the Indian-origin acting director of the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), came under fire after uploading sensitive government contracting documents into the AI model ChatGPT. The documents were marked “for official use only” and were not meant for public release. They were not classified, but the incident triggered internal security…
The TOI correspondent from Washington: Among Silicon Valley elites where tech titans have largely aligned with President Donald Trump’s purportedly race-driven MAGA vision, Indian-American venture capitalist Vinod Khosla has been an outlier. Exceptional as his opposition to Trump has been, the billionaire tech savant has set off a political and cultural firestorm this week with…
UAE raises minimum wages: What are the new Dubai salaries for workers in different sectors? Dubai and the wider United Arab Emirates are advancing a major shift in private-sector compensation norms with a new minimum wage policy for Emirati workers as a part of the broader efforts to strengthen labour standards and boost Emiratisation. Although…
Remember Labubus, the furry dolls with oversized eyes and a mischievous grin that took the internet by storm in 2025? They are back in the headlines, but this time for all the wrong reasons. A labour rights NGO has revealed exploitative practices at one of the factories producing these quirky dolls, part of the popular…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday congratulated BJP workers and thanked the people of Maharashtra after the BJP-led NDA and Mahayuti registered a sweeping victory in the state’s municipal corporation elections.In a post on X, PM Modi said, “Thank you Maharashtra! The dynamic people of the state bless the NDA’s agenda of pro-people…
NEW DELHI: Quick commerce platforms on Tuesday agreed to remove “10-minute delivery” service following the intervention of Union minister Mansukh Mandaviya over the safety of delivery partners, news agency ANI reported, citing sources.This comes after Mandaviya held discussions with officials of Blinkit, Zepto, Swiggy, and Zomato, advising them cut slack on the strict delivery time…
Screengrab from video shared on X NEW DELHI: AAP MP Raghav Chadha on Monday shared a teaser video showing him dressed as a Blinkit delivery partner. The clip offered a brief glimpse into the daily life of a gig worker.The short clip, posted on X, shows the Rajya Sabha MP wearing the company’s delivery uniform…
