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New Delhi, Aug 15 (IANS) Tech companies have laid off 226,000 employees so far this year, almost 40 per cent more than in 2022, a report showed on Tuesday.Although the tech industry has seen a shocking number of job cuts last year, 2023 has been much worse.The massive wave of layoffs has shut down hundreds of thousands of workplaces, turning 2023 into the worst year the tech industry has ever seen, according to data by AltIndex.com.Between January and December 2022, tech companies laid off 164,744 employees, almost eleven times more than 15,000 reported a year before, as per data from…

“For the first time in the history of social media, you can update any element of your story at any time – changing its visibility, caption, on-screen text, stickers or anything else – without having to delete and repost it from scratch,” Telegram said.Telegram is now being used by over 800 million people. The Stories feature offers unique dual camera mode, granular privacy settings, flexible duration options and much more.“Stories are displayed in an expandable section at the top of your screen – so you still see the full length of your chat list and folders,” said the company.By default,…

Musical stalwarts such as Hariharan, Richa Sharma, Shaan, Kavita Seth, and Mahalakshmi Iyer have also lent their vocals to the track alongside Indian Idol singers Rishi Singh, Debosmita Roy, Chirag Kotwal, Bidipta Chakraborty, Senjuti Das, and Mohammad Faiz.Talking about the track, Bickram Ghosh shared: “As an artiste, ‘Yeh Desh!’ holds a special place in my heart. The collaboration and dedication of every member of our team, from the amazing musicians to the creative minds behind the video, have culminated in a creation that we are immensely proud of. Kudos to my partners at Eternal Sounds – Utsav Parekh, Mayank Jalan,…

Sachin Tendulkar, Rohit Sharma, Mithali Raj, PV Sindhu, Virat Kohli, Ravindra Jadeja, Yuvraj Singh, and numerous other athletes conveyed their well-wishes to fellow countrymen on the occasion of Independence Day on social media.Sachin wrote: “I love my India. Wishing all my fellow Indians across the world a very happy Independence Day.”Kohli took to his X ( previously Twitter) account and wrote: “Happy Independence Day to all. Jai Hind.Two -time Olympic medallist, Sindhu shared her throwback picture from Rio Olympics silver-winning moment and wrote: On this Independence Day, I send warm wishes to all my fellow Indians. Raising the tricolor high…

The report evealed that small tea growers contributed towards more than 50 per cent of total tea production in 2020-21.”However, in absence of a well-defined strategy for identification and registration of the small tea growers, 38 per cent of small tea growers were not registered as of March 2021 and were out of the ambit of Tea Board’s regulatory activities and development assistance,” it stated.The report also says that similarly, 119 out of 1,573 big tea growers were not registered as of March 2021.The Tea Board of India was established on April 1, 1954 as per the provisions of Section…

The arrested accused have been identified as Gurinder Singh, Gurpinder Singh, Lovepreet Singh, Narinder Singh and Sukhmanpreet Singh.Punjab DGP Gaurav Yadav said that the accused were planning to disrupt peace and harmony in the state through target killings in Punjab. This module was being operated by US based gangster Harpreet Happy on behalf of Rinda and Brar. The arrests come a day after Punjab Police busted a terror module being operated by Czech Republic based Gurdev Singh alias Jaisal. The police had yesterday arrested its three associates after recovering three pistols along with ammunition from Tarn Taran.According to DGP Yadav,…

“Das was in the Department of Economics, is currently on leave from Ashoka, serving as visiting faculty at the Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics (Deemed to be University) in Pune. After making extensive efforts to dissuade him, the University has accepted his resignation,” the university vice-chancellor Somak Raychaudhury in an official statement said.He further said that Das’s paper on Indian elections was the subject of a widespread controversy after being shared recently on social media, where it was perceived by many to reflect the views of the University.At Ashoka University, members of the faculty have freedom to teach and…

The number of deaths in twin landslide-related incidents in Shimla has risen to 16, while in the state increased to 53 since Monday.Another landslide in Shimla was reported in Fagli locality that claimed five lives.”Two teams of 14 NDRF conducted search and rescue operation and retrieved two dead bodies from Summer Hill, near Shiv Bawadi,” said the 14th NDRF, adding, the operation is underway.Besides the National Disaster Response Force, the Army, the police and the State Disaster Response Force has been carrying out the search operation.At least a dozen people are feared buried in the Shiv temple site. After the…

In his book ‘Why We Fail And How to Rise Above Failure’ (Wisdom Tree; Rs 325), former diplomat Amit Dasgupta is an empath in tough times, and a companion for the times ahead.The fact is that our perception of success and failure is defined by what we consider as our purpose, but what matters more, according to Dasgupta, is “the ability to do what we are passionately driven by, irrespective of the outcome.”In an email interview with IANS, he added: “It reflects the essence of equanimity. You don’t pick up the cricket bat to bat like Tendulkar. You pick it…

Even though there were no confirmed reports of Chinese nationals and Pakistani security personnel getting killed, a BLA spokesman said that before two of their suicide attackers were killed, they managed to kill 4 Chinese and 11 Pakistani soldiers.Both the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) and Chinese embassy in Pakistan denied casualties, though there was an admission that the convoy was ambushed by bombs and gunshots.In a threat letter issued on Monday via portals that publish details of its activities, the BLA said that it has announced the completion of the third phase of its “Operation Zir Pehazag” and that…