AUGUST 22, 2025
According to an insider working at Microsoft, the details of the salaries of professionals has been disclosed. Since it’s the time of the year when employees receive appraisals and promotions you can take a idea from the list for your appraisal. Moreover, On the heels of a massive layoff affecting approximately 9,000 employees across its global offices, a...
AUGUST 22, 2025
The US State Department confirmed Wednesday that the Trump administration is combing through the records of more than 55 million foreigners with valid visas, checking for potential violations that could trigger revocation and deportation.
Officials said the sweeping review covers all visa categories – student, work, visitor, and more. The aim is to identify people who overstayed, committed...
AUGUST 22, 2025
Mukesh Ambani and Sunil Mittal. - File image: Anirudha Yerunkar
There's bad news for mobile users who recharge for data. India's largest telecom operator Reliance Jio has discontinued its Rs 249 prepaid plan, which offered 1 GB of data per day. After them Bharti Airtel also scrapped a similar plan. Industry executives and analysts believe that Vodafone Idea (Vi)...
AUGUST 22, 2025
Odisha Gold Mines
Odisha has emerged as a potential new hub for gold mining following confirmed discoveries of gold reserves in multiple districts. The Geological Survey of India identified these during recent mineral exploration projects, prompting immediate interest in mining and auction strategy.
Gold deposits have been confirmed in Deogarh (Adasa-Rampalli), Sundargarh, Nabarangpur, Keonjhar, Angul, and Koraput, and exploratory...
AUGUST 22, 2025
China cuts ties with the global internet for 60 minutes.
On August 20, 2025, for about 60 minutes, China’s internet was disconnected from the global web, leaving experts and users confused. Activist group Great Firewall Report spotted the outage. They said it stopped all traffic to TCP port 443, which is the standard port for HTTPS websites.
The group...
AUGUST 18, 2025
Protesters clash with riot police during a demonstration in the center of Athens on February 24, 2010. Greece ground to a halt on February 24 as unions staged a one-day general strike and thousands of demonstrators took to the streets to protest austerity measures designed to tame a public debt crisis. Schools, government offices and courthouses were...
AUGUST 14, 2025
Timeless Lessons from the Bhagavad Gita
In the silent corners of the mind, where thoughts multiply like wildfire, overthinking often becomes our greatest enemy. It creeps in quietly — turning small worries into overwhelming anxieties and robbing us of clarity, peace, and sleep. Accompanying it are negative thoughts — about ourselves, others, and our future — that cloud...
AUGUST 9, 2025
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy looks on at a press conference during a meeting with Polish President Andrzej Duda in Kyiv, June, 28, 2025. Zelenskyy rejected territorial concessions to Russia as part of a peace deal in a video released Aug. 9. - Thomas Peter, REUTERS
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy rejected territorial concessions to Russia as part of a peace deal, speaking...
AUGUST 9, 2025
Semiconductor chips are seen on a circuit board of a computer in this illustration picture taken Feb. 25, 2022. - Florence Lo, Reuters
President Donald Trump plans to impose a 100% tariff on imported computer chips, a move experts warn could compel companies to pull back on production or hike prices.
Details remain murky, and the inflationary pressures likely won't be as...
AUGUST 9, 2025
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump holds an executive order about tariffs increase, flanked by U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 13, 2025. REUTERS/File Photo
President Donald Trump’s tariff policy has been described by the president as a tool to address the United States’ trade deficits...
