October 10, 2015
Twitter will lay off employees next week as freshly-returned chief Jack Dorsey pushes for a leaner operation focused on winning users, tech news website Re/code has reported.
Layoffs will be spread across the entire San Francisco-based company and will likely include engineers, which account for about half of Twitter's approximately 4,200 employees, according to Re/code.
October 10, 2015
If the Mughals are approached with fresh eyes, their dynamic interweaving of politics and culture can be identified as the solid bedrock on which they built their empire.
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October 9, 2015
Miami: Pluto has blue skies and patches of frozen water, according to the latest data out Thursday from Nasa’s unmanned New Horizons probe, which made a historic flyby of the dwarf planet in July.
October 9, 2015
Whether India is the fastest growing economy or not depends a lot on the measuring rod you use. It’s true that when we look at percentage growth rates, India is growing the fastest among the larger economies.
October 9, 2015
Beverage giant PepsiCo has sent a notice to the Indian cricket board expressing its intention to withdraw from the IPL as title sponsor because of the controversy surrounding the spot-fixing case. Sources said the company has said in its notice that the decision was related to issues that have brought the game into “disrepute”.
October 9, 2015
NEW DELHI – Former prime minister Manmohan Singh had handed over files linked to a draft framework agreement with Pakistan on the Kashmir issue to current PM Narendra Modi on his way out, a report has revealed.
October 8, 2015
WASHINGTON – House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy on Thursday abruptly dropped out of the race to replace John Boehner as speaker, a stunning move that further complicates an already chaotic House leadership contest.
October 8, 2015
Washington: Not-for-profit medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF), whose hospital in northern Afghan city of Kunduz was attacked by US air force and resulted in loss of 22 lives, has said an apology from US President Barack Obama is not enough.
October 8, 2015
New Delhi: Union urban development minister M Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday said there is a huge global interest in India’s Smart City mission and companies from 14 countries like US, Canada, UK, France, Japan have been selected for preparation of Smart City plans for 42 mission cities.
October 8, 2015
Daniel Craig in 'Spectre'
With Spectre a little over a month from release, speculation has already started to build about whether or not Daniel Craig will return to play James Bond again in the 25th installment of the series. Just don't ask him that question just yet.
