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Volkswagen’s CEO, Oliver Blume, is reportedly planning drastic measures to boost competitiveness, including potentially cutting up to 100,000 jobs and closing four German factories. Volkswagen has finally said the number out loud. In an internal memo to staff, CEO Oliver Blume flagged roughly 50,000 additional job cuts on top of the 50,000 already agreed across…

Anupam Kher has been in the news because of his latest comments on ‘Ram Janmbhoomi’. Amidst that, an old video of Naseeruddin Shah also went viral where he called Kher a ‘clown’. The actor said in this viral clip, “Someone like Anupam Kher is very vocal. I don’t think he needs to be taken seriously….

Controversial American YouTuber Sneako has turned his attention to tech billionaire Elon Musk, issuing a citizenship challenge. Taking to social media platform X (formerly Twitter), the internet personality whose legal name is Nicolas Kenn De Balinthazy dared the Tesla and SpaceX CEO to a one-on-one conversation. Sneako proposed that both men would risk their respective…

UK police arrest 12 over plot targeting Islamic event NEW DELHI: The UK police has arrested 12 people over an “extreme right-wing terrorism-related” threat to an Islamic event during the weekend.The event, which drew around 15,000 attendees, took place at a country estate in Suffolk, eastern England, from July 9 to 12.Eight men remain in…

Actor Govinda is returning to the big screen with upcoming films ‘Roopa’ and ‘Duniyadari’. He will be seen opposite newcomer Rani Swarnkar in these projects. Govinda is also producing these films, which are aimed at young audiences. He spoke about his personal and professional life at the press conference. The actor was last seen in…

A Ukrainian soldier prepares to launch a counter-UAS drone. (Ukrainian defence ministry) Drones have become a pervasive and prominent feature of the modern battlefield. Countries are increasingly investing in both drones and in the means to counter them. A prominent reason for the ubiquity of these systems is their relatively low cost, as compared to…

NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Monday convicted former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) councillor Tahir Hussain and several others in the 2020 murder of Intelligence Bureau (IB) officer Ankit Sharma during the North East Delhi riots.The Karkardooma court convicted Hussain of murder and other offences related to rioting. However, it dropped the charge of criminal…

Omar Abdullah calls BJP’s defamation notice ‘great honour’ NEW DELHI: Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Monday reacted to the Bharatiya Janata Party’s defamation notice against him over his claim that the safforn party was trying to poach National Conference MLAs from the Jammu region.Calling the notice a “love letter”, Abdullah said that…

NEW DELHI: A district consumer commission in Himachal Pradesh has held RedBus and a bus operator jointly responsible for cancelling a passenger’s confirmed ticket just 17 minutes before departure, leaving him stranded late at night and forcing him to book an emergency flight to Delhi. The commission, in its July 4th order, ruled that online…

Of the H-1B petitions approved in fiscal 2025 (fiscal ended Sept 30), nearly 70 percent were for beneficiaries whose country of birth was India. The second most common country of birth was China, accounting for approximately 12 percent of all beneficiaries. Top source countries for H-1B visas (including extensions) 1 India 2,83,772 69.9% 2 China…