• Sunday, April 06, 2025

Uber announces second job cut in May

Uber Technologies will cut about 3,000 jobs as trip requests dropped 80 per cent due to COVID-19 lockdown across the globe in April. This is the second job cut announced by the company in May. Earlier, it announced to slash 3,700 jobs. In an email to employees, chief executive officer…

Bhagyashree excited about her next

Actress Bhagyashree, who is mostly remembered for romancing superstar Salman Khan in the Sooraj Barjatya-directed blockbuster Maine Pyar Kiya (1989), stayed away from the limelight for several years. However, the actress has now started working more actively in films. Last seen in Kannada film 2 States (2019), Bhagyashree is presently working with superstar Prabhas…

Stranded in Sri Lanka for 2 months, over 2400 Indians…

Stranded for over two months in a foreign land, over 2,400 Indians in Sri Lanka are still making rounds of the high commission in Colombo with no announcement yet about their possible evacuation from the island nation. Adding to their woes are dwindling finances, homesickness and uncertainty about when they…

India supports move at WHO to seek origin of COVID-19

INDIA joined nearly 120 countries at a crucial conference of the World Health Organisation (WHO) in pushing for an impartial and comprehensive evaluation of the global response into the COVID-19 crisis as well as to examine the origin of the deadly infection on Monday (18). The two-day 73rd session of…

Evacuations begin as cyclone barrels toward India, Bangladesh

India and Bangladesh began evacuating hundreds of thousands of people Monday, May 18, as a cyclone bore down on their coasts, officials said, while experts warned of coronavirus dangers in the cramped conditions. Indian forecasters said Cyclone Amphan would reach winds of up to 230 kilometers per hour (kmh) at sea…

UK adds loss of smell and taste to list of…

THE UK has added the loss of smell and taste to its official list of Covid-19 symptoms including fever and new continuous cough — a step that it hopes could help pick up about 2 per cent more cases of the novel coronavirus. “From today, all individuals should self-isolate if…

Alia Bhatt sends a token of gratitude to doctors and…

In these difficult times, the most important thing is to support and motivate each other. Doctors and health care workers are giving their best to beat the coronavirus and are taking care of the patients day and night. Well, recently, as a small gesture of gratitude, Alia Bhatt sent a…

Shahid Afridi “not a worthy human being who can be…

An angry Harbhajan Singh called Shahid Afridi unworthy of his friendship, while Yuvraj Singh regretted his call for assistance to the Pakistani player’s charity, both former India players expressing disappointment at his anti-India comments. Last month, Harbhajan and Yuvraj had posted videos in support of Shahid Afridi Foundation which was…

India registers record 5,242 COVID-19 cases in a day; total…

THE death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 3,029 and the number of cases to 96,169 in the country on Monday (18), registering an increase of 157 deaths and a record jump of 5,242 cases in the last 24 hours, according to the health ministry. The number of active COVID-19…

Renault Triber AMT launched in India

French auto major Renault launched the automated manual transmission (AMT) version of its compact multi-purpose vehicle Triber in India on Monday (18) for Rs 618,000. The company has opened booking for the Triber EASY-R AMT, which will be available in three variants RXL, RXT and RXZ at a price difference of…