- Sunday, March 09, 2025
Indian engineering manager Abheer was in the middle of a performance review cycle when he was suddenly laid off from his job at Google – victim of a wave of industry-wide cutbacks. “Everything was going fine,” said Abheer, 31, who asked to use a pseudonym to protect his identity. “I…
INDIA’s “very strong mobile market” is one of the main factors behind Formula One launching its TV streaming product F1 TV in the country, the sport’s director of media rights Ian Holmes has said. Formula One has enjoyed increasing popularity in India, with the country hosting Formula One races at…
PAKISTAN’S parliament has given the go-ahead for the government to raise taxes on a raft of luxury imports and services in a bid to unlock the next tranche of an International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan. Faced with critically low foreign exchange reserves, the government has already halted most imports –…
INDIA’S imports of Russian steel rose to an eight-year high during the first 10 months of the financial year that began in April 2022, government data showed. India, the world’s second-largest crude steel producer, imported 281,000 tonnes of steel from Russia between April and January, nearly five times higher than…
TATA MOTORS-owned Jaguar Land Rover plans to recruit 100 more engineers at three new hubs across Europe to develop self-driving cars, The Telegraph reported. The company plans to hire tech workers who have been laid off recently for its facilities in Munich, Madrid, and Bologna in Italy. According to JLR, the new…
Acclaimed filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali, whose filmography boasts of several successful blockbusters inspired by historical events such as Padmaavat (2018) and Bajirao Mastani (2015), said that he begins work on any film by filming a song first. “I start with making a song. When the song falls into place, then I imagine the whole…
Reem Shaikh needs no introduction. She is one of the most sought-after actresses on Indian television, who has been entertaining the audience for over a decade now. Known for such successful shows as Na Bole Tum Na Maine Kuch Kaha, Chakravartin Ashoka Samrat, Tujhse Hai Raabta, Gul Makai, and Fanaa: Ishq Mein Marjawan, the actress…
Amid the thunderous success of Pathaan, reports surfaced online claiming that Yash Raj Films’ head honcho Aditya Chopra is considering merging the Dhoom universe and Spy universe. Refuting such rumours, a source close to the production banner said, “Dhoom franchise and YRF Spy Universe are now two of the biggest IPs in the history…
Filmmaker Mia Hansen-Løve’s One Fine Morning, winner of the Directors’ Fortnight prize at the Cannes Film Festival, will exclusively stream on MUBI from June 16. The French filmmaker, one of the most influential directors of her era, is known for films such as Bergman Island, Things to Come, Eden, All Is Forgiven, Father of My Children,…
Shah Rukh Khan-starrer Pathaan has created history by becoming the first Hindi movie to cross the coveted £100 million mark at the worldwide box office in phase one of its release, Yash Raj Films (YRF) said on Tuesday. YRF claimed that Pathaan has become the highest-grossing Hindi film worldwide in the history of Hindi…
