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A.P. emerging as one of India’s fastest-growing industrial destinations, says Minister

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A.P. emerging as one of India’s fastest-growing industrial destinations, says Minister

TPCC chief Mahesh Kumar and others pay floral tributes to former Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao 105 th birth anniversary at PV Ghat in Hyderabad on Sunday. HYDERABADPolitical leaders across party lines paid rich tributes to former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao, a son of the soil, on the occasion of his 105th birth anniversary on Sunday, recalling his great contributions to nation-building and economic reforms.Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy paid floral tributes to Mr. Narasimha Rao’s portrait at his residence in Jubilee Hills. Ministers Komatireddy Venkat Reddy and Adluri Laxman Kumar accompanied him. In a message shared on social media, the Chief Minister said the services rendered by the former Prime Minister in shaping modern India were unforgettable. Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy with Ministers Komatireddy Venkat Reddy and Adluri Laxman Kumar pay tributes to PV at the former’s residence in Jubilee Hills on Sunday. TPCC president and MLC B. Mahesh Kumar Goud, Ministers Ponnam Prabhakar and Adluri Laxman Kumar, MP Anil Yadav, Government Adviser Harkara Venugopal, AICC secretary Rudra Raju and several other Congress leaders paid homage at the P.V. Ghat on Necklace Road. Congress leaders also organised commemorative programmes and offered tributes at Gandhi Bhavan. The Chief Minister later laid foundation stone for the first phase of the drinking water scheme at NG College Grounds ahead of the public meeting.BJP leaders Union Minister G. Kishan Reddy and Telangana BJP president N. Ramchander Rao also paid glowing tributes at the P.V. Ghat. Recalling Mr. Rao’s tenure as Prime Minister, Mr. Kishan Reddy said his initiative and vision in economic and policy reforms laid the foundation for India’s development.He added that the former Prime Minister’s contribution in the making of modern India remains enduring and significant. Mr. Ramchander Rao said Mr. Narasimha Rao was the first Prime Minister outside the Nehru-Gandhi family to complete a full five-year term in office. He also recalled the cordial relationship between Mr. Narasimha Rao and former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Former Governor and BJP senior leader Bandaru Dattatreya, party leader and Mr. Narasimha Rao’s grandson NV Subash and others were present. Published - June 28, 2026 07:28 pm IST

Dubai employees to get 4-day work week; Indians react: ‘We have 5 days working and 2 days WFH’

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Dubai employees to get 4-day work week; Indians react: ‘We have 5 days working and 2 days WFH’

2 min readNew DelhiJun 26, 2026 01:53 PM IST The program, introduced by the Dubai Government Human Resources Department, will remain in place until September 10.Thousands of Dubai government employees will have the option of shorter workweeks and more flexible schedules this summer under the return of the ‘Our Flexible Summer’ initiative. The program, introduced by the Dubai Government Human Resources Department (DGHR), will begin on June 29 and remain in place until September 10. It allows government departments to adopt work arrangements that best suit their operational requirements while giving employees greater flexibility during the hotter months.Departments can choose between two models. Under one option, employees work eight-hour days from Monday to Thursday and get Friday off, effectively giving them a three-day weekend. The second option shortens the workday to seven hours from Monday to Thursday, with a four-and-a-half-hour shift on Friday. Remote work and flexible timings may also be introduced where practical. According to the DGHR, the initiative was shaped by employee feedback and evolving workplace expectations. Dubai advances more flexible government work environments with 2026 edition of ‘Our Flexible Summer’. https://t.co/DSjxfMiRpX pic.twitter.com/gMmVNLMAaR — Dubai Media Office (@DXBMediaOffice) June 24, 2026 The announcement has gone viral on social media, and Indians have spent no time reacting to it. One user quipped, “We have 5 days working and 2 days WFH.” Another user commented, “Here in India we are still working 6 days.” A third person sarcastically added, “Someone got hurt in India. 72 hour company owner.” DGHR Director General Abdullah Ali bin Zayed Al Falasi said the programme builds on the positive results of last year’s pilot.Story continues below this ad “The ‘Our Flexible Summer’ initiative has demonstrated that employee wellbeing and quality of life do not come at the expense of performance.” The announcement has also reignited conversations around whether similar policies could be adopted by private companies. However, business leaders and recruitment experts told Khaleej Times that widespread implementation across the private sector remains unlikely because of the different operational requirements across industries. A Dubai government survey released in November 2024 also found that flexible working hours and remote work could help ease congestion during peak traffic hours on some of the city’s busiest roads, Khaleej Times reported.

The CEO of Allbirds new AI biz has a plan, but no employees

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The CEO of Allbirds new AI biz has a plan, but no employees

When Allbirds pivoted to AI in April, it felt like a joke from Silicon Valley breaking free of the TV: The direct-to-consumer shoe purveyor whose flimsy kicks helped define what we’ll loosely call Silicon Valley style had discovered a new trend to chase. The move was right out of the meme stock playbook written by Gamestop: Take a troubled public company, latch onto the hottest fad, and reap the rewards of a rising stock price as retail investors piled in. Well, it worked. The company sold its shoe business for $43 million, raised another $100 million from the stock market, and now it’s called Smartbird. Now, Nadia Carlsten has to make it work. A former AWS executive with an engineering PhD, Carlsten most recently led the European compute company DCAI before she began yesterday as Smartbird’s CEO. “We’re going to be recruiting a brand new team for the AI business, and we’re going to be getting an office,” Carlsten told TechCrunch from Amsterdam. “The shoe business has officially closed as of yesterday, so that’s all done…The first task that I’m tackling right now is rounding up the leadership team, looking for somebody to lead infrastructure operations, for example.” Call it a startup with a sole founder and a very large seed round. What’s next is less clear. Smartbird aims to be an AI infrastructure provider, latching on to the seemingly bottomless demand for compute to train and run deep learning models. But unlike neoclouds, which relentlessly arbitrage the price of chips against the cost of GPU time or inference tokens, Carlsten will be aiming at more carefully managed deployments. The ideal Smartbird customers need direct control over the servers running their models — typically for political or business-model reasons — and value data sovereignty over the scalability of the public cloud. Carlsten couldn’t yet estimate the size of that market, and argued that it was fairly nascent, since many companies are still just piloting AI tools. At DCAI, she worked with Novo Nordisk and other European firms who take a special interest in data sovereignty or operate bespoke models—”we certainly have anybody that’s within the pharmaceutical industry, energy industry, financial, the public sector,” she said. To Carlsten’s view, that means Smartbird isn’t competing with hyperscalers or neoclouds, but with internal company projects. Still, there are established companies in this space—Hewlett Packard offers a single-tenant managed AI compute service, as does Equinix, the data center giant. It’s real business model, but it’s not clear if it has the same growth potential as the cloud services, where expansion is the be-all, end-all. Carlsten said she expects to have compute clusters deployed for several customers by the end of the year. Other startups, like the inference cloud General Compute, have bigger ambitions—the company announced a $300 billion chip order when it came out of stealth last month. Carlsten says she doesn’t need big chip commitments to realize Smartbird’s vision, because her potential customers needs sit in the range of hundreds to thousands of chips—it’s “not about large scales and huge numbers of GPUs, they’re more about agility of these clusters, and more about having control of the infrastructure stack.” Smartbird is also unlikely to compete with rivals on price, since cloud services go to great lengths to optimize chip usage 24 hours a day to offer the cheapest compute, though Carlsten suspects that companies with specialized workflows will be able to work more efficiently with their own servers. Demand for AI infrastructure is a powerful force in the market, driving up the stock prices for chipmakers, cloud providers, and energy companies, even convincing investors that orbital data centers are a feasible idea. But Carlsten insists that Allbird’s transition was carefully thought through. “It wasn’t, ‘Let’s just do AI, because it’s AI, and it’s hot,’” Carlsten, who will be paid a $700,000 annual salary

Meta Employees Absolutely Hate Zuckerberg’s Plan for a Companywide AI Hackathon

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Meta Employees Absolutely Hate Zuckerberg’s Plan for a Companywide AI Hackathon

Meta did an “atrocious” job of rolling out a new artificial intelligence division and will aim to “rekindle” a more cheerful internal culture through better communication, career growth, and even snacks, a top executive told employees on Monday in an internal post seen by WIRED.The comments made by Andrew Bosworth, Meta’s chief technology officer, follow reporting by WIRED last week that revealed widespread dissatisfaction within the Applied AI engineering unit. Meta formed the division of about 6,500 engineers and product managers in March to work on projects aimed at improving the company’s generative AI models. But what workers described as the menial nature of the work prompted one to describe it as “a gulag.”“We’ve undermined the trust you have that your specific expertise and contribution will be valued, that you will grow and advance your career, and that this will be a place where you can actually have an impact,” Bosworth wrote. “We shook up the management structure that was providing you stability while rapid changes in strategy, including the boom/bust cycle of hiring, left entire teams in the lurch.”Meta did not immediately respond to a request for comment.The unrest inside the AI team is part of a broader downward swing in morale at Meta in the wake of mass layoffs, worker surveillance, and other concerns among employees. In recent days, several executives, including CEO Mark Zuckerberg, have posted internal messages acknowledging employees’ feelings and vowing to make changes to address them.In the lengthy memo, Bosworth, long seen as a Zuckerberg loyalist, said that employees would receive more personalized attention going forward. Meta plans to cap managers at about 20 direct reports each, he wrote, and try to limit the number of times employees switch to new managers as part of restructurings. He also said Meta leadership would commit to better explaining the rationale behind strategy shifts and organizational changes. Managers would be focused primarily on managing and secondarily on independent work, and workers would have access to “AI coaching” tools should they decide to use them.Responding to a comment on his memo about the Applied AI team, Bosworth wrote, “We obviously did an atrocious job explaining the vision, giving people a clear picture of how we would support them and their careers in the shift, and painting a picture of how it would change over time.”Got a Tip?Are you a current or former Meta employee who wants to talk about what's happening? We'd like to hear from you. Using a nonwork phone or computer, contact the reporters securely on Signal Peard33.24 and at ChaoticGoode.12.In a separate post from late last Friday seen by WIRED, Maher Saba, a vice president leading the Applied AI team, told employees who were forced to join that they would be now allowed to take other roles within Meta if they are able to secure them. “Moving forward, we are returning to business as usual and giving people the agency to apply to roles that interest them,” Saba wrote.Bosworth emphasized that Meta doesn’t subscribe to the belief that AI will fully replace AI workers. However, he said, “We should heed the saying, ‘AI won’t take your job but someone who knows AI might.’” He added that there would be “tough trade-offs for a while” around the amount of compute available to different teams to make use of AI tools. “We will do our best to be transparent and invest responsibly to alleviate bottlenecks,” he wrote, while also encouraging employees to escalate any issues.And, in an attempt to boost morale, Bosworth vowed to make the company a “fun and enjoyable” place to work. Meta will be “improving microkitchens,” which are break areas within offices with snacks and drinks, and increasing travel budgets as well as spending on social events, so that employees can spend time together in person.

What happens when companies become too AI-pilled?

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What happens when companies become too AI-pilled?

Cybersecurity startup NewCore emerged from stealth with $66 million in funding on Monday, aiming to solve a challenge it believes many companies will soon face as they deploy AI agents: how to authenticate, govern, and control them at scale. The seed round was led by cybersecurity-focused venture firm Cyberstarts, with participation from Index Ventures and Evolution Equity Partners, valuing NewCore at $300 million after investment. Companies are increasingly treating AI agents as workplace participants rather than software tools. Goldman Sachs last year tested AI coding agent Devin as a new employee, while McKinsey said earlier this year that 25,000 AI agents already work alongside its 60,000 employees. NewCore is betting companies will eventually need to manage those digital workers much like human employees. For co-founder and chief executive Zohar Alon (pictured above, center), the opportunity stems from a belief that identity systems have become one of the weakest links in enterprise security. Alon, who previously founded cloud-security startup Dome9 before its acquisition by Check Point, said the rise of AI agents convinced him and his co-founders that existing identity platforms were ill-suited for a future in which software workers operate alongside human employees. “We know for sure that the scale and the complexity that those things [AI agents] are going to add to 15- or 20-year-old identity platforms are going to break them,” he told TechCrunch. Alon co-founded NewCore with chief technology officer Amihai Neiderman (pictured above, right), a former Unit 8200 research leader and founder of healthcare AI startup Nym Health, and chief revenue officer Erez Yarkoni (pictured above, left), who previously served as CIO of T-Mobile USA and Telstra. NewCore’s platform is designed to manage both human and AI-agent identities in a single system. The startup says AI agents should be treated as first-class identities with their own permissions, lifecycle controls, and revocation mechanisms, rather than as traditional service accounts or machine credentials. The idea for NewCore, Alon said, began taking shape in 2023 while helping review the technology budget of a company that relied on an established identity provider. After seeing the size of the bill, he assumed the customer must be satisfied with the product. “I said, ‘You must be extremely happy with them,’” Alon recalled. “He said, ‘No, I’m not.’” The exchange reinforced Alon’s belief that identity had become a large but stagnant market dominated by vendors facing limited competitive pressure. Established identity providers including Okta and Microsoft’s Entra have begun adding capabilities for AI agents. However, Alon argues those efforts extend platforms originally designed for human employees, whereas NewCore was built from the ground up for a workforce made up of humans, machines, and AI agents. “The traditional vendors give you an agentic way to deal with identity, but it’s on the side — it’s not integrated,” Alon said. As one example, NewCore uses what it calls a “split-key” architecture that divides critical identity credentials between the customer and the platform, an approach designed to eliminate a single point of compromise. NewCore also offers an “Agentic Skill” integration package for coding assistants such as Anthropic’s Claude Code, OpenAI’s Codex and Cursor that allows those AI tools to access enterprise systems as managed identities rather than through manually distributed credentials. Employees can also use NewCore’s mobile app to grant, review and revoke access for AI agents, providing what Alon described as a human oversight layer as companies deploy more autonomous systems. The startup has grown to more than 50 employees across the U.S. and Israel. Alon said the platform is being used by fewer than 10 customers and more than 10 design partners. The startup expects to begin charging customers this summer, he added. Alon predicts AI agents c

Governor to address Kerala Assembly on Friday

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Governor to address Kerala Assembly on Friday

In the wake of a Shigella outbreak, the Food Safety Department in Kerala has intensified inspections under ‘Operation Clean Kerala’ across Thrissur city limits.Over the past week, special inspections were conducted in 65 establishments, including hotels, restaurants, cool bars and juice stalls. Authorities issued penalty notices to four establishments found to have committed serious violations of food safety norms.Rectification noticesAdditionally, 15 outlets were served rectification notices for minor lapses, directing them to address deficiencies. As part of surveillance, 12 food samples were collected and sent to laboratories for quality testing.Health authorities have urged the public to take strict precautions to prevent the spread of infection. People are advised to drink only boiled and cooled water and exercise caution while consuming salads, chutneys, undercooked food and mayonnaise.Maintaining personal hygiene is critical, officials said, stressing the importance of washing hands with soap before eating and after using the toilet. They also called for regular cleaning and chlorination of drinking water sources such as wells and storage tanks.Authorities further advised that anyone experiencing symptoms should avoid self-medication and seek immediate medical attention. Published - June 09, 2026 01:20 pm IST

From Mangrulpir to Microsoft: Bengaluru employee’s post with grandmother wins hearts

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From Mangrulpir to Microsoft: Bengaluru employee’s post with grandmother wins hearts

4 min readPatnaUpdated: May 26, 2026 12:58 PM IST The government has said the duration of such travel would be “treated as time spent on duty”. (Source: Pexels/ Representational)The Bihar government has directed all state government officials and employees to undertake periodic two-day stays at tourist destinations in the state, including eco-tourism and rural tourism destinations, as part of an initiative aimed at encouraging the development of local tourism infrastructure. “All government officers and employees working in the state of Bihar shall, once every three months, undertake a two-day visit (including two nights) with their families to any district within the state, excluding their home district, and stay in tourist, eco-tourism or rural tourism destinations,” a communication issued by the General Administration Department said.The order specifies that the stay should include Friday and Saturday nights, during which the visitors should tour up to three nearby destinations. The government has said the duration of such travel would be “treated as time spent on duty”. At the same time, it has barred officials from combining these visits with official review meetings or site inspections. “During this tour, no official shall conduct review meetings or site inspections for official work purposes,” the order stated. The directive, issued by Additional Chief Secretary of the General Administration Department, Dr B. Rajender, has been sent to all additional chief secretaries, principal secretaries, secretaries, divisional commissioners, district magistrates, police officials and forest department officers across Bihar. The aim The government said the move was aimed at identifying ways to improve tourism-related infrastructure and facilities in areas that remain relatively under-recognised despite Bihar’s historical, cultural and ecological diversity. “Bihar is a state rich in diversity, with several places having significant art, culture, environmental diversity and historical importance. Apart from internationally and nationally established tourist sites, there are many important places that need to be brought to the global stage,” the letter said.Story continues below this ad According to the communication, officials and employees will be expected to submit a consolidated report after their visit, including photographs of tourist sites, information related to the destinations and their personal experiences. These reports will be submitted to district magistrates, divisional commissioners or respective departments, depending on the officer’s place of posting. The government has also directed departments and district administrations to appoint nodal officers to compile these reports and forward them to the departments concerned, including the Tourism Department, the Environment, Forest and Climate Change Department, and the Art and Culture Department. The order further places responsibility on district administrations and the tourism and forest departments to promote homestay facilities in tourist and eco-tourism regions. “It shall also be the responsibility of the Tourism Department, District Magistrates and Forest Divisional Officers to work towards the development of homestays in these tourist and eco-tourism areas so that homestays can be encouraged,” the communication stated.Story continues below this ad The government said such facilities would allow tourists to stay in local homes on a payment basis, helping strengthen the local economy while also offering visitors “authentic and immersive cultural experiences”, including local food and personalised hospitality. Anticipating increased movement of officials to tourist destinations under the initiative, the government has also asked district authorities to review accommodation arrangements at tourist and eco-tourism sites. The communication directs officials to coordinate with government guest houses and private hotels to ensure boarding and lodging facilities are availa

Bangalore University employees urge for appointment of VC from SC/ST community

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Bangalore University employees urge for appointment of VC from SC/ST community

A view of the Bangalore University Jnanabharathi campus, off Mysuru Road, in Bengaluru. | Photo Credit: File Photo The Teachers’ Association and the Non-Teaching Employees’ Association of Bangalore University have written to the Governor, the Chief Minister, the Deputy Chief Minister, the Minister for Higher Education, and the Karnataka State Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, requesting that the next Vice-Chancellor of the University be appointed from among professors belonging to the Scheduled Castes (SC) or Scheduled Tribes (ST).The matter was discussed in the Executive Committee meeting of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes Teachers’ and Non-Teaching Employees’ Associations of Bangalore University.The associations observed that since the establishment of the University in 1964, the Government has appointed a total of 19 full-time Vice-Chancellors over the past 62 years, not a single Vice-Chancellor belonging to the Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes has been appointed by the Government. At present, Bangalore University has 380 non-teaching employees, of whom 200 belong to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (53%). Similarly, among the 115 permanent teaching faculty members, 75 professors (65%) belong to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. Further, approximately 45% of the students of the University belong to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, as stated in the letter. Published - May 22, 2026 11:25 pm IST

Meta's final email to axed employees: ‘Your role has been eliminated, gather any personal items and head home’

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Meta's final email to axed employees: ‘Your role has been eliminated, gather any personal items and head home’

Day after Meta sacked thousands of its employees as a part of its restructuring program to redirect move towards its artificial intelligence agenda, the final email from the company leadership to the sacked employees is doing the rounds, giving a glimpse into the finality of it all for those who have worked at the company.The email, obtained by Business Insider, started with what was known for several months – reducing headcount – and then came the hit: “Unfortunately, your role has been eliminated as part of today's reorganization.”Employees, who have now been put on ‘non-working notice period’, were informed that they would lose system access but could subsequently log into the alumni portal. They were also given their official termination date, until which they were not required to perform any work for Meta.As part of the restructuring, the laid-off employees would receive severance payment of 16 weeks plus two weeks for every year of completed services, minus the notice period. As part of the severance package, Meta has also extended the health insurance premiums for the employees who have been laid-off and their families for 18 months.For the immigrants, Meta said it would provide guidance to help them address their questions.META'S LAST EMAIL TO LAID-OFF EMPLOYEESAs previously shared, we have decided to reduce headcount as part of our continued effort to run the company more efficiently and to allow us to offset the other investments we're making. Unfortunately, your role has been eliminated as part of today's reorganization. Before sharing additional details, we want to thank you for all you've contributed to Meta. We appreciate the important role you've played in the company's journey.We understand you will have questions as you process this news. Please read below to learn more. We also encourage you to view the Alumni Portal (Meta.com/alumni), which you can access within an hour of losing system access and has additional information and resources to assist you. More information about the Alumni Portal is below.Non-working notice periodFrom today through [redacted] (your "Termination Date"), you are in a "non-working notice period." During this time, your internal access will be removed and you do not need to do any additional work for Meta.You will continue to accrue PTO until your Termination Date, and your remaining PTO will be paid out in your final paycheck at the end of this period. During the notice period, you will be paid "Notice Pay," which you will see on your payslips and is the same amount as your salary.Leave of absence (if applicable): Your employment will end on your Termination Date that was communicated to you. Any leaves of absence will end on your Termination Date. Please note that to the extent applicable, you may still continue to receive disability benefits after your separation date if your disability meets the disability plan requirements. Your benefits and compensation will continue through your Termination Date.You will continue to receive your full salary and benefits through your Termination Date, as well as any RSU grants that have vested on or before your Termination Date as provided in the Equity Incentive Plan. To support you in your job search, you will also have access to three complimentary months of external job search assistance through Lee Hecht Harrison ("LHH"), as further detailed in the enclosed LHH Outplacement Services flyer.Severance detailsAttached is a non-signable version of a Separation Agreement with full details of your individual package (do not sign this version). A signable Separation Agreement will be sent to your personal email address from [redacted] later today with full details of your individual package. You must sign your Separation Agreement to receive your severance payout.If you do not receive an electronic signable Separation Agreement by the end of the day tomorrow on your personal email, please check your spam folder. If you still haven't received the

Meta employees launch protest against mouse-tracking tech at US offices

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Meta employees launch protest against mouse-tracking tech at US offices

4 min readNew DelhiMay 20, 2026 11:24 AM IST Meta is restructuring its workforce as the company expands its focus on AI initiatives. (Image: Meta/Magnific)Meta is reportedly gearing up for another round of major restructuring as it doubles down on artificial intelligence (AI). Based on details surfacing on the internet, the Mark Zuckerberg-led company could likely cut nearly 10 per cent of its workforce, impacting about 7000 to 8000 employees. At the same time, the company is also shifting thousands of its existing staff into AI-focused roles. The social media giant has started laying off staff from across its global offices. Reportedly, workers in its Singapore office claimed that they received termination mail as early as 4am local time on Wednesday, May 20.A report in Bloomberg claimed that thousands of Meta staff around the world got layoff emails early Wednesday morning. Reportedly, Singapore staff were the first to receive the notification. Similarly, employees in Europe and the US are also expected to receive such mail as per their respective time zones. Meanwhile, in an internal memo accessed by the publication, Meta’s Head of People, Janelle Gale, explained the company’s perspective on the move. Gale said that the company is at the stage where many organisations can operate with a flatter structure with smaller teams of pods/cohorts that can move fast with more ownership. The Meta executive asserted that with this the company believes it will make its staff more productive and the work more rewarding. On the other hand, in the run-up to the imminent layoffs, Meta has reportedly asked its employees to work from home. Earlier this week, Meta announced its plans to shift about 7,000 of its staff to AI-focused teams working on products and AI agents. In addition to the job cuts, Meta is also said to be scrapping about 6,000 open roles, bringing the total number of affected roles to about 14,000. What is happening? Meta’s move reflects a broader trend that is sweeping across the tech industry. Large companies are rapidly increasing their investments in generative AI, automation tools, and infrastructure while simultaneously cutting costs in traditional business areas. The ongoing restructuring at Meta is viewed by many analysts and industry observers as part of a wider shift in how companies are embracing an AI-driven future. The discussion around the layoffs has also triggered concerns about how AI may reshape employment. Some executives and commentators believe AI will eliminate the need for certain managerial and administrative positions, allowing companies to operate with leaner teams and flatter structures. On the other hand, many argue that AI will mainly transform jobs rather than completely replace workers.Story continues below this ad Beyond Meta, companies in sectors ranging from retail to logistics are closely watching how major tech firms integrate AI into their operations. At the same time, businesses are under intense pressure to invest in AI technologies to remain competitive, but many are hesitant to take on additional debt amid higher interest rates. As a result, workforce reductions are increasingly being viewed as one of the fastest ways to free up capital for AI investments. The wider impact The conversation has also sparked debate about the wider economic impact of AI-driven automation. Some observers caution that large-scale layoffs across industries could eventually affect government revenues and social welfare systems if fewer workers remain employed in traditional roles. Others argue that AI could create entirely new categories of jobs over time, much like previous technological revolutions. Despite the concerns, many experts believe AI adoption is inevitable and that workers who learn how to use AI tools effectively may remain valuable to employers. The growing consensus across industries is that understanding AI and integrating it into existing workflows could become one of the most important

This Indian entrepreneur makes all 40 employees stop work at 2 pm for a daily ‘picnic’

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This Indian entrepreneur makes all 40 employees stop work at 2 pm for a daily ‘picnic’

Coupling the theme “Costume Art” with the dress code “Fashion is Art”, the 2026 Met Gala witnessed Indian celebrities introducing a touch of ethnic culture and tradition to the Metropolitan Museum of Art at Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, New York.Adorning herself in a gold saree conceived by Gaurav Gupta and styled by Anaita Shroff Adajania, Isha Ambani’s saree fabric was woven using real gold by the artisans of Swadesh collective. This team comprised over 25 artisans dedicated upwards of 1200 hours during the creation of the fabric. This saree’s border shows hand painted pichwai motifs that are symbolic of nature. The border also featured ancient rock-cut murals like those seen in the Ajanta caves. Utilizing zardosi, a Persian embroidery technique, this entails using fine metal wires to create a heavy, opulent look. Additionally, a crochet needle was used to create a sharp and fine chain stitch known as aari. The mural’s finish also creates a 3D sculpted effect on the fabric termed relief embroidery. Artist Trilok Soni, along with six artisans, spent 150 hours hand-painting the border. Pichwai is a 400-year-old traditional art form from Nathdwara, Rajasthan, featuring intricate, hand-painted scenes on cloth dedicated to Lord Krishna. Her blouse was adorned with over 1,000 diamonds including old-mine solitaires, emeralds, polki, and rose and table-cut diamonds in kundan, all of which comes from her mother Nita Ambani’s private collection. She also carried a hand-painted bronze mango by artist Subodh Gupta nestled in a custom crochet 3.10 by Guggi. The look was completed with a jasmine-inspired hair sculpture by Brooklyn-based artist Sourabh Gupta – a reinterpretation of the traditional gajra. Karan Johar Karan Johar made his Met Gala Debut in a bandhgala paired with tailored trousers and a dramatic embroidered cape seemingly inspired by the 19th Century artist Raja Ravi Varma. Titled “Framed in Eternity,” his look was designed by Manish Malhotra and styled by Eka Lakhani. The design drew inspiration from iconic works like Hamsa Damayanti, specifically the swan motif, Lady with a Lemon. It is the centrepiece of the design, Kadambari, Arjuna and Subhadra and There Comes Papa. Every motif has been entirely hand painted, with the artisans having spent over 5,600 hours on it. For the textile to boast the same finishing touch as an actual painting, the embroidery has been treated with acrylic and oil finishes followed by a varnishing. The borders are built on rubberised bases layered with zardozi. To give them a sculptural, raised quality like paint thickly laid onto canvas, the borders have been built on rubberised bases layered with zardozi.Story continues below this ad Raja Ravi Varma is called the “father of modern Indian art” for his oil painting which merged European academic realism with Indian mythological themes. His importance comes from humanising deities, creating iconic, emotive depictions of figures like Saraswati, Shakuntala, and Damayanti that defined Indian visual culture. Manish Malhotra For his second consecutive outing at the Met Gala, Manish Malhotra framed it as a heartfelt letter to Mumbai and the people behind his label. He paired an Indian bandhgala with a cape embroidered with the names and signatures of its makers, many of whom have worked with Malhotra over the decades. Across the surface of the cape are references to the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel, the Gateway of India and Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, alongside trains, taxis and scenes from everyday city life including the miniature of a master embroiderer mid-stitch, a tailor bent over a cutting table. Demanding more than 960 hours to create the garment, the labour process involved 50 artisans across Mumbai and Delhi. Dori work, zardozi, chikankari and kasab are worked across the cape in white and ivory. The signatures of embroiderers, tailors, and karigars appear within the embroidery. Gauravi Kumari and Swamai Padmanabh Singh (Pacho Jaipur) Princess Gaur

Amazon employee’s ‘10 DO NOTs’ for corporate life go viral: ‘Oversharing can quietly derail your career’

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Amazon employee’s ‘10 DO NOTs’ for corporate life go viral: ‘Oversharing can quietly derail your career’

A Hyderabad-based Amazon employee has gone viral after sharing a candid career guide titled, "10 Things I've Learned Never to Share in Corporate". Deepika, who posts on Instagram as @deepika.not.padukone, said her advice comes from personal experience across different teams and workplace environments. "As someone who has navigated multiple teams and corporate cultures, I have realised that oversharing can quietly derail your career," she wrote in the caption of her video.The clip has garnered over 493,000 views and resonated with professionals who believe maintaining boundaries at work is crucial, especially...

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