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12,000 Jobs Gone: Inside the ‘Severance Package’ Details for Sacked Oracle Employees
12,000 Jobs Gone: Inside the ‘Severance Package’ Details for Sacked Oracle Employees
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Oracle laid off around 12,000 employees in India, with staff alleging abrupt terminations and varied severance packages, including salary payouts, ex gratia payments, and benefits tied to tenure
West Asia tensions rise as China responds to Donald Trump’s Iran threat
West Asia tensions rise as China responds to Donald Trump’s Iran threat
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China warns against escalating US-Iran tensions after Trump’s “stone ages” remark, urging restraint and diplomacy as fears grow over military conflict deepening instability across West Asia
NASA Spent $23 Million on a Space Toilet: Artemis II Astronauts Are Glad They Did
NASA Spent $23 Million on a Space Toilet: Artemis II Astronauts Are Glad They Did
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The Universal Waste Management System is a vacuum-driven toilet installed inside Orion's dedicated hygiene bay
Finding An Authorised Aadhaar centre Is Now A Cakewalk. Here’s How
Finding An Authorised Aadhaar centre Is Now A Cakewalk. Here’s How
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UIDAI partners with MapmyIndia to integrate authorised Aadhaar centres into the Mappls App, enabling citizens to easily locate verified service points while reducing misinformation and improving acces ...
Raja Ravi Varma’s Yashoda and Krishna goes under the hammer ₹167.2 crore setting a new auction record for Indian art
Raja Ravi Varma’s Yashoda and Krishna goes under the hammer ₹167.2 crore setting a new auction record for Indian art
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The iconic late 19th-century painting surpasses all previous benchmarks, signalling the continued rise of India’s art market
‘Our Indian Friends are in Safe Hands’: Iran Assures India on Strait of Hormuz Safety
‘Our Indian Friends are in Safe Hands’: Iran Assures India on Strait of Hormuz Safety
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Iran reassured India over Strait of Hormuz safety, but disruptions persist, leaving multiple India-bound energy vessels stranded amid ongoing conflict and limited ship passage through the key route
Equity Market Fall 2026: Where Should You Invest Now — SIP, Debt, or Hybrid Funds?
Equity Market Fall 2026: Where Should You Invest Now — SIP, Debt, or Hybrid Funds?
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Indian markets have taken hit after hit in 2026. Millions of mutual fund investors want to know if their money is still safe
Inside Census 2027: How India Plans Its First Fully Digital Count
Inside Census 2027: How India Plans Its First Fully Digital Count
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India’s long-delayed headcount returns as a fully digital exercise, combining mobile enumeration, self-reporting, and real-time monitoring
IPL 2026 Match 6: KKR, SRH Seek First Win Amid Death Bowling Concerns
IPL 2026 Match 6: KKR, SRH Seek First Win Amid Death Bowling Concerns
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KKR face SRH at Eden Gardens with Ajinkya Rahane’s form meeting Travis Head and Ishan Kishan’s aggression, as both sides search for early IPL momentum
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Assam Assembly Election 2026: Reading the Tea Leaves
Assam Assembly Election 2026: Reading the Tea Leaves
BJP anchors its winning campaign in Assam on welfare and a secure border. Siddharth Singh travels across the state to find a people swaying to the promises of Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma
Kerala Assembly Election 2026: The Death of an Ideal
As political competition intensifies ahead of the polls, rising mistrust among religious communities is quietly eroding the social cohesion long celebrated as Kerala’s greatest strength
Tamil Nadu Assembly Election 2026: Stalin’s Plot
DMK has turned the election into a battle against New Delhi
Tamil Nadu Assembly Election 2026: Edappadi K Palaniswami struggles hard to keep AIADMK in the sheltering shadow of Jayalalithaa
The dramatic rise of Edappadi K Palaniswami, and therefore the story of AIADMK 3.0, begins with the death of Tamil Nadu’S Great Matriarch J Jayalalithaa
Amit Shah’s Report Card Shows Why Justifying Maoism is a Red Herring
With Maoism on its last legs the Home Minister’s Lok Sabha speech outlines the fallacy of the argument that the violent movement is a fight for downtrodden tribals and exposes an intricate eco-system ...
Kerala Assembly Elections 2026: CPM readies massive campaign blitz in Kannur’s Thaliparamba
In the CPM stronghold of Kannur, this constituency has assumed significance because the wife of state CPM chief MV Govindan is contesting amid rebel trouble and allegations of nepotism
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