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IT sector: Amid fears of job losses, Infosys to hire 20,000 freshers in FY26

July 30, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Days after Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) said it would lay off 2 percent of its workforce (12,000 staffers) this year, which triggered fears that the impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and other tools could reduce at least 125,000 jobs in this sector, Infosys on Wednesday said it would hire 20,000 […]

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Upgrade: IMF ups India’s GDP forecast for FY26, FY27 to 6.4%

July 30, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Amid Trump tariff uncertainties, the International Monetary Fund has upgraded India’s growth forecast by 20 basis points for the current fiscal and 10 basis points for the next fiscal years, the media reported on Wednesday. This is lower than the RBI projection (6.5 percent) but within the range of growth […]

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Roving Periscope: Trump ‘takes over’ the UK—before he will meet King Charles in Sept

July 29, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: He behaved like the King of Scotland, made Sir Keir Starmer a mere ‘extra’ in his own land, and called the London Mayor “nasty person” in the presence of the UK Prime Minister, the media reported on Tuesday about US President Donald Trump’s ongoing tour to the homeland of his […]

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Technology: TCS firing 12,000 staff sends shockwaves across IT sector

July 29, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: With Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), India’s largest software services provider, reducing its workforce by 2 percent (12,000 jobs) in 2025-26 from its global force—its stocks hit a 52-week low on Monday—this sector is likely to face significant reverses, the media reported on Tuesday. TCS had an employee headcount of 613,000 […]

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Technology: Elon Musk’s Neuralink enables paralyzed woman to ‘write’

July 28, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Using an Elon Musk company’s innovation, a quadriplegic woman ‘wrote’ her name for the first time in 20 years using her mind, thanks to a Neuralink brain chip implant, the media reported on Monday. The woman, Audrey Crews, paralysed since she was 16, shared the breakthrough in a post on […]

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Roving Periscope: After 35 deaths and Trump’s threats, Cambodia, Thailand agree to ceasefire

July 28, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: After 35 deaths in five days of armed conflict over a Shiva Temple Complex on their bilateral borders, Thailand and Cambodia agreed to ceasefire to end their ongoing border clashes, the media reported on Monday. US President Donald Trump had also threatened the two countries with trade sanctions. It may […]

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Trade deal: EU to pay 15% tariff to the US, buy energy worth $750 bn, and invest $600 bn

July 28, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: After a high-stakes meeting between Donald Trump and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Scotland, the US and EU on Sunday clinched what the US President described as the “biggest-ever” deal to resolve a transatlantic tariff stand-off that threatened to explode into a full-blown trade war after August […]

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Diplomacy: Resetting relations with the Maldives, India offers $550 mn LoC

July 26, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: A year after the Maldives-India relations hit a historic low, the two countries appear to have reset the trajectory of their bilateral ties with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the island nation as the Guest of Honor at its Independence Day celebrations on Saturday. During his two-day visit, Prime […]

Defence

Union Minister Mandaviya, Army chief pay tributes to 1999 Kargil War heroes in Drass

July 26, 2025 revoi editor

Union Minister Mansukh Mandaviya paid heartfelt tributes to the brave soldiers who laid down their lives during the 1999 Kargil War at a solemn ceremony held in Drass town of Ladakh on Saturday. This year marks the 26th Kargil Vijay Diwas. Joining him at the commemorative event were Minister of State for Defence Sanjay Seth […]

Defence

Nation commemorates Kargil Vijay Diwas, honors bravehearts of 1999 victory

July 26, 2025 revoi editor

India marked the 26th Kargil Vijay Diwas with heartfelt tributes to the brave soldiers who secured the nation’s victory in the 1999 Kargil War. On this day, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh laid a wreath at the National War Memorial (NWM) in New Delhi, paying homage to the fallen heroes whose courage and sacrifice ensured India’s […]