
US tech giant Meta Platforms is reportedly considering another large round of layoffs as it seeks greater operational efficiency with more spending on artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure. ...

The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has busted a clandestine facility engaged in the production of Alprazolam -- a psychotropic substance regulated under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985 -- in the Kondapalli Industrial Development Area of NTR district in Andhra Pradesh, ...

The Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) has opened investigations into 60 economies, including South Korea, China and Japan, to determine whether their governments have taken sufficient steps to ban the importation of goods produced with forced labour. ...

South Korean stocks trimmed losses late on Friday morning but continued to trade in negative territory as global crude prices fluctuated after the new Iranian leader vowed to keep the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. ...

Global oil prices cooled down marginally on Friday after the US announced a 30-day waiver, allowing all countries to purchase Russian oil. ...

The Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT) successfully hosted the Demo Day for cohort-II of the 'Samarth' incubation programme for 18 startups, it was announced on Friday. ...

Kompella Venkata Ramana Murty, a 1991‑batch Indian Defence Accounts Service officer and former Additional Controller General of Defence Accounts, has been appointed as a whole‑time member of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) for a three‑year term, the Department of Economic Affairs said in an official statement. ...

Satya Nadella, Chairman and CEO of Microsoft, on Friday praised Shantanu Narayen's tenure as chief executive of Adobe, as the latter announced resignation from the US-based software company. ...

Foreign investment in the South Korean stock market recorded its largest ever monthly net outflow in February amid growing caution over a potential artificial intelligence (AI) bubble and profit-taking, central bank data showed on Thursday. ...

The US is heading towards an unsustainable debt trajectory that could trigger global financial shocks, economists have warned lawmakers during a Senate hearing, raising concerns that rising American deficits may push up global interest rates and ripple through emerging economies, including India. ...