Budget 2023: Science & Technology gets a boost, space allocation sliced

 The Ministry of Science & Technology has been allocated Rs 16,361 crore in the budget 2023-24 presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Parliament on Wednesday. The allocation is over Rs 2000 crore more than what the ministry received in the previous budget. The new figures were released by the…

Tech layoffs 2023: PayPal to fire 2,000 employees across departments to cut costs

The start of 2023 witnessed thousands of employees losing their jobs. The mass layoffs across tech companies proved that even big giants like Google, Microsoft and Amazon are not immune to the challenges posed by the economic slowdown. Companies are taking stricter measures to rescue costs and control expenditure amid…

Pakistan mosque blast killing 100 was ‘revenge attack’ against police: Cops

An explosion at a mosque in Pakistan’s northern city of Peshawar that killed 100 people, including an imam, and injured over 150 others, was a targeted revenge attack, a police chief told AFP on Tuesday. Around 400 police personnel were present for afternoon prayers at the mosque’s compound on Monday in…

PWD fills fresh cracks on Nainital’s Mall Road, expert advises to stop construction works

Just like Joshimath, several other towns in the foothills of the Himalayas are vulnerable to ground subsidence. Nainital, another famous tourist destination in Uttarakhand, is also witnessing a similar situation. Cracks have appeared on Mall Road in Nainital, ringing the alarm bell for the district administration.…