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Citigroup Cuts 1,000 Jobs This Week as BlackRock Plans 'Hundreds' More — The 2026 Layoff Wave Hits Finance

Citigroup axes 1,000 roles this week under its 20,000-job restructuring, while BlackRock trims 250 staff, as tech and finance layoffs collide in a brutal start to 2026.

International Business Times UK

Sanae Takaichi Baffles Japan: How a Heavy Metal Drummer Became Prime Minister

Sanae Takaichi, a conservative lawmaker and former heavy metal drummer, has become Japan's first female prime minister — a surprise turn that's shaking up the country's political and cultural landscape.

International Business Times UK

The Rs 444 question: Why India banned online money games

Hungama hai kyun barpaa thodi si jo pee li haiDaakaa to nahi maara chori to nahi ki hai– Akbar Allahabadi On August 21, Parliament slammed the brakes on online money games by passing the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Bill, 2025. The government’s press release made its intent clear:…

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Ola Electric Just Opened 3,200 New Stores, Which Could Be a Good Or Bad Thing

Ola Electric is a company we’ve talked about quite a bit over the years. And despite holding operations solely in India, at least for now, the company has managed to propel itself into the global spotlight simply because of how quickly it has grown.It all started with the S1 electric…

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Nvidia Says 'India Will Export AI' As Company Launches Hindi Model With Reliance, Tata, And Flipkart

Nvidia is expanding its AI initiatives in India with a new Hindi language model and partnerships with top companies like Reliance, marking a strategic shift to establish India as a major AI exporter.

International Business Times UK

80% forced to quit: PCI report on Covid job losses details how media ignored govt directives

As many as 80 percent of journalists who were laid off during the Covid-19 pandemic were forced to resign, opt for voluntary retirements, or be terminated from their positions by their news organisations, according to a report by the Press Council of India. Only 37 percent received severance pay.

Newslaundry

Modi 3.0 brings coalition concerns, and a paradox for pink papers

“India Inc wants new govt to create jobs, control inflation.”

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Dunki: What is the dangerous immigration route known as the ‘Donkey route’ in Shah Rukh Khan starrer

The comedy-drama explores the illegal immigration technique which essentially allows people to ‘hop from place to place’

The Independent UK

Microsoft 365 Copilot is now available, but it's $30 a month (and that's per person)

Microsoft's long-awaited AI-powered experience, Microsoft 365 Copilot, is finally shipping to broad availability across Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Teams.

Windows Central

‘Fine balance’, ‘reinforces perception that govt bats for affluent’: How papers covered budget

With a tax regime revision and emphasis on capex, the first budget of ‘Amrit Kaal’ sprang a few surprises ahead of an election year. India’s pink papers noted that the expectation that it would be populist was not fulfilled.

Newslaundry

‘Fair and reasonable’: NDTV’s panel of independent directors on Adani offer

NDTV’s committee of independent directors has published its recommendations on Adani’s open offer, calling it “fair and reasonable”.

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As power ministry tweets target Business Standard journalist, beat reporters show solidarity

Last Thursday, the union ministry of power’s Twitter account broke its pattern of updates – about meetings chaired by the minister, press releases, and inaugurations – to put out a series of unusual tweets tagging a journalist covering the energy sector.

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Union home ministry denies Hardeep Puri’s Rohingya tweet – but blames media

Hardeep Singh Puri, union minister for housing and urban affairs, tweeted on Wednesday that the Indian government will provide housing and police protection to the Rohingya refugees in Delhi. Just a few hours later, the union home ministry denied there was such a plan. Instead of clarifying, however, that Puri…

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We tracked India’s top business papers over 5 days. Modi-Adani controversy barely figured

India’s Adani’s group, its proximity to prime minister Narendra Modi, and its influence over the Sri Lanka government has been at the centre of a political controversy unfolding in Sri Lanka over the last five days.

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Max Group founder rejects media reports on wife’s plea alleging shareholder oppression

Analjit Singh, founder and chairman of Max Group, has rejected media reports about a petition filed before the National Company Law Tribunal regarding an unlisted promoter entity. "While these allegations are mired in incorrect facts and misrepresentation, we will contest these allegations in the NCLT hearing,” he said in a…

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YouTube blocks Russia-backed media channels

As the Ukraine-Russia war rages on, video streaming platform YouTube has said that it is blocking Russian state-funded media channels on its platform “effective immediately”, Business Standard reported.

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