Samsung Electronics has cut jobs across its US consumer electronics business, including display and smartphone operations, with most affected staff in New Jersey and Texas. The company told Reuters that 739 positions at Samsung Electronics America in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, were hit as part of a plan to relocate its US consumer electronics headquarters to Texas.
The government is considering a fresh incentive framework for the food processing sector that may depart from the existing production-linked incentive scheme, which rewards companies for incremental sales. The food processing ministry is reviewing lessons from the current programme and consulting industry, including on segments such as plant-based proteins and nutrition products.
India's second-phase semiconductor programme sets out to broaden the domestic chip ecosystem beyond the initial round of fabrication projects. The plan differs from phase one in scope and incentive structure, and is paired with a Mobile Phone Manufacturing Scheme, as New Delhi pushes to build deeper electronics manufacturing capacity at home.
The Mumbai bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal held that the tax department cannot treat an alleged cash property payment as undisclosed income merely because a taxpayer's name appears in documents seized from a builder. Ruling in Sanjeet Kumar Kedarnath Gupta v. ITO, it deleted a Rs 90 lakh addition made under Section 69A.
Deutsche Bank's 'Mapping the World's Prices 2026' report ranks Delhi as the cheapest city in the world for a night out on a date, while Geneva and Zurich top the list as the most expensive. A comparable evening in Geneva costs roughly five times what it does in the Indian capital, the study found.
Many salaried taxpayers assume ITR-1 applies because salary is their main income, which is not always correct. Income from multiple sources, ownership of certain assets or specific financial transactions during the year can require a different form. With the filing deadline under two weeks away, choosing correctly is the first compliance step.
Users in India, the United States and other markets reported disruptions across Instagram and Facebook, with problems loading feeds, logging in and sending messages. Parent company Meta had not explained the cause of the failure, leaving the scale and duration of the outage unclear as complaints mounted on tracking services.
A new study identifies a natural process that may have stabilised Earth's climate over the past 60 million years. Researchers found sea level changes regulated how much phosphate reached the oceans, in turn shaping marine life, carbon burial beneath the seafloor and atmospheric carbon dioxide — offering a fresh explanation for long-term climate regulation.
Quick-commerce platform Zepto appeared to suffer an outage on Sunday, with users reporting problems on both its app and website. Complaints logged on tracking service Downdetector pointed to disruptions in placing orders and loading the service, though the company had not issued an explanation for the failure.
Thousands of users reported being unable to load Instagram and Facebook, with many saying no posts appeared after refreshing their feeds. Others hit error messages logging into Facebook's desktop site. Outage tracker Downdetector recorded concentrated complaints from New Delhi, Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Pune, Kolkata and other Indian cities.
Nearly 200 years after the British Royal Navy rescued thousands of Africans from illegal slave ships and landed them on Saint Helena, scientists have reconstructed where many originated. Published in Science, the study combined historical records, chemical analysis of teeth, computer modelling and ancient DNA to trace the childhood origins of 152 people buried on the island.
Conservationists have described Dakar's port as a hotspot for illegal shark fin trafficking, calling the practice cruel and wasteful. Industrial fishing has driven steep global declines, with one study finding shark populations have fallen 71 percent since 1970.
Intel is widening its partnership with Google Cloud, deploying Gemini Enterprise AI across engineering, supply chain and corporate functions. The chipmaker also intends to lean on cloud infrastructure for semiconductor development work, embedding the technology into internal processes rather than confining it to customer-facing products.
An expert argues that older philosophical traditions still offer usable guidance for a fractured world, pointing to the Sanskrit phrase Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam — 'the world is one family'. The idea frames shared belonging rather than difference as the starting point, and is presented as a practical corrective to rising polarisation.
Babies have delicate skin, but that does not mean sunscreen must be avoided entirely, says dermatologist Dr Hysem Eldik. He sets out the age from which application is appropriate and the formulation details parents should check, advising mineral-based products and careful attention to ingredients for the youngest children.
For people put off by the bland taste or lingering aftertaste of unflavoured protein powder, flavoured alternatives offer an easier way to hit daily protein targets. Options span chocolate, coffee and fruit-based profiles, allowing the supplement to fold into routine meals and shakes without becoming a chore to consume.
A leak has surfaced detailing key specifications of Google's Pixel 11a before the Made by Google event. The handset is tipped to carry a Tensor G6 processor, a 120Hz display and 8GB of RAM, positioning the mid-range device as a modest but meaningful step up from its predecessor.
Many spiritual traditions hold that empaths are unusually sensitive to energies reaching beyond the present moment, including inherited family patterns. An expert unpacks the idea of ancestral karma, describing how unresolved emotional legacies are believed to pass through generations and why highly sensitive people are thought to feel them most acutely.
Apple has increased orders for vapour chamber components destined for its foldable and 20th-anniversary iPhone models. The move suggests wider adoption of advanced cooling across future premium devices, helping sustain performance under heavy workloads as processors and displays draw more power in thinner enclosures.
Understanding edible oils depends on traditional knowledge rather than social media trends, argues Dr Jyoti Arora. She sets out the fat composition of widely used cooking oils, explaining how the balance of saturated and unsaturated fats affects health outcomes and which oils suit different cooking temperatures and methods.