Author: News Desk

According to reports, Alphabet, the parent company of Google, plans to fire 10,000 “low performing” employees, or 6% of its staff. Amazon, Twitter, Salesforce, and other major technology companies started the Silicon Valley’s Big Tech layoff season under the unfavourable global economic climate. Google intends to gradually let go of 10,000 employees through a new ranking and performance improvement plan, according to a report in The Information. “Starting early next year, a new performance management system might let managers fire thousands of underachievers. Using the ratings, managers might avoid giving them bonuses and . According to the new approach, managers…

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Srishti Sharma has worked on numerous education and rehabilitation projects throughout the city of Delhi since she has always been motivated to take action for social problems. Srishti founded Project Kilkari while still a student to assist youngsters from low-income households and slum communities in enrolling in public schools. She also founded Project Rehmat, which helped manual scavengers by giving them supplies and other job options. Srishti has always wished to contribute to the safety of women. She was aware of businesses like Leaf Wearables and Electro Shoe, but she discovered a serious flaw in them. These were merely SOS…

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Sai Divya Kurapati’s joy knew no bounds when she witnessed Vikram-S, India’s first privately-developed rocket, successfully launched into space. She was the mastermind behind one of its payloads – the CubeSat LakshyaSAT II. She designed and developed the payload. Divya, who hails from Tenali, is a research scholar in Satellite Communications. Space and satellites have been her dream since childhood. She started her own startup N-SpaceTech to make small satellites affordable. She believes that being affordable would help in bringing space technology to the masses. CubeSat LakshyaSAT I was launched in March 2022 from the UK. This inspired Sai Divya to explore further. It was then she received the opportunity to be part of Vikram-S. Sai Divya and her business partner…

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Campper, a startup focusing on minimal impact tourism, arranged a free orientation session for the people interested in taking up the Everest Base Camp trek.The Orientation class was taken by Muhamed Faiz, a 7 time Everest climber and pro in EBC trek. Everest Base Camp trek will be happening in April 2023. EBC trek is a 12 day long trek from Lukla to Everest base camp and back. It is a difficult grade trek climbing up to 18,000 Feet and covering an average distance of 130 KM. While the trek is not dangerous, you need to prepare for this. This…

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A CSR campaign focusing on women was launched today by Samana Business Center, a unit of the Samana Group, situated in Dubai. By providing free services and workspaces to female entrepreneurs who register with the business centre, it will inspire, motivate, and support them. Samana Business Center will initially support 50 female entrepreneurs by providing them with free office space as well as mentoring and advice on business development and marketing in partnership with the UAE’s premier women-only organisations. The 26-year-old Samana Group, which also owns and operates Star Business Center and Star Executive Business Center DMCC in Dubai’s business…

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Have you ever dreamt of replacing desktops with a pair of smart glasses? Silicon Valley and Kochi-based startup Nimo Planet has created precisely that. Founded by Rohildev in 2017 along with Suneesh Thuluthiyil, the startup is making a new-age computer called ‘Nimo Glass’ for 21st-century professionals. An office space you can carry everywhere. What is the speciality of Nimo Glass? It lets users access more than six workspace screens at a time. Each virtual screen will be up to 60 inches wide at a three-meter distance. This concept is made possible by using head-tracking sensors. The glasses have a custom…

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Football fans in India were disappointed over JioCinemaThey could not watch the opening day of the FIFA World Cup properly due to the poor quality of broadcastThe live-streaming of the opening match got disrupted due to buffering issuesSocial media platforms were abuzz with complaints from viewers In India, JioCinema is the only digital platform to broadcast the FIFA World CupOn Twitter, JioCinema apologised for the inconvenience and asked viewers to upgrade to the latest versionJioCinema merged with Viacom18 this year

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Who is Ghanim Al Muftah? He is the FIFA World Cup 2022 Goodwill Ambassador Ghanim shared the stage with American celebrity Morgan Freeman at the FIFA World Cup opening ceremonyBorn in 2003, Ghanim is a youth icon of QatarHe has the rare Caudal Regression Syndrome that limits lower spine growthDoctors believed Ghanim wouldn’t survive for more than 15 yearsBut, his parents believed in himNow, he is pursuing political science at a universityHe is an entrepreneur, activist, social media influencer and sports lover

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A small village in Kozhikode, Karakutty has come together in solidarity of Qatar by hoarding massive flexes when the rest of the world is celebrating Argentina, Brazil, and the Netherlands. What’s more intriguing is that cloth is used instead of plastic for the flexes.

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In the corporate world, egg freezing is the new norm. Many companies like Apple, Google, and Facebook offer their female employees an option to freeze their eggs so that they can do family planning at their pace and convenience. The scheme has been introduced following the larger demographic trend of millennial women delaying childbirth to focus on careers. They do not want children in their 20s, at the same time, do not want to face childbirth risks in their 30s and 40s. According to these corporations, a policy like this would help them. Egg freezing became a rage after the…

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