An Amazon rainforest was put through a 20-year drought experiment — the forest changed in a way scientists didn’t expectScientists created an artificial drought in the Amazon rainforest for over two decades. Initially resilient, the forest lost significant bi...
03 Sep, 2026, 07.22 PM IST
Layoffs at Uber; Astrobase eyes fresh fundraiseUber will cut thousands of jobs in a restructuring move. This and more in today’s ETtech Top 5.
03 Sep, 2026, 04.51 PM IST
Amazon India to hire 1.6 lakh seasonal workers for festive order rushMost of the new hires will be deployed for picking, packing, shipping, and delivering customer orders, supporting Amazon's ecommerce and qu...
03 Sep, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
In 2005, Jeff Bezos launched a platform he called “artificial artificial intelligence” that once had more than 500,000 workers. Amazon is now shutting it downAmazon has announced that it will shut down its Mechanical Turk crowdsourcing platform on September 30, 2026, after two decades of connecti...
03 Sep, 2026, 12.05 AM IST
Amazon to hire 160,000 temporary workers for festive season demandAmazon India is hiring 160,000 temporary workers for the upcoming festive season. These new hires will support picking, packing, shipping, ...
02 Sep, 2026, 03.58 PM IST
Amazon Now to take asset-light route, taps More Retail stores in smaller cities“We’re using their existing store infrastructure, which exists across multiple towns, and using those almost like pseudo-fulfilment centres...
02 Sep, 2026, 11.01 AM IST
Psychology explains why nervous job seekers may be more likely to fake confidence in interviews and why anxiety can push them to present a false imagePsychology of fake confidence in interview: Job interview anxiety often drives candidates to inflate their professional personas. Studies i...
02 Sep, 2026, 10.33 AM IST
Amazon sued by US FTC, 22 states over alleged $20 billion ad auction overchargesThe US FTC and 22 states have sued Amazon, alleging it manipulated digital advertising auctions and overcharged about 1.2 million customers...
01 Sep, 2026, 07.06 AM IST
Nepal floods: Families pick up pieces, try to rebuild lives amid debrisFlash floods swept through central Nepal, destroying homes and leaving many missing. Survivors are now sifting through mud and debris to re...
31 Aug, 2026, 07.44 PM IST
Exclusive: Zomato to lay off 250 people as it shuts Hyderabad customer support centreThe Eternal-owned food delivery company is consolidating customer support operations at its Gurugram head office. Zomato, which informed st...
31 Aug, 2026, 11.28 AM IST
'We will rebuild it': Families pick up pieces, try to rebuild lives after Nepal floodsFlash floods from the Nepal-Tibet border wreaked havoc in central Nepal, resulting in significant destruction. Entire neighborhoods, includ...
30 Aug, 2026, 06.33 PM IST
Bihar govt to replace term 'fail' with 'eligible for skill training' in marksheets of Class 10, 12The Bihar government has made a progressive move by removing the word 'fail' from the marksheets of Class 10 and 12 students, replacing it ...
29 Aug, 2026, 12.54 PM IST
Rs 2.25-crore notice under Black Money Act to Delhi couple over Singapore, British Virgin Islands assets: ITAT Delhi gave full relief to taxpayer, know whyTax officer sent black money notice to Pitampura based couple and added Rs 2.25 undisclosed money from Singapore and British Virgin Islands...
28 Aug, 2026, 04.44 PM IST
India releases names of 63 Indian nationals rescued from Trishuli-I project in NepalThe Ministry of External Affairs released a list of rescued Indian nationals. Sixty-three workers from the Trishuli-I project in Nepal have...
27 Aug, 2026, 10.25 PM IST
BPSC aspirants clash with police; water cannons used at protestors marching to Raj Bhavan in PatnaStudents in Patna protested the 70th BPSC examination, demanding its cancellation. Police used water cannons to disperse the protesting stu...
26 Aug, 2026, 07.17 PM IST
Uttarakhand government approves 25-year power procurement from Adani PowerThe Uttarakhand Cabinet approved a 25-year power purchase agreement with Adani Power for 1,320 MW of coal-based electricity at ₹5.746 per u...
25 Aug, 2026, 11.28 PM IST
Tech layoffs 2026: More than 175,000 workers laid off as Apple, Microsoft, Oracle, Amazon, Meta, TikTok, Uber, LinkedIn as dozens of companies cut jobs amid AI boomTech layoffs are accelerating in 2026 as big companies such as Apple, Microsoft, Oracle, Amazon, Meta, Linkedin, TikTok, Visa and dozens of...
25 Aug, 2026, 07.04 PM IST