BENGALURU: The IT industry is undergoing one of its deepest structural shifts in decades as AI reshapes talent needs across the delivery chain. The traditional pyramid model with large teams of junior coders supervised by layers of managers-is giving way to a capability-dense, AI-augmented structure. “The shift is from coding depth to problem framing,” said…
Elon Musk says SpaceX could launch Starship ‘every hour in 3 years’ (Source: The New York Times) SpaceX chief executive Elon Musk has said the company’s next-generation Starship rocket could launch as often as once every hour within three years. The comment came during a discussion on X about the company’s growing launch schedule in…
Global stocks on Monday were dragged down by losses on Wall Street and European equities as fresh uncertainty around tariffs intensified after US President Donald Trump announced new levies following a US Supreme Court ruling last week.Wall Street’s main indexes slid, with software and financials being the biggest drags on the benchmarks. Citigroup was down…
Bill Gates is building an ‘artificial sun’ that could replace coal in the US (AI-generated) The old coal plant is gone. Something very different is planned in its place. The twin smokestacks of the Bull Run Fossil Plant in Claxton, Tennessee, were demolished after more than six decades. That coal plant used fossil fuels to…
NEW DELHI: India and France have amended the double taxation avoidance agreement which will provide for taxation of capital gains on the basis of residency of the company and deleted the Most Favoured Nation (MFN) clause bringing in certainty in taxation.The amending protocol modifies the taxation of income from dividends by replacing a single rate…
With a long background in drug development, Suma Krishnan emerged as one of the most influential innovators in modern biotechnology. In her late forties, she began questioning a basic assumption in gene therapy. Why did treatment always have to be injected into the body. She believed genetic medicine could be applied directly to the skin….
India’s Jasprit Bumrah celebrates with teammates (PTI Photo/Gurinder Osan) Team India’s hopes of reaching the T20 World Cup 2026 semi-finals have taken a serious hit after a crushing 76-run defeat to South Africa in their opening Super 8 fixture in Ahmedabad on Sunday. Led by Suryakumar Yadav, India were thoroughly outplayed as the Proteas dominated…
MUMBAI: On a day its stock slid 16%, IDFC First Bank said it will remain profitable despite a Rs 590-crore hit from fraudulent transactions in Haryana govt-linked accounts, traced to employee collusion at its Chandigarh branch. On a conference call, the bank’s CEO V Vaidyanathan said the bank has appointed KPMG for a forensic audit…
Total lunar eclipse on March 3, 2026 A total lunar eclipse, also called a “Blood Moon,” will happen in the sky on March 3, 2026. During totality, the Moon can look reddish. When the Earth gets in the way of the Sun and the Moon, it blocks direct sunlight from reaching the Moon’s surface. This…
India’s Axar Patel celebrates with teammates (AP Photo/Manish Swarup) Criticism continues to mount over India’s decision to bench vice-captain Axar Patel for the T20 World Cup 2026 Super 8 clash against South Africa national cricket team at the Narendra Modi Stadium on Sunday.The team management, led by head coach Gautam Gambhir and captain Suryakumar Yadav,…