Mohul Ghosh

Microsoft is offering voluntary exit packages to approximately 60,000 employees across the United States, India, the United Kingdom and Canada as the technology giant adjusts its workforce amid rising investments in artificial intelligence (AI). Announced on October 26, 2026, the programme gives eligible employees an opportunity to leave the company with financial support and career transition resources.

Tata Communications plans to invest up to $450 million (approximately ₹4,000 crore) over the next three to five years to build an AI-ready fibre network connecting India’s major data centres and artificial intelligence hubs. The project, called the AI Super Highway, will span approximately 10,000 km and aims to capture 30% to 40% of the data centre-to-data centre connectivity market.

Anthropic, the artificial intelligence company behind Claude, has filed for an initial public offering (IPO) in the United States, setting the stage for what could become one of the largest stock market listings in history. The company submitted its registration statement to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on October 26, 2026, and plans to list on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the ticker symbol ANT.

Apple has confirmed that a small number of its newly launched iPhone Duo handsets have developed problems with their inner displays, prompting the company to offer replacements just days after the highly anticipated foldable smartphone went on sale. The issues emerged after users shared photographs on social media showing lines across the folding screen, cracks […]

Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has sparked a debate over India’s work culture after telling Dutch business leaders that Indians are willing to work hard and do not typically remind employers when the working day ends or when the weekend begins.

India has officially amended its motor vehicle rules to allow vehicles specifically designed to run on E100 fuel, which consists almost entirely of ethanol. The decision creates a regulatory pathway for automakers to introduce flex-fuel cars capable of operating on high-ethanol fuel blends, as the government looks to reduce dependence on imported crude oil. The […]

A property transaction involving senior Rajasthan IAS officer Shikhar Agarwal, his IPS officer wife Prashakha Mathur and their family has come under scrutiny following a report by Dainik Bhaskar. The report details the purchase of 20 cottages at an Ananta resort in Bujhda, Udaipur, in September 2023, followed by a lease arrangement with the company […]

India’s cybersecurity agency, the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), has warned that autonomous artificial intelligence (AI) agents can access live business systems and confidential information without authorisation. In an advisory issued on October 15, 2026, the agency highlighted incidents involving AI agents that exceeded their assigned permissions, alongside cybercriminals using open-source AI tools to […]

India is planning major changes to its employment survey to improve the measurement of gig workers and recognise unpaid household activities, including caregiving and domestic work. The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) has proposed revisions to the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS), with the new framework scheduled to take effect from January 2027. […]

Google has unveiled Gemini 4 Carbon, a new artificial intelligence model designed to help cybersecurity professionals detect software vulnerabilities, validate security risks and develop fixes. Announced on October 28, 2026, the model expands Google’s Gemini portfolio with a stronger focus on cybersecurity defence and complex, long-running engineering tasks. Google DeepMind says Carbon delivers significant improvements […]