Politics

Skydance co-CEOs David Ellison and Ynon Kreitz are overhauling the company’s corporate culture and cost structure, mandating a full five-day return to the office while launching a voluntary buyout programme for employees. The directives, detailed in an internal staff memo obtained by Deadline, mark the first major operational shake-up since Skydance finalised its $110 billion…

File photo: Siang dam protest turns violent as mob torches NHPC office and police station in Arunachal PASIGHAT/ITANAGAR: A 12-hour bandh against a proposed hydropower project in Arunachal Pradesh’s Upper Subansiri district turned violent Monday, with mobs damaging vehicles and NHPC equipment and wounding two security personnel as anti-dam protests spread from Siang basin to…

Anthropic is gearing up for its IPO, aiming to go public on the Nasdaq Artificial intelligence giant Anthropic filed papers Monday for what could be the biggest initial public offering of stock ever even as its top executive warns that advanced AI could pose an existential threat to humanity.The filing sets up the San Francisco…

File photo: Commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal HAGUE: Highlighting the growing regulatory burden in Europe, commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal Monday said businesses wanted greater freedom, simpler procedures and less paperwork, while urging Dutch companies to deepen their engagement with India and tap opportunities in its expanding economy.Goyal said he had repeatedly raised…

SC agrees to examine whether MPs and MLAs who resign voluntarily should bear by-election costs and face a five-year cooling-off period before contesting again. NEW DELHI: In a development that could impact politics of shifting loyalties, SC Monday agreed to examine whether an MLA or an MP who contests a by-election caused by their voluntary…

Trump calls Brazil election ‘rigged’ after Lula defeats ally Bolsonaro US president Donald Trump claimed Brazil’s presidential election looked “rigged” and “so corrupt” after incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva defeated his right-wing ally Flávio Bolsonaro, raising questions over how Washington will respond to the result.Trump, speaking to reporters as he left Washington for a…

Supreme Court quashes Karnataka’s 1988 acquisition of 59 acres near Bengaluru for a housing society, restores land to owners and orders Rs 50,000 compensation to litigants. NEW DELHI: Holding that govt can acquire land from citizens only for public purpose and not for the benefit of some person or organisation, Supreme Court Monday quashed a…

From 150 sq ft workspace to leading provider of swarm boats to Navy NEW DELHI: A startup that started its operations from a tiny 150 sq ft workspace in Mumbai has now grown into a full-fledged defence company with major R&D and manufacturing campuses in Pune and Andhra Pradesh. The success story of Sagar Defence,…

SpaceX has secured a $40 billion commitment for AI equipment. Elon Musk’s company said it reached a binding agreement to enter a financing lease with an Apollo Global Management-managed entity for Nvidia’s next-generation Vera Rubin chips and related hardware. The equipment will support SpaceX’s expansion of computing infrastructure on Earth, including capacity for its Grok…

Six American citizens have filed a federal lawsuit against President Donald Trump over the White House administration’s decision to limit access for journalists from major news outlets, including CNN and Politico. The lawsuit, called Roth v. Trump, was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on 26 October 2026….