Nike to lay off 1400, majority cuts to be in technology team; COO Venkatesh Alagirisamy says in memo: This is not a new …

Nike has announced that it will layoff 1400 employees across its global operations team, with the majority of reductions coming from its technology division. This move of the company is part of its ongoing ‘Win Now’ action plan which is aimed at streamlining operations and positions the brand for longterm profitable growth. In a memo…

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Greek proverb of the day: “A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall…” – a powerful lesson on sacrifice, legacy and building for those who come after |

Think about something in your life that you use every day without thinking about who built it. A road. A hospital. A school. A park with trees old enough that no living person remembers them being planted. Somebody made a decision, at some point, to begin something they knew they would never see finished. They…

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Nepal floods: Avalanche from 5,200 metres raced down Himalayas at 167 kmph, triggering deadly deluge

Nepal-China border disaster has killed over 900 people and left thousands missing. The ice-rock avalanche that triggered Nepal’s devastating August 26 floods moved with extraordinary speed, covering around 22 kilometres to Rasuwagadhi in just over seven minutes, according to a preliminary study by Nepalese scientists.The mass travelled at an estimated average speed of 46.3 metres…

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CBSE’s marking mess drives Bengaluru students to Karnataka’s PU colleges despite losing admission fees

Trust Deficit Over CBSE OSM System Impacts Class 11 Admissions in Bengaluru Schools BENGALURU: With Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) engulfed by evaluation errors in the on-screen marking (OSM) system, class 11 students in Bengaluru are shifting from CBSE schools to PU colleges. Some students are not even waiting for a fee refund while…

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