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Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), one of India’s leading IT giants, plans to hire approximately 42,000 trainees for the financial year 2025-26, mirroring the hiring scale of the previous year, according to a recent report. TCS has also announced the rollout of 1.1 lakh promotions for the fiscal year 2024-25, underlining the company's ongoing commitment to employee growth and development.

penAI CEO Sam Altman has taken to social media to announce a fresh wave of hiring, calling on experts in infrastructure and large-scale computing systems to join the company at a pivotal time in its evolution.

Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari, announced on Monday that the long-awaited completion of the Mumbai-Goa highway is now expected by June 2025, bringing relief to commuters and boosting connectivity in the Konkan region.

Italian luxury brand Prada has confirmed the acquisition of Versace from U.S.-based Capri Holdings in a deal worth approximately $1.4 billion. The acquisition is set to be finalized in the second half of this year, marking a significant milestone in Prada's 112-year history.

Tirumala, April 13, 2025: A Vizag-based businessman, Srinivasa Rao, made a significant contribution to the Sri Venkateswara Anna Prasadam Trust, a key initiative run by the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) that serves free meals to devotees. Rao, who is involved in the mining and infrastructure business, donated ₹1 crore to the trust on Saturday.

In a record-setting online auction hosted by Kerala’s Motor Vehicles Department (MVD), the registration number ‘KL 07 DG 0007’ fetched a staggering ₹45.99 lakh. The iconic number, made famous by the James Bond franchise, was acquired by a private company for their luxury Lamborghini Urus, worth ₹4 crore, registered at the Ernakulam Regional Transport Office (RTO).

In a landmark move to boost its naval capabilities, India has cleared a government-to-government deal with France to procure 26 Rafale Marine (Rafale M) fighter jets for the Indian Navy. The ₹63,000-crore agreement marks the first major fighter jet upgrade for the country's naval forces.

Zomato has reportedly laid off 600 customer support associates within a year of hiring them as the company increasingly integrates artificial intelligence (AI) to streamline operations and cut costs. The move comes amid slowing growth in its core food delivery business and mounting losses in its quick-commerce arm, Blinkit, according to a Moneycontrol report.

Quick-commerce platform Zepto took customers on a nostalgic rollercoaster ride on April Fool’s Day by teasing the return of long-discontinued snacks like Cadbury Bytes, Hippo Chips, and Cheetos Tazo Edition—only to reveal it was all a prank.

Renowned Indian modernist Tyeb Mehta’s 1956 painting Trussed Bull has set a new world record for the late artist, selling for ₹61.8 crore at a SaffronArt auction. The landmark sale, held on Wednesday as part of the auction house’s 25th anniversary celebrations, comes in Mehta’s birth centenary year.