Amid the ongoing conflict with Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin has approved a record-breaking budget for 2025, with $126 billion (13.5 trillion rubles) allocated to national defence. This represents 32.5% of the total government spending and is $28 billion higher than this year’s defence expenditure, according to a report by CNN.

Zepto CEO Aadit Palicha, in the midst of a viral Reddit post accusing his company of promoting a "toxic work culture," has posted remarks that have sparked a new debate on work-life balance in the startup world. Palicha, 22, seemed to mock the work-life balance concept, even as he attempted to address the controversy swirling around his company’s working hours.

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is set to launch Europe’s Proba-3 mission on December 4, 2024, aimed at enhancing solar research and expanding our understanding of space weather. The launch will take place at ISRO’s Sriharikota spaceport in Andhra Pradesh, with the mission’s primary objective to study the Sun’s outer atmosphere, the corona, and its impact on space weather.