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Zuckerberg plans deep cuts for metaverse efforts

METAPLATFORMS'S MARK Zuckerberg is expected to meaningfully cut resources for building the so-called metaverse, an effort that he once framed as the future of the company and the reason for changing its name from Facebook.

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December 08, 2025

Financial Express Kolkata

Making chai cool again

DESPITE ITS NATIONWIDE appeal and consumption, legacy tea manufacturers have been facing challenges in the form of smaller regional players, margin pressures and a growing Gen Z consumer base that is experimenting with artisanal coffees and a range of functional drinks. Which is why the 133-year-old Wagh Bakri is trying to make tea drinking cool again!

2 min  |

December 08, 2025

Financial Express Kolkata

Spotify’s video podcasts hijacked talk TV playbook

SPOTIFYTECHNOLOGY'S LIST of its top podcasts of the year didn’t offer much in the way of surprises—Joe Rogan, for example, is number one yet again, for the fifth year in a row.

3 min  |

December 08, 2025

Financial Express Kolkata

Low-cost credit cards for small firms by January

THE GOVERNMENT IS set to launch a low-cost Micro Credit Card for small businesses by January, aiming to cut their borrowing costs by up to 50%.

1 min  |

December 08, 2025

Financial Express Kolkata

Utilise your employee perks before the end of the year

AS THE CALENDAR turns its final pages, many of us focus on wrapping up deliverables, planning for the next year or quarter, and preparing for a well-deserved break.

2 min  |

December 08, 2025

Financial Express Kolkata

How AI will define the future accountant

IT IS INCREASING THE DEMAND FOR HUMAN SKILLS SUCH AS JUDGEMENT, MODEL GOVERNANCE, DATA INTERPRETATION, ETHICAL OVERSIGHT, AND COMMUNICATION

2 min  |

December 08, 2025

Financial Express Kolkata

Armed forces foil coup attempt in Benin

BENIN'S INTERIOR MINISTER said on Sunday armed forces had foiled a coup attempt after a group of soldiers in the West African nation claimed on national television to have seized power.

1 min  |

December 08, 2025

Financial Express Kolkata

Elastic reach

A SIMPLE INSIGHT INTO FRAGMENTED LOGISTICS NETWORKS GREW INTO A NATIONAL FULFILMENT PLATFORM BUILT ON PRECISION, SPEED & COST DISCIPLINE

3 min  |

December 08, 2025

Financial Express Kolkata

Food subsidy bill set to cross BE by ₹22,000 crore

EXPENDITURE SEEN 11% HIGHER THAN BUDGET ESTIMATE

2 min  |

December 08, 2025

Financial Express Kolkata

United digital front

A transparent and open internet is visionary, but impractical in today's geopolitical climate

3 min  |

December 07, 2025

Financial Express Kolkata

India-Russia ties among 'steadiest' globally: EAM

THE INDIA-RUSSIA partnership has been among the “steadiest big relationships” in the last 70-80 years and President Vladimir Putin’s visit to New Delhi was about “reimagining” the ties with a focus on economic engagement, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Saturday.

1 min  |

December 07, 2025

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AI crash: Investigators from India, US to meet

INDIA IS SENDING investigators to the US next week to go over data with the National Transportation Safety Board gathered so far on the deadly crash in June of an Air India flight.

1 min  |

December 07, 2025

Financial Express Kolkata

Four families & a funeral

Ritual and retinue mystify immigrant lives far from home

2 min  |

December 07, 2025

Financial Express Kolkata

Could weight loss drugs turn fat cats into svelte Ozempets?

GLP-1 drugs for pets could be the next frontier for the blockbuster drug

2 min  |

December 07, 2025

Financial Express Kolkata

Instant noodles, long-term risks

Viral videos apart, foods like instant noodles are just one small component of the ultra processed wave

4 min  |

December 07, 2025

Financial Express Kolkata

The new personal shopper for all

Curated shopping now accessible to masses, thanks to artificial intelligence

3 min  |

December 07, 2025

Financial Express Kolkata

Govt caps airfares to check aviation chaos

DAY 5 OF CRISIS: ABOUT 850 FLIGHTS CANCELLED

1 min  |

December 07, 2025

Financial Express Kolkata

Warner Bros eyes DC ride pact with Universal Parks

BATMAN COULD BE getting a new assignment with roller-coaster fans.

1 min  |

December 07, 2025

Financial Express Kolkata

Did Putin deserve a hero's welcome?

IT HAPPENS THAT I returned to our beloved motherland, after a short visit to New York, in time to watch our government roll out a hero's welcome for Vladimir Putin.

3 min  |

December 07, 2025

Financial Express Kolkata

Resumed pilot hiring, says IndiGo

THE MOVE COINCIDED with a temporary waiver from the regulator on compliance with new Flight Duty Time Limit (FDTL) norms.

1 min  |

December 07, 2025

Financial Express Kolkata

India model of high growth, low inflation: Modi

ASSERTING THAT INDIA is a model of high growth and low inflation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said the country’s 8.2% growth in the second quarter of this fiscal shows that it is becoming the growth driver of the global economy.

1 min  |

December 07, 2025

Financial Express Kolkata

When debate is stifled

THE IRONY WAS not lost on anyone.

3 min  |

December 07, 2025

Financial Express Kolkata

When 1 minute gets too hot

Timeless tropes and a hint of scandal raising spice level and popularity of vertical dramas

3 min  |

December 07, 2025

Financial Express Kolkata

The solo sculpture trail in Spain

ON A 200-ACRE plot between Barcelona and Valencia, the art fabricators and gallerists Eva Albarrán and Christian Bourdais have been building what they envisioned as an open canvas for both artists and architects.

1 min  |

December 07, 2025

Financial Express Kolkata

Hollywood unions alarmed by acquisition

Hollywood unions and theater owners on Friday sounded the alarm over Netflix’s proposed $72 billion takeover of Warner Bros Discovery, warning the deal would cut jobs, concentrate power and reduce theatrical movie releases if the deal passes regulatory review.

1 min  |

December 07, 2025

Financial Express Kolkata

Netflix-Warner deal

HE ADDED THAT this would impact revenues, limit consumer choice, and weaken the broader ecosystem of film production, distribution and exhibition in India.“A consolidation of this magnitude warrants careful scrutiny,” he added.

1 min  |

December 07, 2025

Financial Express Kolkata

Concert economy rocks

AS PERA white papertitled ‘India’s Live Events Economy: A Strategic Growth Imperative’, released earlier this year at the WAVES-2025 summit, the live events industry is valued at over $20,800 crore in FY25, having grown 15% in the past year.

3 min  |

December 07, 2025

Financial Express Kolkata

Gaza talks at critical moment: Qatar PM

NEGOTIATIONS ON consolidating the US-backed truce in the war in Gaza are at a “critical” moment, Qatar’s Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani said on Saturday.

1 min  |

December 07, 2025

Financial Express Kolkata

Resumed pilot hiring; 1,500 flights operated, says IndiGo

INDIGO SAID ON Saturday it operated 1,500 flights by end of the day.

1 min  |

December 07, 2025

Financial Express Kolkata

Do you need collagen?

Collagen is all the rage, but read to know if is it for everybody

2 min  |

December 07, 2025