Sharjah granted imams and muezzins government employee status, including promotions, health insurance, allowances, and paid leave benefits/Image: X Sharjah has taken a historic step to formally recognize the contributions of imams and muezzins by granting them the same status and benefits as government employees. The directive, issued by His Highness Sheikh Dr Sultan bin Mohammed […]
Cinnabon fired an employee at a Wisconsin bakery after a video showing the worker harassing a Somali couple with racist and abusive slurs went viral.The incident took place when the couple had entered to buy food at the bakery. According to Newsweek, the worker mocked the woman’s hijab, which led the couple to start recording. […]
After four decades of dedicated service at a McDonald’s in Saugus, Massachusetts, Pargan Singh, endearingly called ‘Balbir’, has become a local hero. His colleagues, who have watched him grow from a beginner to a beloved team member, surprised him with a lavish red-carpet tribute and a generous $40,000 gift, celebrating an incredible journey of commitment […]
Elon Musk recently made waves by publicly correcting a hiring post from an xAI employee, Aditya Gupta, who initially sought to recruit both “researchers” and “engineers” for the artificial intelligence startup. Musk emphatically declared that the term “researcher” is outdated, pretentious, and fosters a problematic two-tier system within the engineering workforce. He insisted that at […]
An Indian’s X post on why Ireland is becoming unsafe went viral. An X post by an Indian man named Daksh went viral as he said Ireland is not safe and the country is “going to the dogs”. The post came after an Indian man was attacked on the streets of Dublin and was falsely […]
Microsoft’s 50th anniversary celebration took an unexpected turn on Friday when two employees staged pro-Palestinian protests during the company’s high-profile event, raising objections to its reported involvement with the Israeli military.The first protest occurred while Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman was presenting updates on the company’s Copilot product and outlining his long-term vision. As he […]
Astronomer announces investigation after the CEO is caught in a viral scandal. Astronomer, the company at the center of a major scandal, because of CEO Andy Byron’s viral video at a Coldplay concert in Boston, issued a statement Friday announcing a formal investigation into the case. “Astronomer is committed to the values and culture that […]
OpenAI’s high-profile IITian employee quits, to join Meta: Who is Indian-origin researcher Trapit Bansal? OpenAI looses on another high-stakes AI talent, Indian-origin researcher Trapit Bansal has exited OpenAI to join Meta. Bansal, an alumnus of IIT Kanpur and the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore, had been with OpenAI since 2022. During his time at […]
In a key legal decision, the Abu Dhabi court ordered a private company to pay AED 110,400 (approx. Rs 26 lakh) to an employee who never began work despite signing a contract. The employee’s salary was withheld from November 2024 to April 2025, even though the delay was caused by the employer. The court emphasised […]
MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, a vocal election conspiracy theorist, has been found guilty of defaming a former employee of Dominion Voting Systems. The case stems from statements he made following the 2020 US presidential election.A federal jury in Colorado on Monday ordered Lindell and his online media platform, formerly called Frankspeech, to pay $2.3 million […]
