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Topic: Jeff Bezos

SubscriberWrites: The Great Rewrite– Preparing India’s IT workforce for the AI age

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Bezos’ all-woman spaceflight is pure farce. How does a male midlife crisis empower women?

Only Amanda Nguyen and Aisha Bowe were actually qualified to be up there. It’s a pity they ended up being relegated to spokesmodels for a billionaire’s vanity mission.

Bezo’s Blue Origin postpones debut launch of New Glenn over rocket issue

Delayed by a day during the inaugural attempt to reach orbit & compete with SpaceX in the satellite launch market, the launcher sat on the launchpad at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

Jeff Bezos to sell up to 50 million Amazon shares by January-end next year, filing shows

The sale plan, which is subject to certain conditions, was adopted on 8 Nov last year and will be completed by 31 Jan 2025, according to the company's latest annual report.

How a capsule tied to a Boeing 747-sized balloon will herald edge of space tourism in India

Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk may have revived the race to space, but others are not far behind. It’s possible to reach the edge of space efficiently in a balloon.

Amazon plans to lay off around ten thousand employees this week, says report

The cuts would represent about 3% of Amazon's corporate staff. The exact number may vary as businesses within Amazon review their priorities, according to Reuters' source.

Jeff Bezos to give away majority of $124 billion wealth during lifetime, says report

Bezos, who stepped down as Amazon's CEO last year, owns about 10% of the e-commerce giant, along with news organization Washington Post and space tourism company Blue Origin.

Amazon fined 4 million roubles by Russian court for failing to delete ‘illegal’ content

The e-commerce giant had failed to delete content on drug use & 'propagandising suicide', illegal under Russian law. The court had earlier banned Meta as an 'extremist' organisation.

‘Did China gain leverage over the town square’ — Bezos takes swipe at Musk-Twitter deal

In a series of tweets, Bezos drew attention to the EV giant’s close ties with China, the world’s biggest electric vehicle market and home to Tesla’s first overseas factory.

Jeff Bezos poised to clash with Mukesh Ambani over IPL telecast rights

For the first time, the rights to broadcast IPL matches on television and to stream them online will be sold separately, opening the door to Amazon and its Prime video service.

On Camera

No Mamata Banerjee, women’s safety isn’t a curfew issue

For Indian women, the smallest unit of control becomes the family; the largest, the State. Both speak the same language.

Niti Aayog recommends fully decriminalising 12 offences under new I-T Act to ‘foster more trust’

Recommendations appear in Niti Aayog’s Tax Policy Working Paper Series–II. It says there is a need to shift away from fear-based enforcement to trust-based governance.

India, UK sign £350 mn deal for Martlet. What are these Lightweight Multirole Missiles

In service with the British military since 2019, it is also known as the Martlet missile. Ukrainians have also deployed these missiles against Russian troops.

CJI, IPS, IAS & Homebound: A wake-up call 75 years in the making

Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.