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Friday, January 9, 2026
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Topic: layoffs

Amazon’s 14k layoffs worldwide show how AI is coming for India

As the economy struggles to move from lower-middle to higher-middle income, AI is threatening its biggest advantage: the youth bulge it enjoys against other countries that are rapidly aging.

Meta to carry out company-wide layoff next week, expedite hiring of machine learning engineers

According to Meta's Head of People Janelle Gale post, notices will go out to employees losing their jobs starting at 5 am local time Monday in most countries, including in the US.

SpiceJet says it’s adopting measures to reduce workforce as part of its cost-cutting strategy

According to an ET report, the cash-strapped airline will lay off around 15% of its workforce. However, SpiceJet is yet to confirm the number of jobs being cut.

Paytm switches to AI-powered automations, to save ’10-15% in employee costs’

The company which introduced India to mobile payments is building an India-scale AI system to help financial institutions capture possible risks and frauds in the sector.

India’s tech layoffs come at a social cost but this is how markets function

ThePrint view on the most important issues.

135-yr-old National Geographic magazine lays off its last 19 staff writers, may go off newsstands

This is the second round of layoffs in the past nine months, and the fourth since the magazine saw a series of ownership changes.

The India tech layoffs story isn’t all gloom and doom. But there’s a ‘40-40 problem’

In India, there is life after layoffs — even if it is in WhatsApp groups and LinkedIn, and in start-ups such as Koo.

Facebook owner Meta slashes business teams in final round of layoffs

Meta's layoffs followed months of waning revenue growth amid high inflation and a digital ad pullback from the pandemic e-commerce boom.

Dunzo secures $75 million funding via convertible notes, fires 30% of its workforce, reports ET

The layoffs, which will affect over 300 workers, are part of a rejig announced by founder and CEO Kabeer Biswas, the report stated, citing several people aware of the matter.

Netflix restructures film group to increase output ensuring quality content, reports Bloomberg

As part of restructuring, the video streaming service will combine small and midsize picture productions units, resulting in a few job cuts, the report said.

On Camera

SIR notice to Amartya Sen reveals how burdensome India’s overseas vote really is

In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, there were 1,19,374 registered overseas electors on the rolls. However, only 2,958 actually voted. Kerala alone accounted for 2,670 of those votes.

500% tariffs ahead for India? Trump’s lined up a big bad Bill for countries buying Russian oil

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham says bill will be 'well-timed, as Ukraine is making concessions for peace and Putin is all talk, continuing to kill the innocent'.

2025: Pakistan’s deadliest year in over a decade

Islamabad-based think-tank PICSS's new report says Pakistan saw 'pronounced escalation' in violence last year, with 3,413 conflict-related deaths compared to 1,950 in previous year.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.