Microsoft is offering voluntary exit packages to about 60,000 employees, roughly 27% of its workforce across the US, Canada, India and the UK. Staff must decide in the first week of December, and those who accept will leave on December 31.

Two members of the same family died after two slabs of a building collapsed at Milan Garden in Harsh Vihar, Delhi. A rescue operation is currently underway at the site.

CEO of an agri-business startup, Roshan Shankar, is seen collecting stubble from a village in Khanna, Punjab. His startup Saroja Sustainable Solutions will process the collected stubble into raw material, offering an on-ground alternative to burning and reducing farm fires.

A celestial sight from Odisha’s Puri as the full moon glows behind the sacred Neel Chakra atop Shri Jagannath Temple on Sharad Purnima. In a beautiful spiritual tradition, Chandra Dev is believed to appear to seek the blessings of Mahaprabhu Jagannath.

A driverless train in São Paulo, Brazil, crashed into a fallen construction crane, sending debris onto the road below. The incident occurred on a busy stretch with traffic and pedestrians nearby.

Punjab’s groundwater crisis has shown signs of easing, with the number of over-exploited blocks falling from 115 to 110 in two years. The improvement is linked to greater use of canal water for irrigation, with canal water now reaching tail-end areas.

13-year-old golfer Ojaswini Saraswat from Mohali, Punjab has become the youngest player to make the cut at the Women’s Indian Open. After an opening round of 79, she fired a three-under 69 to advance to the weekend at the DLF Golf & Country Club.

As Mumbai chokes on smog and swelters under rising heat, civic authorities have cleared 7,633 trees for removal in just five months. Of these, 3,502 will be felled for good while others are marked for transplantation.

Google has been accused of illegally cutting down 250,000 trees in Finland for a data center project. The large-scale deforestation has reportedly driven wolves into nearby villages, angering local residents and raising environmental concerns.

Albanian police fired tear gas as anti-government student protests turned violent. Clashes broke out between demonstrators and security forces amid rising tensions over government policies.

The National Human Rights Commission has taken cognizance of allegations regarding unsafe and potentially non-compliant AC sleeper buses under Punjab’s Tirth Yatra Yojana. The complaint highlights unauthorised modifications, emergency exits, and missing fire safety arrangements.

Mumbai has overtaken Delhi in air pollution levels, with the city’s AQI hitting 322 (Very Poor) compared to Delhi’s 176 (Moderately Polluted).