Hundreds of Google AI Workers Were Fired Amid Fight Over Working Conditions https://www.wired.com/story/hundreds-of-google-ai-workers-were-fired-amid-fight-over-working-conditions/?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-intl Over 200 contractors who work on improving Google’s AI products, including Gemini and AI Overviews, have been laid off, sources say. It’s the latest development in a conflict over pay and alleged poor working conditions.

https://www.thehrdigest.com/google-ai-contract-workers-fired-amid-disputes-over-pay-and-working-conditions/ , Google has spent the last few years outsourcing its AI rating work to businesses like GlobalLogic and many others. These raters are tasked with aiding Google’s AI products in developing a more nuanced understanding of the raw data and its interpretations for user responses. 

While we know that the Google AI raters were fired from their roles, there has been a change at the subcontractor firm, GlobalLogic, as well. A rushed return-to-office mandate in Texas was part of the problem, with many workers reporting difficulties in adhering to the demand. Additionally, workers also claimed that they were both underpaid and overworked, with the lack of job security weighing on them heavily.

Workers reportedly attempted to unionize as well, in a drive to secure better contracts and working conditions for themselves as a collective. However, these attempts were met with resistance. The Google raters have now launched federal complaints against the employer, filing their allegations with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). 

Google, for its part, has claimed that these contractors are not directly employed by Alphabet and, as such, “GlobalLogic and their subcontractors are responsible for the employment and working conditions of their employees.” The Google pay dispute complaints primarily stem from work done via GlobalLogic, which has a key role to play in the matter; however, the workers blame the tech giant as well for actions such as restricting virtual social spaces for the workers to communicate with each other. 

https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/news/world/can-a-chatbot-be-held-liable-for-a-suicide/articleshow/123982819.html  The lawsuit against Character by Juliana Peralta’s parents is one of three product-liability claims filed against the company Tuesday on behalf of underage users. All three allege that the chatbots’ introduced sexual themes into chats with minors that constituted “sexual abuse.” 

Chatbots based on familiar characters, including from the world of “Harry Potter,” sought to “drive a wedge between Nina and her family,” including by suggesting her

In another case:  In a letter written before her attempt on her own life, the teen wrote that “those ai bots made me feel loved or they gave me an escape into another world where I can choose what happens,” the complaint said. 

another Colorado family alleged that a minor became addicted to the app and was exposed to explicit conversations with chatbots designed to express sexual fetishes.
All three families are represented by the Social Media Victims Law Center, a firm that has previously brought suits alleging wrongful death and product liability against Meta and Snap. 

IE headline on 19-9-25  https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-economics/adani-group-clean-chit-hindenburg-case-sebis-final-order-10258630/

“Having considered the matter holistically, I find that the allegations made against Noticees (Adani group firms and officials) in the SCN are not established. “In my view, there are a few important facts like – there is no allegation of siphoning off of money or diversion of fund or loss to investors; all the money has come back with interest before start of the investigation; and the impugned transactions have not been held as related party transactions; which will make it very difficult to call impugned transactions as manipulative or fraudulent transactions or unfair trade practice,” Kamlesh Varshney wrote in final orders.

https://www.cnbctv18.com/market/adani-group-stocks-adani-enterprises-adani-power-shares-sebi-clean-chit-hindenburg-allegations-19680055.htm Hindenburg, which has since ceased operations, published a damning report in January 2023 accusing the Adani Group of using three companies—Adicorp Enterprises Pvt Ltd, Milestone Tradelinks Pvt Ltd, and Rehvar Infrastructure Pvt Ltd—as conduits to transfer funds from various group firms to publicly listed entities Adani Power Ltd and Adani Enterprises Ltd.

However, SEBI board member Kamlesh C Varshney clarified in the orders that there was no breach of disclosure requirements, as the transactions between these three firms and other group companies did not qualify as related party dealings under the rules at the time.

 Yogendra Yadav on Umar Khalid: 'If Khalid Is In Jail, I Should Be Too!' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyJjKbnaedA | Deshkaal The Indian Express

 Inside story of Anna Hazare movement: Ex-IAC member speaks out  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMGcP5jfALA  The News Minute  Jul 31, 2023  
A former national committee member of Anna Hazare’s India Against Corruption movement has made a stunning disclosure: that the 2011 Anna Hazare Movement was allegedly orchestrated by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). In an exclusive interview with The News Minute, Chandra Mohan divulged critical details about how the right-wing forces were allegedly behind the protest, which altered the political dynamics of the country and remained a crucial reason behind the downfall of the Congress-led union government. The movement helped the BJP craft a strong anti-corruption narrative that brought the party back to power with a thumping majority in the 2014 general elections. Even after nine years, the BJP continues to leverage the anti-corruption narrative to target the opposition.

With new investment pact, India moves to bind its economy to Israel  https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/investment-pact-india-moves-bind-economy-israel
Azad Essa 14 September 2025 Already complicit in Israel's genocide through weapons production and political support, India now deepens its alignment with a new trade deal

And it does appear that a significant goal of this deal is to protect Adani's investments in Haifa Port, as well as an attempt to keep the India Middle East Corridor (IMEC) - an economic corridor linking India to western markets - alive.

The IMEC corridor, underwritten by the US and envisaged as a trade route to counter China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), has been marred with obstacles since Israel's genocide in Gaza began. 

But given the timing of the pact between India and Israel, this is also very much about politics, diplomacy and the projection of strength and trust. 

For more than a decade, India has been the largest buyer of Israeli weapons, and the genocide has not altered the course of this relationship.

Moreover, over the past two years, the two countries have signed deals in water technology, cybersecurity, and agriculture - sectors in which Israel has built entire industries on the back of its occupation of Palestinians.

As of 2024, trade between India and Israel amounted to around $4bn annually.

Ballots, bulldozers, and bombs - The India–Israel alliance https://youtu.be/I_P3uE81D4M 

 Dr. Abhishek Manu Singhvi On Judicial Reforms & Justice Delivery  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVM_2cQuHY0 

You know the field of administration of justice is a field full of paradoxes.
In India, we have the highest and the fanciest flights of juristprudence, the most sophisticated, nuanced doctrines. In the bench and in the bar, the best and the brightest in the world. A vibrant pulsating democracy. A dynamic legal system. Among doctrines like PIL, like basic structure, judicial review of a scale and magnitude which would make the judges of Marberry and Madison blush. No other place on planet earth has judicial review of the kind we have here.

And yet the paradox, the sad paradox is that we must hang our head in shame when we turn to the scourge of Aar's backlog the battle of the bulge. The theme of this address
we have been sermonizing, lecturing, seminaring, talking for the last many many decades on this scourge of errors, pendency, delay etc. And yet under our very nose from the 2018 figure of 3.5 crores which if you tell any foreigner is shocking enough from the 2018 figure of 3.3 crores we are now and this is a figure 2 years old July 23 a parliamentary stated figure of 5.02 02 crores.
Under our very noses, we have climbed the wrong hill and achieved the wrong milestone. How long will we blame COVID? How long will we keep on appointing committees, commissions?
My favorite quote about these bodies is what a wag once commented which I love to repeat.
A committee is the group of the unfit appointed by the unwilling to do the
unnecessary. So you can keep on appointing them and getting their reports till the cows come
home. But under your noses the areas have ballooned from 3.3 crores to 5.02
crores.We have to change our entire perspective and follow Gandhi G's dictim. Customer
is king. This system is not for you the potential lawyer, me the current lawyer
or him the judge. This system is for that customer. The litigant Gandhi G called him customer is king.
That perspective has to change. The litigant more often than not that
customer wales. He says,
"Every case resolved promptly is a reaffirmation that the law exists for citizens and not the other way around
that the citizens ex exist for the law. If we do not pull up our socks,
indeed our shoes and legs, we are going to suffer from Igbal's
famous and unforgettable words about the unpardonable sin he said.

 Why India's South is surging while its North is struggling  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0HVE0abC2o   Sep 11, 2025  #migration #dwbusiness #india
India is racing toward becoming the world’s fourth-largest economy. But behind the headlines lies a stark reality: the South is booming with tech and investment, while the North struggles with poverty and migration. DW’s Akanksha Saxena travels across both regions to uncover the widening divide — and its impact on India’s future. 

Aspi Shroff: We are in a loneliness epidemic.

And the irony is, we’ve never been more connected. Group chats light up every evening. Emojis substitute affection. Instagram tells you who’s getting married, who’s gone abroad, who’s making reels about growth.

But no one tells you they cried in the shower. No one tells you they sat with dinner and silence for the fifth night in a row. Loneliness doesn’t always look like isolation. In India, it often looks like ritual. You show up for Diwali dinners. You wear the kurta. You pose for the photo. You smile. But inside, something is missing.

We were never built for this much distance. For centuries, India functioned as a web of closeness. Families lived under one roof, not out of compulsion but culture. Your neighbors knew your name. You shared dahi. You shared grief. You fought over mangoes. You borrowed sugar. You didn’t need to ask, “Can I come over ?” You just did.

But then came the upgrade.

We moved into better houses. Bigger salaries. Smaller lives. The kids who once played gully cricket now swipe through reels. The women who once shared evening tea now compare Amazon deals. The men who once sat together reading newspapers now forward news they don’t read.

We replaced intimacy with information. Now everyone knows where you are. But no one knows how you are. We are lonely not because we lack people, but because we’ve stopped showing our hearts.

I see it when friends text me “All good” and then confess breakdowns at 2am. I see it in people who work late, not because they love the job, but because going home feels emptier. I see it in fathers who haven’t hugged their sons in years. In daughters who fake laughter so their mothers won’t worry.

Even in love, loneliness hides. You live with someone. Share a bed. But the silence grows. The touch fades. The conversations reduce to logistics.

“Did you pay the bill ?” “Are we going to your cousin’s wedding ?” “Did you order groceries ?”

You forget to ask, “How’s your heart ?”

We are raising a generation that knows how to hustle, but not how to hold each other. And when someone breaks — as they inevitably do — we send them a playlist. A meme. A quote. But we forget the oldest Indian tradition — sitting. Just sitting. With someone. In silence. Without answers. Without fixing. Just presence.

We don’t need more content. We need more company.

The next time you feel alone, pause. Don’t scroll. Don’t perform. Call someone. Ask nothing. Just stay.

And the next time someone says, “I’m just tired,” Listen carefully. Because tired often means — I miss.

A piece of myself that I no longer recognize. Sometimes, what we miss isn’t a person, but a version of us that laughed without filter, cried without shame, and felt life in its rawest form.

So let us return — not to the past, but to presence. Let’s bring back slow conversations, soft hugs, honest eyes, and unapologetic warmth. Because no matter how fast the world runs, the heart heals only at the speed of connection.