Chip giant Qualcomm is reportedly laying off at least 226 employees in the US later this year as part of its business diversification strategy.

As per reports, the upcoming layoffs by Qualcomm on November 12 were announced in a California Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) notice. The layoffs were first reported by The San Diego Union-Tribune.

The layoffs will reportedly affect employees at 16 facilities across San Diego, including the company’s headquarters.

A Qualcomm spokesperson was quoted as saying that their leading technology and product portfolio “has positioned us to execute on our diversification strategy”.

Indian equity indices opened in green on Friday following positive cues from Asian and US markets.

At 9.46 a.m., Sensex was up 82 points or 0.10 per cent at 83,267 and Nifty was up 40 points or 0.16 per cent at 25,455.

Buying was also seen in the midcap and smallcap stocks. Nifty midcap 100 index was up 313 points or 0.53 per cent at 59,665 and Nifty smallcap 100 index was up 137 points or 0.72 per cent at 19,282.

Almost all sectoral indices were trading in the green. Auto, PSU Bank, fin service, FMCG, metal, realty, energy and infra were major gainers.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has strongly condemned Tuesday's terrorist attack in Bamako, Mali.

"The secretary-general strongly condemns the terrorist attack in Bamako, Mali, on September 17," said Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for the UN chief, in a statement on Thursday.

The statement said that Guterres extended his sincere condolences to the families of the victims as well as to the transitional government and the people of Mali and wished a speedy recovery to those injured, including one UN guard unit member, news agency reported.

Venezuela has been designated a member of the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for the period of 2024-2026.

Venezuela's designation to the board's Latin American and Caribbean regional group took place during the 68th IAEA General Conference in Vienna, Austria, Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yvan posted on social media Telegram on Thursday.

"Our Bolivarian Peace Diplomacy proudly assumes this role, with the objective of continuing to promote the use of technologies and nuclear energy in favour of peace and human development," Gil said on Thursday.

The Quad group of India, Australia, Japan and the US may appear to have whittled down the security cooperation part of its remit but increased cooperation in maritime security had picked up pace out of public limelight as has defence cooperation bilaterally and multilaterally between them, the United States said ahead of a meeting of the leaders of the group here in the US on Saturday.

A senior White House official, Mira Rapp-Hooper, who is with the National Security Council, said on Thursday at a news conference to preview the meeting, that the leaders could discuss Bangladesh developments as a "plan to focus on each neighbourhood in the region".

US President Joe Biden is hosting a meeting with foreign leaders for the first time in his hometown Wilmington, which Rapp-Hooper said, reflected how deeply invested the President is in the Quad personally.

In an effort to bolster India’s position in the sphere of quantum and 6G technologies, the Telecom Centre of Excellence (TCOE) India and Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) in Karnataka have joined hands to establish a Centre of Excellence (CoE) in quantum technology and related areas.

The centre, headquartered at VTU-Visvesvaraya Research and Innovation Foundation (VRIF) Bangalore, aims to accelerate India’s progress across these key sectors and is part of the 100-day programme, according to the Ministry of Communications.

The CoE is designed on a hub-and-spoke model for innovation with VTU-VRIF and TCOE India serving as the central hub.

According to the government, leveraging the intellectual and infrastructural strengths of VTU’s 228 affiliated colleges, the CoE will act as a key facilitator in research and development.

India Capitals, the Legends League Cricket (LLC) franchise, have announced former English cricketer Ian Bell as the new captain. India Capitals will begin their campaign against Toyam Hyderabad in Jodhpur on Saturday at Barkatullah Khan Stadium, Jodhpur.

India Capitals, who were the champions of the inaugural edition of the LLC 2022 under the captaincy of Gautam Gambhir, the current head coach of the Indian men’s national cricket team, will be looking forward to repeating the same in this edition. Dwayne Smith, Ravi Bopara, Colin de Grandhomme, Naman Ojha, and Dhawal Kulkarni are some prominent players who will don the India Capitals jersey. Supporting them from the dugout will be former Indian cricketers Hemang Badani as the head coach, Munaf Patel and Venugopal Rao, who will make up for a distinguished support staff.

Badani said, "Ian Bell brings a wealth of experience and leadership qualities to the India Capitals. His track record and achievements speak for itself, and we believe his ability to inspire and guide the team will be invaluable in our quest for another successful season. We're confident of building on our legacy and putting up a strong performance in Season 3 of the Legends League Cricket."

The kingpin of a multi-crore online trading scam - Bishal Phukan was sent to three days of police custody, officials said on Thursday.

A senior police official said that the investigating team believes that more details related to the huge financial scam amounting to Rs 2,200 crore can be unearthed by interrogating Bishal Phukan and that is why police sought his custody.

Moreover, the police searched a few places in Dibrugarh town on Thursday to seize the properties of Phukan, the controversial Assamese actress Sumi Borah and her husband Tarkik Borah.

Borah along with her husband were lodged in Dibrugarh Central Jail after the court sent them to judicial custody.

Three Palestinian gunmen were killed by the Israeli army on Thursday in the town of Qabatiya, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, said Palestinian sources.

Israeli forces stormed the town and surrounded a house, killing three gunmen inside the house,

Video footage widely circulated on social networks showed Israeli soldiers shooting from a short distance while the three Palestinians were on the roof of the house.

A triple talaq case was reported from the Tonk area of Rajasthan on Thursday after a victim lodged a case against her husband in the Kotwali area.

A few months back another case of triple talaq was reported from the same district.

Police inspector Bhanwar Lal Vaishnav said that the victim woman, who was a resident of Ahmedabad, Gujarat, was married to one Qaiser alias Furqan from Tonk city on 10 June 2003 as per the Muslim customs. In the report, the victim said that her husband and in-laws started harassing her over trivial things right after marriage which caused mental and physical depression to the victim.