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India's showpiece software industry is facing a moment of reckoning.

The country's biggest private sector employer Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) - also its largest IT services company - has announced it will cut more than 12,000 jobs at middle and senior management levels. This will reduce the firm's workforce by 2%, BBC reported.

The Mumbai-headquartered software behemoth employs over half-a-million IT workers and is considered a bellwether for business sentiment across India's $283bn software industry. It forms the backbone of formal, white-collar employment in the country.

The decision, TCS says, was taken to make the company "future ready" as it invests in new areas and deploys artificial intelligence at scale amid seismic disruptions in its traditional business model, according to BBC.

Preparations are under way to refit a Qatari jumbo jet that is expected to serve as Air Force One for President Donald Trump, CBS, the BBC's US news partner, reports.

The Boeing aircraft - valued at $400m (£300m) - is being donated by Qatar as an "unconditional" gift, with any necessary retrofitting costs being borne by the US government.

The deal has ignited criticism from both Trump's detractors and some allies, with a few calling it a "bribe" from a foreign power. 

The White House has insisted that taking the aircraft is legal, and pledged that it will be donated to Trump's presidential library once he leaves office. Current rules suggest US officials can only accept gifts under $480, according to BBC.

Leaders from Europe's two largest economies have led a chorus of gloomy reactions to the trade deal struck between EU chief Ursula von der Leyen and US President Donald Trump, BBC reported.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said the agreement would "substantially damage" his nation's finances, while French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou said it was tantamount to "submission".

The reaction has been downbeat across the bloc - though several capitals acknowledged signing an uneven deal was worth it in order to avert an all-out trade war.

It will see a 15% tariff on most EU exports to the US - half the rate threatened by Trump - in return for Europe buying more American energy and slashing taxes on some imports, according to BBC.

There is "real starvation" in Gaza, Donald Trump has said, after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisted there was no such thing, BBC reported.

Asked if he agreed with Netanyahu that it was a "bold-faced lie" to say Israel was fuelling hunger in Gaza, the US president replied: "I don't know... those children look very hungry... that's real starvation stuff." 

Speaking during a meeting with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer in Scotland, Trump said: "Nobody's done anything great over there. The whole place is a mess... I told Israel maybe they have to do it a different way."

His comments came after the UN's humanitarian chief said "vast amounts" of food were needed to stave off starvation, according to BBC.

Vice President Ram Sahay Prasad Yadav has pointed out the need for timely settlement of challenges posed by climate change, human-animal conflicts and fragmentation of wildlife habitat.

In a message today on the occasion of the International Tiger Day 2025, the Vice President has urged one and all to collaborate to address such challenges adding that tiger conservation contributes to eco-tourism development and economic gains through tourism promotion.   

The tiger population was decreasing in the world due to the smuggling of body parts of tiger and its illegal hunting, the Vice President shared. 

Massive deforestation, forest fires and unmanaged urbanization have posed threat to the tiger habitat every year, according to Vice President Yadav. 

In his message, the Vice President has praised Nepal's significant progress achieved in the past one decade in tiger conservation and has credited the government, local community, social organizations and development partners for this achievement.  

Yadav mentioned, "A balanced management of protected areas, control in poaching, active public participation and other efforts have contributed to the rising number of tigers in Nepal,"  

We have equal challenges with the rise in the tiger population, he viewed.

The International Tiger Day is being observed across the country by organizing various programs today to raise awareness in the community for the conservation of Royal Bengal tigers. 

This Day is observed on July 29 every year with an objective of spreading public awareness for Royal Bengal tiger conservation following the decision from the Tiger Summit of heads of state and government in St Petersburg of Russia in 2010.

The Ministry of Forest and Environment is observing the Global Tiger Day by organizing different programs.

As per the census carried out in 2022, the number of tigers had reached 355 in Nepal. Nepal has become successful in increasing the number of tigers than its commitment. 

In the Summit, Nepal had promised to double the population of tigers from 121. As per the tiger census-2009, the population of tigers was 121 in Nepal.

With the increasing number of tigers in Nepal, different issues including their management, reducing human-wildlife conflict and improving their habitat have become challenging. 

Likewise, debates have been initiated about the number of tigers and Nepal's tiger carrying capacity. Some experts argue that Nepal's tiger carrying capacity is around 400.  

The Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation, National Trust for Nature Conservation, World Wildlife Fund and Geological Society of London are carrying out a study with the coordination of the Ministry of Forest on tiger carrying capacity of Nepal.

Nepal has been celebrating the Global Tiger Day since 2067 BS and conducting tiger census. 

Royal Bengal tigers are found in Nepal, India, China, Bhutan, Russia, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Myanmar, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Laos.

The number of tigers in the globe was estimated to 100,000 till 1900.  It decreased to 3,200 in 2010. According to the World Wildlife Fund, the population of tigers reached 4,500 in 2022 due to conservation efforts from around the world.

The monsoon wind has its influence throughout the country at present with the monsoon low pressure trough to its average position in the west and to the north from its average position in the eastern part of the country, the Meteorological Forecasting Division said. 

The weather today will be generally cloudy throughout the country, with a possibility of moderate rainfall with thunder and lightning in most of the parts in the hilly areas of the country and at a few places in the Tarai. 

According to the Division, there is also a possibility of heavy rainfall at one or two places of Koshi, Bagmati and Gandaki Provinces. 

Likewise, the Division stated that the weather will continue to remain generally cloudy throughout the country and partly cloudy in the Tarai tonight. 

There is a possibility of moderate rainfall with thunder and lightning at some places in the hilly areas of the country including one or two places in the Tarai.

Sixteen members of a family have gone missing at Golanjor Rural Municipality in Sindhuli.

Police have started a search operation after 16 members of a single family of Chepta, Golanjor Rural Municipality-6 went missing.

Golanjor Rural Municipality-6 spokesperson Regan Raj Thapa said that the family members of Urmila Hayu have gone missing since this morning.

According to the rural municipality, the missing include Urmila Hayu, her six sons, six daughters, one daughter-in-law, one granddaughter and one son-in-law.

While tracking the telephone, the last location of the mobile was seen in Ramechhap, spokesperson Thapa said.

Police said that they are looking into the case.