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  "id": 4782435,
  "title": "Top tech and startup stories to start your day with",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/top-tech-and-startup-stories-to-start-your-day-with",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-01T02:08:14.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Economic Times",
    "slug": "the-economic-times",
    "url": "https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/newsletters/morning-dispatch/tech-layoff-continues-itc-infotech-happiest-minds-to-merge/articleshow/133665892.cms"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In today's ETtech Morning Dispatch, tech giants Oracle and Microsoft are restructuring their Indian workforces, with Oracle set to lay off 2,000-3,000 employees and Microsoft placing around 500 people on performance improvement plans. Zomato plans to cut 250 jobs as it shuts down its Hyderabad customer support center in a move to consolidate in-house support operations. ITC Infotech is acquiring a 22.1% stake in Happiest Minds Technologies for Rs 1,330 crore to merge the two companies, creating a merged entity with ITC Limited holding 73.4% of the shares. Lastly, WestBridge Capital has offloaded PhysicsWallah shares worth Rs 120-130 crore since the six-month lock-in for pre-IPO investors expired, resulting in a 2.6x return on the investment.",
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        "outlet": "The Economic Times",
        "title": "Top tech and startup stories to start your day with",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/top-tech-and-startup-stories-to-start-your-day-with",
        "published": "2026-08-31T02:08:08.000Z"
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