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Courage knows no Gender – Watch Taapsee Pannu introduce the teaser of Prime Exclusive Series Laakhon Mein Ek Season 2
MUMBAI: Witness a courageous fight against the system in the new season of Prime Exclusive Series Laakhon Mein Ek. Courage as a virtue, has for generations, intuitively and subliminally, been associated with the male gender. Laakhon Mein Ek Season 2 questions this narrative.
Taaspsee Pannu, actor extraordinaire and a vocal speaker of women’s rights, in the teaser video of Prime Exclusive series – Laakhon Mein Ek, asks some tough questions on the visual and verbal language used to describe courage.
Taapsee Pannu says, “The phrase I have often heard used to project courage on screen or in real life is ‘Be a Man’, which often disturbs me because I believe women are equally, if not more, courageous. Prime Exclusive Series Laakhon Mein Ek Season 2 is a series where through Dr. Shreya – the protagonist of the show, we see the fearlessness of a woman as she bravely fights against the system and proves that courage cannot and should not be defined by gender.”
Taapsee Pannu, known for the fearless characters she plays on screen, introduces the teaser of the show openly calling out societal norms of courage being closely and exclusively associated with the male gender.
Dr. Shreya is posted in Sitlapur village to conduct a cataract camp. The villagers are not the biggest believers in government aided healthcare due to lack of proper medical supplies thanks to dirty politics, and the medical staff isn't the dream team one would want where one’s health is concerned. Dr. Shreya, portrayed by Shweta Tripathi, decides to fight the system to try and bring about change, but the question is – Will she change the system or will the system change her?
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Meta plans 8,000 layoffs in new AI-led restructuring wave
First phase from May 20 may cut 10 per cent workforce amid AI pivot.
MUMBAI: At Meta, the future may be artificial but the cuts are very real. The social media giant is reportedly preparing a fresh round of layoffs, with an initial wave expected to impact around 8,000 employees as it doubles down on its artificial intelligence ambitions. According to a Reuters report, the first phase of job cuts is slated to begin on May 20, targeting roughly 10 per cent of Meta’s global workforce. With nearly 79,000 employees on its rolls as of December 31, the move marks one of the company’s most significant workforce reductions in recent years.
And this may only be the beginning. Sources indicate that additional layoffs are being planned for the second half of the year, although the scale and timing remain fluid, likely to be shaped by how Meta’s AI capabilities evolve in the coming months. Earlier reports had suggested that total cuts in 2026 could reach 20 per cent or more of its workforce.
The restructuring comes as chief executive Mark Zuckerberg continues to steer the company towards an AI-first operating model, committing hundreds of billions of dollars to the transition. Internally, this shift is already visible: teams within Reality Labs have been reorganised, engineers have been moved into a newly formed Applied AI unit, and a Meta Small Business division has been created to align with broader structural changes.
The trend is hardly isolated. Across the tech sector, companies are trimming headcount while investing aggressively in automation. Amazon, for instance, has reportedly cut around 30,000 corporate roles nearly 10 per cent of its white-collar workforce citing efficiency gains driven by AI. Data from Layoffs.fyi shows over 73,000 tech employees have already lost jobs this year, compared with 153,000 in all of 2024.
For Meta, the move echoes its earlier “year of efficiency” in 2022–23, when about 21,000 roles were eliminated amid slowing growth and market pressures. This time, however, the backdrop is different. The company is financially stronger, generating over $200 billion in revenue and $60 billion in profit last year, with shares up 3.68 per cent year-to-date though still below last summer’s peak.
That contrast underlines the shift underway. These layoffs are less about survival and more about reinvention. As Meta restructures itself around AI from autonomous coding agents to advanced machine learning systems, the question is no longer whether the company will change, but how many roles will be left unchanged when it does.
