The claim, which was made on X (formerly Twitter) went viral causing panic among netizens as they all feared that the popular emailing service would be shut down completely.
Google, which has joined the league of tech companies cutting jobs to deal with the global slowdown, has now laid off the Indian-origin director of news after nearly 13 years of service.
In May, we announced the expansion of Google News Showcase, our online experience and licensing program to support news organizations and readers, to India.
Google said that as part of new update, a new type of News Showcase panel includes a list of important articles selected daily by favourite publishers.
Google has time and again slammed the draft News Media Bargaining Code again, saying it is unworkable and the company has raised concerns about its unfair payment conditions and unclear definitions and obligations.