India, Feb. 5 -- Ishaan Tharoor, son of Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, is among the many employees who lost their jobs at The Washington Post on Wednesday. The newspaper, owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, laid off about one-third of its newsroom staff. Along with the job cuts, the paper has reportedly closed its sports department, shut several foreign bureaus, and stopped its books coverage.

Ishaan Tharoor worked as a senior columnist covering international affairs. He confirmed his layoff through social media. According to the report, more than 300 journalists were dismissed from a newsroom that had around 800 staff members.

Who Is Ishaan Tharoor? Ishaan Tharoor is an international affairs journalist and columnist. At The Washington Pos...