Microsoft to lay off nearly 11K employees this week: Report

 

Tech giant Microsoft is joining the ongoing layoff season at tech companies, and is reportedly set to fire nearly 11,000 employees this week amid the global economic slowdown.

Sky News reported that Satya Nadella-run company is "finalising plans to become the latest technology giant to reduce its workforce during a global economic slowdown".

Microsoft employs more than 220,000 people, including 6,000 in the UK.

The company's contemplating reducing roughly 5 per cent of its workforce, "which, if accurate, would equate to approximately 11,000 jobs".

The company will likely announce layoffs on Wednesday (US time), ahead of its quarterly earnings next week.

Nadella recently warned of two years of challenges ahead for the tech industry.

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'BB16': Nimrit is captain again; Shalin, Tina, Sumbul, Soundarya nominated

 

'Bigg Boss 16' contestant Nimrit Kaur Ahluwalia has again been named the captain of the house.

Bigg Boss said that 'Ticket To Finale' is also linked to captaincy and the contestants have to remove Nimrit from this position.

Bigg Boss asked her to read the rules, adding that if they are broken she will lose her captaincy. Tina, Priyanka and Shalin started planning as to how to break the rules so that Nimrit can be removed from her position.

Meanwhile, during the nomination task, each housemate has to name the contestant whom they think should leave the house.

The nominated contestants for this week are Shalin Bhanot, Tina Datta, Sumbul Touqeer and Soundarya Sharma.

'Bigg Boss 16' airs on Colors.

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'RRR' wins Best Foreign Language Film, Best Song for 'Naatu Naatu' at CCA 2023

 

SS Rajamouli's "RRR"continued its winning streak as the global blockbuster won two trophies -- Best Foreign Language Film and Best Song for "Naatu Naatu" -- at the Critics Choice Awards (CCA) here.

The Telugu magnum opus, headlined by Ram Charan and Jr NTR, was nominated in five categories at the CCA -- Best Picture, Best Director (Rajamouli), Best Foreign Language film, Best Visual Effects (V Srinivas Mohan) and Best Song (Naatu Naatu). In the Best Foreign Language Film, "RRR" was competing against films such as "All Quiet on the Western Front", "Argentina 1985","Bardo", "False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths","Close" and "Decision to Leave".

"RRR" is a pre-Independence fictional story focusing on two real-life Indian revolutionaries in the 1920s -- Alluri Sitarama Raju and Komaram Bheem.

Rajamouli dedicated the award to his motherland India and all the women in his life who have supported him in his creative journey.

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Congo's army says church bomb kills 6, extremists suspected

 

A suspected extremist attack at a church in eastern Congo killed at least 10 people and wounded more than three dozen, according to the country's army.

A group linked to Islamic extremists was suspected of being responsible for a bomb that went off in the Pentecostal church in the North Kivu province town of Kasindi, military spokesperson Anthony Mwalushayi told The Associated Press by phone.

A Kenyan national found at the scene was detained, Mwalushayi said. Congo's government urged people to avoid crowds and be vigilant as it conducted an investigation, said the minister of communication in a tweet.

Videos and photos of the attack seen by the AP showed dead bodies lying on the ground outside the church, including what appeared to be a dead child. The injured were being carried out of the church surrounded by other people screaming.

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Maruti Suzuki unveils Jimny, Fronx; eyes top slot in SUV segment

 

In a bid to secure top position in the sports utility vehicle segment, Maruti Suzuki India on Thursday unveiled two new products -- Jimny and Fronx -- in the country.

The country's largest carmaker also seeks to regain 50 per cent market share in the domestic passenger vehicle segment by bolstering its presence in the sports utility vehicle (SUV) space.

Unveiling the products at the Auto Expo 2023, Maruti Suzuki India MD and CEO Hisashi Takeuchi said the company's medium-term goal has been to get back 50 per cent market share and secure the number one position in the SUV segment.

In order to fulfil the stated goals, the company has unveiled the two new products today, he added.

"I am confident that Maruti Suzuki will attain number one position in the SUV segment in the financial year 23-24," Takeuchi said.

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'RRR' wins Golden Globe for best song for 'Naatu Naatu', loses best picture-non English trophy

 

"Naatu Naatu", the irrepressible, fun number from the blockbuster "RRR", danced its way to a Golden Globe as the 'best original song-motion picture' -- and to Indian showbiz history -- at a star spangled awards ceremony here.

The song, which beat the likes of Taylor Swift, Rihanna and Lady Gaga, to win the coveted award is the first time that an Indian production has won a Golden Globe. Organised by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the prestigious awards, which mark the beginning of the Hollywood season that ends with the Oscars, were presented here on Tuesday night.

"RRR" had also been nominated in the 'best picture-non English' category and lost out to Argentina's historical drama “Argentina, 1985”.

But there was compensation aplenty.

"And the Globe goes to 'Naatu Naatu' 'RRR'," actor Jenna Ortega announced on stage to loud cheers from the 'RRR' team.

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Not for me or you to decide if song is right or wrong: Javed Akhtar on 'Besharam Rang' row

 

Amid reports that the CBFC has asked the makers of Shah Rukh Khan-starrer "Pathaan" to make changes to the shots used in its song ‘Besharam Rang', lyricist-writer Javed Akhtar has said filmmakers need to have "trust" in the film certification body that has the authority to decide what will and what will not make the final cut.

His comments came a day before the trailer launch of "Pathaan", a high-octane spy thriller directed by Siddharth Anand.

Referring to the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) as a "department" under the central government", the 77-year-old industry veteran on Monday said, "It is not for me or you to decide whether the song is right or wrong. We have an agency.

"There are people from the government and a cross-section of the society watch the film and decide what will be passed and what will not be passed.

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