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Meta apologises for translation glitch that pronounced Indian minister 'dead': Times of India
Meta apologises for translation glitch that pronounced Indian minister 'dead': Times of India

Khaleej Times

time4 days ago

  • Politics
  • Khaleej Times

Meta apologises for translation glitch that pronounced Indian minister 'dead': Times of India

Social media giant Meta has apologised for a mistranslation of a post by an Indian chief minister on Facebook and Instagram, falsely suggesting he had died, Times of India reported. Chief Minister of India's Karnataka Siddaramaiah posted a message on Tuesday in Kannada language to mourn B. Saroja Devi, a veteran Indian actress who passed away on Monday after a career that saw her act in about 200 films over seven decades. However, when these posts were auto-translated into English, they mistakenly said that Siddaramaiah, not the actress, had "passed away". The Indian politician complained and said that his media advisor wrote to Meta who acknowledged the glitch, apologised, and claimed to have fixed the issue. "We fixed an issue that briefly caused this inaccurate Kannada translation. we apologise that this happened," a Meta spokesperson was cited by PTI as saying. "I request everyone not to spread confusion or misinformation based on an error that did not originate from us. It is time Meta puts in place better and more responsible translation systems," Siddaramaiah said on X. An old version of the auto-translation showed the post as saying: "Chief Minister Siddaramaiah passed away yesterday, multilingual star, senior actress B." Khaleej Times used the auto translation tool to translate the post on Saturday and it showed a correct translation. It now reads: "Multilingual star, senior actress B passed away yesterday in Bangalore". Take a look: Kannada is a Dravidian language spoken primarily in the southern Indian state of Karnataka. It is one of the 22 scheduled languages of India and the official language of Karnataka.

Wipro shares rise as Indian IT firm's quarterly results top estimates
Wipro shares rise as Indian IT firm's quarterly results top estimates

Reuters

time5 days ago

  • Business
  • Reuters

Wipro shares rise as Indian IT firm's quarterly results top estimates

July 18 (Reuters) - India's Wipro ( opens new tab rose as much as 4% in early trade on Friday after the country's fourth-largest IT firm reported better-than-expected quarterly earnings, driven by improved client spending in segments of its Americas business. At least six brokerages upgraded Wipro's stock after the company posted a 0.8% rise in first-quarter revenue and an 11% jump in net profit, both topping analysts' average estimates, according to LSEG data. Data also showed that at least 10 brokerages raised their price targets on the stock, which was the top gainer on the Nifty IT index (.NIFTYIT), opens new tab early on Friday. India's fourth-largest IT company said it expects revenue for the September quarter to be in the range of $2.56 billion and $2.61 billion, ranging between a drop of 1% and a rise of 1%, in line with what analysts were expecting. Analysts at Morgan Stanley said strong large deal wins at Wipro "bode well" for growth in the second half of the fiscal year, while those at Investec said deal wins were the "big highlight of the quarter". Wipro's deal wins rose to $5 billion in the quarter, up from $3.3 billion a year earlier. Its quarterly performance stands in contrast to rivals Tata Consultancy Services ( opens new tab and HCLTech ( opens new tab, which reported weaker revenue for the same period. TCS and Infosys ( opens new tab shares were up 0.1%, while HCLTech shares were down 0.8% on Friday.

Commonwealth Bank sends jobs to India as it cuts hundreds of workers in Australia
Commonwealth Bank sends jobs to India as it cuts hundreds of workers in Australia

Daily Mail​

time5 days ago

  • Business
  • Daily Mail​

Commonwealth Bank sends jobs to India as it cuts hundreds of workers in Australia

Australia's biggest bank has sent 100 jobs to India after retrenching hundreds of local staff with a union accusing it of offshoring work for cheaper labour. The Commonwealth Bank last month told the Finance Sector Union that 304 Australians would be made redundant in technology and retail roles. This occurred as 110 jobs, affected by redundancies in Australia, were created at the Commonwealth Bank's Bangalore-based subsidiary, CBA India. These new jobs in India included job titles that had existed in Australia including staff data engineer, senior software engineers, staff software engineer, engineering manager, software engineer and senior data engineer. The Commonwealth Bank, Australia's biggest home lender, has more than doubled the number of staff in India in just two years. The Finance Sector Union's national secretary Julia Angrisano said the Commonwealth Bank had breached faith with its own staff by saying positions were redundant in Australia only to recreate them in India. 'By hiring for the same job, at their own Indian subsidiary, they're showing themselves to have breached the enterprise agreement and essentially lied to their workers,' she said. 'This is the very definition of bad faith. We have known for years that big banks have had a preference for work to be performed offshore. 'Yet we now have the proof that this is happening in real time. 'Our members are outraged by this kind of behaviour and seriously question CBA's commitment to Australian jobs.' The Commonwealth Bank's number of staff in India more than doubled in two years, growing from 2,854 employees in June 2022 to 5,630 by June 2024, its annual report said. Ms Angrisano argued this was about CBA benefiting from cheaper labour in India. 'We do not believe that the redundancies outlined in these change processes are in fact genuine redundancies and that in doing so, CBA has breached the terms of the agreement,' she said. 'These jobs are not required to be done in India; they're just moving the work there to take advantage of cheaper labour and further line their own pockets.' But a Commonwealth Bank spokeswoman told Daily Mail Australia that CBA India was insourcing roles that had previously been done by a third party. 'During the formal consultation on recent workforce changes, the FSU did not raise any concerns with us about like-for-like job changes,' she said. 'We refute their claims and have met with the union this week to respond in detail and assure them that there is no basis to their allegations.' The Commonwealth Bank's chief executive Matt Comyn was last year paid $8.977million with bonuses. Specialist recruiter and career coach Tammie Ballis took aim at the big four bank for sending roles offshore. 'Are you telling me, Australia being the multicultural country that we are that they can't find someone that's living here that is bilingual with those skills?,' Ms Ballis said. 'Come on, not only that, if you have a look down here, this is their acknowledgement to country. Paying respect to our First Nations Australians. You're not for Australians.' During Question Time in Parliament, Senator Gerard Rennick of the Liberal National Party of Queensland pressed the Treasury on whether the government was aware of how much money is being sent offshore in wages. A senior Treasury official said they didn't have the answer right away and would get back to him later. 'It's not hard to see why Treasury took my question about the Free Trade Agreements with the Philippines and India on notice,' Senator Rennick said. 'It turns out that the Australian Government charges no taxes on wages paid by Australian companies to foreign workers in other countries who are effectively working remotely, taking Australian jobs. 'Not only are we losing jobs, we are losing the tax that those jobs would have paid while Australian corporations still get a tax deduction despite sending money offshore. 'This then means the remaining Australian workers have to pay higher taxes to make up the shortfall. This is selling Australia out plain and simple.' 'This is selling Australia out plain and simple. Furthermore, for those of you who think that working at home is a good thing be careful what you wish for. 'You might be replaced by a foreign worker.' He also pointed out that some workers are being brought in from other countries. 'For example, I've been told that there are people coming from the Philippines to build the transmission lines between Wagga and South Australia. 'Do we know how much money in remittances is getting sent offshore in terms of wages paid either for outsourcing or people coming onshore? Aussies unleashed about the increasing globalisation of the workforce. One said: 'Govt should make it illegal for big banks, those above a certain threshold/size, to offshore IT and call centre jobs, especially given their huge billion $ profits'. A second added: 'At the end of the day these companies are greedy af and don't care about the average Australian. It's why I will always choose family over work every chance I get bc they wouldn't care if I dropped dead over my desk.' A third said: 'I worked for Telstra and my job went to Philippines where wages were 1/4 of Australian. 'Lead to seven extra calls per complaint resolution and time factor extended from four days to 14 days.'

‘Lied to their workers': CBA's ‘shameful act' while sacking staff
‘Lied to their workers': CBA's ‘shameful act' while sacking staff

News.com.au

time5 days ago

  • Business
  • News.com.au

‘Lied to their workers': CBA's ‘shameful act' while sacking staff

The Commonwealth Bank has been accused of hiring around 100 roles in India just weeks after cutting more than 300 staff from its technology and retail sectors. In an explosive statement, the Finance Sector Union (FSU) said the bank had been 'caught' hiring a litany of roles at the Indian subsidiary in Bangalore just weeks after CBA announced 304 redundancies on June 10. The FSU said the roles being advertised by CBA India had the exact same job titles as those impacted by the redundancies. Finance Sector Union National Secretary Julia Angrisano said the move was in breach of CBA's Enterprise Agreement and that the bank had 'essentially lied to their workers'. 'We do not believe that the redundancies outlined in these change processes are in fact genuine redundancies and that in doing so, CBA has breached the terms of the Agreement,' Ms Angrisano said, pointing out that genuine redundancies mean the role is no longer required. 'This is the very definition of bad faith.' Ms Angrisano said CBA India's employee count had almost doubled in the last two years from 2854 to 5630. 'This is a shameful act from Australia's richest company,' Ms Angrisano said. 'All Australians are paying for the sham redundancy actions of the CBA. Not only are Australian workers being unfairly and reasonably sacked but this is being subsidised by all taxpayers. 'Bona fide redundancies are taxed concessionally in the hands of the workers. It is especially disgusting that the nation's richest company is also reducing the tax take as it makes the final payment to hundreds of Australians that we know are being sacked solely to have their work performed offshore.' has contacted CBA for comment. In March, CBA announced it would be cutting 164 jobs from its technology division before announcing more redundancies from the customer service department in May. Some of the job cuts hit staff at CBA-owned Bankwest, which is transitioning into a 'digital-only' bank. The cuts came despite the bank announcing a six per cent rise in cash profits to $2.6 billion in the March quarter. Commonwealth Bank boss Matt Comyn said in May the results reflected the bank's 'disciplined operational and strategic execution'. 'Our deliberate and long-term conservative approach to key balance sheet settings enables us to support our customers, the economy and our shareholders through a range of macroeconomic scenarios,' he said after the release of the March quarter results. 'We remain focused on supporting our customers, maintaining consistent and disciplined execution, investing in our franchise and generating sustainable returns for our shareholders.'

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