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Amazon.com Inc is planning to lay off about 10,000 people in corporate and technology jobs starting

Amazon.com Inc is planning to lay off about 10,000 people in corporate and technology jobs starting as soon as this week, the New York Times reported on November 14, 2022, citing people with knowledge of the matter. Amazon is the latest U.S. company to make deep cuts to its employee base to brace for a potential economic downturn.

Jailed human rights activist Gautam Navlakha, who was last week allowed to be placed under house arrest for a month by the Supreme Court owing to his medical condition, is yet to walk out of Navi Mumbai’s Taloja prison, where he is lodged in connection with the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, as formalities for his release are still under process.

Discord over Russia’s war on Ukraine and festering tensions between the US and China are proving to be ominous backdrops for world leaders gathering in Indonesia’s tropical Bali island for a summit of the Group of 20 biggest economies starting Tuesday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Bali on Monday to attend the G20 Summit of the world’s major economies and hold bilateral meetings on its sidelines with key leaders on pressing global issues. The two-day summit begins Tuesday morning, and will be attended by US President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak among heads from 20 countries and the European Union who make up the group.

As Jharkhand completes 22 years of its formation on Tuesday, the state is all geared up to celebrate the occasion as the day also marks the birth anniversary of legendary tribal freedom fighter Birsa Munda. Ranchi’s Morabadi ground is decked up for the main function of statehood day, while special arrangements have also been made in Ulihatu village in Khunti district, the birthplace of Birsa Munda.

India will kick-start on Tuesday a two-day multi-agency military exercise covering the country’s 7,516 km-long coastline and exclusive economic zone with the twin aim of checking preparedness of various agencies to deal with any eventualities and bolster overall maritime security, officials said.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Monday he will soon meet Chinese President Xi Jinping for the first face-to-face talks between the nations’ leaders in five years. Albanese said he would meet Xi on Tuesday on the Indonesian island of Bali on the sidelines of the G-20 summit.