Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff is sending mixed signals on AI's workplace impact. While his company replaced 4,000 support jobs with AI agents, he claims AI lacks the human touch essential for sales roles. Despite these cuts, Salesforce is now hiring thousands of new salespeople, highlighting a strategic division between AI-handled support and human-centric sales.
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Australia clinched the ODI series 2-0 against India. The hosts' bowlers made early inroads, but Rohit Sharma and Shreyas Iyer built a strong partnership. A late surge from Harshit Rana and Arshdeep Singh helped India post 264. Australia's chase saw steady contributions, with Cooper Connolly playing a key role to seal the victory.
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Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates issues a grave health warning, highlighting that polio eradication remains elusive despite significant progress. He stresses that a critical funding shortfall threatens decades of global health gains, as viruses exploit immunity gaps. Gates urges renewed commitments from world leaders to close these deadly gaps, emphasizing that no place is risk-free until the world is polio-free.
A 20-year-old B Pharmacy student was fatally stabbed near railway tracks in Srirampura by her former boyfriend, Vignesh, after she repeatedly rejected his attempts to reconcile. The victim had previously complained to police about Vignesh's harassment. Vignesh, who has a prior arrest for extortion, is currently at large.
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