Work From Home ends: If you are currently employed at Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), you must be aware of the latest news. Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), an Indian multinational information technology company

Working from home ends: If you are currently employed at Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), you need to be aware of the latest news. Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), an Indian multinational IT services and consulting company, has granted its employees an additional quarter, extending the deadline for returning to the office until the end of March; However, failure to do so could have 'serious consequences'. Yes, according to a report from The Economic Times (the story behind the paywall), TCS has extended the deadline for employees who are currently working from home despite the company's mandate working from the office. These employees must now return to the office in March. Failure to comply with this extended deadline will have “serious consequences.”

This announcement from Tata Consultancy Services marks the software giant's “last call” for employees still working remotely. Earlier, in October 2023, the IT company had made it mandatory for employees to come to the office five days a week. “We are exercising patience, but have taken a principled position that people should return to the office. We have sent the latest communication in this regard to the staff and if they do not (follow) this, there will be dire consequences,” TCS's Chief Operating Officer NG Subramaniam spoke to ET.

Work from home until the end Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) Employees! COO sites Important reasons

He said concerns about work culture and safety issues are the main reasons behind employees' push to come back to the office. “With the type of cyber attacks in the current context, an organization can unintentionally get into trouble. You cannot have these kinds of controls at home and there could be security risks for businesses,” the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the Mumbai-based company told ET. The primary goal is to get back to the way things were before the pandemic, with everyone working together in the office, and move away from the hybrid model that was introduced during the deadly COVID-19 pandemic. During the deadly pandemic, several companies, IT giants and other layouts were forced to switch to online media. Now that things are back to normal, the IT giant is looking to restore the pre-pandemic work culture. According to the report, nearly 40,000 people have joined us online and quit online without any offline interaction during the deadly COVID-19 pandemic.

Tata Consultancy Services is an IT services, consulting and business solutions organization that partners with many of the world's largest companies on their transformation journeys. TCS is part of the Tata group, India's largest multinational business group, and its current workforce is over 616,000.

subjects

MAURICIO POCHETTINO put his head on the block for his struggling Chelsea players after crunch talks on Tuesday.

The Blues travel to Aston Villa on Wednesday evening for an FA Cup replay after back-to-back defeats in which they scored eight goals.

4

4

But boss Poch said: “I told the players at a meeting today that I trust you more than ever. I'm going to support you more than ever.

“I am not a normal boss, I am the leader and I have to emphasize in every action that I really trust the players.

“If they don't perform, it is always my responsibility and that of the players, because they are on the field.

“I trust that we can change the situation and change the results.”

Chelsea were beaten 4-1 at Liverpool on Sunday and then 4-2 at home by Wolves to send them to the bottom half of the Premier League.

But Pochettino revealed he received a supportive text message from Chelsea owners Behdad Eghbali and Todd Boehly to reassure him at a tense time.

The Argentinian added: “I received a very good text from them. We are all in this together.

“What happened against Liverpool has consequences for the players because we are a team that needs confidence.

FREE BETTS – BEST BETTS & BONUSES FOR NEW CUSTOMERS

“That is why we demand support for the team, because we know that the players have great quality.

“The problem is that it takes time to build a team.

That is the reality that we have to translate to the fans – and that the fans have to be patient.

“Of course we will find a way to solve the problem; we will perform and get into the position the club deserves.”

4

4

Dick Smith says Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s Labor Party has failed the working class by refusing to reduce immigration during a cost-of-living crisis.

More than 400,000 migrants arrived in Australia over the year to September as house prices rose by double digits despite the Reserve Bank’s aggressive interest rate hike.

Rents in capital cities have also risen by double digits in the past year, while inflation is still stubbornly high at 4.9 percent. This raises fears of further interest rate increases as strong population growth increases housing demand.

Mr Smith told Daily Mail Australia that Labor has failed in its duty to help struggling suburban people who traditionally vote for the ALP.

“Labour has failed the working class because it has failed to communicate that we need a population plan,” the 79-year-old entrepreneur said.

‘You would think they would have a population plan so that working people can buy a house and buy their food.

“We need sensible levels of immigration so that people can afford homes as they did in our country’s first century and a half.”

Mr Smith lamented the fact that young people could no longer afford a house with a backyard and were forced to live in high-rise apartments.

He agreed that the Silent Generation and Baby Boomers had a much easier time than today’s young people when it came to buying their first home.

The businessman bought his first home in Greenwich on Sydney’s lower north shore for just $32,000 in 1973, four years after marrying wife Pip and five years after founding Dick Smith Electronics.

‘It had a beautiful view of the harbour. It was a house on a large piece of land, we put a swimming pool in it and the children could play in the garden – simply fantastic.

“We put down a deposit of about $6,000, which was easily raised.”

He said it is now “almost impossible” for young people to buy a house.

“Especially something with a backyard where the kids can play,” he said.

‘It means that the young people will live like battery chickens instead of free range.

‘They live in high-rise buildings, they live like termites. I think it’s a complete disaster.’

He said business lobby groups and developers vociferously pushing for high immigration were making it so difficult for young people to enter the property market.

“It is driven by total greed and it will ruin the country for most people,” he said.

“About 30 percent of our population lives from paycheck to paycheck and has no savings at all.”

He said wealthy business interests had more influence over the Labor government than unions when it came to immigration.

“I have no doubt that politicians are very wary of sidelining the rich, otherwise I can’t think of any reason why Labor would want such high immigration,” he said.

‘You don’t hear the unions calling for immigration, but you do hear the rich.

“Our system of capitalism, from which I have benefited so much, needs continued growth and use of resources, energy and population or it will enter a recession.”

Mr Smith said both major political parties were relying on donations from companies that were driving strong population growth.

“It’s quite clear that no political party will stand against the rich, they’re just not game,” he said.

‘That would be a way not to be chosen.

‘The disadvantage of a democracy is that you get groups that become very powerful and that politicians have to bow to them in order to get elected.’

Mr Smith wants Australia’s net annual immigration level to be reduced to 70,000 people a year, where it was in 1997 before immigration climbed to six figures and continued to rise until the 2020 pandemic.

In the year to September, migration increased the population by 429,580 people, including both permanent and long-term arrivals.

The permanent segment, with a maximum of 190,000 for the period 2023-2024, includes 137,100 skilled migrants and to a lesser extent 52,500 places for family reunification and people with humanitarian visas.

As a result, international students make up the vast majority of new migrants, putting pressure on rental prices, while overseas inflows have been rising since Australia reopened in December 2021 following the Covid border closure.

Australia’s population now stands at 26.5 million, but Mr Smith said this could reach 100 million by the end of the 21st century, ending Australia’s uniqueness as a large, arid country with a relatively small population.

“Not many people I speak to believe that $100 million is sensible for a barren country like Australia,” Smith said.

“One of Australia’s great advantages is that it is a big country with a small population, but we are going to destroy that.”

Sydney’s average house price of $1.397 million is now 14.6 times an average full-time salary of $95,581.

With a 20 percent down payment of $279,378, someone with a $1.117 million mortgage would have a debt-to-income ratio of 11.7 — almost double the recommended maximum of six.

When Mr Smith bought his first home in 1973, the average house price in Sydney was $27,400.

With a 20 percent deposit of $5,480, an average single earner with a salary of $5,517 had a manageable debt-to-income ratio of four.

Despite the RBA’s 13 rate hikes since May 2022, average house prices in Sydney have risen 12.5 per cent since January, CoreLogic data for November shows.

Daily Mail Australia has contacted the Prime Minister’s Office and Business Council of Australia.

Optus could face millions of dollars in legal ramifications in the wake of the catastrophic network outage after healthcare was disrupted across the country.

The beleaguered telecoms company has been hit hard a few weeks ago after top bosses, including CEO Kelly Bayer-Rosmarin, led a Senate investigation in addition to the class action lawsuit filed in the Federal Court following a massive data breach last September .

Last week’s outage paralyzed millions of customers, who were left without cell phone or internet reception for hours.

Thousands of businesses were also affected; some lost thousands of dollars when payment systems that relied on Optus connections crashed.

It even affected Victoria’s rail system, with Metro Trains revealing the outage prevented the control center from communicating with trains.

Legal expert Samantha Pillay said the outage has not only exposed healthcare providers to legal action, but Optus is also open to consequences from healthcare providers seeking to recover any losses.

“Healthcare providers have reported that telehealth appointments have been cancelled, on-call midwives and anesthetists were unreachable and triple-0 emergency call services were unavailable from landlines,” said Ms Pillay, insurance and healthcare director at law firm Barry Nilsson.

‘The impact of these types of events could be much greater in the future as healthcare increasingly moves online to make it more accessible to rural and regional communities.’

Ramsay Health Care reported that phone services were knocked out across the country during the national outage.

In South Australia, the Department of Health said hospital telephone exchanges had been affected.

Other hospitals in Melbourne – including Northern Hospital Epping, Broadmeadows Hospital, Bundoora Centre, Craigieburn Centre, Kilmore District Hospital and Victorian Virtual Emergency Department (VVED) – also had their phone lines affected.

Ms Pillay said new technologies in healthcare allow doctors to monitor patients’ vital signs and track important factors such as blood pressure and glucose.

They are automatically alerted when a patient’s condition worsens.

Ms Pillay said the failure of these technologies due to network disruptions such as Optus’s could lead to “serious or even catastrophic harm” to patients, especially in regional or rural communities.

“Healthcare providers, on the one hand, can take action to recover losses incurred by their businesses,” she said.

‘On the other hand, they may have to deal with claims from patients who suffered damage as a result of the event.

‘Even with a federal government investigation and an Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) investigation into the Optus outage, this type of ‘black swan’ event is likely to continue to occur as new technologies develop and our dependence on them increases .

‘In the not-too-distant future, telesurgery, aided by next-generation 5G, could become a reality in Australia.

“But what happens when a surgeon thousands of miles away, possibly in another country, is taken out of a real-time remote operating room due to a telecommunications failure?”

On Monday, Optus revealed the national outage had been caused due to changes in ‘routing information’ after a software upgrade by the telecom provider.

About 10.2 million customers had no internet or mobile access for about 13.5 hours last Wednesday.

Services were lost around 4:05 a.m. and were not fully restored until 5:35 p.m.

In a statement, Optus said its network received “changes to routing information from an international peering network following a routine software upgrade.”

“These changes to routing information propagated through multiple layers in our network and exceeded preset security levels on key routers that could not handle them,” their statement said.

‘This resulted in those routers disconnecting from the Optus IP Core network to protect themselves.’

Optus said the restoration required reconnecting or restarting routers in a number of locations across Australia.

“This is why the recovery was gradual throughout the afternoon,” their statement said.

Optus has since apologized to customers and is offering eligible postpaid customers an additional 200GB of data as a compensatory offer.

The telco’s turbulent week has only worsened as the chaotic outage is triggered by a Senate inquiry led by Greens communications spokeswoman Sarah Hanson-Young.

Optus vice-president of regulatory and public affairs Andrew Sheridan said the company would cooperate with any proposed reviews by the Australian Federal Communications Department and the ACMA into the network outage.

“As a provider of critical infrastructure, we understand the importance of ensuring continuity of service and any lessons learned are likely to be useful to both Optus and others in our industry,” he said in a statement.

The Australian Business Network reports Optus could be forced to pay up to $400 million in compensation if it strikes a deal with the regulator.

In addition, thousands of customers have joined a class action lawsuit against the telco after their personal data was hacked in 2022.

Up to nine million Aussies were affected by the data breach, with their names, dates of birth, phone numbers, email addresses and, for some customers, addresses and ID document numbers such as a driver’s license or passport number exposed.

A hacker believed to be behind the attack demanded a ransom of $1.5 million on a forum for the return of the data.

But bizarrely, the post was deleted and the author apologized for his actions.

Slater and Gordon’s class action lawsuit alleges that Optus failed to “protect, or take reasonable steps to protect, the personal information of its current and former customers.”

“The type of information that was made accessible put affected customers at greater risk of being defrauded and having their identity stolen, and Optus should have taken adequate measures to prevent that,” said Ben Hardwick, leader of the class actions practice.

‘The data breach may also have compromised the safety of many particularly vulnerable groups of Optus customers, such as victims of domestic abuse, stalking and other crimes, as well as those working in frontline professions including defense and police. .’

An Optus spokeswoman said: ‘As the matters are currently before the courts, we will not be commenting at this time.’

Kim Zolciak and estranged husband Kroy Biermann reunited for a fancy dinner Saturday at the restaurant Mezza Luna Pasta and Seafood Smyrna, in Smyrna, Georgia. 

The Real Housewives Of Atlanta alum, 45, and Biermann, 38, in spite of an ongoing split, celebrated their 12th wedding anniversary at the upscale establishment.

 

Zolciak shared clips from the Italian restaurant on an evening the couple set aside lingering hostilities – including a judge ordering her to stay in the basement of their Milton, Georgia mansion while they attempt to sell it – and enjoyed a series of courses.

Zolciak declared in a clip, ‘This is the best bruschetta I’ve ever had in my life,’ later lauding the establishment’s lasagna as ‘amazing.’

The estranged celeb couple did not let the split and massive financial issues spoil the occasion, as they were seen toasting with management at the eatery. 

Late last month, a judge in their ongoing split ordered Zolciak to reside in the basement of the seven-bedroom, 11-bathroom home she and Zolciak share, TMZ reported after reviewing court docs.

Biermann was ordered to stay in the primary bedroom of the abode, the judge said adding that ‘neither party shall enter the other party’s individually awarded space in the marital residence without permission.’

Both parties are permitted to venture into the home’s common areas, including the living room and kitchen.

Earlier in the month, the estranged couple placed their mansion on the market with an asking price of $6,000,000, amid major financial issues that include a slated foreclosure on the property.

Zolciak and the former NFL player initially purchased their home in 2012 for $880,000, TMZ noted last month amid news of the home going on the market.

If the former couple were to receive their asking price on the sale, the outlet reported, they would make a profit, but time is of the essence, as the home is slated to be foreclosed upon this month.

The mansion, which was built in 2008, is situated on a golf course and has a number of amenities, including a pool in the backyard, a gym, a movie theater, a bar, a wine cellar and arcade.

Zolciak gave fans a glimpse at the home on her Bravo spinoff Don’t Be Tardy, showing off the interior of the luxe abode.

‘I absolutely love our new home,’ Zolciak said at the time. ‘Kroy and I are the king and queen of this f***ing house, so this is perfect for us.’

The brick and stone home, which is set adjacent to The Manor golf course, is gated and includes a motor court ahead of the entrance to the home, according to a Zillow listing.

The home’s entrance leads to a two-story entry foyer with a curved staircase and open gallery, with an adjacent dining room and study with a designer chandelier and custom fireplace.

The kitchen of the home, according to the listing, has a large island, countertops, custom cabinets and Sub-Zero/Wolf appliances.

A family room on the home’s main level has a cathedral ceiling with ample seating, a fireplace and a crystal chandelier.

A full-size bar features floor-to-ceiling woodwork with a wine refrigerator, ice maker, dishwasher, and drink cooler.

The main suite in the home is centered around a sitting room and fireplace, along with a bathtub and shower, and walk-in closet.

In the backyard of the abode, a covered veranda overlooks the heated pool and spa, along with an in-ground trampoline.

In the legal documents Biermann filed in September, the former Atlanta Falcons player requested the court allow him to move forward in putting the family’s Milton, Georgia mansion on the market, stating it was on the brink of foreclosure.  

Biermann and Zolciak have been hindered by major financial and relationship problems in recent months, having initially split in May before calling off their divorce in July. 

They have reconciled and split up since then multiple times amid their ongoing family financial crisis, as Biermann in May called Zolciak a ‘compulsive behavior addict’ who had squandered $1.5 million dollars of the family fortune gambling.

The NFL alum made the allegations against Zolciak after she called police May 4 at their Milton, Georgia mansion, prior to his first divorce filing.

The accusations about Zolciak’s gambling losses were seen in a Milton Police Department bodycam video after officers responded to the home after Kim reported a domestic dispute.

The footage was obtained by RadarOnline.com after Biermann and Zolciak filed for divorce from one another amid a 12-year marriage.   

Biermann – who was cautious as he spoke to law enforcement in hopes Zolciak would not hear him- called the Bravo personality a ‘narcissist to the extreme level.’

Biermann said that Zolciak’s penchant for gambling had grown exponentially in recent years.

‘It’s probably been going on for pretty much our entire marriage and it’s gotten significantly worse,’ Biermann said of Zolciak, who was pictured at a Bitcoin ATM in June in Atlanta. ‘In the last two years, she’s gambled away $700,000 – just in the last two-and-a-half years.’

He added: ‘The total in the marriage was about $1.5 million dollars – and she does it online.’

In the incident, Zolciak told police that Biermann had locked in a safe a cache of valuable items she owned that were worth $175,000 – including designer purses and jewelry – and hid the key from her. 

Biermann said he believed the lot of items fell under the classification of community property, adding of the items: ‘The problem is these are the assets, there are no [other] assets to go to.’

Biermann told police that the Don’t Be Tardy alum ‘has decimated everything’ with her penchant for gambling; he added that some of her gaming activity was illegal.

Zolciak and Biermann’s four kids – Kroy Jr., 12, Kash, 11, and twins Kane and Kaia, nine – were at home at the time of the altercation. 

Biermann had adopted Zolciak’s older children from previous relationships – Brielle, 26, and Ariana Biermann, 22 – when they were minors in the couple’s earlier years. 

Brielle has also been dogged by financial issues as of late, as she was sued by American Express over an unpaid balance. 

Zolciak sold off some of daughter Brielle Biermann’s designer goods last month to drum up funds, with asking prices up to $20,000 for the high-ticket items. 

In their first two months of being split – in which both asked the court for sole legal and physical custody of their four younger children – Zolciak and Biermann took issue with one another in court documents.

Zolciak said that Biermann smokes marijuana, calling into credibility his ability to raise their kids; while Biermann claimed that Zolciak’s gambling habit has consumed her time and decimated the family finances.

Biermann told officers they had continued to sleep in the same bed but did not engage with one another.

News broke in July that the reality TV pair had decided not to split, withdrawing their divorce papers in Superior Court of Fulton County in Georgia. They were seen shortly before attending a church together in Atlanta.

Zolciak rose to fame as a member of the cast of Bravo’s The Real Housewives of Atlanta, and parlayed her popularity into the spinoff Don’t Be Tardy… on Bravo. She also competed on five episodes of Dancing with the Stars in 2015.

Biermann was drafted into the NFL in 2008 after attending Montana, and played eight seasons, all for the Falcons. 

He had his most productive year on the field in 2012 when he started 14 games, racking up 36 tackles, three sacks and scoring a touchdown on an interception.

The pair exchanged vows in a lavish $1 million wedding on November 11, 2011 – marking the date 11/11/11 – at their Georgia mansion.

The Voice winner Lachie Gill gives chilling warning to prospective singing competition contestants: ‘Don’t expect to be a star’

By Jimmy Briggs for Daily Mail Australia

published: 21:24 EDT, Jul 5, 2023 | Updated: 21:26 EDT, Jul 5, 2023