Government Probes Microsoft’s Plan To Hire More Black Staff Members

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COURTESY BY: https://www.bolnews.com/ Microsoft is being questioned by the US government over whether a diversity initiative amounts to racial discrimination. The Department of Labor has singled out Microsoft’s pledge to double the number of “black and African American” senior staff by 2025. Officials have warned the company the target appears “to imply that the employment action may be taken on the basis of race”. Microsoft denies the accusation. “We are clear that the law prohibits us from discriminating on the basis of race,” the firm’s lawyer Dev Stahlkopf blogged. “We…

Covid-19 protocols – PCB takes a pragmatic approach

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COURTESY BY: https://www.pcb.com.pk/ Lahore, 8 October 2020: Pakistan Cricket Board has allowed the players and support staff to be joined by their families in the team hotel for the second round of the National T20 Cup, which gets under way in Rawalpindi on Friday, 9 October. However, before reuniting and as part of the PCB Covid-19 protocols, the families will have to undergo two mandatory tests. Once they become part of the bio-secure bubble at the hotel and the venue, they will remain part of it until they decide to…

China tells Indian media not to call Taiwan a country, Taiwan says ‘get lost’

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COURTESY BY: https://www.dawn.com/ China was accused by Taiwan of trying to impose censorship in India after its embassy in New Delhi advised journalists to observe the “one-China” principle after newspapers carried advertisements for Taiwan’s national day. Coming just months after deadly clashes between Indian and Chinese troops on the disputed Himalayan border between the two Asian giants, the controversy has flared at a time when Indian sentiments toward China are filled with antipathy and suspicion. China’s hackles were raised on Wednesday by advertisements placed in leading Indian newspapers by Taiwan’s…