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JioCinema announces ten Jeeto Dhan Dhana Dhan Car winners
Mumbai: A week after announcing the first winners of Jeeto Dhan Dhana Dhan, JioCinema announced the next ten winners who won a car each for TATA IPL 2023 matches played between 10 & 17 April. Somashekara PV from Hassan, Karnataka won the car during the Southern Derby between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Chennai Super Kings on 17 April.
New Delhi resident Mohammad Shahroz Khan and Munendra Kumar from Kasganj, Uttar Pradesh, won a car during the Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders match and Gujarat Titans vs Rajasthan Royals match respectively on 16 April.
Lucknow Super Giants vs Punjab Kings fixture on 15 April saw Ashok Kamble from Udgir, Maharashtra winning the grand prize while Sundarban’s Miraj Laskar won the car during the first match on Sunday between Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Delhi Capitals.
Harry Brook’s scintillating century got Sunrisers Hyderabad a crucial away win against Kolkata Knight Riders on April 14, which also was a lucky day for Rakesh Kumar from Katra, J&K. Satya Prakash Gupta, a businessman from Hojai, Assam, won the car in the contest played during Punjab Kings vs Gujarat Titans on 13 April.
Lalhriatpuia Hauhnar from Aizawl, Mizoram, was elated that his experience of watching the match between Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals live on April 12 JioCinema turned out to be rewarding. On April 11, Mumbai Indians registered a dominating win over Delhi Capitals that saw Hajipur, Bihar resident Abhishek Kumar win the car playing Jeeto Dhan Dhana Dhan.
Jagdish Chandra Dhaker of Thukrai, Rajasthan hit the jackpot during the thrilling encounter between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Lucknow Super Giants on 10 April.
Jeeto Dhan Dhana Dhan is aimed to enhance the viewer’s experience while watching the TATA IPL on JioCinema vis-à-vis passively watching the league on legacy platforms. The contest offers viewers prizes like smartwatches, Bluetooth speakers, Bluetooth neckbands, and wireless earphones, and a chance to win one car every match, among other prizes.
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Meta plans 8,000 layoffs in new AI-led restructuring wave
First phase from May 20 may cut 10 per cent workforce amid AI pivot.
MUMBAI: At Meta, the future may be artificial but the cuts are very real. The social media giant is reportedly preparing a fresh round of layoffs, with an initial wave expected to impact around 8,000 employees as it doubles down on its artificial intelligence ambitions. According to a Reuters report, the first phase of job cuts is slated to begin on May 20, targeting roughly 10 per cent of Meta’s global workforce. With nearly 79,000 employees on its rolls as of December 31, the move marks one of the company’s most significant workforce reductions in recent years.
And this may only be the beginning. Sources indicate that additional layoffs are being planned for the second half of the year, although the scale and timing remain fluid, likely to be shaped by how Meta’s AI capabilities evolve in the coming months. Earlier reports had suggested that total cuts in 2026 could reach 20 per cent or more of its workforce.
The restructuring comes as chief executive Mark Zuckerberg continues to steer the company towards an AI-first operating model, committing hundreds of billions of dollars to the transition. Internally, this shift is already visible: teams within Reality Labs have been reorganised, engineers have been moved into a newly formed Applied AI unit, and a Meta Small Business division has been created to align with broader structural changes.
The trend is hardly isolated. Across the tech sector, companies are trimming headcount while investing aggressively in automation. Amazon, for instance, has reportedly cut around 30,000 corporate roles nearly 10 per cent of its white-collar workforce citing efficiency gains driven by AI. Data from Layoffs.fyi shows over 73,000 tech employees have already lost jobs this year, compared with 153,000 in all of 2024.
For Meta, the move echoes its earlier “year of efficiency” in 2022–23, when about 21,000 roles were eliminated amid slowing growth and market pressures. This time, however, the backdrop is different. The company is financially stronger, generating over $200 billion in revenue and $60 billion in profit last year, with shares up 3.68 per cent year-to-date though still below last summer’s peak.
That contrast underlines the shift underway. These layoffs are less about survival and more about reinvention. As Meta restructures itself around AI from autonomous coding agents to advanced machine learning systems, the question is no longer whether the company will change, but how many roles will be left unchanged when it does.
