Tech majors Infosys and Microsoft on Wednesday announced to expand their collaboration to help accelerate customer adoption of generative AI and Microsoft Azure globally.

The move is aimed at helping Infosys’ and Microsoft’s joint customers realise the value of their technology investments and secure transformative outcomes.

Infosys became an early adopter of GitHub Copilot. It currently has over 18,000 developers who have generated and used more than 7 million lines of code from Copilot.

“This collaboration addresses various business problems by delivering heightened value to clients through a customer-centric approach, providing scalability, agility, and cost-efficiency across key sectors like finance, healthcare, supply chain and telecommunications,” said Anand Swaminathan, EVP and Global Industry Leader - Communications, Media and Technology, Infosys.

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday said that 128 Bangladeshi nationals, who were trying to cross over to India illegally, were pushed back in the last two months.

Two Bangladeshi nationals were apprehended by the security forces along the India-Bangladesh border and pushed back to the neighbouring country in the wee hours on Wednesday.

The persons were identified as Babul Hussain and Sakib Mia.

Taking to social media platform X, CM Sarma wrote, "Maintaining strict vigil along the Indo-Bangla border, @assampolice has pushed back 128 infiltrators across the border in last two months."

Private equity (PE) investment in India's real estate sector surged by 9 per cent to reach $2.2 billion in the third quarter (July-September period) this year, which is double the investment made in the same quarter last year.

In the first nine months this year, private equity players invested $3.9 billion in real estate in the country during the period from January to September -- more than the total investment in 2023, according to a report by global real estate consulting firm Savills India.

On a quarterly basis, investment of $1.7 billion was made in the industrial and logistics segment, which is 77 per cent of the total capital infusion, due to a surge in e-commerce and the government's emphasis on making India a manufacturing hub.

As Ola Electric users continue to flood social media platforms against poor service and myriad other problems, IPO-bound electric two-wheeler maker Ather Energy is also facing a number of complaints against its e-scooters on social media.

On X, Ather customers have shared a range of problems – from hardware to software and delivery delays – to which, the company has responded to resolve their issues fast.

"Serviced on 14th Sep for 10k odometer, given many issues in scooter, none of them are attended saying no stock spares. Escalated to @atherenergy, suggested to drop scooter for analysis, so dropped on 3rd OCT, Yesterday delivered with Fork, key slot replaced. But incomplete fitting," posted an Ather e-scooter user on Wednesday.

Florida is making final preparations ahead of Hurricane Milton, which is forecast to make landfall near Tampa Bay on the west central coast of the US state on Wednesday.

More than 5 million residents on Florida's western coast were urged to leave the densely populated coastal area. Milton re-intensified on Tuesday to Category 5, the highest rating, with sustained winds at about 270 km/h in the centre.

More than 20 counties in the state issued mandatory and voluntary evacuation orders, and officials uttered dire warnings to those under evacuation orders, reports news agency.

The makers of “Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3” have finally unveiled the trailer of the upcoming film, which stars Kartik Aaryan, Triptii Dimri, Vidya Balan and Madhuri Dixit Nene.

On Wednesday, the makers dropped the over-three-minute long trailer of the film, which is set in Kolkata. It begins with the doors of the “haveli” reopening again. It also gives a clearer picture that this time Kartik’s Rooh Baba will not be fighting one but two Manjulikas – one essayed by Vidya Balan, who played the spooky role in the first installment in 2007 and the other played by Madhuri in the upcoming version.

In the third installment, the actor again plays a conman portraying a baba. Actress Triptii Dimri plays his love interest and of course there is Rajpal Yadav, who brings back the endearing character of Chota Pandit.

Jurgen Klopp has been appointed global head of soccer at Red Bull, his first appointment since stepping down from a successful spell in charge of Premier League giants Liverpool, the company said on Wednesday.

Klopp, who ended his successful nine-year stint with Liverpool following the 2023-24 Premier League season, will begin his new role on January 1, 2025.

"After almost 25 years on the sideline, I could not be more excited to get involved in a project like this. The role may have changed but my passion for football and the people who make the game what it is has not," said Klopp, whose coaching career began with Mainz 05 back in 2001.

With the Tamil Nadu Police’s crackdown at the Samsung India plant in Sunguvarchatram, Sriperumbudur, arresting striking workers and union leaders, tension is mounting in the area.

The workers of the Samsung India plant have been on strike since September 9 this year demanding better wages, improved facilities, and recognition of their trade union.

The police also arrested leaders affiliated with the CPI(M)-backed trade union, Centre for Indian Trade Unions (CITU), in the early hours of Wednesday from their homes.

It may be noted that of the 1,800 workers at the company, 1,000 have joined the strike, while 800 have reported for duty.

The water levels in the River Niger, one of Nigeria's two major rivers, are being put under control as part of measures to prevent imminent flooding in the most populous African nation.

Umar Mohammed, head of the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA), on Tuesday, said in a statement that water levels in the River Niger Basin have been gradually receding since early this month, noting that the Jebba Dam is currently spilling excess water in coordination with operators of the Kainji Dam.

"The Kainji Dam has maintained a 53-centimetre buffer to manage any changes in water inflow," Mohammed said, explaining these are necessary in keeping with flood preparedness protocols, news agency reported.

At least nine provincial security operatives keeping guard in a local community were recently killed in an ambush by a group of gunmen in Nigeria's state of Zamfara.

Dauda Lawal, governor of Zamfara, said in a statement that the civil guards operating under the state's Community Protection Guards scheme were gunned down by the gunmen who laid an ambush for them at a security checkpoint on the outskirts of Tsafe, a town in the Tsafe local government area.

"The bandits' ambush on our guards is a cowardly act, as they were dispersed and on the run due to sustained troops' onslaught across the state," Lawal said of the incident, news agency reported.