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Haryana govt passes bill on 75% job quota for local people
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Haryana govt passes bill on 75% job quota for local people

Haryana govt passes bill on 75% job quota in Pvt sector for local people The Haryana assembly on Thursday passed a bill to give 75 per cent reservation in private sector jobs to youth from the state, an election promise made by ruling alliance partner Jannayak Janta Party. The Haryana State Employment of Local Candidates Bill, 2020 provides a 75 per cent job quota […]

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Standard Chartered moves to permanent flexible working
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Standard Chartered moves to permanent flexible working

Standard Chartered moves to permanent flexible working Standard Chartered will make permanent the flexible working arrangements for most employees that were put in place during the coronavirus pandemic, it said on Thursday. Asia, Africa, and Middle East-focused bank said it aims for around 50% of its markets, comprising around 70% or 60,000 of its employees, to be […]

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WFH to continue, Govt eases rules for BPO & ITeS sectors
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WFH to continue, Govt eases rules for BPO & ITeS sectors

Massive encouragement for ‘Other Service Provider’ Industry in BPO and ITeS Sectors. Liberalized Guidelines issued by the Government of India With an aim to qualitatively improve the Ease of Doing Business of the IT Industry particularly Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) and IT Enabled Services, the Department of Telecommunications has drastically simplified the Other Service Provider […]

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Govt to put VPS for small traders and unorganized workers under EPFO
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Govt to put VPS for small traders and unorganized workers under EPFO

Govt to put VPS for small traders and unorganized workers under EPFO The Centre is likely to announce a voluntary pension scheme for small traders and the unorganized sector under the Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) to make both ‘more attractive’. An official told The Economic Times that the labour ministry is considering bringing the […]

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TCS partners with AGL to drive latter’s Cloud Transformation program
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TCS partners with AGL to drive latter’s Cloud Transformation program

AGL Partners with TCS to Drive its Cloud Transformation Journey Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), a leading global IT services, consulting and business solutions organisation, is engaged in a strategic partnership with AGL to deliver the latter’s organization-wide cloud transformation program, aimed at enabling its growth strategy and achieving its vision of becoming a digital utility […]

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Indian companies to offer better salary hikes in 2021: Aon
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Indian companies to offer better salary hikes in 2021: Aon

Indian companies to offer better salary hikes in 2021: Aon According to a survey by global human resource consultancy Aon, people working in Indian companies will likely to get better salary hikes in the upcoming year compared to 2020. At present companies are betting on higher consumer demand due to enhanced government spending and bumper […]

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Tata Steel’s ‘Mind Over Matter’ Season 7 concludes
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Tata Steel’s ‘Mind Over Matter’ Season 7 concludes

Tata Steel’s Annual Innovation Challenge ‘Mind Over Matter’ Season 7 concludes Tata Steel has announced the winners of season 7 of its annual innovation challenge for engineering students. The innovation challenge has garnered much attention and popularity amongst the students since its inception and has created a benchmark for cutting edge research and collaboration amongst Corporates, […]

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Bajaj Allianz Life to allow work from home permanently
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Bajaj Allianz Life to allow work from home permanently

Bajaj Allianz Life to allow work from home permanently Private sector life insurer Bajaj Allianz Life is planning to allow a good portion of its over 10,000 employees to work from home (WFH) going forward, as lockdown and the resultant remote working have honed their skills enough to “efficiently deliver the services”. The whole country was put under a strict lockdown […]

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Flipkart acquires Mech Mocha, a mobile gaming startup
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Flipkart acquires Mech Mocha, a mobile gaming startup

Flipkart acquires Mech Mocha to strengthen its gaming strategy Walmart-owned Flipkart on Tuesday said it has strengthened its gaming strategy through the acquisition of Intellectual Property from Mech Mocha for an undisclosed amount. Mech Mocha is a mobile gaming startup that runs India’s first live-social gaming platform ‘Hello Play’ co-founded by Arpita Kapoor and Mohit […]

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Cognizant completes acquisition of Bright Wolf
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Cognizant completes acquisition of Bright Wolf

Cognizant Completes Acquisition of Bright Wolf Accelerating Growth in Industrial IoT Services Cognizant has completed the previously announced acquisition of Bright Wolf, a privately-held technology services provider specializing in custom Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) solutions for Fortune 1000 companies. A strategic systems integration and technology partner for industrial enterprises, Bright Wolf will enrich Cognizant’s […]

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Wipro extends WFH for its employees till January 18, 2021
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Wipro extends WFH for its employees till January 18, 2021

Wipro extends WFH for its employees till January 18, 2021 The Bengaluru-based IT major, Wipro has asked its employees in India and the United States to work from home till January 18, 2021 as the COVID-19 pandemic is still raging. The company wrote to employees about the extension of WFH and also said that the […]

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