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Updated on: Apr 2021
PwC announces flexible working ‘DEAL’ for employees
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PwC announces flexible working ‘DEAL’ for employees

PwC announces flexible working ‘Deal’ for employees A global consulting services firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has announced to its 22,000 people changes to allow greater flexibility for post-pandemic working. Called the ‘Deal’, the announcement reflects the firm’s commitment to supporting its people and responding to changing working patterns accelerated by Covid. The changes will help embed […]

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Twitter wants to be the most inclusive and diverse technology company
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Twitter wants to be the most inclusive and diverse technology company

Twitter wants to be the most inclusive and diverse technology company Launching its first “Global Impact Report” on Wednesday, Twitter said that it aims to be the “most inclusive and diverse” technology company. By 2025, Twitter aims to have at least half of its global workforce to be constituted by women and at least a […]

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Piaggio Vehicles to bear cost of vaccination of all staff
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Piaggio Vehicles to bear cost of vaccination of all staff

Piaggio Vehicles to bear cost of vaccination of all staff Italian auto major Piaggio Group’s Indian subsidiary Piaggio Vehicles has said it will bear the cost of vaccinating all its staff, their immediate family members besides all community members working at the manufacturing plant catchment area, against COVID-19. Piaggio also said it has partnered with a […]

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Capgemini launches a new brand ‘Capgemini Engineering’
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Capgemini launches a new brand ‘Capgemini Engineering’

Altran is now Capgemini Engineering Capgemini unveiled today ‘Capgemini Engineering’, which consolidates a unique set of market-leading capabilities in engineering and R&D. Capgemini Engineering helps the largest innovators in the world engineer the products and services of tomorrow, and cope with disruption by embedding into products digital and software technologies. In 2019, Capgemini acquired a global […]

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Infosys wins bid for ArcelorMittal’s digital transformation
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Infosys wins bid for ArcelorMittal’s digital transformation

Infosys wins bid for ArcelorMittal’s digital transformation Global software major Infosys on Thursday said it won a contract for the digital transformation of steelmaker ArcelorMittal’s IT operations. “As part of the deal, we will deliver next-generation application and business process management (BPM) services to ArcelorMittal,” the city-based firm said in a statement. Infosys will work […]

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Nokia, Ericsson, Samsung, Ciena, Foxconn keen to set up manufacturing base in India under PLI
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Nokia, Ericsson, Samsung, Ciena, Foxconn keen to set up manufacturing base in India under PLI

Nokia, Ericsson, Samsung, Ciena, Foxconn keen to set up manufacturing base in India under PLI The government on Wednesday said firms such as Ericsson and Nokia are keen to expand their operations in India, and global companies like Samsung, Cisco, Ciena and Foxconn have “shown interest” to set up manufacturing base in the country for telecom and networking products for […]

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How TCS Reimagining Hiring Strategies
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How TCS Reimagining Hiring Strategies

TCS democratizes entry-level hiring by looking beyond the traditional campus With the demand for expertise in technology growing at an exponential pace, there was a critical need to rethink talent acquisition at scale and deploy new methods to recognize and retrain candidates who truly fit the bill. As part of its larger recruitment strategy, TCS, […]

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Tesla appoints Manuj Khurana to lead its policy and business efforts in India
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Tesla appoints Manuj Khurana to lead its policy and business efforts in India

Tesla appoints Manuj Khurana to lead its policy and business efforts in India Tesla Inc is scouting for locations to open showrooms in three Indian cities and has hired an executive to lead its lobbying and business efforts ahead of its planned entry into the country, sources familiar with the discussions told Reuters. The electric-car […]

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HSBC moves to permanent work from home for call centre staff
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HSBC moves to permanent work from home for call centre staff

HSBC moves to permanent work from home for call centre staff HSBC is moving more than 1,200 staff in Britain to permanent working from home contracts, in one of the strongest indications yet of how banks are locking in changes to employees’ work patterns as a result of the pandemic to cut costs. Around 70% […]

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Flipkart fulfilling centre to create around 18,000 jobs
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Flipkart fulfilling centre to create around 18,000 jobs

Flipkart fulfilling centre in Manesar to create around 18,000 jobs In view of the increasing demand of warehousing, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Tuesday approved the allotment of 140 acres in Manesar to Flipkart for setting up its largest fulfilling centre in Asia. The approval was granted at the meeting of the Haryana Enterprise Promotion Board presided […]

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India’s tech services could touch $300-350bn in revenues by 2025
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India’s tech services could touch $300-350bn in revenues by 2025

India’s tech services could touch $300-350bn in revenues by 2025: Nasscom India’s technology services industry’s growth can accelerate by 2-4 per cent over the next five years, reaching USD 300-350 billion in annual revenues on the back of a cloud, artificial intelligence AI, cybersecurity, and other emerging technologies, a report by Nasscom said on in […]

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Volvo Car India to bear Covid-19 vaccination cost of its employees
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Volvo Car India to bear Covid-19 vaccination cost of its employees

Volvo Car India to bear Covid-19 vaccination cost of its employees Volvo Car India on Monday said it will bear the cost of vaccinating its employees against Covid-19. The benefit would also extend to their spouses, children and parents who are eligible to receive the vaccine, the automaker said in a statement. The company would reimburse these costs as and when […]

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