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Updated on: May 2020

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Tech Mahindra deferred incentives wage hikes, No layoffs

May 4, 2020

Cognizant linked top execs pay to its share performance

IT major Cognizant has linked the compensation of all top executives to its share performance relati...

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Apr 26, 2020

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PayPal India announces ElderCare a new employee benefit plan

PayPal India has announced the launch of its new employee benefit plan, ElderCarePayPal. According ...

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Mar 13, 2020

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Fin-Tech firm Loanwalle.com to invest Crore in Punjab

Fin-Tech Startup Loanwalle.com added another feather to its cap by expanding its operations in Punj...

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Mar 4, 2020

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Fujifilm India opens a new office in Bengaluru, plans to increase its workforce by 30%

Fujifilm India, one of the global pioneers in imaging technologies opened its new office in Bengaluru. This new set-up will help the company further expand its presence in southern India, better serve its existing customers, and also provide an exciting working environment to its workforce. “With the new workplace, Fujifilm plans to increase its workforce […]

Feb 4, 2020

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Samsung to set up India’s 1st mobile display manufacturing plant in Noida

Samsung is investing $500 million to set up a new plant in Delhi/NCR for manufacturing smartphone displays. The company finally got the green light from the Indian government and will proceed with the investment in April 2020. The new plant will be worth $500 million and will be located in Noida – close to Samsung’s […]

Jan 22, 2020

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Wipro, Infosys and HCL Technologies hit by fresh employee discrimination suits in the US

Indian IT giants Wipro, Infosys and HCL Technologies have faced fresh lawsuits on employee discrimination in the US last month at a time when these firms are seeing an increased hostility for visas in their largest export market. According to Economic Times, In December, Wipro received a lawsuit over allegations of racial discrimination by an African-American employee named Kevin Clark. […]

Jan 6, 2020

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Relief for Telecom Employees: Cabinet gives nod to a two-year moratorium on spectrum payments

In a major relief to Telcos, the government has approved 2 years moratorium on spectrum payment. The Telcos were seeking relief from the government since the payment was huge. According to ET Telecom “In view of the current financial stress faced by major telecom service providers and in pursuant of the recommendations by the Committee […]

Nov 22, 2019

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EdCast Announces Global Alliance with TCS on Knowledge Management Platform

Tata Consultancy Services’ systems integration services now offered for implementation and engagement of EdCast’s Knowledge Cloud and learning experience platform for its G2000 enterprise customers EdCast, the provider of the leading workforce learning experience content aggregation and curation platform, today announces an alliance with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), a leading global IT services, consulting and […]

Nov 15, 2019

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Huawei to pay workers an extra month’s salary and bonuses

Huawei Technologies will double staff salaries and pay bonuses for helping the Company cope with US sanctions that threaten its smartphone and other businesses. The announcement told employees the bonuses were to “thank you for your efforts” since US curbs on technology sales to Huawei were announced in May. Zheng Liangcai, Huawei’s HR Head, wrote to staff “The company has decided to hand out a ‘Special Award for Struggles’ […]

Nov 15, 2019

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Six persons injured in a massive factory blast at Vadodara

Six people were injured after a boiler exploded at a blower manufacturing company, Chemshell company in Vadodara’s GIDC- Makarpura area, on Monday evening. The incident said to have occurred after the increase of pressure in the testing machine inside the company. The injured are rushed to the hospital as fire brigade reached the spot and […]

Oct 22, 2019

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Whistleblower group accuses Infosys of unethical practices to increase numbers

A group calling itself “Ethical Employees” has complained to the board of Infosys and the US Securities and Trade Fee (SEC) alleging that the corporate is taking ‘unethical’ steps to spice up short-term income and income and stating that the complainants have emails and voice recordings to substantiate the claims. According to newpaper24, A whistleblower […]

Oct 21, 2019

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Apple plans to invest Rs 1,000 crore in India

US tech giant Apple, the iPhone maker, has told government officials that it plans to invest close to Rs 1,000 crore in setting up its online selling platform and opening three of its iconic retail stores across major cities over the next two to three years. According to the ET report, the first store is […]

Sep 2, 2019

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Amazon inaugurates world’s largest campus in Hyderabad, Accommodate Up To 15,000 Employees

Amazon Yesterday, 21st August, inaugurated its largest campus building anywhere worldwide, as a continuing reaffirmation of how India continues to be a key market as well as the talent hub for Amazon. This is the only Amazon-owned campus outside the US and will house over 15,000 employees of its over 62,000 employee base in India. […]

Aug 22, 2019

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HCL aims at creating 8,000 local jobs

HCL Tech inks pact with Maharashtra Airport Development Co, to create 8,000 jobs, Key highlights as below. HCL aims at creating 8,000 local jobs Launched Tech Bee – HCL’s Early Career Program – a work-integrated career program for students who have completed class XII HCL to conduct Mega Recruitment Drive in Nagpur on 24-25 August […]

Aug 20, 2019

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Slowdown: Hyundai announced ‘No Production Days’ at Chennai Unit

Hyundai Motor India Ltd (HMIL) declared “no production days” this month for some of its production departments owing to tough market conditions for the automobile sector. As per the announcement at the plant, the Korean auto major said, “due to prevailing market conditions, there will be no production in passenger cars, powertrain system, and related support […]

Aug 19, 2019