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Updated on: Jun 2021

Movement

Twitter interim grievance officer for India quits

Jun 28, 2021

ONGC launches Women Leadership Program Urjasvini

During these pandemic times, a landmark womens leadership development program has been launched by ...

Industry

Jun 27, 2021

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ESIC added . lakh, new subscribers in April

Around . lakh new subscribers joined the ESIC-run social security scheme in April, official data...

ESIC

Jun 27, 2021

Nike appoints Namita Vyas as Director- Talent Acquisition

Namita Vyas joins Nike as Director- Talent Acquisition, effective June . Nike, Inc. is an Americ...

Appointments

Jun 27, 2021

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Appointments

Honeywell appoints Sumedha Pal Parmar as Head- HR, India

Honeywell, a multinational conglomerate headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina elevates Sumedha Pal Parmar as Head of HR, India. In her new role, she will be responsible for the entire gamut of People and Culture functions for India Operations. Most recently, Sumedha was working as Sr. Director Talent Acquisition & Diversity with Honeywell. She was responsible for […]

Jun 26, 2021

Industry

Infosys announces salary hike effective July 2021

India’s second-largest IT firm, Infosys has announced that it will be rolling out salary hikes effective July 2021, This is the second salary hike this year, as the company aims to manage attrition and retain talent. Infosys had announced its first salary hike in January 2021. Speaking at Infosys’ 40th annual general meeting, COO Pravin Rao […]

Jun 26, 2021

Jobs

Tesla’s rival Triton to create 24,000 jobs in Telangana for new EV factory

According to Business Insider’s report, US-based electric vehicles (EV) maker Triton, which is a competitor of Tesla Inc, has signed an agreement (MoU) with Telangana Government to set up an Electric Vehicle manufacturing facility in the state’s Zahirabad area. Principal Secretary (IT and Industries) Jayesh Ranjan and Triton Electric Vehicle Pvt. Ltd CEO & Founder Himanshu B. […]

Jun 26, 2021

Labour Law

Government grants further extension in timelines of compliances

Government grants further extension in timelines of compliances and has also announced tax exemption for expenditure on COVID-19 treatment and ex-gratia received on death due to COVID-19. Tax exemption Many taxpayers have received financial help from their employers and well-wishers for meeting their expenses incurred for treatment of Covid-19. In order to ensure that no […]

Jun 26, 2021

Appointments

Cathay Pacific Airways appoints Abhijit Abhyankar as Regional Head- HR

Cathay Pacific, The Hong Kong-based airline, has elevated Abhijit Abhyankar as the airline’s new Regional Head- People (HR) for South Asia, the Middle East, and Africa (SAMEA). Most recently, he was serving in the role of Regional Head of Marketing and Digital Sales – South Asia, Middle East & Africa at the company. In his […]

Jun 26, 2021

Industry

Schneider to create over 2,000 jobs, to invest Rs 350-400 crore in Luminous Power

French multinational Schneider Electric has announced its plan to infuse around Rs 350-400 crore in its Indian subsidiary Luminous Power Technologies to double its manufacturing capacity and ramp up the solar business. With these funds, Luminous will expand the capacity of its seven existing plants in the country, and set up two new manufacturing plants, generating direct employment for more […]

Jun 26, 2021

Industry

Grofers rolls out 33% salary hike for its tech team

Online grocery delivery platform Grofers announced on Monday that it will offer a 33 per cent hike in salary to its tech team effective July 2021, along with a “hefty ESOP allocation” as the online grocery delivery platform looks to retain staff and woo more tech talent. The SoftBank-backed company, which plans to launch an […]

Jun 25, 2021

Appointments

IAMAI appoints Google India MD Sanjay Gupta as Chairman

Industry body IAMAI on Thursday said Google India Vice President and Managing Director Sanjay Gupta has been elected as its chairman for the period 2021-23. He succeeds Amazon Senior Vice President and India Country Manager Amit Agarwal. Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) has also named Facebook India Vice President and Managing Director Ajit Mohan as Vice Chairman of the association, succeeding […]

Jun 25, 2021

Industry

DXC Technology to regularise salary increments, increase hiring

According to TOI report, DXC Technology, a global technology company has said that it is going to regularise its salary review process and expedite the hiring in 2021. Mary E Finch, CHRO and EVP, DXC Technology said in a statement that one of her first initiatives was the Pay the People campaign. “There was no regular pay […]

Jun 25, 2021

Jobs

Disney+ Hotstar set to hire 250 people across verticals

Content streaming platform Disney+Hotstar on Thursday said it will recruit about 250 people in the country across different levels and verticals to drive its next phase of rapid growth and transformation as it looks to compete more aggressively against rivals like Netflix and Amazon Prime Video. The new recruitments will be made across verticals including engineering, […]

Jun 25, 2021

Partnership

TCS, Bharti Airtel collaborates to build 5G networks in India

TCS, a subsidiary of the Tata Group has developed a state-of-the-art O-RAN-based Radio & NSA/SA Core and has integrated a totally indigenous telecom stack, leveraging group capabilities and that of its partners. This will be available for commercial development starting January 2022. Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) brings its global system integration expertise and helps align the end-to-end […]

Jun 25, 2021

Jobs

Reliance Retail aims to create over 10 lakh jobs in the next 3-5 years

Reliance Retail would grow at least three times in the next 3 to 5 years, Mukesh Ambani, Chairman and Managing Director Reliance Industries, said. It continues to be among the fastest-growing retailers globally and the company aims to be among the top ten retailers of the world, Ambani said at RIL’s annual general meeting with […]

Jun 25, 2021