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SKF India to cover the cost of COVID- Vaccination for all employees

SKF India to cover the cost of COVID- vaccination for all employees and their immediate family mem...

Coronavirus

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Uttarakhand govt appoints panel to look into sexual harassment complaints at workplace

Uttarakhand govt appoints panel to look into sexual harassment complaints at workplace The Uttarakha...

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Holi Gift pay hike, retirement age increased by years

Telangana government has announced pay hike, retirement age increased by years The Telangana g...

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Appointments

Cipla re-appoints Umang Vohra as MD and Global CEO

Cipla re-appoints Umang Vohra as MD and Global CEO Pharma major Cipla on Tuesday said its board has approved the re-appointment of Umang Vohra as the Managing Director and Global CEO of the company for a further period of five years. The board of directors has considered and approved the re-appointment of Umang Vohra, Managing Director, designated as ‘Managing Director and Global […]

Silicon Valley firms in no hurry to open up offices despite easing of virus ban

Silicon Valley firms in no hurry to open up offices despite easing of virus ban Several of San Francisco Bay Area’s largest technology companies including Twitter Inc and Google plan to keep their offices largely closed for months more despite the government allowing them on Tuesday to be opened in a limited capacity. Taking into […]

EPFO

Provident Fund: Govt raises threshold limit to 5 lakh for tax-free interest

Provident Fund: Govt raises threshold limit to 5 lakh for tax-free interest Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday raised the limit for tax exemption on interest earned on provident fund contribution by employees to Rs 5 lakh per annum in specified cases as against Rs 2.5 lakh proposed in the Budget. In her Budget for […]

Industry

India’s largest IT firm, TCS is looking for ‘Talent on Cloud’

Tata Consultancy Services is looking for ‘Talent on Cloud’ Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), India’s largest IT firm, is looking for ‘talent on cloud’ — literally. A vital part of its efforts to reimagine its human resources strategy is the focus on the fungibility of talent. The company is also looking at creating an algorithm-based talent […]

Coronavirus

New MHA Guidelines for effective control of COVID-19

States/ UTs mandated to strictly enforce Test-Track-Treat protocol, Containment measures,COVID-Appropriate behavior and SOPs on various activities Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) issued an Order today with Guidelines for effective control of COVID-19, which will be effective from April 1, 2021, and remain in force up to April 30, 2021. The main focus of the Guidelines […]

Industry

Xiaomi India rewarding employees with hardship bonus

Xiaomi India rewarding employees with hardship bonus Xiaomi India is rewarding half-a-month hardship bonus for all its employees, as a token of thanks for his or her work in the course of the pandemic. Manu Jain, Managing Director of the company said, “this allowance will be in addition to the salary hike and bonus paid […]

Appointments

Salesforce names Arun Parameswaran as SVP & MD- Sales & Distribution for India

Salesforce appoints Arun Parameswaran as SVP & MD- Sales & Distribution for India Salesforce has named Arun Kumar Parameswaran as Senior Vice President & Managing Director, Sales & Distribution, effective May 2021. He will be based in Bengaluru and lead the overall Sales and Distribution strategy for India and will report to Arundhati Bhattacharya, CEO, and Chairperson, […]

Partnership

HCL Tech announced its support for RISE with SAP

HCL helps Enterprises move to the Cloud with RISE with SAP HCL Technologies (HCL), a leading global technology company, announced its support for RISE with SAP, an offering by SAP that helps clients take their business-critical elements into the cloud, thereby accelerating their digital transformation and the value realization of their investments on their journey to becoming […]

Major employers scrap plans to cut back on offices: KPMG

Major employers scrap plans to cut back on offices: KPMG Most major global companies no longer plan to reduce their use of office space after the coronavirus pandemic, though few expect business to return to normal this year, a survey by accountants KPMG showed on Tuesday. Just 17% of chief executives plan to cut back on offices, down from […]

Haryana Jobs Quota: Gurugram firms ready to shift to Noida, Bhiwadi

Haryana Jobs Quota: Gurugram firms ready to shift to Noida, Bhiwadi The Haryana government’s nod to the Bill providing 75 percent reservation in the private sector to job seekers from the state, have far-reaching effects on industries in Gurugram. Several industry entrepreneurs in Gurugram are preparing to shift their businesses and establishments to Noida’s Sector-29 […]

Survey & Report

Microsoft forecasts the Next Great Disruption as Hybrid Work

Microsoft forecasts the Next Great Disruption as Hybrid Work Microsoft Corp today announced the findings from its first annual Work Trend Index. Titled “The Next Great Disruption is Hybrid Work – Are We Ready?” the report uncovers seven hybrid work trends every business leader needs to know as we enter this new era of work. […]