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Updated on: Nov 2020

Jobs

Wipro to Raise Salaries of Workforce by December

Nov 9, 2020

TCS Partners with Bi in scaling its Insurance Platform

Tata Consultancy Services Partners with Bi in Scaling its Insurance Platform Fluidity, to Accelera...

Partnership

Nov 9, 2020

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Biden to provide US citizenship to over , Indians

Biden administration is likely to provide US citizenship to over , Indians As a largely immigr...

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Nov 9, 2020

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Biden to raise H-B visa limit, remove country quota for green cards

Biden to raise H-B visa limit, remove country quota for green cards U.S. President-elect Joe Biden ...

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Nov 9, 2020

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Economy expected to bounce back from next fiscal: SBI

Economy expected to bounce back from next fiscal says SBI Chairman Dinesh Kumar Khara The country’s economy, which has shown resilience to come out from a downturn caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, is expected to bounce back from the next fiscal, State Bank of India (SBI) chairman Dinesh Kumar Khara said on Saturday. There will be a “paradigm shift” which will […]

Nov 8, 2020

ESIC

ESIC subscribers will soon utilize Ayushman Bharat benefits

ESIC beneficiaries will soon be able to utilize healthcare facilities under Ayushman Bharat According to a recent ET report, The beneficiaries of the Employees’ State Insurance Corporation will quickly be capable to utilise the healthcare services under the Ayushman Bharat or the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojna as per their packaged charges. Conversely, the beneficiaries of PM-JAY can avail companies in […]

Nov 7, 2020

Merger & Acquisition

Cognizant acquired 08 digital firms to grow business in 2020

Cognizant has acquired 08 digital firms to grow business in 2020 US-based IT services major Cognizant Technology Solutions is betting on acquisitions as a strategy to build its digital business, as already announced earlier. According to the media reports, the company has successfully done eight digital-based acquisitions till now this year, and all of these acquisitions […]

Nov 7, 2020

Jobs

Tata Steel Jamshedpur to employ 500 employees’ children

Tata Steel Jamshedpur to employ 500 employees’ children from Feb-March, 2021 In a landmark agreement between Management and Tata Workers Union, Tata Steel agreed to enroll 500 registered dependents of retired employees in a three year phased manner. Children’s age criteria agreed upon is between 18 years to 42 years. And a written test in […]

Nov 7, 2020

Jobs

75% staff may continue work from outside office: IT Secretary

About 75% of industry workforce may continue to work from outside office: IT Secretary The information technology (IT) industry may not get back to the old style of working from office and around 75% of the workforce may continue to work from outside office going ahead, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (Meity) Secretary Ajay Prakash Sawhney said on […]

Nov 7, 2020

Labour Law

EPFO: Digital Life Certificate now available for pensioners

Jeevan Pramaan/Digital Life Certificate now available at your nearest post office or at the doorstep In the present scenario of COVID-19 Pandemic, Employees Provident Fund Organization desires that all the Pensioners should stay safe and stay at home in the prevailing Pandemic situation. Therefore, EPFO has proactively partnered with Common Service Centre (CSC) to provide […]

Nov 6, 2020

Jobs

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 […]

Nov 6, 2020

Jobs

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 […]

Nov 6, 2020

Jobs

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 […]

Nov 6, 2020

Labour Law

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 […]

Nov 5, 2020

Partnership

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 […]

Nov 5, 2020

Survey & Report

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 […]

Nov 5, 2020