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Capgemini Campaign depicting inclusive sustainable future

Oct 30, 2020

Infosys turns carbon neutral years ahead of

Announces ESG Vision to continue to shape and share solutions that serve businesses and communi...

Corporate Social Responsibility

Oct 30, 2020

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Cognizant announces hikes promotions to its employees

Cognizant announces hikes amp promotions to its employees Cognizant, one of the worlds lead...

Jobs

Oct 30, 2020

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Govt reduces ESIC contribution, increases monetary grants

Govt reduces ESIC contribution, and increases monetary grants to Rs. , Labour ministry has incre...

Labour Law

Oct 29, 2020

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Merger & Acquisition

Infosys Completes Acquisition of Blue Acorn iCi

Infosys Completes Acquisition of Award-Winning Digital Customer Experience, Commerce & Analytics Company, Blue Acorn iCi On October 28, 2020, Infosys, a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting, announced that it has completed the acquisition of Blue Acorn iCi, an Adobe Platinum partner in the US, and a leader in digital customer experience, commerce, and […]

Oct 29, 2020

CHRO Move

Mercer appoints Achim Lüder as new Chief People Officer

Mercer appoints Achim Lüder as new Chief People Officer Mercer a business of Marsh & McLennan, has announced Achim Lüder as its new Chief People Officer, based in Frankfurt, Germany, effective September 2020. He replaces Marcelo Modica, who has left the company after eight years. Throughout his 15-year tenure at Mercer, Lüder has held a number of senior […]

Oct 29, 2020

Jobs

Facebook’s Workplace brings new features to its platform

Facebook’s Workplace brings new features to its platform Enterprise social platform Workplace from Facebook on Wednesday said that it has brought in a number of user-friendly updates to enable faster connectivity, accessibility, and better post creation to further ease user experience. Workplace has kept its commitment to updating and introducing varied employee engagement tool kits […]

Oct 29, 2020

Jobs

TCS to finish campus hiring of over 20,000 techies by Dec

TCS to finish campus hiring of over 20,000 techies by December 2020 India’s largest IT services firm, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has started its placement. The tech firm plans to replicate the last year’s hiring strategy this year as well. The IT services firm is using its National Qualifier Test (NQT) for hiring techies. The test is […]

Oct 29, 2020

Jobs

Former Cognizant CEO D’Souza setting up $1bn PE fund

Former Cognizant CEO D’Souza setting up $1bn PE fund Former Cognizant CEO Francisco D’Souza has started a new innings. Together with others, D’Souza is setting up a $1 billion US-based private equity fund called Recognize. He is said to have already raised a couple of hundred million dollars. The rest of the fund-raising is underway. […]

Oct 29, 2020

Merger & Acquisition

Tata Group to buy majority stake in BigBasket for $1 billion

Tata Group to buy majority stake in BigBasket for about $1 billion: Report BENGALURU (Reuters) – Indian online grocery startup BigBasket is in advanced talks to sell a majority stake for about $1 billion to salt-to-software conglomerate Tata Group, the Economic Times reported on Wednesday, citing three sources familiar with the matter. The century-old group has been planning to launch […]

Oct 29, 2020

Merger & Acquisition

Wipro to acquire Encore Theme Technologies

Wipro to acquire Chennai based Encore Theme Technologies Wipro Limited, a leading global information technology, consulting and business process services company, today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Encore Theme Technologies Private Limited (Encore Theme), a specialist in providing SaaS and Cloud solutions in financial services. Over the past decade, Encore […]

Oct 28, 2020

Jobs

Tata Group to set up new phone component plant, 18K jobs

Tata Group to set up a new phone component manufacturing plant in Tamil Nadu Tata Group is investing Rs 5,000 crore to set up a phone component manufacturing plant in Tamil Nadu’s Hosur under a new company that has been named Tata Electronics. Tata Electronics has been allotted 500 acres by Tamil Nadu Industrial Development […]

Oct 28, 2020

Partnership

Microsoft and Accenture partner to support startups in India

Microsoft and Accenture expand partnership to support startups Aiming to amplify the societal impact of emerging technology, Microsoft and Accenture are expanding a joint initiative announced earlier this year to support startups that are focused on solving critical business challenges related to sustainability and skilling. The immersive, hands-on program provides technology support to help startups build scalable […]

Oct 28, 2020

Jobs

EPFO: Spike in inward remittance, indicate recovery, Report

Spike in internal remittance, new EPFO registrations indicate recovery: Report PTI | Indicating a faster-than-expected restoration, remittances from migrant labourers, and the variety of first-time EPFO registrations have crossed the pre-lockdown ranges in September, in response to a report. Another silver lining is the large 60 per cent enhance within the variety of Jan Dhan […]

Oct 28, 2020

Jobs

Tech Mahindra & HCL plan to bring back 20% staff in office

Tech Mahindra & HCL Technologies plan to bring back 20% of staff in the office According to a report by Business Insider, HCL is reportedly considering getting nearly 20% of its employees back on work premises on a rotational basis by December end this year. The company is restricting the in-office work to one day […]

Oct 28, 2020

Jobs

Salary cuts are getting rolled back, getting back to Normal?

Salary cuts are getting rolled back, getting back to Normal? After reducing salaries owing to the pandemic, various companies are now bringing remunerations back to normal. Over the last three weeks, several technology bellwether firms like TCS, Infosys, Wipro, HCL, Tech Mahindra and Mindtree, etc have announced plans to give out salary increments and bonuses. […]

Oct 27, 2020