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Updated on: Nov 2022

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Indian IT industry will hire lakh people in the near term

Nov 17, 2022

Mahindra launches first dedicated farm machinery plant in Pithampur

Mahindra amp Mahindra Farm Equipment Sector FES, a part of the Mahindra Group, formally inaugura...

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Nov 17, 2022

Latest news: Mahindra launches first dedicated farm machinery plant in Pithampur - SightsIn Plus

Wipro to set up European Works Council

Wipro Limited, leading technology services and consulting company, announced that it has reached an ...

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Nov 17, 2022

Latest news: Wipro to set up European Works Council - SightsIn Plus

T-Systems with Tech Mahindra opens Delivery Centre in Nagpur to hire people

One of the leading providers of digital services, T-Systems International has partnered with Tech Ma...

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Nov 16, 2022

Latest news: T-Systems with Tech Mahindra opens Delivery Centre in Nagpur to hire people - SightsIn Plus

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Nearly 3 lakhs employees lost jobs in the last 2 months

Many companies have been laying employees. Most Tech Firms have fired employees due to inflation, moonlighting, and many more. Rajesh Padmanabhan, Chief Executive Officer of Talavvy Business Catalysts shared his view in a LinkedIn post, “Over 300,000 jobs lost in the last 2 months. Some more big ones queuing up. This will soon become Industry […]

Nov 16, 2022

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2 held for duping people on pretext of providing jobs abroad

In India people dream of better job opportunities abroad. In a recent case, a racket was been operating promising Jobs abroad. Two persons have been arrested in Uttar Pradesh. According to ET, Azeem and Gufran were operating this racket of operating promising Jobs abroad. They have been arrested by the police from Maharajganj district after an […]

Nov 16, 2022

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‘Normalise crying at workplace’: SUGAR Cosmetics CEO Vineeta Singh

Vineeta Singh is the Co-founder & CEO of SUGAR Cosmetics, India’s fastest-growing beauty brand. She speaks on ‘Normalise crying at the workplace’ and explains that it is a form of expression. SUGAR Cosmetics CEO Vineeta Singh shared through a LinkedIn post, “Let’s normalise crying at the workplace. It’s self-expression, not a “breakdown”, so please don’t […]

Nov 15, 2022

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Tech Mahindra and Infosys to bring a policy on moonlighting soon

India’s IT Major, Tech Mahindra has said that it is working on a policy that will allow moonlighting for its employees. C P Gurnani, CEO and MD said that Tech Mahindra is a digital company and not a legacy firm. We are working on a policy that will allow our employees to take gig work with […]

Nov 15, 2022

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Dream11 CEO offers job to Indians fired from Twitter and Meta

The world’s largest fantasy sports platform, Dream11 CEO Harsh Jain is offering job opportunities to the Indian employees fired from Twitter and Meta. Due to the recession, there have been layoffs in many companies. Most recently, Major tech companies like Meta laid off over 11,000 jobs, which is nearly 13% of its workforce globally followed by […]

Nov 14, 2022

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Infosys to resume work from office in a phased manner

India’s second-largest IT major, Infosys will soon be resuming its work from office in a three-phased manner. Infosys currently employs 3,45,218 employees as of September 30, 2022. The company communicated with its employees by saying that it is going to adopt a ‘three-phase work from office plan’. The three phases include:- According to Business Today, Krishnamurthy […]

Nov 14, 2022

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Ecom Express opens a grocery fulfilment center in Coimbatore; creating 500 jobs

A leading end-to-end technology-enabled logistics solutions provider, Ecom Express Limited has announced the expansion with a new fulfillment center in Palladam near Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. Earlier, Ecom Express also announced the launch of its first all-women Delivery Center in the northeast situated in Imphal, Manipur. The company said, “The pursuit of women’s economic independence is going to […]

Nov 14, 2022

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Simplus, an Infosys company is expanding into New Zealand

India’s second-largest IT major acquired Simplus in March 2020 which was one of the fastest-growing Salesforce Platinum Partners in the USA and Australia. Simplus is a recognized leader and advisor in cloud consulting, implementation, data integration, change management, and training services for Salesforce CPQ and Billing applications. The company will bring this knowledge and experience […]

Nov 13, 2022

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IBM is offering a Free SkillsBuild course, Register Here

An American multinational technology corporation, IBM is offering free courses under “SkillsBuild” for both students and also adults/professionals. The company shared the information through a post, “It’s never too late to learn new skills. Explore our free courses this #STEMDay and discover ways to power your future in tech: https://ibm.co/3teQwoy“ The company is offering different courses under the […]

Nov 12, 2022

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Former HCL CEO says moonlighting in IT industry due to Less salary

Moonlighting is a kind of practice when someone is taking up a second job during or outside the normal business hours of primary employment. However, in India, as per the Labour Law, if you are fully employed, you cannot have your own business or even work elsewhere. Most private organizations also have policies that prohibit moonlighting and take strict […]

Nov 12, 2022

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Elon Musk ends remote work in his first email to Twitter employees

An American communications company, Twitter’s new owner Elon Musk said remote work will no longer be allowed and employees will be expected to be in the office for at least 40 hours per week, subject to exceptions by his approval. According to the email reviewed by Bloomberg News, Elon Musk emailed his workers for the […]

Nov 11, 2022

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Mahindra Group signs a MoU for women’s empowerment

The Mahindra Group signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to support women’s economic empowerment in India. This two-year MOU marks a significant step towards achieving the Mahindra Group’s Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) commitment of impacting one million women annually from 2026. The Mahindra Group, a global leader […]

Nov 10, 2022