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Updated on: Oct 2021
Larsen Toubro launches L&T EdTech, an online learning platform
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Larsen Toubro launches L&T EdTech, an online learning platform

Yesterday, Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has announced the launch of its e-learning platform L&T EdTech aiming to empower individuals with industry-aligned courses powered by decades of L&T’s expertise. “The platform is a new industry-led, application-based, practical oriented hybrid online learning platform to help create industry-ready talent,” L&T said in a filing on 15th October. Commenting […]

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Boeing workers stage protest over vaccine mandate
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Boeing workers stage protest over vaccine mandate

Waving signs like “coercion is not consent,” and “stop the mandate,” some 200 Boeing Co employees and others staged a protest on Friday over the planemaker’s COVID-19 vaccine requirement for US workers. Boeing said on Tuesday it will require its 125,000 US employees to be vaccinated by Dec. 8 under an executive order issued by […]

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Volkswagen officials dismiss reports of 30,000 job losses
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Volkswagen officials dismiss reports of 30,000 job losses

Frankfurt: Senior sources at German auto giant Volkswagen on Wednesday dismissed reports that up to 30,000 jobs could be at risk if it could not cut costs in its transition to electric models. Earlier Wednesday, a company source had said the company’s chief executive, Herbert Diess, had given the warning at a recent supervisory board meeting. The business […]

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TCS asks employees to return to the ‘deputed location’ by November 15
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TCS asks employees to return to the ‘deputed location’ by November 15

According to ET report, India’s largest IT services provider company, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has asked employees to return to their “deputed location (base branch)” by 15th November 2021. The company said, “We’re preparing employees in the country to start working from offices but it would be a calibrated move that will take into consideration […]

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Wipro Q2 Results: attrition increased to 20.5%, robust hiring plans…
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Wipro Q2 Results: attrition increased to 20.5%, robust hiring plans…

Yesterday, Bengaluru based-IT major Wipro has announced its second quarter (the quarter ended September 30, 2021) of the financial year 2022 results. The company reported sharp rise in the attrition rate at 20.5 per cent from 15.5 per cent in the last quarter as the demand for IT professionals increased. The company has onboarded a […]

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Infosys has announced Q2 results, attrition increased to 20 percent
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Infosys has announced Q2 results, attrition increased to 20 percent

On October 13, India’s second-largest IT services company Infosys has announced its second-quarter of the financial year 2022 results. The company reported an increased employee attrition rate at 20.1% on annualised basis as compared to year-earlier levels of 12.8%. Though attrition levels also witnessed a spike. Infosys said that it plans to hire 45,000 college graduates […]

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3 employees killed in shooting at postal facility in Memphis
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3 employees killed in shooting at postal facility in Memphis

Two U.S. Postal Service workers were fatally shot Tuesday at a postal facility in Memphis and a third employee identified as the shooter died from a self-inflicted gunshot, authorities said. It was the third high-profile shooting in or near that west Tennessee city in weeks. U.S. Postal Inspector Susan Link said the three postal workers […]

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Adani Group takes over management of Jaipur International Airport
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Adani Group takes over management of Jaipur International Airport

Adani Group on Monday took over the responsibilities of the Jaipur International Airport from the Airports Authority of India (AAI). The airport has been leased out to the group by the government of India for a period of 50 years. Airport director J S Balhara handed over a symbolic key of the airport to Chief Airport Officer Adani Jaipur International Ltd Vishnu Jha in […]

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Salary issues resolved; cases by lessors will not help anyone: SpiceJet
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Salary issues resolved; cases by lessors will not help anyone: SpiceJet

The court cases filed by aircraft lessors to recover their dues don’t assist anybody very much and all such disputes eventually end in settlements, SpiceJet CMD Ajay Singh said last week. SpiceJet employees are now being paid their full salaries on time and all issues related to their pays have been resolved, he told PTI in an interview. Delhi […]

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TCS is hiring Women Professionals under the ‘Rebegin Initiative’
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TCS is hiring Women Professionals under the ‘Rebegin Initiative’

IT Major, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has started the biggest recruitment drive ‘REBEGIN’ for women professionals who are looking for job opportunities after a career gap. TCS said, “Talent and Potential will always remain, and Rebegin is an opportunity for talented experienced women professionals to inspire, reinvent and challenge themselves to make a mark,” “So take center stage, […]

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KPMG rolls out Returning Women Programme in India
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KPMG rolls out Returning Women Programme in India

KPMG India, a leading providers of risk, financial and business advisory, tax, and regulatory services, and internal audit firm has announced the launch of Returning Women Programme. The company invites job applications from women professionals who are on a career break. On its advertisement page, the company said, “We strongly believe in fostering a work environment […]

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Air India owner Tata Sons to retain all employees for at least 1 year
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Air India owner Tata Sons to retain all employees for at least 1 year

The new owners of Air India, Tata Sons will have to retain all the employees of the national carrier for at least one year post which they can offer a VRS. The gratuity, pension fund, and post-retirement medical benefits of existing and past employees too would be honoured by the new owner, Civil Aviation Secretary Rajiv Bansal said. […]

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