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Updated on: Oct 2021
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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TCS has added 19,690 employees in Q2, Attrition rate increased to 11.9%
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TCS has added 19,690 employees in Q2, Attrition rate increased to 11.9%

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), the leading global IT services, consulting, and business solutions organization, reported its second-quarter financial results for the quarter ending September 30, 2021. The company has added 43,000 freshers in the first six months of this financial year and plans to hire another 35,000 freshers over the next 06 months of this fiscal. TCS reported attrition of 11.9% in Q2. […]

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Tata Group acquires Air India for Rs 18,000 crore
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Tata Group acquires Air India for Rs 18,000 crore

According to a Reuters report, Tata Sons has been selected as the winning bidder to take over state-run carrier Air India, the government said on Friday, marking the end of years of struggle to privatize the financially troubled airline. Tata Sons, the holding company for the autos-to-steel Tata conglomerate, bid 180 billion rupees ($2.40 billion) […]

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Amazon sued by warehouse workers over COVID-19 screening pay
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Amazon sued by warehouse workers over COVID-19 screening pay

Amazon .com Inc has been accused of violating Colorado state law by failing to pay warehouse workers for time spent undergoing COVID-19 screenings before clocking in at work. Jennifer Vincenzetti, who worked at two Amazon warehouses in Colorado Springs, filed a proposed class action in Colorado federal court on Tuesday claiming the company made workers […]

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Cognizant invites applications for freshers & experienced people hiring
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Cognizant invites applications for freshers & experienced people hiring

Cognizant, an American multinational technology company that provides business consulting, information technology, and outsourcing services invites applications for freshers & experienced people hiring in India. The company had said earlier while announcing its q2 results for the quarter ending on June 30 that the company will onboard approximately 30,000 new graduates in 2021 and make […]

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Swiggy plans ESOP liquidity events over the next two years
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Swiggy plans ESOP liquidity events over the next two years

Online food ordering and delivery platform, Swiggy has announced that all its employees holding employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs) will be eligible to participate in the two liquidity events over the next two years. This aims to reward its hard-working employees, Swiggy has decided to give its employees an opportunity for wealth creation. Commenting on this […]

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SpiceJet restores employees’ salaries to pre-Covid levels
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SpiceJet restores employees’ salaries to pre-Covid levels

Private airline SpiceJet has restored employees’ salaries to pre-Covid levels on the back of waning Covid 2.0 impact. The airline paid full salaries for the month of September to employees. Besides, salaries were disbursed on the last day of the month, as had been the practice during pre-Covid days. “From September 2021, the company has also reverted […]

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