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Updated on: Dec 2023

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Union labour ministry issued show cause notice to Air India Express

Dec 5, 2023

Amazon AFE program to empower Advanced Coding AI Skills

An American multinational technology company, Amazon.in has the expansion of its Amazon Future Engin...

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Dec 4, 2023

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Thales expands in India plans to double engineering staff by

Thales, a global leader in Defence, Aerospace, and Digital Identity and security, has launched its n...

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Dec 2, 2023

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IT hiring to remain impacted few quarters only, V-shaped recovery soon

It is expected that the IT hiring slowdown is likely to continue for - quarters. Companies includi...

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Dec 2, 2023

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HUL has announced scholarship for women in STEM

A British-owned Indian consumer goods company, Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) has announced scholarship for women in STEM. According to the Department of Science & Technology, from 2019-2020, women accounted for only 16.6% of those directly engaged in R&D activities in India. The STEM Fellowship for Women has been set up to support women scientists from […]

Dec 1, 2023

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Capgemini’s 10th employee shareholding plan subscribed by over 50,000 employees

A French multinational information technology services and consulting company, Capgemini’s tenth employee shareholding plan was subscribed to by more than 50,000 employees in the 32 participating countries. Aiman Ezzat, Chief Executive Officer of the Capgemini Group: “As a strategic business and technology partner of large companies and organizations, the Group fully answers market demand for value generating solutions.” “With […]

Dec 1, 2023

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Amazon announces chatbot for workplaces with ‘Amazon Q’

AWS has announced Amazon Q, a new type of generative artificial intelligence-(AI) powered assistant that is specifically for work and can be tailored to a customer’s business. The new type of generative AI-powered assistant, built with security and privacy in mind, empowers employees to get answers to questions, solve problems, generate content, and take action […]

Nov 30, 2023

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Jeff Bezos, and Elon Musk are against work-life balance, Why?

However, there have been various statements from the top executives of the companies regarding the work-life balance. In 2018, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos was against the concept of work-life balance.’ “The reality is, if I am happy at home, I come into the office with tremendous energy. And if I am happy at work, I come home […]

Nov 30, 2023

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Mr. Murthy: Work three shifts a day, start English medium schools

One of the seven co-founders of Infosys, Narayana Murthy was in conversation with Zerodha co-founder Nikhil Kamath at the Bengaluru Tech Summit. During this conversation, Narayana Murthy said, “The maximum percentage of local people that you can employ in an industry like software services is about 60%.” “So, it means that the rest of the […]

Nov 30, 2023

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Is this for publicity; as Zomato offered 1.6 cr salary, got the hype, and left?

The online food delivery platform, Zomato offered 1.6 crore salary package to IIT Delhi student and then withdrew it. Hrithik Talwar shared a post on social media platform X (formally Twitter). He has shared a screenshot of the withdrawal letter in his post. The post has gone Viral. The post read, “Zomato came to the […]

Nov 29, 2023

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Oracle offers free skill-based job-ready courses; Check Here

An American multinational computer technology company, Oracle is offering multiple free and paid skill-based courses to update job-ready skills. The job market today has challenges and is more competitive than ever before, requiring youth to put their best foot forward to win. The company said on its page, “Welcome to MyLearn – Your Personal, Digital […]

Nov 29, 2023

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PM Narendra Modi to distribute over 51,000 appointment letters

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will distribute more than 51,000 appointment letters to newly inducted recruits on 30th November, 2023 at 4 PM via video conferencing. On this occasion Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will be be addressing the appointees. The recruitments are taking place across Central Government Departments as well as State Governments/UTs supporting […]

Nov 29, 2023

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PwC India and Darwinbox to elevate enterprise HR Transformation

PwC India has announced a strategic partnership with Darwinbox, a leading Software as a Service (SaaS) based human resource (HR) technology firm to help organizations across India to revolutionize HR transformation solutions. This alliance aims to bring forth the essential HR innovations – with a combination of Darwinbox’s cutting-edge Human Capital Management (HCM) technology across […]

Nov 29, 2023

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Replay: A shift in policies by TCS, Meesho, Marketing Moves, etc

Recently, a couple of companies have modified and implemented various policies some of which have been praised by the employees and few have even faced backlash. However, companies try to implement a human-centric culture, employees feel supported, they feel encouraged, and motivated at the workplace. Let’s have a look at the shift in policies by TCS, […]

Nov 28, 2023

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TCS invested in training over 100,000 employees on Generative AI

An Indian multinational information technology (IT) services and consulting company, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has launched its AWS generative AI practice, to help customers harness the full potential of AI and AWS generative AI services to transform different parts of their value chain and achieve superior business outcomes. TCS has invested in foundation training of […]

Nov 28, 2023

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UST is planning to hire 2,000; inaugurates new office in Hyderabad

UST, a leading digital transformation solutions company, has inaugurated its new office at International Tech Park Hyderabad. The new office will accommodate over 2000 UST employees in Hyderabad and act as a center for innovative research and development in emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), and IoT. The company plans to double its headcount to […]

Nov 28, 2023