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Updated on: Jan 2020

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Fraud EPFO blocks accounts of over lakh employees

Jan 31, 2020

Samsung to set up Indias st mobile display manufacturing plant in Noida

Samsung is investing million to set up a new plant in DelhiNCR for manufacturing smartphone di...

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Jan 22, 2020

Latest news: Samsung to set up Indias st mobile display manufacturing plant in Noida - SightsIn Plus

Data science jobs in India to increase to . lakhs in

India is set to witness . lakh new openings for data science this year, which is an increase of ab...

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Jan 21, 2020

Gig Workers may soon have to register under GST

The government is planning to get services professionals such as plumbers, electricians, and beautic...

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Jan 20, 2020

Latest news: Gig Workers may soon have to register under GST - SightsIn Plus

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Amazon to create 10 lakh new jobs in India by 2025

Amazon announced that it is planning to create 1 million new jobs in India by 2025 through continued investments in technology, infrastructure, and logistics network. This comes three days after company founder and CEO Jeff Bezos visited India. According to Amazon press statement, the jobs will be created both directly and indirectly across industries, including […]

Jan 17, 2020

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Flipkart to create 5,000 local Jobs, opens two warehouses in Haryana

Walmart-owned Flipkart on January 14 said that it is strengthening its supply chain infrastructure by setting up two warehouses (fulfilment centres or FCs) in Haryana, a move that will create about 5,000 jobs locally. With these two FCs, Flipkart now has 12 assets in Haryana, including supply chain infrastructure for large appliances, non-large (including mobiles, […]

Jan 17, 2020

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Oyo rooms notifies employees about layoffs via emails

SoftBank-backed Oyo to fire 2,400 employees in India over this week, it has begun the process of notifying thousands of staffers individually about their status in the organization through individual emails. The Layoffs in Delhi and Jaipur were communicated to the staff on Monday, while in Gurgaon employees were notified on Tuesday, 14th Jan 2020. According to an […]

Jan 16, 2020

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CGI plans to hire 15,000 over the next 5 years

Canadian IT and business consulting services firms, CGI plans to hire nearly 15,000 people in India over the next four to five years. CGI offers an extensive global delivery network made up of numerous centres of excellence strategically located around the world to meet the needs of our clients. In India, there are over 15,000 […]

Jan 16, 2020

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Wipro doubles campus hiring this year

Wipro has doubled its campus hiring in FY20 as compared to the FY19, and it will continue this momentum, said Saurabh Govil, Chief Human Resources Officer, Wipro. Our localization journey in the US started three years ago. We built a local campus hiring plan in the US, added Saurabh Govil without telling the exact number of […]

Jan 15, 2020

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Amazon fires many employees for leaking customer data

Amazon recently fired many employees that were involved in leaking customer email addresses and phone numbers to an unspecified third party. It is the second time, this week the technology giant acknowledged some workers had improperly accessed customer data. “We are writing to let you know that your email address and phone number were disclosed […]

Jan 14, 2020

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Oyo lays off around 1,800 employees across India and China

According to a report in Bloomberg, SoftBank-backed Oyo Hotels is in the process of handing out pink slips to thousands of employees in India and China. The company has let go of 5 percent of its 12,000 employees in China due to non-performance. This amounts to around 600 employees in the Chinese unit. Meanwhile, in India, Oyo is […]

Jan 13, 2020

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Walmart announces the layoffs of top executives across divisions

Walmart India is in the process of sacking around a third of its top executives based at local headquarters in Gurgaon. According to a report in The Economic Times, the company has announced the layoffs of more than 100 senior executives including vice presidents across sourcing, agri-business and the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) divisions. And […]

Jan 13, 2020

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ITC Infotech presents PRARAMBH a learning platform to bridge the gap between Institutes and Industries

ITC Infotech presents ‘Prarambh’, a unique initiative that rapidly bridges the gap between educational institutions and the technology industry in India. It is a holistic platform where students can connect and learn from the best minds in the industry and get feedback. Suchismita Burman, Chief Human Resources Officer, ITC Infotech said, “At ITC Infotech our […]

Jan 11, 2020

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PayPal India announces the ‘Adoption Assistance Program’ to enhance the parental support benefits for employees

PayPal India has announced a new Adoption Assistance Program where it is offering financial support of up to Rs 1 lakh per adoption for adoptive parents. This financial support will cover reimbursement of adoption expenses such as CARA registration, child placement, foster care and establishment of legal guardianship. The new program is effective from December […]

Jan 7, 2020

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Bosch India to cut thousands of jobs as auto slowdown

Due to the ongoing slump in the auto sector, Bosch Ltd will cut its India workforce by “a couple of thousands” in the next four years, Soumitra Bhattacharya, Bosch India Managing Director, has said. The company would let go around 10 percent of the total workforce of 3,700 white-collar employees in India as part of the company’s […]

Jan 3, 2020

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Employment Trends in India, 2020

According to Economic Times report, due to the falling rate of economic growth in 2019, the job market may remain muted in the new year as well in terms of workforce expansion and salary hikes as more and more companies are expected to prefer the up-skilling of existing staff rather than hiring new ones, experts […]

Jan 3, 2020