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Updated on: Feb 2020

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India Inc. back in hiring mode, talent demand up by

Feb 17, 2020

Deloitte to create , jobs in years in India

DeloittenbspGlobal CEO Punit Renjen on th Feb, Monday said the company is committed to creating ...

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Feb 12, 2020

Cognizant to hire more than , students from campuses in India this year

Cognizant Technologynbspaims to hire more than , technical graduate students, equipped with d...

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Feb 11, 2020

Latest news: Cognizant to hire more than , students from campuses in India this year - SightsIn Plus

Government to create over Rs . lakh jobs by

According to Budget - and a report published in Business Today, more than . lakh jobs are l...

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Feb 5, 2020

Industry

Fujifilm India opens a new office in Bengaluru, plans to increase its workforce by 30%

Fujifilm India, one of the global pioneers in imaging technologies opened its new office in Bengaluru. This new set-up will help the company further expand its presence in southern India, better serve its existing customers, and also provide an exciting working environment to its workforce. “With the new workplace, Fujifilm plans to increase its workforce […]

Feb 4, 2020

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HCL Tech to add workforce in Lucknow by 50% to 6,000 by March 2021

According to a Business Standard report, HCL Technologies is looking to increase its workforce at Lucknow facility from the current headcount of 4,000 to 6, 000 by the end of the next financial year 2020-21. HCL Lucknow is the largest HCL campus in North India and spread over 100 acres of land. It offers a spectrum […]

Feb 3, 2020

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Fraud: EPFO blocks accounts of over 9 lakh employees

The government has found 9 lakh beneficiaries in as many as 80,000 companies took benefit of the Centre’s job formalization scheme, Pradhan Mantri Rojgar Protsahan Yojana (PMRPY), even though they were not eligible, leading to around Rs 300 crore loss to the exchequer. According to a report published in the Business Standard, These companies allegedly […]

Jan 31, 2020

Industry

Samsung to set up India’s 1st mobile display manufacturing plant in Noida

Samsung is investing $500 million to set up a new plant in Delhi/NCR for manufacturing smartphone displays. The company finally got the green light from the Indian government and will proceed with the investment in April 2020. The new plant will be worth $500 million and will be located in Noida – close to Samsung’s […]

Jan 22, 2020

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Data science jobs in India to increase to 1.5 lakhs in 2020

India is set to witness 1.5 lakh new openings for data science this year, which is an increase of about 62% from last year, according to a report prepared by Great Learning, ed-tech company. The majority of these jobs, 70% of total postings in this sector are for Data Scientists with less than five years […]

Jan 21, 2020

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Gig Workers may soon have to register under GST

The government is planning to get services professionals such as plumbers, electricians, and beauticians listed on online platforms into the Goods and Services Tax Network. According to an Economic Times report, the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade ( DPIIT) is considering making it mandatory for online marketplaces such as UrbanClap, HouseJoy, and […]

Jan 20, 2020

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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