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Updated on: Feb 2020
Deloitte to create 75,000 jobs in 3 years in India
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Deloitte to create 75,000 jobs in 3 years in India

Deloitte Global CEO Punit Renjen on 10th Feb, Monday said the company is committed to creating 75,000 jobs in the country in three years. He is happy with the current progress of the company in India and is anticipating a bright future. Tweeting a photograph of his meeting last week with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Renjen […]

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Cognizant to hire more than 20,000 students from campuses in India this year
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Cognizant to hire more than 20,000 students from campuses in India this year

Cognizant Technology aims to hire more than 20,000 technical graduate students, equipped with digital skills from campuses in India this year, said, Brian Humphries, chief executive officer (CEO), Cognizant. “With more and more university students becoming digitally ready, we have decided on a 30% increase in our hiring of engineering and science graduates for 2020,” Humphries […]

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Government to create over Rs 2.6 lakh jobs by 2021
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Government to create over Rs 2.6 lakh jobs by 2021

According to Budget 2020-21 and a report published in Business Today, more than 2.62 lakh jobs are likely to be created between March 2019 and March 2021 in various organizations. The Union Budget presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on February 1, Saturday estimated that more than 2.62 lakh jobs are likely to be created between March […]

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

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

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Fraud: EPFO blocks accounts of over 9 lakh employees
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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 […]

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

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Data science jobs in India to increase to 1.5 lakhs in 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 […]

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Gig Workers may soon have to register under GST
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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 […]

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Amazon to create 10 lakh new jobs in India by 2025
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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 […]

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

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Oyo rooms notifies employees about layoffs via emails
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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 […]

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