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Updated on: Feb 2022

Industry

Over lakh workers returned to India from the six Gulf countries- S Jaishankar

Feb 5, 2022

High Court puts on hold quota for locals in private jobs in Haryana

In a setback to the BJP-JJP government in Haryana, the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Thursday sta...

Jobs

Feb 3, 2022

virtual labs, skilling e-labs to be set up- Union Budget -

While presenting the Union Budget for the year -, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on...

Jobs

Feb 2, 2022

Latest news: virtual labs, skilling e-labs to be set up- Union Budget - - SightsIn Plus

lakh new jobs to be created under the PLI scheme in sectors

The Production-Linked Incentive PLI scheme across sectors, including IT hardware manufacturing,...

Employment

Feb 1, 2022

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Employment

Indian startups generated over 6 lakh jobs: President Kovind

Hailing the Indian startup success story, President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday said the burgeoning startup ecosystem has generated more than 6 lakh jobs to date. Addressing the joint session of Parliament, Kovind said that since 2016, India has seen 60,000 startups in 56 different sectors. “Our startup industry is also an example of the […]

Jan 31, 2022

Jobs

New startups, IT firms exempted from Haryana local employment law

Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala stated that the new startups and Information Technology companies would be given an exemption for two years under the Haryana State Employment of Local Candidates Act, 2020. Chautala added that exemptions have also been given to domestic servants and those industries for which skilled workers are not available. “Sowing […]

Jan 31, 2022

Industry

TCS iON offers a 15-day free digital certification program

India’s biggest IT company Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has announced a free 15 days online course “TCS iON Career Edge’ for young professionals. According to the company, this 15-day course will help the job seekers to improve their core employability skills such as communication, collaboration, business etiquette, financial and digital literacy, etc. TCS iON Career Edge – Young […]

Jan 30, 2022

Industry

DCW issues notice to SBI, seeks withdrawal of new recruitment policy for pregnant women

The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) on Saturday issued a notice to SBI seeking withdrawal of its new rules wherein a woman who is over three months pregnant will be considered “temporarily unfit” and she may be allowed to join within four months after delivery. State Bank of India (SBI), the country’s largest lender, could […]

Jan 29, 2022

Industry

Unilever to cut jobs across all regions

Unilever PLC plans to slash thousands of management positions across its operations, a source familiar with the matter said on Monday. The job cuts will be in the “low thousands“, the person said. The development comes on the heels of reports that activist investor Nelson Peltz’s hedge fund, Trian Partners, is building an unspecified stake […]

Jan 25, 2022

Jobs

WFH has put working women under ‘triple burden’- President Kovind

Work from home (wfh) during the Covid pandemic has its benefits but it has also put working women under a “triple burden”, says President Ram Nath Kovind. In a letter to young Indians published in the Manorama Yearbook 2022, he says women already have the double burden of paid work and “unpaid work”, that is, […]

Jan 19, 2022

Jobs

Now, 75% jobs in Haryana with Max Rs 30,000 pay mandatory for locals

As the law in Haryana, that provides 75 per cent reservation in private sector to job seekers from the state came into effect, Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala on Sunday said it will open new avenues of employment for thousands of youth. The Haryana State Employment of Local Candidates Act, 2020, applies to jobs offering a maximum gross monthly salary or wages of […]

Jan 17, 2022

Jobs

Pregnant Women, Divyang Employees exempted from attending office

Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Sunday said that pregnant women and ‘divyang‘ (differently-abled) employees of central government departments have been exempted from attending office in the wake of a sharp spike in Covid cases. However, they will be required to remain available and work from home, he said. Officials and staff living in Covid containment […]

Jan 10, 2022

Industry

Nagarro hiring freshers and experienced people for WFH, and WFA jobs

Nagarro, a global leader in digital engineering and technology solutions invites applications for various Work From Home, and Work From Anywhere jobs for both freshers and experienced people in India. On its advertisement page, Nagarro said, “Our mission is to make distance irrelevant between intelligent people”. The company added, “We have always practiced ways of working that […]

Jan 7, 2022

Jobs

HR policies should promote work-life balance: Vice President Naidu

Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Monday underscored the need for maintaining work-life balance and batted for equal importance to professional duties and family responsibilities. Addressing a gathering here after launching the book ‘Dr V L Dutt: Glimpses of a Pioneer’s Life Journey,’ authored by V L Indira Dutt, Naidu urged all business leaders to […]

Dec 28, 2021

Jobs

Over 840 IIT-Guwahati students get placement offers

More than 840 students, including 133 girls, of IIT (Indian Institute of Technology), Guwahati (IIT-G) have bagged job offers in the first phase of placement with one student having bagged Rs. 2.05 crore package per annum offer from a multi-national firm, officials said on Saturday. Abhishek Kumar, IIT-G’s Centre for Career Development Head, said in […]

Dec 25, 2021

Jobs

1,327 job offers for IIT-Madras students in 2021-22

The students of Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-Madras), one of the oldest IITs in the country, had got 310 higher placement offers in 2021 as compared to 2020, said a senior official. The number of campus placement offers from corporates to students for the academic year 2021-22 stands at 1,327 as compared to 1,017 […]

Dec 23, 2021