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Updated on: Jan 2021
Government approves closure of Scooters India
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Government approves closure of Scooters India

Government approves closure of Scooters India The government has approved closure of loss-making state-owned firm Scooters India Limited and shutting down the operations of its units, the company said on Thursday. PTI had reported a week ago that the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) is believed to have given its consent to the closure […]

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What Indian industries want from the Modi government’s Feb. 1 budget
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What Indian industries want from the Modi government’s Feb. 1 budget

What Indian industries want from the Modi government’s Feb. 1 budget Reuters – Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is expected to unveil plans to boost economic growth when she presents the 2021/2022 federal budget on Feb. 1. Corporates and industry lobby groups expect the government to announce greater spending on healthcare and infrastructure, as well as […]

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India’s biggest firms reported a sharp surge in IT hiring
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India’s biggest firms reported a sharp surge in IT hiring

India’s biggest firms reported a sharp surge in IT hiring According to media reports, post-pandemic, IT companies across the world are witnessing a digital talent shortage, they are now facing the prospect of a supply shortfall, setting IT services companies on a hiring mode. India’s top four IT companies – TCS, Infosys, Wipro, and HCL Technologies […]

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Infosys to accelerate US hiring even after Trump’s departure says CEO, Salil Parekh
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Infosys to accelerate US hiring even after Trump’s departure says CEO, Salil Parekh

Infosys is laying the foundation for more hiring abroad at a rapid clip Infosys will accelerate hiring in the U.S. and Europe, after Trump-era immigration curbs forced the Asian tech-services giant and its rivals to overhaul their traditional reliance on serving global clients with Indian talent. Asia’s Number two IT services company has recruited 2,000 college graduates outside […]

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MPL raises $500,000 under its Employee Investment Plan
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MPL raises $500,000 under its Employee Investment Plan

MPL raises $500,000 under its Employee Investment Plan E-sports and mobile gaming platform Mobile Premier League (MPL) on Wednesday said it has raised USD 500,000 (about Rs 3.65 crore) from existing employees as part of its Employee Investment Plan. The Employee Investment Plan, which was announced last month, was open to all employees of MPL and they […]

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Supreme Court suspends ruling on a man who molested girl after outcry
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Supreme Court suspends ruling on a man who molested girl after outcry

Supreme Court suspends ruling on a man who molested girl after outcry Supreme Court of India on Wednesday suspended a lower court’s ruling reducing the punishment for a man who groped a girl after the verdict sparked an outcry in a country where crimes against women have become politically contentious. Rights groups and politicians had […]

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TikTok owner ByteDance to cut down its 2,000-plus India team
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TikTok owner ByteDance to cut down its 2,000-plus India team

TikTok owner ByteDance to cut down its 2,000-plus India team China’s ByteDance is cutting the size of its 2,000-plus India team and is unsure when it will make a comeback, the company told employees in an internal memo on Wednesday, months after its popular TikTok video app was banned. The move came after India this […]

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Trident Group to distribute ESOPs worth Rs. 200 cr in next fiscal
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Trident Group to distribute ESOPs worth Rs. 200 cr in next fiscal

Trident Group to distribute ESOPs worth Rs. 200 cr in next fiscal Trident Group on Wednesday said it will distribute employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs) worth Rs. 200 crore among its employees through the Trident Welfare Trust in the next financial year. “Trident Group has announced distribution of ESOPs worth Rs. 200 crore through the Trident Welfare Trust […]

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Not sexual assault if there is no ‘skin to skin’ contact: Bombay High Court
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Not sexual assault if there is no ‘skin to skin’ contact: Bombay High Court

Not sexual assault if there is no ‘skin to skin’ contact: Bombay High Court Groping a minor’s breast without “skin to skin contact” cannot be termed as sexual assault as defined under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, the Bombay High Court has said. Justice Pushpa Ganediwala of the Nagpur bench of […]

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Redefining Employee Performance Review in 2021 Using Technology
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Redefining Employee Performance Review in 2021 Using Technology

Redefining Employee Performance Review in 2021 Using Technology With the end of 2020, we have ended a decade and entered a new decade that is full of hope, possibilities, and opportunities. There are a lot of good things we can expect in 2021, especially in the HR tech landscape. 2020 was the year that dramatically […]

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62% women working in Tech Industry prefer working from office: Survey
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62% women working in Tech Industry prefer working from office: Survey

62% women working in Tech Industry prefer working from office: Survey Almost 38 per cent of Indian women working in the tech or IT industry prefer working at home to working in the office, says a new survey. About 36 per cent women said they had more autonomy when not working in an office, according to the […]

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