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Updated on: Oct 2023
Delhi govt hikes minimum wages, new rates from October 1, 2023
Compensation

Delhi govt hikes minimum wages, new rates from October 1, 2023

The Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi Government has hiked the minimum wages in order to give relief to people from inflation. As reports of the Live Mint, The hike in the monthly wages of unskilled, semi-skilled, and skilled workers. The new rates for the hike in minimum monthly wages are applicable from October 1. What is Minimum […]

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Wipro will honour past offers before going to campuses
Industry

Wipro will honour past offers before going to campuses

An Indian multinational corporation that provides information technology, consultant, and business process services, Wipro will honour past offers before going to campuses to hire freshers. According to Business Today, Wipro’s Global Chief Human Resources Officer Saurabh Govil said, “We will make sure we honour every offer letter we have made. There are still some people […]

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Genzeon appoints Janani Prakaash as Head – People & Culture
CHRO Move

Genzeon appoints Janani Prakaash as Head – People & Culture

Genzeon, a dominant driver in next-generation technology services & solutions and digital transformations company appoints Janani Prakaash as Head – People & Culture. Prior to Genzeon, she was associated with Quantela Inc. as Global Head of HR. In this role, she was responsible for all aspects of HR including Talent Acquisition, development, engagement, retention, culture […]

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Infosys to train 20,000 employees on Google Cloud’s GenAI
Industry

Infosys to train 20,000 employees on Google Cloud’s GenAI

Infosys, a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting, announced that it is expanding its alliance with Google Cloud to help enterprises build AI-powered experiences leveraging Infosys Topaz offerings and Google Cloud’s generative AI solutions. As part of the expansion, Infosys will create new global Generative AI Labs to develop industry-specific AI solutions and platforms, which will help […]

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IBM trains 10000 consultants on AWS genAI services
Industry

IBM trains 10000 consultants on AWS genAI services

IBM announced an expansion of its relationship with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to help more mutual clients operationalize and derive value from generative artificial intelligence (AI). As part of this, IBM Consulting aims to deepen and expand its generative AI expertise on AWS by training 10,000 consultants by the end of 2024; the two organizations […]

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Birlasoft appoints ex-Cognizant Selvakumaran Mannappan as COO
Appointments

Birlasoft appoints ex-Cognizant Selvakumaran Mannappan as COO

Birlasoft Ltd, part of the USD 2.9 billion diversified C.K. Birla Group, announced the appointment of Selvakumaran Mannappan as Chief Operating Officer (COO) effective October 18, 2023. Selva will be instrumental in elevating Birlasoft’s delivery excellence strategy embodying state-of-the-art technologies to deliver exceptional value to the customers. Commenting on Selva’s appointment, Angan Guha, CEO and Managing Director, Birlasoft, said, […]

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Aditya Birla Group is hiring for various roles including HR; Apply
Hiring

Aditya Birla Group is hiring for various roles including HR; Apply

An Indian multinational conglomerate, Aditya Birla Group is hiring for various roles across various locations in India. The company is hiring for profiles under the following categories: The company said on its page, “The Aditya Birla Group transcends conventional barriers of business because we care deeply about the community and we believe it is our duty to […]

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Google to sack employees from its news division
Layoffs

Google to sack employees from its news division

An American multinational technology company, Google to sack employees from its news division. “We’re deeply committed to a vibrant information ecosystem, and news is a part of that long-term investment,” the spokesperson said. “We’ve made some internal changes to streamline our organization. A small number of employees were impacted”, the spokesperson added. “We’re supporting everyone with […]

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Nokia to slash 14,000 jobs to save costs
Layoffs

Nokia to slash 14,000 jobs to save costs

According to Reuters, Finnish multinational telecommunications, information technology, and consumer electronics corporation, Nokia is planning to slash 14,000 jobs to save costs. The layoffs are about 16% job cuts at the high end. The report also stated that Nokia expects to reduce its employee base to between 72,000 and 77,000 employees, from 86,000. The Q3 […]

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Vishal Mega Mart appoints Dhruva Dubey as CHRO
CHRO Move

Vishal Mega Mart appoints Dhruva Dubey as CHRO

India’s leading Fashion hypermarket, Vishal Mega Mart has appointed Dhruva Dubey as Chief Human Resources Officer. Dhruva is a performance-driven Human Resources professional with an overall experience of twenty years in leadership roles across multiple industries and geographies within India. He is an expert in the areas of HR Business Partnership, Organisation Development, Talent Acquisition, […]

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TCS, Infosys, Wipro, HCLTech headcount crashed by over 20,000
Industry

TCS, Infosys, Wipro, HCLTech headcount crashed by over 20,000

The hiring slowdown was always predicted TCS, Infosys, Wipro, and HCLTech announced their Q2FY24 results showing headcount reduction of 21177. An IT services, consulting, and business solutions organization, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) workforce stood at 608,985 as of September 30, reported a dip of 6333 employees. TCS’s employee base continues to be very diverse, with 35.8% women and 152 nationalities. […]

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Volkswagen India opens ‘all-women operated store’ in Ahmedabad
Industry

Volkswagen India opens ‘all-women operated store’ in Ahmedabad

Volkswagen Passenger Cars India announces that the City Store SP Road, Ahmedabad, Gujarat would be it’s 2nd ‘All-Women operated City Store’. Following the successful launch of the first store in Coimbatore, Volkswagen India in partnership with Automark Group has expanded this initiative to the state of Gujarat. At Volkswagen India, ‘People’ are one of the key strategic pillars. The brand focuses […]

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