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Updated on: Jul 2022
Nearly 75% of occupiers in India considering hybrid working model: CBRE
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Nearly 75% of occupiers in India considering hybrid working model: CBRE

CBRE South Asia Pvt. Ltd, India’s leading real estate consulting firm, today announced the findings of its latest report, ‘2022 India Office Occupier Survey’. Top 10 office Trends Taking Shape in 2022: A Return to office is underway Hybrid Working is here to stay Guidelines and Policies are Needed Improving Workplace Flexibility Enhancing “Me” and […]

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Accenture invites women applicants for the ‘Her Cloud Career’ program
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Accenture invites women applicants for the ‘Her Cloud Career’ program

Accenture is inviting women technologists to apply for their “Her Cloud Career program”. The program will be a coaching, and mentorship program designed to build and transform the career. The company said that at Accenture, we’re gearing up to build a powerful force of women technologists who can use the transformative power of Cloud First […]

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Ola may lay off upto 500 employees in order to drive cost-efficiency
Industry

Ola may lay off upto 500 employees in order to drive cost-efficiency

India’s largest mobility platform and one of the world’s largest ride-hailing companies, Ola may lay off around 400-500 employees to drive cost-efficiency. The layoffs have been in results as in April 2022, Ola Dash scaled down its operations from 9 cities to 3 cities and dismissed over 2,100 contract workers. In June 2022, it shut down […]

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Tamil Nadu government signed 60 MoUs, will generate 75000 jobs
Employment

Tamil Nadu government signed 60 MoUs, will generate 75000 jobs

Tamil Nadu government has signed memorandums of understanding (MoU) with 60 companies worth a cumulative investment of Rs 1,25,244 crore. It will generate the potential employment of 74,898 jobs. The major investment includes a Rs 52,000-crore green hydrogen and ammonia facility by ACME Green Hydrogen in Thoothukudi, a Rs 3,000-crore 4-gigawatt (GW) cell and a 4 GW […]

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Synchrony is offering permanent work-from-home option
Industry

Synchrony is offering permanent work-from-home option

Synchrony, a leading financial services company has announced the permanent work-from-home option for all its employees in India, effective from June 27, 2022. However, the company’s main office in Hyderabad, Telangana remains open to fully vaccinated employees and is a central point of the company’s Engagement Strategy where employees can come in either to work […]

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ICRA appointments Anand Iyer as Group Chief Technology Officer
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ICRA appointments Anand Iyer as Group Chief Technology Officer

ICRA appoints Anand Iyer as Group Chief Technology Officer (Group CTO), to accelerate its diverse technology-led growth vision. Iyer will be responsible for driving the Group-level digital strategy for ICRA Limited and its subsidiaries, continuing to strengthen ICRA’s technology capabilities and thought leadership, and contributing to the growth of the Group. Commenting on the new […]

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HARMAN gets Arppna Mehra as Global HR Leader DTS & India HR Head
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HARMAN gets Arppna Mehra as Global HR Leader DTS & India HR Head

HARMAN India has announced the appointment of Arppna Mehra as Vice President- Human Resources, Global HR Leader DTS & India HR Head. Prior to this, she was working with Capgemini Engineering. Arppna is a highly skilled HR leader with nearly 30 years of progressive and comprehensive international experience in all areas of HR in the services […]

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Tech Mahindra brings New Campus in Coimbatore, will hire 1000 people
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Tech Mahindra brings New Campus in Coimbatore, will hire 1000 people

Tech Mahindra, a leading provider of digital transformation, consulting, and business re-engineering services & solutions has announced a new campus in Tidel Park Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. The facility was inaugurated by the Honorable Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Thiru M.K.Stalin in the presence of Sriram K. Sr. Vice President, Enterprise Americas, Tech Mahindra. Tech Mahindra […]

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Infosys seeks time till July 13 from Karnataka Labour Office
Industry

Infosys seeks time till July 13 from Karnataka Labour Office

India’s second-largest IT services provider, Infosys has sought time till July 13 from the Karnataka Labour Office. It came into action after Infosys was summoned along with IT Union, Nascent Information Technology Employees Senate (NITES) on the non-compete clause in its employment agreements. The Karnataka Labour office has agreed to the same. The complaint was registered by IT […]

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Tata Power to set up Solar Plant in Tamil Nadu creating over 2000 jobs
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Tata Power to set up Solar Plant in Tamil Nadu creating over 2000 jobs

Tata Power, one of India’s largest integrated power companies has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Tamil Nadu Government. The investment of approx INR 3,000 crores for setting up a greenfield 4GW Solar Cell and 4GW Solar Module manufacturing plant in Tirunelveli District of Tamil Nadu. The MoU outlines the commitment made by […]

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Celsius crypto lending platform lays off 150 employees
Layoffs

Celsius crypto lending platform lays off 150 employees

Cryptocurrency lending platform, Celsius has laid off 150 employees which are 25% of its workforce. The layoffs have been done as the global crypto market goes through its worst meltdown. Celsius has informed, “We are focused and working as quickly as we can to stabilise liquidity and operations, in order to be positioned to share […]

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Deutsche Bahn India appoints Mukesh Gupta as Head -Human Resources
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Deutsche Bahn India appoints Mukesh Gupta as Head -Human Resources

Deutsche Bahn India, as part of the German railway company, has announced the appointment of Mukesh Gupta as Head- Human Resources. In his new role, Mukesh Gupta will lead the Human Resource function in India and carriers the responsibility of execution of the first RRTS Project mainly focusing on the scale-up of the talent pool and […]

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