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Updated on: Jul 2021

Industry

Steel Minister held performance review meeting of SAIL, NMDC, MECON

Jul 13, 2021

TCS attrition goes up in Q of the financial year

Indias largest IT Major, TCS has announced its first-quarter Q quarter ending on June r...

Industry

Jul 12, 2021

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Twitter appoints Vinay Prakash as Grievance Officer for India

The US social media giants Twitter has appointed Vinay Prakashnbspas the new grievance offi...

Appointments

Jul 12, 2021

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TCS plans to bring employees back to office by September this year

Indias largest IT major, TCSnbsphas the target to get vaccinated all of its lakh employee...

Industry

Jul 10, 2021

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Jobs

Hiring activity grows 15% in June 2021: Report

According to the latest report by Naukri JobSpeak, White-collar hiring activity in India appears to be bouncing back after the disruption caused by the second wave of the COVID pandemic in April. The leading index on India’s hiring trends grew by 15% to 2,359 in June from 2,047 in May with improvement in hiring across […]

Jul 10, 2021

Appointments

Tech Mahindra announces advisory board to build cloud roadmap

IT major, Tech Mahindra part of Mahindra Group has collaborated with enterprises, academicians, and industry advisors to constitute a ‘Cloud Advisory Board’. The cloud advisory board will be a 30-member body with three regional chapters – Americas; Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA), and Asia Pacific (APAC) – representing some of the top organizations, experts, […]

Jul 10, 2021

C-Suite Move

Neha Parikh appointed CEO at Waze, a subsidiary of Google

Neha Parikh, the former Indian-American president of the travel website Hotwire, has been appointed as the new CEO of Waze, a crowd-sourced navigation app and a subsidiary of tech giant Google. Neha, 41, a board member of the online used car retailer Carvana, replaced Noam Bardin, who stepped down in November as the CEO after leading the […]

Jul 10, 2021

Appointments

Shantanu joins Accenture as Management Consulting Principal Director

Shantanu Bhattacharya has joined Accenture as Management Consulting Principal Director. He will be a part of the Talent & Organization / Human Potential section of Accenture Capability Network. Talent & Organization / Human Potential is a specialist group that unlocks the power of human potential, and access a new level of workforce transformation for clients […]

Jul 10, 2021

Jobs

TCS to hire 40,000 freshers in FY22, lateral hiring will also be robust

India’s largest IT Major, TCS will be hiring more than 40,000 freshers from campuses in the country in the financial year 2021-22. Milind Lakkad CHRO of TCS said to the media, “The company, the largest employer in the private sector with a base of over 5 lakh employees, had hired 40,000 graduates from campuses last […]

Jul 9, 2021

Industry

Deutsche Post up outlook, to pay staff pandemic bonus

German logistics group Deutsche Post DHL raised its short and medium-term profit outlook on Wednesday and said it would pay another coronavirus bonus to staff, predicting that the e-commerce boom driven by the pandemic would continue. Deutsche Post, one of the world’s largest logistics firms, expects operating profit to increase to more than 7 billion euros ($8.26 […]

Jul 9, 2021

Industry

Cognizant and Capgemini to announce Q2 Results for FY22 on July 28

American IT major, Cognizant will announce results for the second quarter of 2021 on Wednesday, July 28, 2021, after market close. Following the release, Cognizant management will conduct a conference call at 5:00 p.m. (Eastern) to discuss operating performance for the quarter. The conference call will also be available live on the Investor Relations section of the company’s […]

Jul 9, 2021

Merger & Acquisition

Capgemini acquires SAP consulting and solution company Acclimation

Capgemini announces the acquisition of Acclimation, a leading SAP services specialist, in Australia. The acquisition significantly strengthens Capgemini’s SAP capabilities in the region and adds to its client portfolio locally. Acclimation is a 100+ people-strong business providing SAP solutions and leveraging leading cloud technologies. With offices in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, and Perth, Acclimation has built a […]

Jul 9, 2021

Jobs

Nucleus Software to onboard 500 fresher engineers by the end of 2021

Nucleus Software, a technology solutions provider company has announced on Wednesday that it is looking to hire 500 fresher engineers from non-metro cities and towns across India by the end of this year. All the hired engineers will be freshers from non-metro cities and towns, the company said in a statement. The company said, “This […]

Jul 9, 2021

Industry

Microsoft announces Rs 1.12 lakh as a pandemic bonus for all employees

Technology major, Microsoft has announced to give all of its employees $1,500 (over Rs 1.12 lakh) pandemic bonus, in recognition of a challenging fiscal year. According to The Verge report, Microsoft is gifting the bonus to all staff below the Corporate Vice President level that started on or before March 31, 2021. The company will also include […]

Jul 9, 2021

Industry

Tech Mahindra partners StaTwig for Covid-19 vaccine supply chain

IT major Tech Mahindra has partnered with StaTwig, a Singapore and Hyderabad-based digital supply chain solution provider, to implement vaccine traceability platform ‘VaccineLedger’ globally. The companies aim to roll-out a blockchain-based traceability solution for global vaccine supply chain transparency, predict and prevent failures in supply chains, including problems related to expired vaccines, stock out, and counterfeiting, a statement said. […]

Jul 9, 2021

Appointments

Pradhan takes charge as Minister of Skill Development, Entrepreneurship

Dharmendra Pradhan assumed charge of the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship as Cabinet Minister and Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha, from Karnataka, took office as the Minister of State (MoS) of Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship. Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey, who was Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship before yesterday’s Cabinet reshuffle, was also present on […]

Jul 9, 2021