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Updated on: Sep 2021
EPFO subscribers to have 2 EPF accounts from now on- CBDT
EPFO

EPFO subscribers to have 2 EPF accounts from now on- CBDT

Recently, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has announced that employees who are contributing more than Rs 2.5 lakhs in Employee Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) in a fiscal year are required to maintain two separate accounts from the financial year 2022. According to Union Budget 2021 guidelines, interest on annual PF contributions of more […]

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Grasim Industries appoints Hari Krishna Agarwal as Managing Director
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Grasim Industries appoints Hari Krishna Agarwal as Managing Director

Aditya Birla Group flagship firm Grasim Industries Ltd has appointed Hari Krishna Agarwal as its Managing Director with effect from December 1, 2021. He succeeds Dilip Gaur who is looking for early retirement. According to a regulatory filing by the company. Board of directors of the company at its meeting held on September 1, 2021, had accepted the request of […]

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Amazon to hire 8,000 people in India this year, including HR, and IT
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Amazon to hire 8,000 people in India this year, including HR, and IT

E-commerce, Retail, and Technology giant Amazon plans to hire more than 8,000 direct workforces across 35 cities in India this year including corporate, technology, customer service, and operations roles in cities like Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Chennai, Gurgaon, Mumbai, Noida, among others. Deepti Varma, Amazon HR Leader – Corporate, APAC, and MENA said, “Amazon is also hiring for machine learning applied sciences […]

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UKG has acquired Great Place to Work
Merger & Acquisition

UKG has acquired Great Place to Work

UKG Inc., a leading global provider of human capital management (HCM) solutions, has acquired Great Place to Work Institute, Inc., However, Great Place to Work Institute will continue to operate as a standalone company within the UKG organization, led by Michael C. Bush as CEO. “Today marks a pivotal moment for UKG, as we welcome Great […]

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Zomato shuts down its Singapore and UK-based subsidiaries
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Zomato shuts down its Singapore and UK-based subsidiaries

According to a stock exchange filing report, Food delivery firm Zomato has decided to shut down its Singapore and United Kingdom (UK)-based subsidiaries. The company already got listed in India in the month of July this year, has noted that both these entities; Singapore-based Zomato Media Private Limited (ZMPL) and UK-based Zomato UK Limited (ZUL) […]

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TCS invites registrations for TCS IT Wiz – 2021 a Digital Quiz Program
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TCS invites registrations for TCS IT Wiz – 2021 a Digital Quiz Program

Tata Consultancy Services announces TCS IT Wiz – 2021, a digital quiz program for inter-school students. It is a unique platform that provides young participants the opportunity to enhance their learning and knowledge in an out-of-classroom environment. Elaborating this mega program, Milind Lakkad, EVP, and CHRO Tata Consultancy Services said, “TCS, the growth and transformation […]

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Xebia to hire 2,000 people in tier II cities by 2022-end
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Xebia to hire 2,000 people in tier II cities by 2022-end

Xebia, Netherlands-headquartered IT services company is planning to hire 2,000 people in tier-II cities in India by 2022-end. Xebia Chief People Officer Glory Nelson said, “Our current employee strength in India is 3,000, but we are hiring aggressively and will soon add 2,000 people to reach the 5,000-mark by 2022-end,” “All those who relocated to their home towns due […]

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Ex- Welspun veteran Rajeev Singh joins Solara Active Pharma as CHRO
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Ex- Welspun veteran Rajeev Singh joins Solara Active Pharma as CHRO

Solara Active Pharma appoints Rajeev Singh as Chief Human Resources Officer, effective from September 1. Prior to this, he was working with Yokohama Off-Highway Tires as CHRO for 4 years. Solara Active Pharma Sciences is a young, dynamic, entrepreneurial, and customer-oriented API manufacturer. In this new role, Rajeev will be responsible for the entire gamut of […]

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Udemy acquires CorpU to expand its leadership development capabilities
Merger & Acquisition

Udemy acquires CorpU to expand its leadership development capabilities

Udemy, a leading destination for learning and teaching online, has announced it has acquired CorpU, an online leadership development platform that delivers cohort-based immersive learning experiences and access to world-class experts. The acquisition deepens Udemy’s learning offerings with CorpU’s immersive experiences to deliver transformational learning that fosters innovation, leadership, and business agility. CorpU enables global […]

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Wipro Ninja Hiring, Apply Before 15th September 2021
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Wipro Ninja Hiring, Apply Before 15th September 2021

India’s leading IT service provider company, Wipro invites online applications from engineering graduates for its Elite National Talent Hunt that is a fresher’s hiring program for B.E./B.Tech / 5 years Integrated-M.Tech passing out of 2022 batch for Project Engineer positions. Last month, while announcing the second-quarter results of the financial year 2021-22, Wipro had said to hire 30,000 […]

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STL appoints Paul Atkinson as CEO for its Optical Networking business
C-Suite Move

STL appoints Paul Atkinson as CEO for its Optical Networking business

STL, an industry-leading integrator of digital networks, announces the appointment of Paul Atkinson as the Chief Executive Officer for its Optical Networking Business. Paul’s appointment is in line with the widened portfolio and the increased global reach of STL’s Optical business. With its core focus of Enabling Digital Transformation at the Edge, STL has been […]

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Allowances & Incentive to Call Employees Back to Workplace
Culture & Behaviour

Allowances & Incentive to Call Employees Back to Workplace

Return to Workplace This is the contention that we are dealing with at the moment amidst the Covid-19 pandemic which is definitely not an inaugural pandemic that the world is facing. But what makes it challenging is that Covid-19 is the first pandemic of its kind that is expected to have an indelible, deep-rooted, transformational, […]

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