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Updated on: Jun 2021
Labour Market of India is in its worst condition since April-May: CMIE
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Labour Market of India is in its worst condition since April-May: CMIE

The 30-day moving average unemployment rate as of June 6, 2021, was 13 per cent As the employment rate continues to worsen amid the second wave of Covid-19, the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) has said that the Indian labour market is in its worst condition since April-May last year, when the whole country […]

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Tata Digital acquires majority stake in online pharmacy 1mg
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Tata Digital acquires majority stake in online pharmacy 1mg

Tata Digital acquires a majority stake in online pharmacy 1mg Tata Digital, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Tata Group, said on Thursday it is acquiring a majority stake in digital health startup 1mg, It would be the second major investment after the acquisition of BigBasket. Tata’s didn’t share the financial details of the investment deal. […]

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HUL appoints Unilever Kedar Lele as Executive Director
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HUL appoints Unilever Kedar Lele as Executive Director

Currently, Kedar Lele is Chairman and Managing Director of Unilever Bangladesh FMCG major, Hindustan Unilever Ltd (HUL) announced the appointment of Kedar Lele to the HUL Management Committee as Executive Director, Customer Development, effective from July 1, 2021. Currently, Lele is Chairman and Managing Director of Unilever Bangladesh. He will take over from Srinandan Sundaram who will move into his […]

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Deutsche Bank to hire 1,000 employees in India this year
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Deutsche Bank to hire 1,000 employees in India this year

Deutsche Bank said India has a key role in this digital transformation journey Deutsche Bank, the German banking giant will hire 1,000 techies for tech centres in India this year. The company is looking for people who have the ability to be flexible as technology changes rather than specific digital skills. According to the moneycontrol […]

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CEAT Specialty Conducts Vaccination Drive for its Customers, Employees
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CEAT Specialty Conducts Vaccination Drive for its Customers, Employees

CEAT Specialty is a division of CEAT Ltd., focusing on OHT (off-highway tyres) CEAT Specialty conducted a two-day vaccination camp at its Ambernath plant to inoculate its employees and customers. The camp saw enthusiastic participation and a total of 305 people were inoculated. Amit Tolani, Chief Executive, CEAT Specialty, said, “it has always been our endeavor to […]

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Deloitte acquires CloudQuest, California based company
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Deloitte acquires CloudQuest, California based company

CloudQuest provides cloud-native security capabilities to manage security workflows, reduce risk and improve data security Deloitte has announced its plan to acquire CloudQuest, a cloud security posture management provider based in Cupertino, California. The amount of the deal was not disclosed but it will bolster Deloitte’s existing cloud cybersecurity offerings to manage security workflows and improve data security, […]

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Zomato names Akriti Chopra as Co-Founder and Chief People Officer
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Zomato names Akriti Chopra as Co-Founder and Chief People Officer

Prior to joining Zomato, Akriti worked with PwC for 3 years in the Tax & Regulatory practice Online food ordering platform Zomato has elevated Akriti Chopra as Co-Founder, and Chief People Officer In an internal note, Deepinder Goyal, Founder, and CEO of Zomato said, “Akriti has been working with Zomato for almost a decade and has held […]

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Ashok Leyland elevates Amanpreet Singh as Head and President – HR
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Ashok Leyland elevates Amanpreet Singh as Head and President – HR

Amanpreet succeeds N V Balachander, who moved to another role as President- ESG Ashok Leyland, an Indian multinational automotive company has announced the appointment of Amanpreet Singh as Head and President of Human Resources. Before accepting this promotion, Amanpreet was working with Hinduja Group as its Vice President -Group Human Resources. Amanpreet has been with […]

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HCL Technologies to hire more people from tier-2 and 3 cities
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HCL Technologies to hire more people from tier-2 and 3 cities

HCL Technologies plans to hire 20,000 freshers globally this year IT major, HCL Technologies Limited plans to hire more people from tier-2 and tier-3 cities, as the company plans to bring jobs nearer to employees’ location as per its 5 years old strategy. However, currently, 87% of workfoce do not belong to the cities where […]

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upGrad to hire 1,000 employees in next three months
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upGrad to hire 1,000 employees in next three months

upGrad will be hiring from its own learners’ talent pool through upGrad Rekrut hiring drive Online education startup, upGrad is planning to hire over 1,000 employees in India in the next three months across departments to address the growing demand of the company. The company said in a statement that the opportunities will be across […]

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GHCL rolls out special assistance to all employees affected by COVID-19
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GHCL rolls out special assistance to all employees affected by COVID-19

This policy is effective from 2020 and shall cover all employees, staff, workmen, and contractual labour GHCL Limited announced special assistance for all its employees affected by the COVID -19 pandemic. The benefits of these relief measures will be available to the families of all the employees who have been affected by Covid 19. The […]

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About 60% Companies in India to hire talent for new positions in 2021
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About 60% Companies in India to hire talent for new positions in 2021

Practices such as diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) are altering hiring processes as well Even as job cuts and a rising unemployment rate were recorded in 2020, a report said that this year looks promising on the hiring front as nearly 60 per cent of the companies surveyed are looking to hire talent for new positions. Recruitment […]

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