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Jobs

Accenture pays bonuses, plans significant promotions in December cycle

Nov 27, 2020

ESIC scheme adds . lakh new members in September

ESIC scheme adds . lakh new members in September Around . lakh new members joined the E...

ESIC

Nov 27, 2020

Flipkart partners AWPO to onboard Army veterans in workforce

Flipkart partners AWPO to onboard Army veterans in workforce Walmart-ownednbspFlipkartnbspon Thu...

Jobs

Nov 27, 2020

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IBM is planning , job cuts ahead of strategic spinoff

IBM is planning , job cuts ahead of strategic spinoff, Germany and UK employees will be the mos...

Jobs

Nov 27, 2020

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Demise

TCS founder and first CEO Faqir Chand Kohli passes away

TCS founder and First CEO Faqir Chand Kohli passes away Padma Bhushan awardee, Faqir Chand Kohli, the founder and first CEO of Tata Consultancy Services, passed away on November 26. Kohli, often called the father of the Indian IT industry, was 96 years old. Widely recognized as the brilliant technocrat parachuted in from the Tata Electric Companies, Kohli […]

Nov 26, 2020

EPFO

EPFO gets Platinum Partner Award for highest transactions on UMANG App

EPFO conferred with Platinum Partner Award for highest transactions on UMANG App On the occasion of completion of 3 years of UMANG App, Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad, Minister for Electronics and Information Technology, Communications and Law & Justice unveiled the newly instituted UMANG Awards for Partner Departments of Centre and States based on average transactions […]

Nov 26, 2020

Merger & Acquisition

Cabinet approves scheme of amalgamation of Lakshmi Vilas Bank with DBS Bank

Cabinet approves scheme of amalgamation of Lakshmi Vilas Bank with DBS Bank India Limited The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval to the Scheme of Amalgamation of Lakshmi Vilas Bank Limited (LVB) with DBS Bank India Limited (DBIL). On 17.11.2020, to protect depositors’ interest and in the […]

Nov 26, 2020

Jobs

Eight companies to invest & create 18,000 new jobs in Pune

Eight companies to invest & create 18,000 new jobs in Pune The Maharashtra Government has recently signed MoUs with eight mega-companies that will invest about Rs. 10,000 crores and generate employment for over 18,000 people in Pune region. These companies will establish themselves in Talegaon and Chakan Phase II Industrial areas in the City. After […]

Nov 26, 2020

Jobs

IATA urges Centre to support Indian airlines to tide over COVID crisis

IATA urges Centre to support Indian airlines to tide over COVID crisis The central government should change its position and support the Indian airlines and other aviation stakeholders in the face of COVID-19 crisis, a top official of global airlines body IATA said on Wednesday. The Indian carriers have laid off employees, cut salaries and posted significant losses during […]

Nov 26, 2020

Diversity & Inclusion

HCL has successfully completed ‘Women Lead’ initiative in the Nordics

HCL has successfully completed ‘Women Lead’ initiative in the Nordics HCL Technologies (HCL), a leading global technology company, has celebrated the successful completion of its global ‘Women Lead’ initiative in the Nordics. HCL’s global diversity and inclusivity programme, designed to empower aspiring women in their leadership careers through exclusive 1:1 mentoring, was celebrated with a […]

Nov 26, 2020

Coronavirus

MHA issues new COVID-19 Guidelines, effective December 1

COVID-19: MHA issues new Guidelines for Surveillance, Containment and Caution Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) issued an Order today with Guidelines for Surveillance, Containment and Caution, which will be effective from December 1, 2020 and to remain in force upto 31.12.2020. The main focus of the Guidelines is to consolidate the substantial gains that have been […]

Nov 25, 2020

Jobs

GE plans of more job cuts in aviation business

GE plans of more job cuts in aviation business Reuters | General Electric Co on Tuesday warned of more job cuts at its aviation unit, citing a lengthy recovery for the airline industry from the impact of the coronavirus crisis. The job cuts are the latest setback for the aviation sector, with the industry’s woes […]

Nov 25, 2020

Jobs

Deutsche Bank plans 40% permanent work from home policy

Deutsche Bank considering 40% permanent work-from-home policy Deutsche Bank AG is reportedly considering a new policy that would allow almost 40% of employees to permanently work from home two days a week. Germany’s largest lender has been discussing the changes for several months and the two-days rule has emerged as the preferred scenario, people familiar […]

Nov 25, 2020

Strike

Toyota halts operations at Karnataka plant again as union strike continues

Toyota halts operations at Karnataka plant again as union strike continues Toyota Motor Corp again halted operations at its car plant in India from Monday, as the majority of members of its workers’ union continued a sit-in strike, the automaker said. Both the Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) factories in the industrial hub of Bidadi, Karnataka, had […]

Nov 25, 2020

Labour Law

Govt notifies draft rules on Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020

Govt notifies draft rules on Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 Union Ministry of Labour and Employment has notified the draft rules under the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 on 19.11.2020 inviting objections and suggestions, if any, from the stakeholders. Such objections and suggestions are required to be submitted within […]

Nov 24, 2020

Strike

10 Trade Unions call for ‘Bharat Bandh’ on 26 Nov 2020

10 Trade Unions call for ‘Bharat Bandh’ on 26 November 2020 Bharat Bandh 2020: All trade unions in the city will join hands to make the November 26 strike a success. This was decided at a gate meeting outside a public sector undertaking, here on Monday. CPI (M) State Secretariat Member Ch. Narasinga Rao said that […]

Nov 24, 2020