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Merger & Acquisition

Cognizant completes acquisition of New Signature

Aug 20, 2020

Realme to hire , people in India by end of this year

Smartphone brand Realme to hire , people in India by the end of this year Smartphone brand Realm...

Industry

Aug 20, 2020

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Tata Steel extends to -hour shifts in Jamshedpur plant

Tata Steel extends to -hour shifts in Jamshedpur plant from normal hours duty Tata Steels Jamsh...

Jobs

Aug 19, 2020

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TCS launches the return-to-work solution, Safe Workplace

New TCS Solution Helps Enterprises Jumpstart Return-to-Work Programs Within Four Weeks Tata Consulta...

Jobs

Aug 19, 2020

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Coronavirus

Yamaha Motor India to layoff 200 employees

Yamaha Motor India to layoff 200 employees as the company battles with low production at its plants Yamaha Motor India Group has planned to layoff about 200 employees across various divisions like production, procurement, sales, and marketing. According to the ETAuto report, Yamaha Motor is restructuring the production process at the Surajpur facility, Greater Noida […]

Aug 19, 2020

Industry

Nestlé Health Science to acquire IM HealthScience

Nestlé Health Science to acquire IM HealthScien Nestlé Health Science, a unit of Swiss food major Nestlé announced on Tuesday that it has agreed to acquire the business of privately held IM HealthScience with its brands of IBgard, FDgard, Fiber Choice and REMfresh. Financial terms not disclosed. “The IMH products offer proven and trusted solutions for the […]

Aug 18, 2020

Coronavirus

Boeing offers second volunteer layoff package to employees

Boeing offers second volunteer layoff package with pay and benefits to employees Boeing Co confirmed on Monday, 17 August that it would offer employees a voluntary layoff package with pay and benefits for the second time this year, as the company battles a coronavirus-induced slowdown in global air travel. Earlier in May this year, Boeing had announced to layoff close to 7,000 employees as coronavirus […]

Aug 18, 2020

Industry

VMware to layoff 200 employees in India

VMware, Inc. a software company to layoff 200 employees in India VMware, Inc., an American publicly traded software company has let go of nearly 200 employees in India as part of its latest workforce rebalancing plan to align its employees to its strategic objectives. According to TOI report, earlier in this year, VMware asked 200 of […]

Aug 18, 2020

CHRO Move

ADM appoints Jennifer Weber as new CHRO

ADM appoints Jennifer Weber as new Chief Human Resources Officer ADM, an American global food processing and commodities trading corporation, headquartered in Chicago has announced the appointment of Jennifer Weber as its new Chief Human Resources Officer, reporting to Chairman and CEO Juan Luciano. Weber comes to ADM from home improvement retail leader Lowe’s Companies, […]

Aug 17, 2020

Industry

Wipro completes acquisition of Brazilian firm IVIA Serviços

Wipro completes acquisition of Brazilian IT firm IVIA Serviços for $22.4 mn Wipro on Saturday said it has completed the acquisition of Brazilian IT firm IT IVIA Serviços de lnformitica Ltda. In July, Wipro announced that it had signed an agreement to acquire IVIA for $22.4 million (about Rs 169 crore). IVIA is a provider of IT solutions including system […]

Aug 17, 2020

Industry

Oracle lays off developers in Commerce Cloud biz

Oracle lays off developers in Commerce Cloud biz- Report San Francisco: Cloud major Oracle has reportedly laid off several developers who were part of its Commercial Cloud service owing to falling market share in that business vertical. A report in The Registrar cited “sources close to the development teams in Northern Ireland and Massachusetts, US” who confirmed a number […]

Aug 17, 2020

Merger & Acquisition

Affle to acquire strategic stake in Bobble AI

Affle To Acquire Strategic Stake In Bobble AI, A Conversation Media Platform Consumer intelligence platform Affle India, a global tech company recently announced that it plans to acquire 8.0% ownership in Bobble AI, a conversation media platform offering indigenous social keyboard with 10+ patents filed and significant investments from Xiaomi and SAIF Partners. As a part […]

Aug 14, 2020

Labour Law

Govt to relax eligibility rules of unemployment allowance

Govt to relax soon eligibility rules for availing unemployment allowance under ESIC scheme The Ministry of Labour and Employment is likely to propose significant relaxation in the eligibility criteria for seeking unemployment benefits under the Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) scheme. Also, the government is actively considering hiking the amount of benefits to 50 per […]

Aug 14, 2020

Labour Law

EPFO ensures hassle-free service delivery through UMANG

EPFO ensures hassle-free service delivery through UMANG during COVID-19 pandemic The Unified Mobile Application for New-age Governance (UMANG) has been a big hit among Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) subscribers enabling them to utilize services during COVID-19 pandemic from the comfort of their homes in a hassle-free manner. Presently a PF member can access 16 […]

Aug 14, 2020

Merger & Acquisition

Eicher Group company buys Volvo Bus India for Rs 100 cr

Eicher Group company has signed an agreement to buy the bus division of Volvo in India for Rs 100 crore VE Commercial Vehicles (VECV), the truck and the bus-making company of Eicher Motors, has signed an agreement to buy the bus division of Volvo in India for Rs 100 crore. Definitive agreements have been signed […]

Aug 14, 2020

CHRO Move

MLB gets ex- KPMG exec as Chief People & Culture Officer

MLB gets ex- KPMG executive, Michele Meyer-Shipp as Chief People & Culture Officer Major League Baseball (MLB) has named Michele Meyer-Shipp as it’s Chief People & Culture Officer. Meyer-Shipp joins MLB from KPMG LLP, where she has served as Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer. Meyer-Shipp will oversee all league office “human resources activities, including talent processes and […]

Aug 13, 2020