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Jobs

Tata Group to set up new phone component plant, K jobs

Oct 28, 2020

Microsoft and Accenture partner to support startups in India

Microsoft and Accenture expand partnership to support startups Aiming to amplify the societal impact...

Partnership

Oct 28, 2020

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EPFO Spike in inward remittance, indicate recovery, Report

Spike in internal remittance, new EPFO registrations indicate recovery Report PTI Indicating a fa...

Jobs

Oct 28, 2020

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Tech Mahindra HCL plan to bring back staff in office

Tech Mahindra amp HCL Technologies plan to bring back of staff in the office According to a re...

Jobs

Oct 28, 2020

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Jobs

Salary cuts are getting rolled back, getting back to Normal?

Salary cuts are getting rolled back, getting back to Normal? After reducing salaries owing to the pandemic, various companies are now bringing remunerations back to normal. Over the last three weeks, several technology bellwether firms like TCS, Infosys, Wipro, HCL, Tech Mahindra and Mindtree, etc have announced plans to give out salary increments and bonuses. […]

Oct 27, 2020

Industry

TCS & UTokyo to probe on cognitive robotics at workplace

Tata Consultancy Services and UTokyo to Conduct Academic-Industry Research on Cognitive Robotics at the Workplace and Work on Commercialization of IP through Real World Applications Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), leading global IT services, consulting and business solutions organization, and the University of Tokyo (UTokyo), announced a strategic partnership to conduct joint academic-industry research. Through the […]

Oct 27, 2020

Demise

GCNI CEO Kamal Singh passes away due to COVID-19

GCNI CEO Kamal Singh passes away due to COVID-19 Kamal Singh, the man responsible for heading India closer towards SDG goals, in his role as CEO and Executive Director of United Nations Global Compact Network India (UN GCNI), passed away today. He was admitted to JP Hospital, Noida on October 19, 2020 for breathlessness. Kamal […]

Oct 26, 2020

Jobs

Tech Mahindra to roll out salary hikes in early 2021

Tech Mahindra to roll out salary hikes in early 2021 According to a money control report, IT services major, Tech Mahindra has announced that it will roll out salary hikes in a phased manner in 2021 starting with its junior-most employees. CP Gurnani, CEO, Tech Mahindra, said in an earnings call on October 23, “We are […]

Oct 26, 2020

Jobs

RIL rolls back salary cuts, announces performance bonus

Reliance Industries rolls back salary cuts, announces performance bonus According to an ET report, Reliance Industries is rolling back salary cuts and offering the performance bonus which had been deferred to those employed in its hydrocarbon business. And in a first for the business house, the hydrocarbon segment will also offer an advance 30% of […]

Oct 26, 2020

Jobs

India economy on verge of slow recovery as worst is over

India economy on verge of slow recovery as worst is over New Delhi, Oct 25 (PTI) Industry body PHDCCI expects India’s GDP to contract by 7.9 per cent in the current financial year and grow by 7.7 per cent in 2021-22, assessing that the worst is over and the economy is on the verge of a […]

Oct 26, 2020

Industry

Capgemini India launches Tech Challenge 2020

Capgemini India launches Tech Challenge 2020 Capgemini in India has announced the launch of Tech Challenge 2020, the seventh season of its unique hackathon designed to identify the best programmers from across India. This hackathon invites passionate developers and tech enthusiasts to leverage their coding skills to design innovative solutions for a sustainable future. The […]

Oct 25, 2020

Jobs

Govt fixes calculation ceiling for Non-PL bonus at Rs 7,000

Govt fixes calculation ceiling for non-productivity linked bonus at Rs 7,000 The finance ministry has fixed the calculation ceiling for computing non-productivity linked bonus (ad hoc bonus) for central government employees at Rs 7,000, implying that an employee will be entitled to a maximum bonus of Rs 6,908. “The quantum of Non-PLB will be worked […]

Oct 24, 2020

Labour Law

How to withdraw from EPF if you are impacted by Covid-19

How to withdraw from EPF if you are impacted by Covid-19 Crisis The Government of India had announced in March 2020 that any EPF Subscribers can withdraw a certain sum from their Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) account if he/she is facing financial problems due to COVID-19 crisis. Govt has notified amendment in EPF scheme rules […]

Oct 24, 2020

Merger & Acquisition

Tech Mahindra to acquire Tenzing Group and Momenton

Tech Mahindra to acquire Tenzing Group, Momenton for Rs 293 crore IT firm Tech Mahindra on Friday stated it’s going to purchase full stake in New Zealand-based Tenzing Group and Australian IT agency Momenton for a cumulative quantity of round Rs 293 crore. The corporate will purchase Auckland-headquartered consulting agency Tenzing Group for about Rs […]

Oct 24, 2020

CHRO Move

Matrimony.com appoints Rajesh Balaji as new CHRO

Matrimony.com appoints Rajesh Balaji as new Chief Human Resources Officer Matrimony.com, flagship brand BharatMatrimony appoints Rajesh Balaji Sathyanarayanan as Chief Human Resources Officer. In his new role, he will oversee all gamuts of human resources strategy, talent management, building individual and organizational capabilities, organization design, and digitization amongst others. The company provides both matchmaking and marriage […]

Oct 23, 2020

Merger & Acquisition

Cognizant to acquire AWS, Microsoft IoT Partner Bright Wolf

Cognizant to acquire AWS, Microsoft IoT Partner Bright Wolf Cognizant, today announced it has agreed to acquire Bright Wolf, a privately-held technology services provider specializing in custom Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) solutions for Fortune 1000 companies. Bright Wolf is certified by all major cloud providers and acknowledged as an expert in IoT. The company is […]

Oct 23, 2020