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Updated on: Aug 2020
Facebook extends WFH option for employees until July- 21
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Facebook extends WFH option for employees until July- 21

Facebook extends Work From Home option for employees until July 2021 Like Google and Uber, Facebook will let its employees continue to work from home until July 2021 due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the company announced today. The social media giant said it will give $1,000 to its employees to set up home offices. […]

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TCS named as a Leader in advanced digital workplace services
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TCS named as a Leader in advanced digital workplace services

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) named as a Leader in advanced digital workplace services Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), a leading global IT services, consulting and business solutions organization, has been named a Leader in the NelsonHall NEAT for Advanced Digital Workplace Services for the second year in a row. The report cited TCS’ specific intellectual property […]

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Like Infosys, Siemens; Flipkart also plans Hybrid Workplace
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Like Infosys, Siemens; Flipkart also plans Hybrid Workplace

Like Infosys, Siemens and Microsoft ; Flipkart also plans Hybrid Workplace India’s leading e-commerce firm Flipkart plans to adopt a Hybrid Workplace Model that blends remote work and office, Chief People Officer of Flipkart, Krishna Raghavan has confirmed and said in an interview with LinkedIn News. Krishna said, “work from home as the new normal […]

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Microsoft launches new Platform, helps return to workplace
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Microsoft launches new Platform, helps return to workplace

Microsoft launches a new ‘Power Platform’ to help Indian Firms Return to Work across country On 6 Aug 2020, Microsoft has announced the general availability of its Power Platform Return to the Workplace solution across India. Introduced at its flagship partner summit Microsoft Inspire 2020, this pre-built solution will help organizations plan, coordinate, and manage the […]

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Capgemini to hire 25K and reskill 50K employees in India
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Capgemini to hire 25K and reskill 50K employees in India

Capgemini to hire 25,000 people in 2020 and reskill 50,000 employees in next 6 Months IT major, Capgemini is on track to meet its target of hiring 25,000 to 30,000 employees in India by 2020 and plans to reskill about 50,000 employees over the next six months. The company has onboarded till now 9,500 people […]

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Vodafone, CGI, and NASSCOM launch DigiSakshar.org
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Vodafone, CGI, and NASSCOM launch DigiSakshar.org

Vodafone India Foundation, CGI and NASSCOM Foundation Launch DigiSakshar.org – An online Digital Skills Development Platform New Delhi, August 5, 2020: Vodafone India Foundation, in partnership with CGI and NASSCOM Foundation, announced the launch of ‘DigiSakshar.org’ an online digital skills portal that aims to help citizens of India become self-reliant through digital literacy. A CSR […]

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Bharti Airtel announces bonus for some employees
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Bharti Airtel announces bonus for some employees

Bharti Airtel Chairman Sunil Mittal announces bonus for some employees Amidst COVID-19 crisis, job losses, and pay cuts, Bharti Airtel Chairman Sunil Mittal announces a bonus for some employees. In a mail to its senior employees, he mentioned that the one-time bonus is a token of appreciation to the employees. However, according to the media […]

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Uber starts hiring again, to recruit 140 engineers in India
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Uber starts hiring again, to recruit 140 engineers in India

Uber starts hiring again, to recruit 140 engineers in India After a wave of layoffs due to Covid-19 disruptions, Uber is recruiting 140 more engineers for its technology teams in Bengaluru and Hyderabad to build cutting-edge products in areas such as rider and driver growth, delivery, the marketplace, customer service, digital payments, risk, and compliance, […]

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RBEI to allow 30-40% employees to WFH for permanently
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RBEI to allow 30-40% employees to WFH for permanently

Robert Bosch Engineering to allow 30-40% employees to WFH permanently According to an AutoET report, Robert Bosch Engineering and Business Solutions (RBEI), the technology arm of the Bosch group will continue with 30-40% of employees working remotely on a permanent basis. RK Shenoy, Member of Executive Leadership Team and Senior VP – Engineering at Bosch Engineering […]

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MongoDB appoints Harsha Jalihal as Chief People Officer
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MongoDB appoints Harsha Jalihal as Chief People Officer

MongoDB appoints, former VP HR of Unilever Harsha Jalihal as Chief People Officer NASDAQ listed, MongoDB Inc. the leading, modern general-purpose database platform, announced the appointment of Harsha Jalihal as Chief People Officer. In her new role, Jalihal will oversee the company’s human resources operations globally, supporting 2,100+ people in 29 countries. She will lead workforce strategy, […]

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Tech Mahindra launches ‘Mhealthy’ to screen staff at work
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Tech Mahindra launches ‘Mhealthy’ to screen staff at work

Tech Mahindra launches ‘Mhealthy’ AI and ML-based App to enable workforce and community safety against COVID-19 Tech Mahindra announced the launch of Mhealthy, a solution to enable workforce and community safety against COVID-19. Mhealthy is a comprehensive solution powered by new generation technologies including artificial intelligence and machine learning to enable data driven digital diagnostics, […]

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Cognizant has made 5 digital-based acquisitions this year
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Cognizant has made 5 digital-based acquisitions this year

Cognizant Technology Solutions has made 5 digital-based acquisitions till now this year US-based IT services major Cognizant Technology Solutions is betting on M&A as a strategy to build its digital business, as already announced earlier in May, 2020. According to the Mint report, the company has successfully done five digital-based acquisitions till now this year, […]

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