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Updated on: Jul 2022
McDonald’s opens its all-women drive-thru restaurant in Gujarat
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McDonald’s opens its all-women drive-thru restaurant in Gujarat

The world’s leading global food service retailer, McDonald’s India has announced the launch of its first all-women drive-thru restaurant in Ekta Nagar, Gujarat. The restaurant is located in the vicinity of the Statue of Unity. This new restaurant is operated by Westlife Development, McDonald’s India’s franchise partner. Westlife now operates 45 McDonald’s restaurants in Gujarat. […]

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Company accidentally paid employee Rs. 1.4 cr instead of his actual salary
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Company accidentally paid employee Rs. 1.4 cr instead of his actual salary

The company mistakenly paid 286 times an employee his salary last month. The company paid the employee 165,398,851 Chilean pesos (Rs 1.42 crore), instead of 500,000 pesos (Rs 43,000). This incident took place in the human resources area of ​​Consorcio Industrial de Alimentos (Cial). On May 30, one of the company’s workers approached the deputy manager of […]

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MakeMyTrip to expand the all-women team of Holiday Experts
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MakeMyTrip to expand the all-women team of Holiday Experts

Online travel firm, MakeMyTrip has announced that it is aiming to expand its all-women team of ‘Holiday Experts’. Speaking on the occasion, Jasmeet Singh, Business Head, Holidays & Experiences, MakeMyTrip said, “We were amongst the initial set of companies who realized the power of working from home, and started investing in a team of freelancers.” “Our […]

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Crypto exchange company Coinbase to cut nearly 1100 jobs
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Crypto exchange company Coinbase to cut nearly 1100 jobs

Cryptocurrency exchange company Coinbase Global Inc has announced that it will slash nearly 18% of its workforce which is about 1,100 jobs. This move has come as a result of reining costs amid volatile cryptocurrency market conditions. The company earlier informed this month that it would extend its hiring freeze for the future and cancel several […]

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IBM has launched a new Automation Innovation Centre in Kochi
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IBM has launched a new Automation Innovation Centre in Kochi

IBM has announced the launch of a new Automation Innovation Centre which will be housed within the IBM India Software Lab in Kochi, located at Brigade World Trade Centre Info Park, Kakkanad. The new centre, which will be fully operational in Q3 2022, will allow IBM and IBM Ecosystem partners to build automation solutions through their […]

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India’s labour force increased by 8.8 million in April largest monthly rise
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India’s labour force increased by 8.8 million in April largest monthly rise

The labour force in India has increased by 8.8 million from 428.4 million in March 2022 to 437.2 million in April 2022. As per the CMIE, unemployment stood at 7.83% in April compared to 7.57% in March. The Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy said, One of the largest monthly increases, with working-age people who were out of […]

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The Status of Jobs in the Manufacturing Sector- Labour Ministry
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The Status of Jobs in the Manufacturing Sector- Labour Ministry

As per the Economic Survey Reports, estimated employment in Manufacturing Sector in India was 5.7 crore in 2017-18, 6.12 crore in 2018-19 which was further increased to 6.24 crore in 2019-20. Labour Bureau under the Ministry of Labour & Employment conducts Quarterly Employment Survey (QES) as part of All India Quarterly Establishment based Employment Survey […]

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Delhi govt.’s Rozgar Budget promises 20 lakh new jobs in 5 years
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Delhi govt.’s Rozgar Budget promises 20 lakh new jobs in 5 years

According to The Hindu Report, Finance Minister Manish Sisodia presented Delhi’s annual budget 2022-23, which he termed a “Rozgar (employment) Budget” that would create “at least 20 lakh new jobs” over the next five years. In the upcoming fiscal year’s Budget, there is an increase of about 13.3 percent as compared to the revised estimates […]

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Delhi govt to set up the electronic city at Baprola, to create 80,000 jobs
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Delhi govt to set up the electronic city at Baprola, to create 80,000 jobs

Aiming to boost employment opportunities and give an impetus to electronics manufacturing, Delhi Government has proposed to set up an electronic city in the national capital to create 80,000 jobs. The announcement was made during his budget presentation for financial 2022-23. The electronic city will come up at Baprola, Delhi “We will set up an […]

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Meesho is hiring for various roles, including HR: Work From Anywhere
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Meesho is hiring for various roles, including HR: Work From Anywhere

Meesho, an Indian e-commerce company, headquartered in Bangalore, India invites job applications for various roles with a Work From Anywhere model. Vidit Aatrey, Founder & CEO of Meesho said in a statement, “It’s arguably been one of the most exciting ways to kickstart our week at Meesho. We’re permanently adopting a Boundaryless Workplace model” Meeshoites now […]

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AI firm to hire 1,500 people for Hyderabad centre
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AI firm to hire 1,500 people for Hyderabad centre

Business process management firm [24]7.ai on Thursday said that it will hire 1,500 people for its Hyderabad centre. The company is ramping up its hiring across India. It will be adding close to 5,000 people to its workforce, taking its employee strength in India to over 8,500 people. After adding 15,000 people, the Hyderabad facility headcount […]

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[24]7.ai to hire 5,000 people in India
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[24]7.ai to hire 5,000 people in India

Business process management firm [24]7.ai has announced that it is ramping up its hiring across India. The company will be adding close to 5,000 people to its workforce, taking its employee strength in India to over 8,500 people. According to the company statement, “[24]7.ai has taken the hiring process completely online. Since the onset of […]

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