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Updated on: Feb 2023
Tata Power launches Divyang managed Customer Relations Centre
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Tata Power launches Divyang managed Customer Relations Centre

Tata Power inaugurated India’s first ever fully Divyang (specially abled) managed Customer Relations Centre, a first among Indian power utilities at Nityanand Nagar, Ghatkopar (W), Mumbai. The centre will be independently managed by a team of five specially-abled personnel. The initiative is a testament to Tata Power’s vision to ensure the inclusion of a diverse […]

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NITES, IT employee union files complaint against Wipro
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NITES, IT employee union files complaint against Wipro

IT employee union Nascent Information Technology Employees Senate (NITES) has filed a complaint against Wipro in the Labour Ministry. Wipro rolled out a revised offer letter for recruits awaiting onboarding at the company for over 12 months. The company has reduced the employee’s salary by 50 percent from Rs 6.5 lakh to Rs 3.5 lakh […]

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Zerodha: Nikhil Kamath advice for Indian students studying abroad amid mass layoffs
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Zerodha: Nikhil Kamath advice for Indian students studying abroad amid mass layoffs

Zerodha Co-Founder Nikhil Kamath has shared his advice for Indian students studying abroad amid mass layoffs. He said on Twitter, “With rising interest rates in the west and the mass firing in high-paid tech jobs, one seriously needs to reconsider the many new universities set up in India, which have improved tremendously.” “It’s one thing […]

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Google fired an employee to launch its own venture within notice period
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Google fired an employee to launch its own venture within notice period

Recently, An American multinational technology company, Google parent Alphabet announced to sack 12,000 employees. Henry Kirk worked as a manager at Google for eight years. He has decided to start his venture with six former colleagues who had also been laid off. Henry Kirk, Engineering Manager (Senior TLM), iOS/Android, Google shared a LinkedIn Post saying, “I have […]

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P&G India launches Lead With Care program to support employees
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P&G India launches Lead With Care program to support employees

Procter & Gamble (P&G India) today announced the ‘Lead With Care’ Program that offers holistic support to employees who are caregivers to children with disabilities and special needs. Effective April 1, 2023, this program will enable employees to avail early preventive care and treatment for children impacted by specific neurodevelopmental, cognitive, behavioral, or physical impairments. […]

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IBM CEO thinks ChatGPT is taking white-collar jobs, it’s good thing
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IBM CEO thinks ChatGPT is taking white-collar jobs, it’s good thing

ChatGPT (Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer) is a chatbot developed by OpenAI that is designed to generate human-like responses to natural language queries. It has been trained on a massive amount of text data from the internet, including books, articles, and web pages. ChatGPT can be used in a variety of applications, such as chatbots, virtual assistants, […]

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Jeevika Skill Development Program to train Over 60K Rural, Urban Youth
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Jeevika Skill Development Program to train Over 60K Rural, Urban Youth

Lotus Petal Foundation’s flagship training & placement program Jeevika Skill Development Program will be providing training to over 6000 Rural and Urban Youth by 2025. Jeevika is the skill development program of Lotus Petal Foundation. It focuses on senior secondary students. The students complete their education along with courses that enable them to be ready […]

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No Layoffs at TCS, instead will like to hire impacted people
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No Layoffs at TCS, instead will like to hire impacted people

On people losing jobs with startups, amid the layoff wave, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) Chief Human Resources officer Milind Lakkad said that TCS will be looking to hire such impacted employees. Milind Lakkad told PTI, “We don’t do that (layoffs), we believe in grooming talent in the company…(there will be) no layoffs.” He explained the layoffs […]

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IBM is offering free STEM courses, Apply Here
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IBM is offering free STEM courses, Apply Here

An American multinational technology corporation, IBM is offering free STEM courses, Job skills, and credentials. Commenting on the courses the company said, “Earn digital credentials from IBM and other companies for free. These free credentials help you in your career development, show that you’re ahead of the curve, and that you have foundational knowledge and skill […]

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Infosys in trouble for firing freshers
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Infosys in trouble for firing freshers

An Indian multinational information technology company, Infosys fired 600 freshers after they failing in an internal assessment test. However, Infosys co-founder Kris Gopalakrishnan has said that layoffs aren’t desirable, but can’t be avoided. Infosys co-founder Kris Gopalakrishnan said the layoffs have been disheartening. The IT industry currently employs 5 lakh people. The industry has been continuously adding […]

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Elon Musk shuts 2 out of 3 Twitter India offices; employees to WFH
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Elon Musk shuts 2 out of 3 Twitter India offices; employees to WFH

Elon Musk has shut two out of three Twitter India offices. The company has told its staff to work from home. The main focus is to shut offices around the world as part of an effort to get Twitter financially stable by late 2023. The company has closed its offices in the political center New […]

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‘Your shift is over, please go home!’ startup’s work-life balance initiative
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‘Your shift is over, please go home!’ startup’s work-life balance initiative

An Indore-based startup, SoftGrid Computers, has started an initiative to shut down the system after work hours. A message will appear on the computer screen saying ‘Your shift is over, please go home!’ The companies generally favor exceeding the shift timings. However, SoftGrid Computers, an IT startup, has introduced a novel policy to ensure their […]

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