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Updated on: Mar 2020
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Paytm shuts its offices in Gurugram and Noida for two days
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Paytm shuts its offices in Gurugram and Noida for two days

Paytm confirms one employee in Gurugram has tested positive for novel coronavirus, thus company shuts offices for two days and advised all its employees to work from home for the next couple of days while the Gurgaon unit gets sanitised. According to the spokesperson, the employee had recently returned from a vacation in Italy, one […]

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Fin-Tech firm Loanwalle.com to invest 30 Crore in Punjab
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Fin-Tech firm Loanwalle.com to invest 30 Crore in Punjab

Fin-Tech Startup; Loanwalle.com added another feather to its cap by expanding its operations in Punjab. Going ahead with its rapid expansion plan, the company invested INR 30 Cr in Punjab while focusing on key cities like Chandigarh, Ludhiana, Ambala, Jalandhar, and Amritsar. Ranked 14th on the GDP index, 46% of the population in Punjab comprises […]

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Google and Amazon curbs employees’ travel because of coronavirus fears
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Google and Amazon curbs employees’ travel because of coronavirus fears

A Google employee in Switzerland has a confirmed case of the coronavirus (COVID-19) on Saturday. According to a report in the NPR, the Google employee was in its Zurich office “for a limited time” before showing COVID-19 symptoms. “We can confirm that one employee from our Zurich office has been diagnosed with the coronavirus. They […]

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Capgemini to hire up to 30,000 employees in India
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Capgemini to hire up to 30,000 employees in India

Capgemini is looking to hire up to 30,000 employees in the country in 2020. The hiring will be evenly split between freshers and laterals. The Tech major Capgemini, which employs close to 1.15 lakh people in India, is looking to hire up to 30,000 employees in India this year, as it seeks to derive more […]

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Getting your workplace ready for coronavirus: Official updates by WHO
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Getting your workplace ready for coronavirus: Official updates by WHO

The coronavirus is a family of viruses that can cause a range of illnesses in humans including the common cold and more severe forms like SARS and MERS which are life-threatening. The virus is named after its shape which takes the form of a crown with protrusions around it and hence is known as coronavirus. […]

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Retirement age of Govt. employees reduced to 58 years in Punjab
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Retirement age of Govt. employees reduced to 58 years in Punjab

In a major decision to boost job opportunities for the youth, the Punjab government has decided to reduce the retirement age of government employees from 60 to 58 years. The announcement was made by Punjab Finance Minister Manpreet Badal on 28th Feb, Friday, who informed the Assembly that the retirement age of government employees has […]

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PepsiCo to set up a new manufacturing unit in Assam
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PepsiCo to set up a new manufacturing unit in Assam

Food and beverage company PepsiCo India has proposed to set up a Rs 400-crore greenfield project for manufacturing Lays potato chips and Kurkure corn puffs in Assam. Assam’s Industry Minister Chandra Mohan Patowary on Wednesday said PepsiCo India has proposed to invest Rs 400 crore in the state to set up a greenfield project for […]

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Expedia cuts 3,000 jobs
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Expedia cuts 3,000 jobs

Expedia has announced that it would be laying off almost 3,000 employees globally, including 500 from its brand new Seattle headquarters. Online travel giant Expedia has committed to a restructuring effort designed to simplify the company’s businesses and improve operational efficiencies and it will eliminate 12% of its workforce or around 3,000 jobs. In an […]

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Amazon India has set no retirement age for its employees
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Amazon India has set no retirement age for its employees

Joining the Amazon India is certainly not easy, candidates go through up to 12 rounds of screening. However, the silver lining is that, once in, the candidate can stay on for as long as he/she likes, or so it seems, because unlike most organizations, which retire their employees at 58 or 60 years of age, […]

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India Inc. back in hiring mode, talent demand up by 12%
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India Inc. back in hiring mode, talent demand up by 12%

RecruiteX – TimesJobs’ recruitment index – registered 12% M-o-M and 4% Y-o-Y growth in talent demand in January 2020. This trend marks the starting of the New Year on an optimistic note and brings the much-awaited cheer in the Indian job market. The RecruiteX January 2020 edition saw FMCG and Healthcare sectors posting the maximum […]

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Deloitte to create 75,000 jobs in 3 years in India
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Deloitte to create 75,000 jobs in 3 years in India

Deloitte Global CEO Punit Renjen on 10th Feb, Monday said the company is committed to creating 75,000 jobs in the country in three years. He is happy with the current progress of the company in India and is anticipating a bright future. Tweeting a photograph of his meeting last week with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Renjen […]

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