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US jury clears Tata Consultancy Services of hiring bias claim
29 Nov 2018
TCS argued that the services of four former employees were terminated because they were unwilling to move to cities in the US where TCS needed more engineers, and not because of any bias
How to shift towards continuous performance management
08 Nov 2018
Employees aren’t the only ones dissatisfied with the traditional performance review process; a mere 4 per cent of HR professionals believe their organisation’s performance management system is actually effective, says Rae Steinbach
Immediate rewards boost workplace motivation
08 Jun 2018
Two-day bank strike from tomorrow to hit banking operations nationwide
29 May 2018
Employees of state-run banks across the country will go on a two-day strike from Wednesday, in protest against the nominal two per cent increase in wages
Amazon offers to pay employees to quit
24 May 2018
Divestment-bound Air India adding around 270 co-pilots: report
30 Apr 2018
Air India’s staff cost in 2016-17 was Rs2,841.48 crore, which translates to an average employee cost of Rs21 lakh per annum, and a current debt of over Rs50,000 crore
Indian women get 16.1% less pay than male counterparts, but fare better than the UK, the US: report
28 Apr 2018
Reliance Jio sets hiring target of 80,000 this fiscal
27 Apr 2018
With 32 per cent attrition rate in the sales and technical areas related to construction sites, the total headcount may be much lower than the projected figures
Sacked Google worker files discrimination, harassment case
22 Feb 2018
The sacking of Tim Chevalier allegedly for speaking out against discrimination has left some employees wondering if the company’s HR system is being gamed by staffers who want to stamp out diversity initiatives
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By Axel Miller | 16 Jan 2025
The cost of saying a final goodbye to loved ones in the UK has reached a grim new high, leaving families grappling with unexpected financial burdens.
The life and times of Manmohan Singh, former Prime Minister of India
By Cygnus | 28 Dec 2024
On 27th December 2024 India and the world lost one of their finest statespersons in a hundred years. Manmohan Singh, born on 26th September 1932, in Gah, Punjab (now in Pakistan)
The remarkable Ratan Tata
By Kiron Kasbekar | 23 Oct 2024
One newspaper report of Ratan Tata’s passing away showed an old photo of him climbing into the cockpit of a Lockheed Martin F-16 fighter.
Lighter than air, yet very, very powerful
By Kiron Kasbekar | 03 Jan 2024
In March 2013 Chinese scientists pulled off a remarkable feat. They created the world’s lightest aerogel. Tipping the scales at a mere 0.16 milligrams per cubic centimeter – that’s a sixth of the weight of air!
COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions
By Aniket Gupta | 27 Dec 2023
The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP28, took place from 30th November 2023, to 13th December 2023, at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
What is a Ponzi scheme?
By Aniket Gupta | 06 Dec 2023
Ponzi schemes have long captivated the public imagination, drawing unsuspecting investors into a web of illusion and deception.
