HRD
DoT draft note clubs 4G spectrum to BSNL and MTNL with VRS
23 Apr 2019
Implementation of VRS for BSNL and MTNL, involving expenditure of Rs6,365 crore and Rs2,120 crore, respectively, is expected to lower the expenses of the firms and give them liquidity, but employees see it as a government ploy to cut down workforce and make it attractive for privatisation
BSNL has no money to pay its 1.76 lakh employees
13 Mar 2019
Pfizer to shutter two more plants in India
09 Jan 2019
JLR may slash 5,000 jobs next year to cut cost
18 Dec 2018
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
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The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
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HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
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Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
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Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation