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300 in Wipro fired for moonlighting
Wipro has sacked employees who were involved in moonlighting. What is Moonlighting? Moonlighting is the term used to describe an individual taking up a second job or multiple other work assignments besides his full-time job. The practice of working for multiple organizations while committing to one primary workplace has been taking place without the employer’s ..
Month: current affairs - september, 2022
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs - 2022 • India Nation & States Current Affairs • Legal & Constitution Current Affairs
Topics: Employment • Employment News • Indian labour law • Indian labour market • IT sector
Kerala IT Corridors
In the budget of Kerala that was presented by Finance Minister KN Balagopal, importance has been given to the IT sector of the state, with the focus being given to the futuristic 5G networks. Overview: Expeditious steps will be initiated by the Kerala government to bring the 5G system to the state and to move ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2022
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs • States Current Affairs
Topics: 5G networks • IT Corridors • IT Parks • IT sector • Kerala • Kerala Government • KN Balagopal
Second Round of Quarterly Employment Survey
The Union Ministry of Labour and Employment recently released the second round of Quarterly Employment Survey. According to the survey, nine sectors hired two lakh people. This accounted to 85% of the total employment of the country. The survey was for the period July to September 2021. Key Findings of the Survey The total employment ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2022
Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs
Topics: All-India Quarterly Establishment-based Employment Survey • BPO • Construction sector • Economic growth • Employment • female worker • Financial Sector • Financial services • India's economic growth • IT sector • Labour force survey • manufacturing sector • Ministry of Labour and Employment • Restaurants • Trade • transport sector
Women Wizards Rule Tech programme launched by NASSCOM to increase number of women in senior levels in IT industry
Indian IT industry’s apex body NASSCOM (National Association of Software & Services Companies) has launched ‘Women Wizards Rule Tech’ programme to increase number of women in senior levels in Information Technology (IT) industry. The programme was announced in March 2018 at Nasscom Diversity and Inclusion Summit in Chennai as joint initiative by Nasscom Sector Skills ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2018
Topics: Business • Economy • IT sector • NASSCOM • Women Empowerment • Women Wizards Rule Tech programme
Government to expand BPO promotion scheme for rural youth to 1 lakh seats
Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY) is planning to expand its India BPO Promotion Scheme to 1 lakh seats from current 48,000 seats. It will also set up 5th and India’s largest National data centre (NDC) in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh with capacity of 5 lakh virtual servers. NDCs host government websites, services and apps, ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2018
Topics: BPO Industry • Business • Economy • Government Schemes • India BPO Promotion Scheme • IT sector • Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology • National
TCS becomes first Company to close over Rs. 7 Trillion Market Cap
India’s IT major Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) became first listed company in India to close day’s trade with market capitalisation (m cap) of over Rs. 7 lakh crore (over $103 billion). M cap is value of company that is traded on stock market, calculated by multiplying total number of shares by present share price. Key ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2018
Topics: Business • Buy Back • Economy • IT sector • Market Capitalisation • Stock Records • TCS