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Cisco names Chuck Robbins as CEO; John Chambers is executive chairman
04 May 2015
Chuck Robbins joined Cisco in 1997 and has moved quickly through the company’s ranks, most recently serving as Cisco’s senior vice president of worldwide operations
Cairn India to cut 40% jobs amidst tax dispute, oil price fall
23 Feb 2015
Cairn said it has been hit by financial constraints of a bar on transfer of assets in India worth $1 billion and the impact of a sharp fall in global oil prices
Tesco to cut around 9,000 jobs
16 Feb 2015
Sony to cut 1,000 more jobs as smart phone losses mount: report
28 Jan 2015
With the latest round of job-cuts, Sony’s workforce will shrink by roughly 30 per cent to 5,000 as of the end of the fiscal year through March 2016
IBM to trim workforce, but denies reports of mass layoffs
28 Jan 2015
IBM has been steadily reshaping its 400,000-plus staff for several years, laying off workers in some areas and hiring others in new growth businesses
Sensitive to staff: N Chandrasekaran
16 Jan 2015
HC restrains TCS from sacking mid-level employee
14 Jan 2015
‘Involuntary attrition’, not mass layoffs, says TCS
14 Jan 2015
TCS, the country's largest software services firm, today defended itself over reports that it has pink-slipped 2,574 employees in the first nine months of this fiscal, and as the total layoffs in the full year are expected to exceed 3,000
Unprecedented: IT workers unite to launch stir against TCS layoffs
03 Jan 2015
According to FITE founding member Bharatidasan, TCS has asked 700 employees in Hyderabad, 470 in Bangalore, 480 in Chennai, 70 in Pune and 20 in Kochi to leave, while several hundreds were told that they would be called by HR
Draft bill seeks to exempt small firms from mandatory labour laws
01 Jan 2015
The draft bill exempts firms employing less than 40 persons from the requirement of payment of provident fund, bonus and ESIS cover while giving hire-and-fire powers to employers
ING Vyasa unions threaten strike against Kotak Bank merger
29 Dec 2014
KMB, which has no union, had written to all the ING Vysya Bank employees to allay concerns, but that “bypassed” the Vysya union, which fears it will lose control with the merger
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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.
The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
03 Jul 2023
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
02 Apr 2023
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
06 Mar 2023
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
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