The government had on Wednesday issued a statement dismissing report of Moody's Analytics.
The struggling steelmaker said the sale includes several South Yorkshire-based assets, including electric arc steelworks and bar mill at Rotherham, steel-purifying facility in Stocksbridge and a mill in Brinsworth.
Mr Prabhu has a big challenge ahead in implementing trade reforms to regain the lost export momentum, says Jayanta Roy.
You cannot say Railways' problems will be solved by privatisation. The solution should be an outcome based approach. Very few railways in the world are privatised, Prabhu said.
Nine out of 10 Indian employees in an international workplace survey said they feared that their current skills would be outdated within five years and felt that more training was vital to remain competitive in the job market. Baby Boomers (aged 48-65) are most worried about the level of training they receive with 43 per cent stating that the same was not sufficient to upgrade skills and advance their careers, the survey indicated.
'What has gained prominence are 'human' skills like creativity, originality and initiative, critical thinking, persuasion, and negotiation, as well as attention to detail, resilience, flexibility and complex problem-solving.'
HR Guru Mayank Rautela offers practical advice.
Babajob.com is trying to help unorganised blue-collar workers get better employment.
With the BJP continuing to be the constant combatant, centrifugal pressures will rise. Fractured relations between the Centre and the states as between BJP and non-BJP ruled states is a sizeable risk owing ahead, warns Shekhar Gupta.
The ministry of electronics and information technology is working on creating a software product council, including members from the government, academia and industry that will work on implementing a software products mission.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday announced Rs 3 lakh crore collateral free automatic loan for businesses, including MSMEs, to benefit 45 lakh small businesses. Detailing parts of the Rs 20 lakh crore economic stimulus package, she said this loan will have a 4-year tenure and will have 12-month moratorium, she said.
Applications for H-1B visas totalled a record 233,000 for fiscal 2016, according to figures released recently.
Bigbasket's founder V S Sudhakar said his company was reengineering its supply chain to allow for faster delivery to its resellers and to reduce the time from farm to customer.
India has once again emerged as the most optimistic nation in terms of hiring plans for the next three months and the recruitment pace is expected to return to the pre-recession level in the new year, global staffing services firm Manpower says.
Rs 1,000 crore for promotion of start ups.
Sales of Apple's smartphones in China have suffered a setback.
'I am most excited about a new video production solution for large organisations -- think Fortune 500 companies -- that have distributed teams, many of which are based in India.'
This upgrade will allow air operations by military and civil aircraft even in poor visibility and adverse weather conditions.
iGATE Global Solutions, an integrated technology and operations firm with a global services delivery model, said the company would add 800-1,000 people at its development centres this year.
Education, jobs, health and more: Experts share their wishlist.
Billionaire Jeff Bezos, who founded Amazon as an online bookseller nearly three decades ago, will step down as the CEO of the $1.7 trillion global retail giant in the third quarter of 2021 with Andy Jassy being named his successor.
IT industry body Nasscom said it is quite hopeful the final contour of the bill would be much more balanced than it is at present.
The retrenchments at the company promoted by Mumbai BJP chief Mangal Prabhat Lodha come at a time when the economic growth has dipped to a six-year low of 5 per cent, which has led many to fear if the spectre of job losses across sectors awaits next.
The US government should not only look at salary, but also focus on skills while making immigration reforms
More than 600,000 Indians, many employed in the gems and jewellery sector, lost jobs in just four months from October 2008 as the impact of the global economic crisis hit the country's shores.
Growing protectionism in their main markets - the US and the UK - has forced them to hire local workers, upending the cost arbitrage model they had built their business on.
The rupee had rebounded 15 paise to close at two-week high of 61.77 against the dollar at the Interbank Foreign Exchange on Friday.
'Whoever owns the best chip industry will be the Saudi Arabia of the era of data,' predicts Rajeev Srinivasan.
Many believe that marketing budgets could be a hurdle.
Contract workers are paid much less than regular workers. This year's Economic Survey estimates wages are on an average 20 times higher in the formal sector than in the informal sector. Arindam Majumder reports.
The announcement evoked a sharp response from the UK and Ireland's largest trade union, Unite, which said it would fight for every job and demanded that there would be no compulsory redundancies from Tata Steel.
Sanjeev Goel, business head, Manipal ProLearn, lists 10 courses that are currently most suitable for working professionals to upskill or reskill to ensure they remain of value in the job market and in future-ready organisations.
A degree may help you start your career, but it is only skills that will build your career.
The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed the prosecution of Som Mittal, chief of National Association of Software and Service Companies in the Pratibha Murthy murder case.
From virtual yoga to empathy, the pandemic has prompted the e-commerce giant to double down on building innovations focused on improving remote work culture especially employee well-being, both mental and physical.
HR Guru Mayank Rautela offers practical advice.
International companies usually store data on global servers and the requirement to store data locally would require them to make an additional investment. But policymakers in India believe storing data locally would help monitor and conduct investigations if the need arises.
