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Jaguar Land Rover to cut 200 jobs

Jaguar Land Rover to cut 200 jobs

Rediff.com17 Oct 2008

Tata Motors-owned Jaguar Land Rover has announced plans to shed 200 jobs across its UK operations but claimed that the redundancies were not connected with the economic downturn or slump in car sales.

Will Vijay Do Business With The BJP?

Will Vijay Do Business With The BJP?

Rediff.com28 Oct 2024

If the BJP has to work as a junior partner of Vijay's TVK, then either the party will have to change the state leader, or the latter should change himself. Incidentally, ever since Vijay started talking politics and elections, the pro-BJP/Hindutva social media had stopped dragging his name into any non-existing issue.' In particular, they have stopped referring to him by his Christian name, 'Joseph Vijay', observes N Sathiya Moorthy.

World Bank cuts India's growth forecast to 6.3% in 2023

World Bank cuts India's growth forecast to 6.3% in 2023

Rediff.com6 Jun 2023

Growth in India is expected to slow to 6.3 per cent in FY 2023/24 (April-March), a 0.3 percentage point downward revision from January, the World Bank said Tuesday but noted there is an unexpected resilience in private consumption and investment and robust growth in the services. The World Bank made these points in its latest edition of Global Economic Prospects according to which global growth is projected to decelerate from 3.1 per cent in 2022 to 2.1 per cent in 2023. In Emerging Markets and Developing Economies (EMDEs) other than China, growth is set to slow to 2.9 per cent this year from 4.1 per cent last year. These forecasts reflect broad-based downgrades.

TELL US: How are you preparing for a salary cut?

TELL US: How are you preparing for a salary cut?

Rediff.com12 May 2020

The economy is struggling and companies may soon be forced to cut salaries or let people go. What are your plans for the dark days ahead?

Adani, Qualcomm CEO discuss AI, semiconductors

Adani, Qualcomm CEO discuss AI, semiconductors

Rediff.com11 Mar 2024

Chip giant Qualcomm chief executive Cristiano R Amon and billionaire Gautam Adani on Monday discussed role of AI, semiconductors and edge appliances across markets in the fast changing global technology space. The two leaders met in Mumbai on Monday morning to discuss India's potential around semiconductors, AI and mobility, according to a social media post by Adani. While Qualcomm is big on designing and manufacturing semiconductors and wireless telecommunications products, Adani group had in 2022 bought a small quantity of fifth generation or 5G spectrum for private captive network deployment in ports, logistics and power generation among others.

Can Modi 3.0 Keep Food Inflation In Check?

Can Modi 3.0 Keep Food Inflation In Check?

Rediff.com17 Jun 2024

Increased production of pulses, oilseeds, and cereals will help boost domestic supplies and contribute to keeping inflation low in the coming months.

Revealed! The top JOBS of 2020

Revealed! The top JOBS of 2020

Rediff.com30 Dec 2020

Naukri.com's Hiring Outlook Survey for 2020 reveals the jobs and sectors that saw a surge in demand during the pandemic.

Can Amit Thackeray Revive The MNS?

Can Amit Thackeray Revive The MNS?

Rediff.com29 Oct 2024

'If you look at the average age of all our candidates, you will notice that their average age is between 35 and 40. It is a kind of revolution that the MNS is bringing in Maharashtra.'

Why Builders Won't Drop Home Prices

Why Builders Won't Drop Home Prices

Rediff.com12 Jul 2024

'What happens in the real estate market is that once the prices go up it goes on to stay at that level.' 'It might not increase and at the same time the prices will not come down too.'

Ranji: Sindhu's 11-wkt haul powers Haryana to victory

Ranji: Sindhu's 11-wkt haul powers Haryana to victory

Rediff.com8 Nov 2024

Punjab, starting the penultimate day on 73/3 and needing 144 more runs, crumbled under pressure from Sindhu's relentless spin and Jayant Yadav's precise off-spin (3/35 in 10.4 overs), collapsing well before lunch and handing Haryana their second outright win in four matches.

Political Savvy Nirmalaji's Bold Budget

Political Savvy Nirmalaji's Bold Budget

Rediff.com3 Aug 2024

Few finance ministers announce any taxation measure that could upset the stock market. Ms Sitharaman decided to take that risk, observes A K Bhattacharya.

Dhoni vs Gaikwad: Who's the cooler captain?

Dhoni vs Gaikwad: Who's the cooler captain?

Rediff.com13 Apr 2024

Fleming clarified that appointing Ruturaj as skipper is a long-term call and not a makeshift decision by the five-time winners.

Ahead of Paris Games, Ukraine mourns athletes lost to war

Ahead of Paris Games, Ukraine mourns athletes lost to war

Rediff.com23 Jul 2024

At least 488 Ukrainian athletes and trainers have been killed since early 2022, around two dozen of whom had been European or world champions in their discipline, according to sports ministry spokesman Serhiy Bykov.

T20 WC: USA's diverse squad makes mark

T20 WC: USA's diverse squad makes mark

Rediff.com24 Jun 2024

Sky is the limit, we are ending with heaps of learnings: Corey Anderson on USA's T20 WC campaign

The Woman Who Lost Everything

The Woman Who Lost Everything

Rediff.com13 Nov 2024

When the landslide hit, Sruthi's house was washed away, along with its inhabitants. She lost her entire family and some relatives. All she had left for a close confidante was her fiance Jenson. Days after the landslide and the loss of her family, Jenson died in a road accident that also left Sruthi with serious injuries. News of the accident and Sruthi's backdrop as the lone surviving member of a family wiped out in the July landslide, was picked up by the media, and people rushed to help.

20 per cent pay cut for Tottenham's non-playing staff

20 per cent pay cut for Tottenham's non-playing staff

Rediff.com31 Mar 2020

Tottenham still had an annual cost base running into hundreds of millions of pounds.

Facebook follows Twitter, set for huge layoffs: WSJ

Facebook follows Twitter, set for huge layoffs: WSJ

Rediff.com7 Nov 2022

After job cuts at Twitter, Facebook's parent company Meta is planning to begin "large-scale layoffs" this week in what could be the largest reduction to date at a "major technology corporation in a year that has seen a tech-industry retrenchment," a media report said.

'Indian American Young Men May Vote For Trump'

'Indian American Young Men May Vote For Trump'

Rediff.com1 Nov 2024

'One of the big findings is that younger men seem to have shifted towards the Republican Party.' 'In 2020, about 23% of younger men said they would vote Trump.' 'Now that number is 48%.' 'It is like a 25 point shift, and you don't actually see shifts that big in surveys.'

Panasonic to hire 6,000 by next year

Panasonic to hire 6,000 by next year

Rediff.com29 Apr 2011

The company said it would hire 2,150 this year and top it up with another 3,850 in 2012, in contrast to Panasonic Corp's massive job cuts plan by 2013.

T20 WC PICS: England prove too good for West Indies

T20 WC PICS: England prove too good for West Indies

Rediff.com20 Jun 2024

Defending champions England stormed their way to a crushing eight-wicket victory over the West Indies.

World champions India eye winning start in Sri Lanka

World champions India eye winning start in Sri Lanka

Rediff.com26 Jul 2024

India's newly-forged coach-captain combination of Gautam Gambhir and Suryakumar Yadav will look to make instant impact against a Sri Lankan team in disarray.

'No one can do hawabazi with the PM'

'No one can do hawabazi with the PM'

Rediff.com2 May 2024

'I have had occasion to work with Bill Gates as a young engineer, and am one of the few people in India who has interacted with Steve Jobs and Larry Ellison.' 'I have worked with Andy Grove at Intel, so I know what bright and great people are like, but Modiji is a different level of perfection.'

'Asian Games is a cash-burning project'

'Asian Games is a cash-burning project'

Rediff.com21 Sep 2023

With economic problems and job cuts, Hangzhou locals and people in other parts of China are not very pleased about hosting the Asian Games.

'Only Amritpal Can Change The Situation'

'Only Amritpal Can Change The Situation'

Rediff.com22 May 2024

'Go around and ask what Amritpal has done for the village and nearby areas.'

Will India CHANGE In Modi 3.0?

Will India CHANGE In Modi 3.0?

Rediff.com27 Jun 2024

The climate for 'doing business' remains forbidding, taxtortion is still rife, corruption at state and district levels has increased, oil prices remain extortive with high taxation, and the continued red tape has kept the enterprise system as stifled as before, points out Debashis Basu.

Tata's Jaguar Land Rover to cut 400 more jobs

Tata's Jaguar Land Rover to cut 400 more jobs

Rediff.com5 Nov 2008

Tata Motors-owned Jaguar Land Rover has announced plans to axe 400 more jobs in view of the current global economic downturn.

Alcatel-Lucent to hire 1,000 in India

Alcatel-Lucent to hire 1,000 in India

Rediff.com16 Dec 2008

The company had recently announced its plans to reduce the number of managers by about 1,000 and the number of contractors by another 5,000 as a part of its restructuring initiatives. The company is in discussion with other firms for deployment of low-cost WiMax devices in the country.

'FM did nothing to create jobs, reduce inequality'

'FM did nothing to create jobs, reduce inequality'

Rediff.com2 Feb 2021

'I would want people to have food on their tables and their wages to rise.' 'Will that happen or not is the question that we need to ask and answer.'

US Open PICS: Zverev, Fritz to clash in quarter-finals

US Open PICS: Zverev, Fritz to clash in quarter-finals

Rediff.com2 Sep 2024

Images from the men's singles action at the US Open on Sunday.

Musk threatens to name & shame advertisers who ditch Twitter, defends layoffs

Musk threatens to name & shame advertisers who ditch Twitter, defends layoffs

Rediff.com5 Nov 2022

While replying to a user on Twitter, Elon Musk said, "Thank you. A thermonuclear name & shame is exactly what will happen if this continues."

COVID-19 impact! 72% Indians looking for a new job

COVID-19 impact! 72% Indians looking for a new job

Rediff.com14 May 2020

According to a new survey, over 80 per cent Indian engineers and tech graduates are currently learning new technologies relevant to the jobs they seek.

Morgan Stanley cuts 1,600 jobs as business languishes

Morgan Stanley cuts 1,600 jobs as business languishes

Rediff.com10 Jan 2013

The cuts represent roughly 6% of its institutional securities unit - which includes sales, trading and investment banking, sources say.

'Now Kashmiris Say Hindustan, Hindustan'

'Now Kashmiris Say Hindustan, Hindustan'

Rediff.com17 Sep 2024

'The wave of terrorism is over in Kashmir. Local people do not support it.'

Tata Hitachi reaps rich harvest, from field to factory

Tata Hitachi reaps rich harvest, from field to factory

Rediff.com5 Jul 2024

It was the summer of 2006 (May 18). Writers' Building, then the state secretariat, was buzzing with journalists. The event marked the start of Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee's second term as chief minister. And in style, it got off with West Bengal bagging the small car plant, Nano.

Adobe to cut 680 full-time jobs worldwide

Adobe to cut 680 full-time jobs worldwide

Rediff.com11 Nov 2009

Adobe, the maker of Photoshop, Flash and Acrobat has an employee strength of more than 7,000.

Modi Bluster Missing From Budget

Modi Bluster Missing From Budget

Rediff.com26 Jul 2024

With the reality of coalition politics staring the BJP in its face, this was inevitable, points out Ramesh Menon.

Global lay-off plan won't affect India: HP

Global lay-off plan won't affect India: HP

Rediff.com2 Oct 2012

In April this year, HP had announced to lay off about 27,000 employees globally as part of its restructuring process to reduce costs.

Cognizant to cut up to 7,000 jobs in next few months

Cognizant to cut up to 7,000 jobs in next few months

Rediff.com31 Oct 2019

The company has not detailed out the geographies that would be impacted by the reductions. However, given that India accounts for the biggest share of the company's headcount, the impact of these layoffs is expected to be significant.

'Modi running around saying he has been offered 2036 Games'

'Modi running around saying he has been offered 2036 Games'

Rediff.com12 Aug 2024

French organisers turned Paris into an open-air Olympic playground where everyone was invited, with or without a ticket.

What is Elon Musk doing in Beijing?

What is Elon Musk doing in Beijing?

Rediff.com28 Apr 2024

On a surprise visit to Beijing amid speculation that he may unveil Tesla's autonomous driving technology in the burgeoning electric vehicle (EV) market in China, billionaire Elon Musk on Sunday met Chinese Premier Li Qiang and discussed future expansion plans for his automobile.