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India, US Troops Play Kabaddi In Alaska

India, US Troops Play Kabaddi In Alaska

Rediff.com25 Oct 2021

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Former auto driver Eknath Shinde takes Shiv Sena to brink of crisis

Former auto driver Eknath Shinde takes Shiv Sena to brink of crisis

Rediff.com21 Jun 2022

Once an auto-rickshaw driver in Thane city adjoining Mumbai, Shinde (58) quickly emerged as a key Sena leader in the Thane-Palghar region after joining politics and is known for aggressive approach towards issues of public interest.

Rishi Sunak's Budget to increase UK visa fee

Rishi Sunak's Budget to increase UK visa fee

Rediff.com12 Mar 2020

Sunak announced that the Immigration Health Surcharge (IHS) would be hiked from 400 pounds to 624 pounds.

The Women We Loved In 2022

The Women We Loved In 2022

Rediff.com26 Dec 2022

Sukanya Verma lists her favourite female performers of 2022.

TCS is looking for 'talent on the cloud'

TCS is looking for 'talent on the cloud'

Rediff.com23 Mar 2021

The company is also looking at creating an algorithm-based talent marketplace and an internal gig workers' community. Talent Cloud will be powered by Algo Talent Development, enabling associates to move across different technologies and industry domains.

AAP, MIM's entry makes BJP, Congress worry over Kutch outcome

AAP, MIM's entry makes BJP, Congress worry over Kutch outcome

Rediff.com28 Nov 2022

The Congress and BJP are apprehensive that AAP might eat into their votes among the Patel community, Kshatriyas, a section of minorities, and Dalits, thus delivering a fatal blow in the closely-contested seats. But the local BJP is elated over the entry of AIMIM as there will be a contender for minority votes apart from the Congress in seats like Bhuj and Mandvi, which have considerable Muslim electorate.

India Inc's Q3 hiring outlook most optimistic in 7 yrs: Survey

India Inc's Q3 hiring outlook most optimistic in 7 yrs: Survey

Rediff.com14 Sep 2021

India's job market looks bullish with 44 per cent of companies planning to add more staff in the next three months as corporates gear up to bring workers back after the pandemic, a survey said on Tuesday. According to the latest ManpowerGroup Employment Outlook Survey released by ManpowerGroup India, employers report a Net Employment Outlook of 44 per cent - the most optimistic outlook in seven years. The Net Employment Outlook is derived by subtracting the percentage of employers expecting a decrease in hiring activity from the percentage of employers anticipating an increase in hiring activity.

Robots, new working ways to cost 5 mn jobs by 2020

Robots, new working ways to cost 5 mn jobs by 2020

Rediff.com22 Jan 2016

The assessment highlights the challenges posed by modern technologies that are automating and making redundant multiple human tasks, from manufacturing to healthcare

Extraordinary Indian: Daniel Ponraj

Extraordinary Indian: Daniel Ponraj

Rediff.com1 Oct 2021

Migrant workers. Poor students. School dropouts. Impoverished women. Daniel Ponraj and his Shubh Sandesh Foundation are helping them all.

Stop using H1-B visas: Murthy's advice to Indian IT cos

Stop using H1-B visas: Murthy's advice to Indian IT cos

Rediff.com2 Feb 2017

Recruitment from colleges should be done and local people be trained to add value to Indian companies, said Murthy.

'H-1B visa system is broken, needs to be fixed'

'H-1B visa system is broken, needs to be fixed'

Rediff.com9 Apr 2015

US to fix the immigration system that keeps American firms from hiring the top world talent they need.

The Ticking Time Bomb

The Ticking Time Bomb

Rediff.com5 Nov 2019

Nearly 31 million Indians are unemployed and looking for jobs. While economic growth has been humming along, the pace of job creation has been poor. A revealing excerpt from Dev Kar's India: Still A Shackled Giant.

Infosys commits to provide Salesforce 500 tech jobs

Infosys commits to provide Salesforce 500 tech jobs

Rediff.com17 Nov 2021

IT services major Infosys on Wednesday announced a new programme, wherein it will offer 500 job seekers the opportunity to complete a fully digital, online diploma course certified by Salesforce. The programme aims to prepare Americans for 21st century careers in the technology sector. Leveraging Trailhead, Salesforce's free online learning platform, the program will train these 500 American workers, free of cost, for roles at Infosys as Salesforce Certified Administrators and Salesforce Industries Developers, a statement said. The programme, targeting recent graduates from major universities, liberal arts colleges, and community colleges, will help Infosys to create a workforce prepared for the future, it added.

Good news for Indian IT workers; US L-1B visas are now easier to get

Good news for Indian IT workers; US L-1B visas are now easier to get

Rediff.com24 Mar 2015

Such a move, Obama argued would attract larger foreign direct investment to the US.

Prisoners at Tihar jail have a role in making Maruti Alto parts

Prisoners at Tihar jail have a role in making Maruti Alto parts

Rediff.com20 Oct 2014

She added 148 workers from Maruti Suzuki had been imprisoned for two years without bail, on charges of killing a plant manager.

Cong targets UP women with special manifesto, promises free LPG, bus ride

Cong targets UP women with special manifesto, promises free LPG, bus ride

Rediff.com1 Nov 2021

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday said her party has prepared a separate manifesto for women for the upcoming Uttar Pradesh assembly polls, and promised them free LPG cylinders and travel in government buses if voted to power.

'Black day for Kashmir and the nation'

'Black day for Kashmir and the nation'

Rediff.com3 Jun 2022

'The people of Jammu and Kashmir are your own people. Do not use them as cannon fodder in your laboratory.'

US biz body steps up campaign on immigration reform

US biz body steps up campaign on immigration reform

Rediff.com9 Oct 2013

The Council had recently established a 'Coalition for Jobs and Growth' to support the Obama administration's immigration reform.

IT cos nervous as Trump gets ready to sign outsourcing killer

IT cos nervous as Trump gets ready to sign outsourcing killer

Rediff.com18 Apr 2017

Trump to sign an executive order aimed at achieving a more skills-based and merit-based immigration system.

WFH: 10 Tips To Manage Your Team

WFH: 10 Tips To Manage Your Team

Rediff.com11 Nov 2021

Keep the meetings short, understand that everyone has a different schedule and life style, advises Indira Ramachandra, chief human resources officer, AscentHR

Gujarat to need 500,000 apparel workers by 2010

Gujarat to need 500,000 apparel workers by 2010

Rediff.com18 May 2007

Gujarat is facing an acute shortage of skilled labour in the apparel manufacturing sector and at a time when most textiles manufacturing firms are coming up with their own garment facilities, the shortage is likely to become acute in the future.

Employment bonanza announced for H-1B spouses

Employment bonanza announced for H-1B spouses

Rediff.com25 Feb 2015

From May 26 onwards, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services will begin accepting applications for work visas from H-IB spouses, reports Aziz Haniffa/Rediff.com.

Returning migrants face being jobless in Bihar once again

Returning migrants face being jobless in Bihar once again

Rediff.com15 Apr 2021

With more than 21 lakh migrant workers returning to the state as per official data, the Nitish Kumar government faces an enormous challenge in providing jobs for them.

Prospects For India's Youth: Cloudy, With High Chance Of Thunder And Lightning

Prospects For India's Youth: Cloudy, With High Chance Of Thunder And Lightning

Rediff.com6 Oct 2022

The country's demographic dividend is dissipating, with seriously adverse consequences for young India, asserts Shankar Acharya, former Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India.

BMS, other trade unions fault draft wage code rules

BMS, other trade unions fault draft wage code rules

Rediff.com5 Nov 2019

BMS general secretary Virjesh Upadhyay said, "There are many anomalies in the draft rules on Code on Wages which need to be amended. The new rules are silent about many provisions clearly provided in the four Acts subsumed in the code."

Why Andhra Pradesh is India's top hiring destination

Why Andhra Pradesh is India's top hiring destination

Rediff.com23 Nov 2018

According to India Skills Report 2019, Andhra Pradesh offers equal space to both male and female workers.

Mumbai's teen golfer donates for club's COVID vaccine drive

Mumbai's teen golfer donates for club's COVID vaccine drive

Rediff.com27 Apr 2021

Mumbai-based 19-year-old Indian golfer has donated all his prize money saved since the age of seven to fund the vaccination drive for the blue-collar staff of Chembur-based Bombay Presidency Golf club.

Want a job? 7 things graduates MUST do in the lockdown

Want a job? 7 things graduates MUST do in the lockdown

Rediff.com17 Apr 2020

Recruiters are now in search of candidates with soft skills alongside tech-based knowledge, says Ambrish Sinha.

Lockdown in India impacted 40mn migrants: World Bank

Lockdown in India impacted 40mn migrants: World Bank

Rediff.com23 Apr 2020

According to the report, the magnitude of internal migration is about two-and-a-half times that of international migration.

Starting a New Job? 10 Tips for SUCCESS

Starting a New Job? 10 Tips for SUCCESS

Rediff.com11 Jun 2021

It is important for working professionals to not get attached to a designation or title or brand or a company name, asserts Aditya Malik, MD & CEO, Talentedge.

Use tech to scale up COVID-19 vaccination: Nilekani

Use tech to scale up COVID-19 vaccination: Nilekani

Rediff.com20 Apr 2021

'We are the only country in the world where everybody gets a digital vaccination certificate immediately... Then as we open up, as they did yesterday, which I think is a welcome move, you will have lots and lots of points where people will come in'

Retrenchment norms: Govt says it won't be 'hire and fire'

Retrenchment norms: Govt says it won't be 'hire and fire'

Rediff.com29 Sep 2020

The government further defended its move to introduce fixed-term employment, insisting that the present system of hiring workers through contractors is exploitative.

H-1B visas: Biden administration says lottery system to continue till Dec 31

H-1B visas: Biden administration says lottery system to continue till Dec 31

Rediff.com5 Feb 2021

The Biden administration has announced that it is delaying the H-1B policy of the previous Trump administration on allocation of the popular foreign work visas by continuing with the lottery system until December 31, 2021, to give the immigration agency more time to develop, test and implement the modifications to the registration system. On January 7, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced to do away with the traditional lottery system in deciding the successful applicants for the H-1B visas. The H-1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers in specialty occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise.

Modi govt deliberately weakening labour laws: Rahul

Modi govt deliberately weakening labour laws: Rahul

Rediff.com5 Dec 2015

Alleging that Modi has launched a "big assault" on the workers, a combative Gandhi vowed to fight their battle like the Congress did for the farmers on the land acquisition bill.

Nitish launches poll campaign, slams RJD over jobs claim

Nitish launches poll campaign, slams RJD over jobs claim

Rediff.com12 Oct 2020

Virtually addressing party workers and voters of 11 assembly constituencies that will go to vote in the first phase on October 28, Kumar highlighted the achievements of his governments during his three terms as CM since 2005, and compared those with the work done during the 15-year rule before that.

The H-1B visa intrigue

The H-1B visa intrigue

Rediff.com1 Feb 2017

Ayan Pramanik and Shivani Shinde Nadhe report on the uncertainties that have dragged down shares of TCS, Tech Mahindra and HCL Technologies.

Former Assam Congress chief Ripun Bora quits party, joins TMC

Former Assam Congress chief Ripun Bora quits party, joins TMC

Rediff.com17 Apr 2022

Bora said in his resignation letter to Congress chief Sonia Gandhi that infighting within the grand old party helped BJP and compelled him to leave despite having been a member since student days in 1976.

Fix age and wage issues before raising H-1B cap, argues visa's critic

Fix age and wage issues before raising H-1B cap, argues visa's critic

Rediff.com10 Sep 2013

Norman Matloff, professor of computer science at the University of California, Davis, believes that the US has enough highly skilled engineers and raising the cap on H-1B would hamper the wages of senior workers already in the industry.

What can be done to avert India's demographic catastrophe?

What can be done to avert India's demographic catastrophe?

Rediff.com27 May 2016

The unemployment situation is becoming increasingly acute.

Budget: TUs want FM to hike I-T ceiling, minimum wages, pension

Budget: TUs want FM to hike I-T ceiling, minimum wages, pension

Rediff.com19 Dec 2019

They said that massive public investment in infrastructure, social sectors and agriculture would generate employment and the Union Budget should give it a priority and allocate necessary funds for this.