Air India currently has a workforce of 27,500 people with 20,500 of them regular employees and rest on contract.
Use this time to learn some basic workplace skills so you can fulfill your potential and take charge of your own growth, says Shreyasi Singh.
Fate of factory, 8,000 workers remains uncertain.
'While the poor have little say in shaping India's intellectual or public discourse, they do have a significant role in deciding political outcomes,' points out Roshan Kishore.
'Unless it becomes really a big epidemic in India where a huge number of people are getting sick and lakhs of people dying, I do not see a major impact on the insurance sector.'
Ajit Issac started as a management trainee at Godrej.
The zones, says Panagariya, would have to be set up near deep-draft ports, capable of accommodating very large and heavily loaded ships
Indian IT players, over the past few years, have pressed the paddle on re-training of their employees as new technologies take centre-stage.
It's time the regulator did some introspection.
Flipkart also faced criticism earlier this year after it deferred the joining dates for campus recruits from the Indian Institutes of Management and Indian Institutes of Technology
For the first time ever, India's second largest software exporter Infosys Technologies would aggressively scout for talent in US universities, from where it would hire 300 fresh graduates.
'There are 8-12 members living in the same accommodation. While in pre-lockdown days, since most were out on work, social tension among them was less because of limited interaction. But now, no food and livelihood, along with having to live in cramped conditions, is taking a toll on their mental health.'
Bandhan Financial Services, which was given a banking licence on Wednesday, hopes to come up with a unique business model, with a mix of doorstep and retail banking.
World's largest computer chipmaker Intel Corporation has pressed the 'Ctrl-Alt-Del' keys on its employees, with 1,000 managers worldwide already laid off and as many as 15,000 staffers estimated to be in the firing line.
Currently most of its 119 planes have been taken back by the lessors and many have been leased to other airlines like SpiceJet. The second challenge is that it has to repay banks.
Women are considered to be very serious about their performance in their respective companies.
This recognition is a testimony of India's strong belief in promoting entrepreneurship
Husbands need to take equal share, parents can lend a hand. It is important for women to dispel any self-doubt they have.
In the age of robots and automation, skills such as people management, coordination and negotiations will be relevant, says Babita Shekhar.
In a bid to attract skilled Indian workforce, South Africa is considering giving special visa with relaxed norms to make it easier for them to work in the country and is close to signing an agreement with India.
The new move is expected to help boost employee morale.
Age and experience not less relevant but firms are gradually moving towards younger leadership teams
Customer service operations of British Midland (bmi), a British airline company, will be outsourced to India under a five-year outsourcing agreement it has signed with the United Kingdom's contact centre management company Ventura.
'China is fantastic. It's superb. I recommend all of you to go to China to understand it,' says Genpact CEO Pramod Bhasin.
Google is the most attracitve employer in India followed by Sony
Integration of workforce has been a thorny issue and a cause of litigation and strikes.
A century-old company -- that started as an infrastructure provider for large religious gatherings like the Kumbh Mela -- has expanded its role to keeping the premises of such gatherings litter-free.
India has been put in lockdown to halt the spread of the coronavirus outbreak. People have been told to stay indoors, but for many daily-wage earners this is not an option.
While the lockdown hit employment in all age groups, it hit the employment of youngsters who are less than 29 years of age much more. The lockdown also hit women more than it has affected men, reveals Mahesh Vyas.
The prime minister held a meeting with chief ministers via video-conferencing, and said it was imperative to work on war footing, identify hotspots, encircle them and ensure that coronavirus does not spread out.
Chennai-based California Software Company Ltd (CalSoft) will acquire Bangalore-based WebSpectrum Software Pvt Ltd in a deal valued at about Rs 2.2 crore (Rs 22 million).
The coronavirus pandemic has changed how businesses look at payments. Earlier, fintech companies said when they were talking to merchants, they were not interested in digitisation.
Aiming to cash in on the growing digital imaging and print management solutions market, EFI Inc is planning to expand its India operations by doubling the workforce and opening up new centres.
Expert staff in the line of fire in the tech sector. Analysts attribute these job losses to a slowdown in growth, automation of lower-end work.
Union sources claimed production at the Chennai plant, considered one of the biggest for Nokia, had declined from 13 million handsets per month to four million per month.
As Covid-19 cases surge in India, companies have realised it's a tightrope walk between maintaining production and ensuring employee safety.
