Tata Steel said that it had to scale down its manufacturing and distribution operations for a considerable period during the June quarter due to coronavirus lockdown

LinkedIn's Workforce Confident Index stated that 33 per cent employees in logistics and 25 per cent employees in the IT industry say that lack of workplace sanitisation or cleanliness is dissuading them from going to their workplaces

As per the survey findings, 46 per cent of professionals from Recreation & Travel, and 39 per cent of professionals from the Consumer Goods industry will return to work as soon as they are allowed to

As per analysts at Mumbai-based Axis Securities, COVID-19 outbreak has presented an unprecedented opportunity for security services companies in India

Microsoft's potential investment interest in ShareChat comes at a time when it is negotiating the acquisition of Chinese video-sharing app TikTok's US operations from its parent company ByteDance

With top tier IT firms having nearly 60 per cent local hires and high rate of work visa rejections, the visa ban impact could be limited. However Nomura cautions that if the ban continues beyond the pandemic then Indian firms may have to brace for higher costs towards further localisation.

Allowing MFIs to take deposits and run like a social business will unleash the power of the micro entrepreneur sector

Using big data and analytics, factories of the future will marry the physical and digital worlds

From using technology to sell financial products to being tech companies that use AI, Big Data and analytics for offering customised services, the banking industry will see a major shift

Indian IT services may not have an  additional impact, however experts say clarity on execution of  going contracts if any and long-term cost impact is yet to be ascertained

India's care industry has the potential to absorb 10 million women into the workforce and create another four million jobs, a vast majority also for women, says N Chandrasekaran

The survey sampled 300 respondents in India and 2,012 in APAC region working in retail, manufacturing, health, technology and financial services

Experts say this is just a beginning of a painful road ahead for the sector as the demand for air travel continues to remain muted due to a variety of reasons. Since the opening up of the domestic aviation sector in late May, the capacities of airlines remain quite low - 30-35 per cent

Others in the top 10 most-attractive employer brands in India for 2020 include Infosys Technologies at the fourth place, Mercedes-Benz (5th), Sony (6th), IBM (7th), Dell Technologies Ltd (8th), ITC Group (9th) and Tata Consultancy Services (10th)

This uptick in hiring has fuelled the confidence of active job seekers towards career progression as findings show that about 2 in 3 professionals will increase their time spent searching for and applying to jobs in the next 2 weeks

US has added a 7.5% duty on imports from Hong Kong after China imposed the national security law on Hong Kong

On July 20, the airline had said it would lay off 10 per cent of its workforce to fly through the \"economic storm\" caused by the coronavirus pandemic

Bajaj plans to open an assembly plant in Brazil within 18 months, as well as a design office in Thailand to handle sales for the ASEAN region, and another design office in Europe

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\"Someone from India entering the backlog today would have to wait 195 years to receive an EB-3 green card. Even if we give their children this limbo status, none of them will have a prayer of becoming a US citizen,\" Lee said on the Senator floor