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To 'make Amazon pay', Indian trade unions join Black Friday protest

Agitation part of global campaign against e-commerce firm

Amazon's Black Friday: Several Indian trade unions to join protests

The campaign is being coordinated by an international coalition of trade unions, with the support of environmental and civil society groups

HireQuotient bags investment from Flipkart co-founder Binny Bansal

This comes after the company raised $1.8 million in pre-series A funding last year from Sumant Sinha of ReNew Power, Mohan Lakhamraju of Great Learning, Sujeet Kumar of Udaan; and Kunal Shah of CRED

China proposes tough penalties for unfair practices adopted by tech firms

The move is another regulatory response to big tech companies' use of market dominance and advanced technology to undermine competition

HP Inc to reduce global headcount by up to 6,000 employees as demand slows

PC and printer major HP Inc is joining the ongoing tech layoff season and will lay off nearly 4,000-6,000 employees

Falling rupee, rising costs, job insecurity dampen study-abroad sentiment

Mass layoffs by tech biggies add to concern, but demand from non-metros robust

IITs likely to see less placement offers this year amid tech slump: Report

The impact on IITs is likely to be less severe than in other engineering colleges as the companies will continue to hire good talent and 'maintain a relationship with these premier tech colleges'

Job switches to fetch smaller salary hikes to tech talent, says report

The average salary hike on new jobs has fallen from 54 per cent in July and August to 45 per cent in September and 37 per cent in October

Twitter adds 1.6 million daily active users in 1 week, says Elon Musk

Shutting down his detractors further, Musk shared another tweet today morning, announcing that the site has reached its highest daily active users

Done with layoffs, Elon Musk says he wants to go on hiring spree

Plans engineering teams in India, japan Indonesia, and Brazil

In layoff season, Google may fire 10,000 'low performing' employees

The news on layoff at Google has come within days of a letter that hedge fund TCI, an investor in the company, wrote to Alphabet. TCI has shares worth $6 billion in Alphabet

Draft personal data protection Bill: Penalties may range up to Rs 250 crore

Updated legislation allows data to be transferred to 'trusted geographies' listed by the government

Moonlighting: People continue to seek side gigs amid demand for tech skills

Job search and gig work platforms say these are mostly low-paid assignments

Tencent to hand $20 billion Meituan stake to shareholders as sales slip

Meituan said it would maintain its mutually beneficial business relationship with Tencent after the divestment, which comes as the Shenzhen-based tech giant shuts some unprofitable businesses

Meta India policy chief Rajiv Aggarwal joins Samsung in a tech policy role

Rajiv Aggarwal will take up the position, which entails liaising with and lobbying government officials on domestic policy matters, from December

Is investors' love for digital India over?

Shares of companies within the ambit of digital theme have succumbed to the turmoil in the global tech industry as recession fears continue to rise. What do experts recommend against this backdrop?

Job cuts at Singapore tech companies are impacting Indians. Here's how

While revenue and jobs in the tech will be impacted in the short-term, and market volatility is likely in the near future, the tech industry is expected to continue to grow in the long-term.

TCS plans to expand footprint in Illinois, create 1,200 jobs by end of 2024

More than 3,000 Illinoisans currently work for TCS - including 1,100 who were hired within the last five years

HR tech start-up Keka raises $57 mn in series A funding by WestBridge

The company helps businesses by automating payroll, recruiting, performance management

Zoho built capabilities steadily to reach $1 billion in revenue: CEO

'We hope to continue to serve our customers by bringing the highest quality offerings at very affordable prices'