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Work from home without flexibility risks creating unhealthy culture: Study

King's College report suggests implementing predictable or set hours, compressed days, job sharing and school term-time working.

Infosys net profit rises 17.5% in Q4, announces Rs 9,200-crore buyback

FY22 revenue growth forecast at 12-14%

Singapore waives levies on foreign workers during stay-home period

Singapore said it would waive levies on foreign workers during their stay-home notice periods from January to September to help employers manage the increased costs associated with the Covid-19 safety

Microsoft Teams offers live transcription for meetings in English

Microsoft Teams has announced Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered live transcription, a written record of the spoken text, for meetings in English

Zoom, other WFH tech darlings risk user exodus as the world reopens

Many well-known apps are losing ground, or usage has stabilized

Laptop troubles in WFH: Over 82% are hardware-related, says report

Wi-Fi, keyboard, trackpad and display are some of the topmost laptop hardware problems

90% start-ups, SMEs unwilling to continue remote working post Covid: Report

On the other hand, 67% large Indian corporates want their employees back in the office, says a report by employment website Indeed India

Remote working to push demand for cyber insurance: IRDAI official

Insurers are confronting a new reality in the COVID-19 situation as a long- term disruption to the customers, employees, investors and suppliers

Rotation to hot-desking, India Inc taking no chances with employee safety

Encouraged by the arrival of vaccines, companies are taking a technology-backed calibrated approach to speed up employees' return to the workplace while maintaining social distancing

Work from home culture may mute demand for office space: Ind-Ra study

Commercial real estate to show a stable performance in financial year, says report

Investor trims Ola's valuation to about $3 billion, says report

This development comes at a time when Ola has revealed new growth plans, including setting up a Rs 2,400-crore electric vehicle facility expected to become the world's largest two-wheeler factory

Time for women to play a proactive role in managing their family's finances

March 8 will be celebrated as International Women's Day. On this occasion, we've got three highly accomplished women from the corporate world to offer advice to their younger counterparts

How will a ministry of loneliness help?

Loneliness, as a societal malaise, is rarely acknowledged

India tablet market grows 6% in 2020, Lenovo leads: CyberMedia

This was driven by demand due to work-from-home and online education

Zoom projects annual sales signalling growth after Covid-19 pandemic

Sales will be as much as $3.78 billion in fiscal year 2022, the San Jose, California-based company said on Monday in a statement

Maharashtra CM asks chief secy to plan shifts at Mantralaya, work-from-home

Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday asked the state's chief secretary to draw up a plan to implement two working shifts at Mantralaya, the government's administrative headquarters.

India Coronavirus Dispatch: Mumbai announces strict measures to curb virus

Pandemic delays therapy for eye diseases, Patanjali's Coronil makes a comeback, cherry-picking of Covid vaccination figures, and more-news relevant to India's fight against Covid-19

Covid-19: Uber tells employees to work from home till mid-September

In August, Uber told employees they should expect to work from home through June 2021

E-learning, work from home power up notebook and laptop sales: IDC

For Q4CY20, PC shipments grew by 27 per cent year-on-year, said data from the IDC.

Work from home; collaborate in office: Indian IT industry marks change

Zoom calls may work for a few but can they replace a town-hall meeting: Executives are debating