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Shivraj Singh Chouhan Says Naveen Patnaik "Does Not Work", His Party Responds
Senior BJP leader Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday accused Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik of "outsourcing the state government to a handful of officers, which has led to rampant corruption".
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Court Flags Outsourcing In Bengal Teachers Recruitment, Seeks CBI Report
The Calcutta High Court has directed the CBI to file a report before it within seven days on why confidential work of the West Bengal Primary Education Board related to the recruitment of teachers was outsourced to a private company.
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"Work-From-Anywhere in India": Government Eases Rules For IT Services
The government on Thursday announced simplified guidelines for Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) and IT-Enabled Services (ITES) players to reduce their compliance burden for the industry and facilitate "work from home" and "work from anywhere".
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COVID-19: "Must Check Health On Aarogya Setu App Before Leaving For Work," Government Staff Told
Government employees must download the "Aarogyasetu" app and go to work only if they receive a go-ahead from the app. The order, which came from the Department of Personnel and Training today, aplies to all staff members, including outsources staff, working with the Central government. All autonomous and statutory bodies and Public Sector Units mus...
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World's Back Office Scrambles To Stay Online As India Locks Down Over Coronavirus
Companies in India are scrambling to ensure that the millions who staff the back offices of Wall Street banks and take on work outsourced by firms from airlines to insurers can keep going as the nation mandates increased work from home amid a spike in coronavirus cases.
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Amazon India Chief's Leaked Note: No Work Email After 6 pm
The head of Amazon.com Inc.'s India business has a radical idea for his troops: Log off, get a life. In a memo to his team this month, Amit Agarwal counseled colleagues to stop responding to emails or work calls between 6 p.m. and 8 a.m. in the interest of "work-life harmony."
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Infosys Treats Its New Recruits Like Fighter Pilots
When Infosys set out to remake its internal training program, instructors visited flight schools to see how professional pilots are taught to deal with fast-changing situations. That led the outsourcing giant to model classes on flight simulators that teach recruits to work faster, think for themselves and anticipate corporate customers' needs. The...
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Trump Effect: After Infosys, Another Top IT Company To Ramp Up US Hiring
Donald Trump has ordered a review of the U.S. visa program that brings high-skilled foreign workers into the country, potentially affecting hiring plans of technology firms and outsourcing companies.
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ISRO Embraces Private Sector, Outsources Satellite Manufacture
In a highly secure, clean room of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) here, a new jugalbandi is unfolding - teams from the private sector are working shoulder-to-shoulder with government engineers to create a new bird that will soar in the sky very soon.
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Trump Talks About H-1B Again; Vows To 'Protect' Jobs For Americans
Injecting H-1B and outsourcing as an election campaign issue, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has alleged that companies are importing low-wage workers on work visas and pledged to protect jobs for Americans.
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US Introduces Bill To Bar Indian Companies From Hiring On H-1B Visas
Since the revenue model of majority of big Indian IT companies is heavily dependent on H-1B and L1 visas in the US, such a bill is likely to have a major impact, if not sound a death knell, on their businesses.
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H-1B Visa Abuse Harming American Workers: NYT
H-1B visa "abuse" is harming American workers, leading US daily New York Times said on Thursday and asked the US Congress to close the loopholes as some companies skirt rules for using foreign workers with such visas by outsourcing recruitments to firms like Tata and Infosys.
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US Company Fined $3 Million For Outsourcing Work To India
Authorities said the Indian company, which was unaware it had got the work illegally, fully and voluntarily cooperated with the investigation.
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US Contractor Fined $ 3.1 Million For Outsourcing Work To India
A US contractor in New York has been ordered to pay a hefty fine of USD 3.1 million dollars for illegally outsourcing government-funded work to a subcontractor based in India.
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India IT Firms May Raise Fees To Counter Dearer US Visas
India's export-driven IT outsourcing companies are likely to raise client fees and process more work from their centres to cushion the impact of an increase in fees for work visas in the United States, top market, investors have said.
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Shivraj Singh Chouhan Says Naveen Patnaik "Does Not Work", His Party Responds
Senior BJP leader Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday accused Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik of "outsourcing the state government to a handful of officers, which has led to rampant corruption".
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Court Flags Outsourcing In Bengal Teachers Recruitment, Seeks CBI Report
The Calcutta High Court has directed the CBI to file a report before it within seven days on why confidential work of the West Bengal Primary Education Board related to the recruitment of teachers was outsourced to a private company.
-
"Work-From-Anywhere in India": Government Eases Rules For IT Services
The government on Thursday announced simplified guidelines for Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) and IT-Enabled Services (ITES) players to reduce their compliance burden for the industry and facilitate "work from home" and "work from anywhere".
-
COVID-19: "Must Check Health On Aarogya Setu App Before Leaving For Work," Government Staff Told
Government employees must download the "Aarogyasetu" app and go to work only if they receive a go-ahead from the app. The order, which came from the Department of Personnel and Training today, aplies to all staff members, including outsources staff, working with the Central government. All autonomous and statutory bodies and Public Sector Units mus...
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World's Back Office Scrambles To Stay Online As India Locks Down Over Coronavirus
Companies in India are scrambling to ensure that the millions who staff the back offices of Wall Street banks and take on work outsourced by firms from airlines to insurers can keep going as the nation mandates increased work from home amid a spike in coronavirus cases.
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Amazon India Chief's Leaked Note: No Work Email After 6 pm
The head of Amazon.com Inc.'s India business has a radical idea for his troops: Log off, get a life. In a memo to his team this month, Amit Agarwal counseled colleagues to stop responding to emails or work calls between 6 p.m. and 8 a.m. in the interest of "work-life harmony."
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Infosys Treats Its New Recruits Like Fighter Pilots
When Infosys set out to remake its internal training program, instructors visited flight schools to see how professional pilots are taught to deal with fast-changing situations. That led the outsourcing giant to model classes on flight simulators that teach recruits to work faster, think for themselves and anticipate corporate customers' needs. The...
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Trump Effect: After Infosys, Another Top IT Company To Ramp Up US Hiring
Donald Trump has ordered a review of the U.S. visa program that brings high-skilled foreign workers into the country, potentially affecting hiring plans of technology firms and outsourcing companies.
-
ISRO Embraces Private Sector, Outsources Satellite Manufacture
In a highly secure, clean room of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) here, a new jugalbandi is unfolding - teams from the private sector are working shoulder-to-shoulder with government engineers to create a new bird that will soar in the sky very soon.
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Trump Talks About H-1B Again; Vows To 'Protect' Jobs For Americans
Injecting H-1B and outsourcing as an election campaign issue, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has alleged that companies are importing low-wage workers on work visas and pledged to protect jobs for Americans.
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US Introduces Bill To Bar Indian Companies From Hiring On H-1B Visas
Since the revenue model of majority of big Indian IT companies is heavily dependent on H-1B and L1 visas in the US, such a bill is likely to have a major impact, if not sound a death knell, on their businesses.
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H-1B Visa Abuse Harming American Workers: NYT
H-1B visa "abuse" is harming American workers, leading US daily New York Times said on Thursday and asked the US Congress to close the loopholes as some companies skirt rules for using foreign workers with such visas by outsourcing recruitments to firms like Tata and Infosys.
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US Company Fined $3 Million For Outsourcing Work To India
Authorities said the Indian company, which was unaware it had got the work illegally, fully and voluntarily cooperated with the investigation.
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US Contractor Fined $ 3.1 Million For Outsourcing Work To India
A US contractor in New York has been ordered to pay a hefty fine of USD 3.1 million dollars for illegally outsourcing government-funded work to a subcontractor based in India.
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India IT Firms May Raise Fees To Counter Dearer US Visas
India's export-driven IT outsourcing companies are likely to raise client fees and process more work from their centres to cushion the impact of an increase in fees for work visas in the United States, top market, investors have said.
