India Inc. cautious, corporates expect full blown economic crisis in 2012
Cash will be king for India Inc in 2012, which believes that the current global meltdown might snowball into a full blown crisis and last at least till the end of 2012.
A small percentage feel the c
Half of US' top 50 venture-funded firms started by immigrants
Nearly half of America's top 50 venture-funded companies were started by immigrants and the most common country of origin for these founders was India, reveals a study by US National Foundation for Am
4.5 per cent sub-quota for minorities within 27 per cent reservation for OBCs
The government on Thursday decided to carve out a sub-quota of 4.5 per cent for minorities within the 27 per cent reservation for OBCs, a move which comes ahead of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections
US Call Centre Bill would restrict free trade
IT industry body Nasscom today said the proposed US Call Centre Bill would restrict free trade and establish discriminatory trade practices.
A bipartisan bill has been tabled in the US House of Repr
'Effective': One of most overused terms by Indian professionals
Indian professionals seem to be in love with the word 'effective', which has emerged as the most overused term on popular networking site LinkedIn.
An analysis of over 12 million LinkedIn profiles i
Retail policy to create 10 mln jobs in 3 years: Anand Sharma
Trade Minister Anand Sharma said on Friday that the government's new policy to allow foreign supermarkets into the country would create 10 million jobs over three years, while not affecting smaller, d
India has one of world's weakest pension systems - stud
Greece, India, China and Thailand are home to the weakest national pension systems in the world, crippled by a mix of acute sovereign debt, young retirement ages, high ratios of pensioners to workers
'3 lakh Indian engg professionals likely to return home'
Amid uncertain job market conditions overseas, as many as 3,00,000 Indian engineering professionals are expected to return home during the five-year period from 2011-15, says a survey.
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25,300 jobs in a day! Mumbai creates Guinness record
City-based NGO Swabhiman Sanghatana on Thursday said it has created a new Guinness World Record by giving jobs to 25,300 unemployed youths, including physically challenged.
The appointment letters we
Job growth to slow down in non-IT sectors, NRIs coming back
Growing economic uncertainty may slow down hiring activities in a host of sectors, but the IT space is likely to remain unaffected and NRIs returning home due to the gloom in Western markets might eme