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RAY pharmaceutical company from North India approached DSD consultants in Bombay (Mumbai) and requested them to identify a general manager for their Africa operations. DSD asked Chatterjee, the RAY personnel director, to fill out the standard personnel requisition form, and pay the retainer...

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KBS Sidhu 07 March 2025
Amitabh Kant, former chief executive officer (CEO) of NITI Aayog and India’s G20 Sherpa, recently suggested that Indians should work 80-90 hours a week to propel the country toward a US$30 trillion economy. This remark follows closely on the heels of Infosys founder Narayana Murthy’s call for a...

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Moneylife Digital Team 28 February 2025
Technicolor group, the owner of Oscar-winning visual effects companies MPC and The Mill, and feature animation company Mikros Animation, has begun to shut down operations, threatening the jobs of thousands of artists worldwide, says a report from CG Channel. The report cites a memo sent to...

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Bhavini Srivastava (Bar  and   Bench) 27 February 2025
The Delhi High Court recently rejected a defamation case filed by online legal education company LawSikho against four individuals who had put out tweets on X criticising the quality of their law courses [Addictive Learning Technology Limited & Anr v. Aditya Garg & Ors].   Justice Manmeet...

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It is often said that when a woman says ‘maybe’, she means ‘yes’; and when she says ‘no’ she means ‘perhaps’. However, this is not the kind of guideline that we can use in the corporate world. In this complex environment, there are many other verbal and tacit methods of saying ‘yes’, ‘perhaps’...

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Moneylife Digital Team 28 January 2025
The embassy of India in Laos has rescued 67 Indian youth from cyber-scam centres in Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone (GTSEZ). The embassy said in a statement that these youth were forced to work there under intimidation and abuse by criminal syndicates operating in GTSEZ.   Embassy...

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Moneylife Digital Team 20 January 2025
The employees' provident fund organisation (EPFO) has introduced simplified processes for both PF transfers and member profile updates, marking a significant step toward digital efficiency and member convenience.   The organisation has revolutionised its PF transfer system by eliminating the...

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An article on Justworks.com begins with a powerful statement, “Work-life balance isn’t just a buzzword — it’s a critical factor in attracting, retaining, and inspiring top talent around the world.   Apparently, this does hold sway at Larsen & Toubro (L&T). Its chairman, SN Subrahmanyan,...

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  Hitopadesha, is a Sanskrit text that contains fables, aphorisms and maxims to provide healthy advice and guidance to people in dealing with day-to-day predicaments and dilemmas.    There occurs an interesting couplet which lists out the enemies of a householder.    They are, a father,...

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Sahyaja MS (Bar  and   Bench) 16 January 2025
The indefinite strike by 156 contractual and outsourced staff members of the Mumbai Bench of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) entered its third day on Thursday, with employees citing extreme financial hardships due to delayed salaries.   The employees have alleged that have not...

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Ratna Singh (Bar  and   Bench) 10 January 2025
The Bombay High Court recently criticised the Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) for apathetically refusing to roll back a decision to transfer an employee to Chennai on promotion, even though the employee was willing to give up the promotion to take care of her disabled child in Mumbai.   A Bench of...

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Moneylife Digital Team 10 January 2025
Larsen & Toubro (L&T) chairman SN Subrahmanyan ignited a heated debate after suggesting that employees should work 90 hours a week, including Sundays, to remain competitive. His remarks, shared in a video message to employees, have drawn widespread criticism on social media. Not long ago,...

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The mantra is repeated often, and with unfailing regularity – “The only permanent feature of the marketplace is change”. And another variation – “Change is permanent”. Management gurus are never tired of repeating these – and students of management seem to be never tired of hearing them....

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Moneylife Digital Team 30 December 2024
While the total number of employees of private sector banks surpassed that of public sector banks (PSBs) during FY23-24, their attrition has increased sharply over the past three years, with an average attrition rate of around 25%, according to data released by Reserve Bank of India (RBI)....

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Moneylife Digital Team 26 December 2024
The central consumer protection authority (CCPA) has imposed penalties totalling Rs15 lakh on three coaching institutes for making misleading advertisements about their success rates in the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) civil services examinations in 2022 and 2023.   Vajirao & Reddy...

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Moneylife Digital Team 14 November 2024
The central consumer protection authority (CCPA) has issued guidelines that all coaching institutes must disclose relevant information regarding their students and courses to prevent parents and candidates from being misled. Nidhi Khare, chief commissioner of CCPA and secretary in the...

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Sahyaja MS (Bar  and   Bench) 12 November 2024
The Bombay High Court on Monday held that marks obtained by candidates in recruitment process to public posts can be disclosed under the Right to Information Act, 2005 (RTI Act) and disclosure of the same will not amount to violation of candidates' privacy.   A Division Bench of Justices MS...

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I sometimes wonder where good manners end and where honesty begins. Where a person cannot honestly say yes to a request, even if it’s just that you want to say... And, what does he do when he has to say no, when it is not good form to say no?   When I asked aunt Reena, who was visiting us, if...

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I happened to meet Sam who had just joined the marketing division of a large Info-tech company where I was a consultant. He had an MBA from one of India's leading management institutes and had worked for two years with an international consulting company. The latter had the enviable reputation...

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Ayesha Arvind (Bar  and   Bench) 03 October 2024
The Karnataka High Court recently directed the State government to pay Rs10 lakh as compensation to Sanjana Raghunath, an international chess player, after she was denied an MBBS seat in a government medical college under the sports quota despite being eligible.   In a judgement passed on...

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