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As cyclone Nivar approaches, the Puducherry, the Puducherry government on Wednesday said the administrative machinery is fully geared up to meet any exigency.Minister V Narayanasamy visited coastal villages to monitor steps taken to ensure the safety of fishermen's community.The union territory has been experiencing intermittent moderate rains since Tuesday night under the influence of the moderate rains cyclonic storm.Close In a video message, Lt Governor Kiran Bedi Wednesday In a video message appealed to the residents to stay indoors and asked those living in low-lying areas to move to safer places. related news Coal-blooded dons: The rise and fall of Anup Majhi and Joydeb Mondal Maharashtra junior college admissions 2020: Round 2 to begin on November 26 Home Ministry issues fresh COVID-19 guidelines for surveillance, containment "The entire government machinery is at your service and listen to the advice of the government for safety," she saidProhibitory orders under … [Read more...] about Pondy govt geared for cyclone ‘Nivar’; CM visits coastal areas

Test or wordpressTata Consultancy Services (TCS), the most valuable company of the Tata group, will consider a share buyback, signaling the chairman-designate of parent Tata Sons, N Chandrasekaran, is moving swiftly to demonstrate all is well at the group that ousted Cyrus Mistry from that post recently.The board of TCS will consider the buyback at a meeting on February 20, TCS told the stock exchanges in a statement on Thursday, sending shares just a wee bit up. As per the law, companies are allowed to go in for a buyback amounting to 10 percent of their net worth without passing a shareholder resolution. As at March 2016, the net worth of TCS is at Rs 58,867 crore. The company can go for 10 percent or Rs 5,886 crore worth of buyback.Test or wordpressTest or wordpress Test Final … [Read more...] about Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), the most valuable company

Enterprise solutions provider SAP is betting big on the growth of the SME sector in India which accounts for nearly 80 percent of the client base in the country, an official of the company said."The growth of SAP lies in the growth of the SME sector in the country", head (marketing), Indian sub-continent of SAP India Krishnan Chatterjee said.He said that out of the company's 8000-odd client base, 80 percent comprised SME units, where the potential for growth is manifold than of the large corporate.Close With the GST regime coming in place from July one this year, SAP has come out with an enterprise solution `GST in a box' which would help the SME sector to be ready for compliance with the new indirect taxation regime.He said that since capital is a constraint for the SME sector, SAP had made deployability of the solution from Cloud to keep the costs affordable."Even large corporates which have specific software installed are now shifting to hybrid cloud", he told reporters here … [Read more...] about SAP India betting big on SME sector for growth

General Motors Co plans next year to rehire 500 Michigan assembly plant workers who are to be laid off in May, citing increased demand for larger vehicles, the company said on Wednesday.GM said last week it planned to lay off 1,100 workers in May at its Lansing Delta Township assembly plant in Michigan. The company is moving production of the GMC Acadia mid-size SUV to Spring Hill, Tennessee, from the factory, which will build just two models, the Chevrolet Traverse and Buick Enclave SUVs.The company said that when it begins full production of the new versions of the two models in 2018, it would "bring back approximately 500 jobs to give the company flexibility to meet market demand."Close Last year, pickups and SUVs accounted for 59.5 percent of U.S. auto sales, up from 55.8 percent in 2015. related news COVID impact: Americans line up for free Thanksgiving meals BioNTech, Fosun start Phase II trial of COVID-19 vaccine in China Bloomberg Billionaire Index | Top-10 richest … [Read more...] about GM will rehire 500 Michigan workers slated for layoffs

The US will start accepting applications for H-1B work visas for the fiscal 2018 from April 3 amid the uncertainties surrounding the visa programme, the most sought after by Indian IT firms and professionals.Unlike previous years, the official announcement by US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) did not say till when it would continue accepting the H-1B petitions.The department normally has been accepting the application for the first five business days.Close In the last few years, the department has received enough petitions to fill in the Congressional mandated 85,000 H-1B visas. related news Diego Maradona dies at 60: Here are the five iconic moments from Argentinian football legend's career Argentinian football legend Diego Maradona dies at 60 UAE halts new visas to citizens of 13 Muslim majority countries The Congressional mandated limit on H-1B visas include 65,000 in the general category and another 20,000 for those foreign students who have masters or … [Read more...] about Applications for H1-B to be accepted from April 3