TCS’ appraisal letters have triggered employee reactions, with some alleging reductions in CTC and downgrades in performance bands. Discussions have also intensified around a drop in take-home salaries following changes linked to the implementation of new labour codes.The debate concerns the exclusion of gratuity from cost-to-company (CTC) under TCS’s revised compensation structure. The company said…
NEW DELHI: The Directorate General of Health Services on Thursday issued a health advisory for passengers arriving from or transiting through Ebola-affected countries.Travellers were advised to immediately report to airport health authorities and seek medical care within 21 days if they show symptoms such as fever, vomiting, diarrhoea or bleeding, or if they had direct…
Hyderabad Police Commissioner VC Sajjanar (right) with others HYDERABAD: In a major operation spanning 13 states, police officials from Hyderabad have arrested 66 persons involved in supplying ghost SIM cards to cybercriminals. Officials said the arrests were made as part of the ongoing Operation Octopus and that the SIMs were used in 76 fraud cases…
The United States’ deployment against Iran, dubbed Operation Epic Fury, has become one of the most extensive military commitments in recent decades, stretching across naval, air and missile‑defense assets. As President Donald Trump warns he may end the ceasefire, Washington has concentrated overwhelming force in the Middle East — but at the cost of long‑term…
Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan says the company “made a lot of mistakes,”and reveals the fix. 09:22Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan has openly admitted past mistakes, telling CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Mad Money that the company’s previous reporting structure left engineers disconnected from the CEO under Pat Gelsinger. Tan has now made every engineer report directly to…
A purported audio conversation, allegedly involving Twisha Sharma’s mother-in-law, retired judge Giri Bala Singh, and Twisha’s brother Major Harshit Sharma, has surfaced, showing a heated exchange between the two. BHOPAL: A purported audio conversation, allegedly involving Twisha Sharma’s mother-in-law, retired judge Giri Bala Singh, and Twisha’s brother Major Harshit Sharma, has surfaced, showing a heated…
When passing through a road on the highway, most believe that the greenery all around is nature’s blessing. While one might be right about this in most cases, one 4.5km stretch between Hulikal and Kudur in Karnataka is actually the result of a mother’s blessings. Every morning travellers pass through an area of shade of…
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has now acknowledged that the company has ‘largely conceded’ China’s artificial intelligence chip market to Huawei as US export restrictions continue to reshape the global semiconductor landscape, as reported by CNBC. Recently, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang revealed that the company’s market share in China has dropped to ‘zero’. Huang made the…
NEW DELHI: A 38-year-old woman and her teenage son were allegedly stabbed to death during a robbery in southeast Delhi’s Govindpuri in the early hours of Thursday.The deceased were identified as Sharda Sahu, a homemaker, and her 13-year-old son, a Class 7 student.According to police, a PCR call regarding the double murder was received at…
Hardik Pandya (IPL Photo) NEW DELHI: It has been a season to forget for Mumbai Indians and skipper Hardik Pandya suffered another setback on Thursday after being fined for breaching the IPL Code of Conduct during his side’s defeat to Kolkata Knight Riders at Eden Gardens.Pandya was penalised after visibly venting his frustration on the…