Новости за 07.12.2015

Randstad, the second biggest global staffing company by sales, believes that recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) — where an employer transfers all or part of its recruitment processes to an external service provider — will be the next big trend in HR. In an exclusive interaction with TOI, CFO Robert Jan van de Kraats and Randstad India CEO Moorthy Uppaluri, say India is one of the important sourcing centres for the Amsterdambased company. Excerpts:

Catching them young, a strategy adopted by companies operating in the IT and tech space to improve upon their gender diversity, appears to be gaining momentum. It's a well-known fact that not many women opt for careers in the science, technology, engineering and math or STEM fields.

Catching them young, a strategy adopted by companies operating in the IT and tech space to improve upon their gender diversity, appears to be gaining momentum.

The Supreme Court on Monday declined to wade into the community-sensitive debate over the desirability of bringing in a uniform civil code as envisaged in Article 44 of the Constitution, informing a PIL petitioner that the initiative rested with Parliament and not the judiciary.

The Supreme Court on Monday declined to wade into the community-sensitive debate over the desirability of bringing in a uniform civil code as envisaged in Article 44 of the Constitution, informing a PIL petitioner that the initiative rested with Parliament and not the judiciary.

Flipkart co-founder and CEO Sachin Bansal has said that the company was a firm believer in mobile-only strategy. Bansal said that the e-commerce company would not be able to become an integral part of India's mobile revolution if employees at the firm still thought with a desktop mindset.

Flipkart cofounder and CEO Sachin Bansal on Monday said the company was a firm believer in a mobile-only strategy. Bansal said the e-commerce company would not be able to become an integral part of India's mobile revolution if employees at the firm still thought with a desktop mindset.

The insurance industry will require Rs 50,000-60,000 crore to improve insurance penetration in the country from around 3% of gross domestic product to 6%, the world average, according to the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI).

Leader of the Opposition in the Maharashtra assembly, Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil, on Monday called on the BJP-Sena government to enforce liquor ban in the entire state

Oil has so far remained a big blank in the intense political engagement between India and Russia. Rosneft, Russia’s biggest producer and the world’s largest publicly-traded oil company, is making an effort to fill in that blank by offering stake in its fields to state-run ONGC Videsh Ltd, the overseas acquisition arm of flagship explorer ONGC.

A prime piece of land in the heart of the city that houses a 63-year-old gymnasium has come under the scanner of the Bombay high court

Fitch has kept India's sovereign ratings unchanged at the lowest investment grade with a stable outlook, citing a strong medium-term economic growth, robust foreign reserves buffer, a development which is expected to cheer policymakers, who are battling to revive growth and investment.

JP Morgan Mutual Fund, which faced redemption troubles after Amtek Auto defaulted on its debentures which the fund house was holding in two of its schemes, on Monday said that it will pay back all the unit holders as it has received funds after selling off the debentures.

For the first time in the history of Indian mutual fund industry, total equity assets managed by fund houses in the country crossed the Rs 4-lakh-crore mark, indicating the return of domestic investors to the stock market who are now taking the mutual fund route.

The Telangana government is mulling a legislation to regulate installation and usage of lifts in buildings in the state. A decision to enact a legislation was taken in the wake of the death of three-and-a-half-year-old Syeda Xainab Fatima Jaafery in the city after her head got stuck in a malfunctioning lift in her school.

Congress reacted with indignation to the Delhi High Court judgment ordering the presence of Sonia and Rahul Gandhi in a trial court hearing the National Herald case, claiming “several legal deficiencies” in the verdict even as the development could cast a shadow over the prospects of the GST bill hanging fire in Parliament.

Congress reacted with indignation to the Delhi High Court judgment ordering the presence of Sonia and Rahul Gandhi in a trial court hearing the National Herald case, claiming “several legal deficiencies” in the verdict even as the development could cast a shadow over the prospects of the GST bill hanging fire in Parliament.

The National Green Tribunal on Monday directed the Noida Authority to submit the format of completion certificates issued to builders whose projects fell within a 10km radius of the Okhla Bird Sanctuary.

Residents of Vausndhara are up in arms against the UP housing board's move to change land use of about 41 acres in Sector 7 from institutional to mixed land use.

Eventually, there was no shuddhikaran ceremony held at Bisada. Following Sunday's TOI report, police and administration reached the Greater Noida village early morning on Monday and poured water on the well-laid plans of the new priest and her followers.

The RWA federation has objected to being left out of the newly formed Noida Welfare Society (NWS), which works for the city poor through public participation.

About 15% of work on the 28.8-km Noida-Greater Noida Metro corridor has been completed, the fifth board meeting of the Noida Metro Rail Corporation (NMRC) was told on Monday.

Nearly two months after announcing its decision to allot four flats to the family members of lynching-victim Mohammad Akhlaq, the UP government has now decided to provide money from the chief minister's discretionary fund to them towards payment for one-bedroom flats identified for them.

In a blow to the ‘beef festival’ planned by students of Osmania University, a lower court in the city on Monday ordered a stay on the event even as student groups vowed to appeal against the ruling.

Residents of several group housing societies in Indirapuram have allegedly been receiving exorbitant water and sewerage bills from the Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) over the past week.