Andhra Pradesh Govt. To Create 5 New Incubators In The State
The Andhra Pradesh government is pulling out all stops to turn the state into a startup hub. After it had announced plans to set up India’s largest startup incubator in Hyderabad earlier this week, it has now announced that it plans to create five world-class incubators in the state. It would spend Rs. 750 crore on these incubators over the next 4 years.
Paytm To Block Abusive Customers From Its Platform
Paytm had come across a problem that’s familiar to all e-commerce companies in India – customers being rude and abusive towards their support staff. But unlike other companies that believe in the customer always being right, Paytm decided to take a stand. The company has decided to block customers from their platform who are unreasonably belligerent.
Why Zomato Is Publicizing Its Strenuous Work Culture
Zomato, like all major companies, conducts regular surveys to get a sense of the pulse of its workforce – to see if employees are content, and discover what their grievances are. On this survey was an innocuous question – On a scale of 1 to 10, how likely are you to refer a friend at Zomato?
The average score the company received was 3.5.
Infosys To Set Up 3 New Offices In Bangalore, To Create 27,000 New Jobs
Infosys today announced that it had won governmental approval for setting up 3 campuses in Bangalore. The three campuses are expected to cost $290 million (Rs. 1918 crore) and will provide 27,000 jobs in the area.
Snapdeal, Micromax Founders Schmoozing On Twitter Over YU
Snapdeal Cofounder Kunal Bahl and Micromax founder Rahul Sharma have just shared a series of cryptic tweets on twitter.
Women Directors on Board: India Inc Has A Long Way To Go
The 2014 Catalyst Census Report painted a rather poor picture of India in regard to the number of women directors on board of its companies. Among the BSE 200 index companies, there were only 9.5% women directors. Data in the report pertained to October 2014.
Why It’s OKAY To Quit Your Jobs, Travel & Scrub Toilets
The same media that created a phenomenon of this couple’s big plunge- from advertising to travel- is now aflutter with a rather disappointing revelation about the couple’s seemingly perfect life.
Google Has A Youthful New Logo
The familiar, reassuring logo that greeted millions of netizens as they embarked upon their online netizens is about to be altered. Google, which had a virtually unchanged logo for the greater part of the company’s 16-year old existence, is finally changing its logo. Here is the new logo, right next to the old one.
Mumbai Taxis On Strike, Uber Comes Up With The Perfect Response
Uber has grown at a astonishing pace to be worth $50 billion within 6 years of its inception, but its rise has been against fearsome odds, the most prominent of which has been the resistance of traditional taxi drivers whose services they have tried to disrupt. From the US to France to India, taxi unions have attempted to thwart the cab hailing company’s rise, with mixed results.