L&T Infotech Withdraws 1500 Job Offers, Students On Hunger Strikes

In what seems to be current wave in the Indian jobs, as many as 1500 job offers extended to campus graduates were withdrawn by L&T Infotech.
Close on the heels of Flipkart, that deferred the joining date of upto 80 campus hires by 6 months, infrastructure giant L&T Infotech has withdrawn job offers for 1500 students. The distraught students were seen protesting around the L&T campus and have reportedly gone on a hunger strike.

These 9 Foreign Students Share What It’s Like To Live In India

India is in the eye of the storm for the unfortunate attacks on African nationals student in New Delhi. This comes close on the heels of a Congo national having been attacked to death, also in the capital. Shameful incidents are like these are not helping set a good precedent for the image of the country as a foreigner friendly nation. Ironically for a country which has often been victimised of racism, these acts of violence are placing India as a racist nation.
However, while we must not leave the perpetrators of such heinous acts against, humans, irrespective of local or foreigner, here’s accounts from African students studying in India, as shared by Foreigners of India.

Facebook Has Just Moved Into A Fabulous New Office In Mumbai

The world’s biggest social network Facebook has just stepped into an all new office in Mumbai, and it’s worth more than a ‘like.’
The office is located at the Bandra Kurla Complex, neighbour to rival Google, spanning over a space of 22,000 sq. ft. This new office is all things Facebook, kitsch, India, and very little like the industrial look headquarters of Menlo Park or the understated office in Hyderabad. After all, Facebook Mumbai is where most of the Indian sales team will operate out of. Here’s a glimpse.