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According to the venture capital firm Elevation Capital, the performance of employees continued to hold 50 per cent of the weightage on salary increments while taking on additional responsibilities and receiving a promotion factored in about 20 per cent.”The shift in the market situation has led to a correction in salaries, though largely at the leadership level. Interestingly, on the other hand, job seekers are willing to wait longer for the right job opportunity than settle for less-than-ideal pay,” said Dipesh Jain, AVP – Talent, Elevation Capital.Moreover, the report said that the companies delayed salary increments or provided new stock…

“The subject matter of census is mentioned at number 69 of the Union List of the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India. Census Act 1948 and Census Rules 1990 have been made by the Government of India for census work under which the work of census is done by the Government of India,” he said in a written reply to a question asked by Samajwadi Party member Sangram Yadav.The Samajwadi Party, which has been demanding a ‘caste census’ in the state, had included the issue in its manifesto for the 2022 assembly polls.The issue will be top on the…

Speaking to reporters here after the Cabinet meeting, Karnataka Minister for Law H.K. Patil said on Thursday that a decision had been taken to drop the cases lodged against Siddaramaiah, Shivakumar, his brother D.K. Suresh and other Congress leaders during the Mekedatu Padaytra.The nine criminal cases lodged against them in various police stations of Ramanagara district would be dropped from prosecution.The Mekedatu Padayatra was undertaken by Congress leaders under the leadership of Shivakumar demanding immediate commencement of the Mekedatu project to provide drinking water to Bengaluru and surrounding regions. The procession was taken at the height of the Covid pandemic.In…

Sardar Singh will coach the Indian U-17 boys’ team while Rani Rampal will be in charge of the girls’ side. The decision was taken by the sport’s governing body during its 100th Executive Board Meeting.Talking about the new innings, Sardar Singh said, “It is very important to have a uniform program at the national level for this age group. I have always enjoyed working with youngsters. I look forward to this stint and experience the world-class infrastructure in Rourkela.””Following the same methods as that of the junior and senior programs is a big step forward in creating uniform training for…

It has also taken strong exception to the failure of successive state governments in Uttar Pradesh to place excess disbursement of Rs 32,533.46 crore under 48 grants for regularisation before the state legislature.The excess disbursement of funds made from 2005-2006 to 2020-2021, in violation of Articles 204 and 205 of the Constitution of India “vitiates the system of budgetary and financial control and encourages financial indiscipline”, the government auditor said in the State Finances Audit Report (for year ended March 31, 2022) placed before the state Assembly here earlier this week.The CAG has further noted that the excess expenditure over…

London, Aug 10 (IANS) German football giants Bayern Munich have agreed a deal to sign England captain Harry Kane from Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur. The deal is expected to be worth more than 100m euros (£86.4m), the BBC reported.Kane has been the German champions’ leading target and they had several bids rejected before reaching an agreement.The 30-year-old, who has one year left on his contract with Spurs, is eager for his future to be settled before Tottenham’s season-opening Premier League game at Brentford on Sunday.The forward is Tottenham’s all-time top scorer with 280 goals in 435 appearances. With 213…

Mumbai, Aug 10 (IANS) Indian cricket team skipper Rohit Sharma praised the Indian Super League (ISL) for helping the national football team take giant strides in world football. The 36-year-old said that he sees a lot of confidence amongst the Blue Tigers and backed them to perform well in a busy international footballing season ahead.”They have taken a giant leap in where they are at this moment, ” said Rohit about the Indian football team, during an event here.The ISL has played a huge part in that. The most important thing is for people to get exposure. Even for us…

New Delhi, Aug 10 (IANS) After the Mobile Premier League (MPL), gaming startup Hike became the second casualty of the government’s 28 per cent GST decision on online gaming, as Kavin Bharti Mittal-founded startup has laid off nearly 55 people.Mittal said that the “400 per cent increase in GST is a bazooka pointed at us”.“About 55 people, out of which 24 are non-full time employees. Closer to 22 per cent. Business is in best shape ever but this 400 per cent increase in GST is a bazooka pointed at us,” Mittal said in a statement.“We’ll need to absorb some of…

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has directed concerned officials to implement the scheme as part of his government’s 5T initiative from the academic year 2024-25. The state government will provide free textbooks to the students from class I to VIII of all such schools, CMO said.This will benefit more than 5 lakh students of 3620 private and unaided schools in the state. For this, the Odisha government will bear additional burden of Rs 9.43 crore annually.It is worth noting that children studying in private Odisha medium schools have been performing well in the annual HSC Examinations and have also demonstrated their…

Launching the scheme, Gehlot said: “A budget announcement is going to be completed today. This shows that we don’t just make promises, but also deliver.””There is a shortage of semiconductor chips across the world, due to which mobiles are not being made. That’s why mobiles will be given in different phases,” he said.The chief minister said in the first phase, a target has been set to distribute mobiles to 40 lakh women, and around 80 lakh mobiles will be given in the next phase.Gehlot said smartphones will empower women.While Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP say that we are…