IT employees’ union protests before labour commission against unfair mass layoffs, demotions by IT companies exempt from labour laws

In India’s tech capital Bengaluru, employees of the IT/ITeS firms gathered under the flag of the Karnataka State IT/ITeS Employees Union (KITU) to stage a protest march in front of the Karmika Bhavana, the office of the state labour commission on Saturday, March 16. The employees of the IT/ITeS firms demanded that the exemption given to IT/ITeS companies … Read more

Two multi-billion dollar full-fledged semiconductor fabs coming up soon in India 

On 18th February (Sunday), Minister of Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar stated that two full-fledged semiconductor fabrication plants with multi-billion dollar investments are soon coming up in India. These semiconductor plants will be beside the several chip assembly and packaging units already launched and announced.   In an interview with PTI, Minister Chandrashekhar confirmed that the two projects include the … Read more