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AI boom in India leads to drop in hiring at software firms

Nasscom predicts a fall in hiring, especially of laterals in the software industry this year as automation continues to grow into a staple of sorts at larger firms. Campus recruitments are expected to remain flat due to the increase in the number of SMEs and start-ups. Jul 18, 2018
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Adidas goes green; to use only recycled plastic by 2024

After IKEA, Starbucks and McDonald's, Adidas is the latest corporate to wean off plastic, as it announced that it would use only recycled plastic in all its products by 2024. The project will start this year and is estimated to save 40 tonnes of plastic annually. Jul 17, 2018
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BSP projects Mayawati as the ideal PM candidate

At the worker's conference, the party projected Mayawati as the first Dalit Prime Minister of the country and slammed Rahul Gandhi, saying he could not aspire to be PM because of his mother's origins. Jul 17, 2018