Army recruitment: Candidates with tattoos rejected
Candidates sporting meaningless tattoos on their body will not be recruited in armed forces, Brigadier Pankaj Sinha who is in-charge of Chennai recruiting zone, said.
Mr Sinha who was here on Thursday to oversee the ongoing Army recruitment rally said that those candidates sporting meaningless tattoos on their body would be rejected.
However, small-sized tattoos on the non-exposed skin would be pardoned. Since the Army followed a certain dress code, such tattoos were a taboo and the same could be injurious to health in the long run, he said.
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IT focus on Northeast
The Union Cabinet today approved the development of the northeastern region by enhancing training and education capacity in the Information, Electronics and Communication Technologies (IECT) Area project. Nearly 50,000 young people will now avail of training facilities in the field of information technology to be created under a Rs 388-crore project of the Centre.
Union HRD minister Kapil Sibal today announced the launch of the project, saying it would harness the energy of the huge young population in the Northeast.
Nearly 45,000 students will be enrolled and trained in various long-term and short-term courses over the next five years in the proposed six upgraded centres and 12 extension centres. The Northeast’s above-average literacy rate and knowledge of English are seen as an advantage in the potential success of this project.
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Infosys defers annual pay rise, may review decision
The fourth-quarter financial performance of Infosys, the country’s second-largest information technology company, failed to bring cheer to both investors and employees.
The Bangalore-based IT bellwether generally announces its annual pay rise in April; it has decided to withhold it. It said the management might revisit the decision in the middle of the year, based on market conditions.
Nandita Gurjar, its senior vice-president and global head of human resources, said: “Our employees understand the problems of the company. They are behind us and they are the major stakeholders. Most of our employees were aware of this from their business units about the conditions. This was a known thing for many. We formally informed them today morning.”
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Lack of skilled manpower hits LNG sector
AHMEDABAD: India's liquefied natural gas sector is facing an acute shortage of trained manpower, even as the energy-starved country races to increase re-gasification capacity to meet surging domestic demand for the natural gas.
According to LNG project consultant Ethical Energy Petrochem Strategies, about 1,000 trained workers are required over the next couple of years for terminal and commercial operations against the current availability of about 500 workers. Close to 250 workers are needed to operate a 5-mmtpa LNG terminal.
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