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News: Short briefs from the Wocult Affairs desk. Reported news, kept sharp

Zomato slows senior hiring while operations roles continue

Zomato has slowed senior-level hiring while continuing recruitment for operational and frontline roles, signalling a leaner leadership approach.

09 Jul 2026

Revolut plans to base 40% of global workforce in India

Revolut plans to expand its India workforce sharply, with India expected to house 40% of its global employees by end-2026.

09 Jul 2026

Radisson India expansion could create up to 80,000 jobs

Radisson Hotel Group’s plan to reach 500 hotels in India by 2030 could create 65,000 to 80,000 job opportunities.

09 Jul 2026

POWERGRID hiring shows opportunity beyond the tech sector

POWERGRID’s non-executive recruitment drive shows that India’s jobs story is bigger than software, startups and AI anxiety.

09 Jul 2026

RPG responds to Modi’s work-from-home fuel-saving appeal

After Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged fuel-saving measures, RPG Group issued specific work-from-home and travel directives for employees.

09 Jul 2026

Bolt CEO’s HR cuts reopen debate on what HR is for

Bolt CEO Ryan Breslow’s comments on eliminating HR have reopened a sharper question: does the future of work need less HR or better HR?

09 Jul 2026

Sick leave denial case raises questions on workplace duty of care

A reported employee death after denied sick leave has reopened questions about how workplaces treat illness, fatigue and duty of care.

09 Jul 2026

TCS employee death case puts workplace harassment under scrutiny

A TCS employee’s death in Pune has renewed concern over workplace harassment, managerial pressure and how companies respond to early warning signs.

09 Jul 2026

Canada citizenship certificate review worries Indian professionals

Canada’s move to suspend some citizenship certificates has added another layer of uncertainty for immigrant professionals and families.

09 Jul 2026

Accenture’s 50-50 pay formula changes the raise math

Accenture’s June 2026 raise model splits stay-at-level increments between base pay and a one-time cash bonus, changing the long-term value of hikes.

09 Jul 2026

Modi pitches India as a global AI and technology hub

Prime Minister Narendra Modi used VivaTech 2026 to pitch India as a global AI, startup and technology partner for the world.

09 Jul 2026

India sees 3.5 lakh AI job openings in 90 days

India’s AI hiring market is expanding fast, but demand is concentrated in core AI roles where the skills shortage is most severe.

09 Jul 2026

Oracle cuts 21,000 jobs as AI reshapes its workforce

Oracle’s annual filing links AI adoption to workforce reductions, making its job cuts a direct signal of how tech companies are reallocating capital.

09 Jul 2026

H-1B returnees face weak India tech hiring market

Indian technology professionals returning from the US are entering one of India’s weakest senior tech hiring markets in recent years.

09 Jul 2026

Ford, IBM and Commonwealth Bank rethink AI-led cuts

Companies that cut roles too quickly in the AI rush are now discovering that experience, judgment and training pipelines are harder to replace.

09 Jul 2026

Capgemini campus creche case raises safety questions

Five women at a creche on Capgemini’s Bengaluru campus have been booked for allegedly abusing toddlers, raising fresh questions on workplace childcare oversight.

09 Jul 2026

Alibaba bans employees from using Anthropic's Claude from 10 July

The Chinese group has placed the AI coding tool on its high-risk software list and told staff to switch to its in-house platform Qoder, weeks after Anthropic accused it of copying Claude's capabilities.

09 Jul 2026

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