Winter break is announced in Rajasthan, Jharkhand, and Haryana.

"The chief minister of Haryana has declared a 15-day winter holiday, starting on January 1, 2024, and ending on January 15, 2024.Several Indian states have ordered government and private schools to cancel in-person classes for winter break as winter draws near. The chief minister of Haryana has declared a 15-day winter break, starting on January 1, 2024, and ending on January 15, 2024. Regarding the aforementioned topic, you are notified that the state's government and private schools will be closed from January 1, 2024, to January 15, 2024, for winter vacation. On Tuesday, January 16, 2024, schools will reopen, the CMO announced on its official 'X' account."  

Four new scholarships for law and chemistry students will be established by BHU.

"Four new scholarships are being established by Banaras Hindu University (BHU) for its law and chemistry students. These scholarships, which will begin to be awarded in the academic year 2024–2025, are being established since the institution has been given a donation of Rs 20 lakh under the Pratidana project.   Madan Mohan Kayastha and his spouse Santosh Kayastha have contributed this amount in remembrance of their parents. Mr. Kayastha graduated with his M.Tech. in Industrial Chemistry in 1951 from Banaras Hindu University. Established in honor of Sh. Madan Mohan Kayastha's parents, the Sita Ram and Ajudhia Devi Scholarships will be given to one female first-year B.Sc. (Hons) Chemistry student and one first-year M.Sc. (Chemistry) student at the Institute of Science. As a memorial to Mrs. Santosh Kayastha's parents, the Bhagwati and Mulk Raj Mahajan Scholarships have been established (Mahajan). A female first-year BA (LLB) Hons student and a second-year LLM student will each receive a scholarship."  

In 2023, Meesho plans to resume hiring on campuses and hire 150 candidates.

Meesho, an online retailer that stopped hiring on campuses in 2022, reported that it had hired 150 people in 2023. In 2024, the business supported by SoftBank plans to hire more young workers, it said."Meesho put a halt to campus hiring in 2022 because its main goal was profitable expansion. Without adding more employees, the company's primary goal was to become profitable, Chief HR Ashish Kumar Singh told Livemint.Meesho is hiring in the following areas: business, finance growth, consumer experience, analytics, monetization, technology and product, and human resources.Salary packages for non-tech positions like strategy and operations have increased compared to the previous year, the company stated. In search of campus hiring opportunities, the e-commerce platform traveled to the following locations: Indian Institute of Science (IISC), Indian Institute of Information Technology (III) Allahabad, BITS Pilani, Indian Institute of Management (IIMs)-Lucknow and Kozhikode, National Institutes of Technology-Delhi, Bhopal, Surat, Calicut, Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), and Management Development Institute (MDI). All of these locations were visited by the e-commerce platform.According to the e-commerce startup, Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) Allahabad and IIT BHU are the campuses with the highest number of hirings. Meesho announces first profit in July and plans to go public in 12–18 months. Meesho hired 150 students in total in 2021 for both tech and non-tech positions. Meesho just added IIIT Bangalore, IIIT Lucknow, IIIT Jabalpur, and IIIT Kota to its roster of institutes for campus recruiting. The online retailer announced in December 2023 that it had posted consolidated profit after taxes for the second quarter that ended in September 2023, making it the first unicorn in e-The company put the rise in sales down to a number of factors, including a rise in the number of shopping apps downloaded in India in 2022 and 2023, an increase in the frequency of transactions for current clients, a diversification of the product line, and an emphasis on enhancing revenue generation through different value-added seller services.  

Rural startups want greater access to capital, better infrastructure, and an enhanced supply chain.

From streamlined supply chains to subsidies, better infrastructure, and easy access to funding, rural companies are putting up a strong fight for new programs designed to boost research and innovationStartups operating in different sectors, particularly in smaller towns and villages, said that as the Lok Sabha elections and the Budget approach, they anticipate the government will examine a number of teething problems, even though their "overall performance has improved owing to various policy changes in the past couple of years.""A number of challenges, including obsolete machinery, inefficient supply chains, inadequate infrastructure, and limited financing availability, confront India's food processing business. Pardeep Kumar Yadav, the founder of Krini Spices, told PTI, "We expect the government to help us connect with global supply chains so we can export our products to international markets."Startups operating in different sectors, particularly in smaller towns and villages, said that as the Lok Sabha elections and the Budget approach, they anticipate the government will examine a number of teething problems, even though their "overall performance has improved owing to various policy changes in the past couple of years".  

Prerna Korla becomes a Director of Communications for Asia Pacific at Mastercard.

Prerna Korla is a new Director of Communications for Asia Pacific at Mastercard. With over 15 years of significant experience, Prerna is a communication and PR specialist who has worked with leading Indian and international B2B and B2C brands. Prerna spent more than two years as Manager, Senior Communications at Microsoft before joining Mastercard.She was the Uber South Asia and India Consumer Communications Lead. Prerna has also collaborated with a number of PR companies, such as Edelman and MSL Group India. Prerna Korla has been appointed by Mastercard India as the director of communications for Asia Pacific. She leaves Microsoft after working there for two years as a senior communications manager. Korla updated her LinkedIn post on this development. Korla was the head of customer communications for a brief period of time at Uber before.  

How HRtech Startup Erekrut Is Revolutionizing Employers Hiring and Employee Job Search Processes

Since the start of the Covid-19 outbreak, hiring has been erratic. The alternatives available to recruiters have changed over time, ranging from totally remote, tech-driven interviews to in-person meetings brought on by the present back-to-office demands. Job seekers have also witnessed seismic shifts, with tech giants facing broad cuts and the "Great Resignation" giving way to enormous layoffs. Nevertheless, it's still difficult to get qualified applicants through the door, even in this unstable labor market. As a result, businesses and recruiting managers seek to create a talent pipeline that is both efficient and affordable, as well as future-proof recruitment. There are numerous elements to a successful talent hunt, such as finding the ideal candidate, creating a memorable application process, and providing individualized growth plans. Additionally, hiring must be quick and scalable in order to avoid losing out on top talent, income, and credibility for the business. To keep ahead of the curve, nothing really works better than quickly identifying the top candidates for open positions and automating processes. However, in 2019 Amity University fashion student Ajay Goyal witnessed the other side of the story while working as a volunteer for the university's campus-to-corporate program. It was obvious at the time that traditional hiring would need to be fixed because of its drawn-out processes, slow candidate responses, and general impersonal approach that failed to draw in or accommodate outstanding talent. Ajay, being one to let things slide, went to his father, Dr. Ravinder Goyal, who was a professional with almost thirty years of expertise in vocational training and placement.   

Tamil Nadu schools and institutions have been given a holiday due to the severe rainfall.

On January 8, holidays have been proclaimed in the districts of Cuddalore, Villupuram, Mayiladuthurai, Nagapattinam, Vellore, Ranipet, Tiruvannamalai, Tiruvarur, Kallakurichi, and Chengalpattu.On January 8, a holiday was proclaimed for schools and institutions in several districts of Tamil Nadu, including Cuddalore, Villupuram, Mayiladuthurai, Nagapattinam, Vellore, Ranipet, Tiruvannamalai, Tiruvarur, Kallakurichi, and Chengalpattu, because of severe rains.On January 8, 2023, Mayiladuthurai District Collector A.P. Mahabharathi issued a holiday for the district's colleges and schools. Johny Tom Varghese, the district collector of Nagapattinam, announced a holiday for colleges and schools in the taluks of Kilvelur and Nagapattinam. Nonetheless, schools in the taluks of Thirukuvalai and Vedaranyam will continue to operate. From 8.30 a.m. on January 7 to 5.30 a.m. on January 8, 16.7 cm of rain fell in Nagapattinam. The locations with the most rainfall were Karaikal (12.2 cm), Puducherry (9.6 cm), Cuddalore (9.3 cm), and Ennore (9.2 cm).