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• SBI General Insurance appoints Jaya Tripathi as head of key relations

  ​With a diverse background spanning general insurance, fashion retail, and tourism, Ms. Tripathi brings an array of experience to her new position. Her extensive background includes holding senior leadership roles at renowned organizations such as Mahindra Holidays, ICICI Lombard, Forevermark Diamonds (De Beers Group), and Aditya Birla Group, where she has significantly contributed to business and strategic development. Ms. Tripathi holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management (Marketing) from Symbiosis International University.

  

• Hotel union workers end strike against Virgin Hotels Las Vegas with contract talks set for Tuesday

  ​More than 700 workers with Culinary Union Local 226 walked off the job at the 1,500-room hotel-casino near the Las Vegas Strip Friday morning and ended the strike Sunday morning. Contract talks are set to resume on Tuesday.

  

• Apple Store employees in Maryland vote to authorize a first strike over working conditions

  ​Apple Store workers in Towson, Maryland, voted late Saturday to authorize a strike, according to a statement from the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers' Coalition of Organized Retail Employees, which represents the workers.

  

• PM Lee says Singapore values IIT-IIM graduates as talented pool

  ​The IITs and the IIMs are the top institutions in India and securing a place in them is comparable to getting into the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University or Harvard University, Lee told Channel News Asia in a wide-ranging interview before stepping down as head of the government on May 15.

  

• Wales First Minister holds meeting with Tata Steel on likely job losses at Port Talbot plant

  ​Last month, Tata Steel announced to proceed ahead with its plans to close down the two furnaces at the plant and replace them with electric furnaces as part of its plans to go green in steel manufacturing.

  

• France secures jobs, investments from Amazon, Pfizer and Morgan Stanley

  ​President Emmanuel Macron kicks off the annual 'Choose France' event, aimed at winning big business from overseas, on Monday. The 2023 edition raised 13 billion euros ($14 billion) of foreign investment.

  

• VaxFit: Paving the Way for Proactive Wellness and a Healthier Tomorrow

  Incorporating workplace vaccinations into proactive healthcare approach reduces the possibility of an unforeseeable crisis, especially given the uncontrollable rise of respiratory infections. Against this backdrop, ETHRWorld and Pfizer organized a roundtable discussion on the topic “VaxFit: The Path to a Healthy, Productive and Thriving Workplace,” highlighting the instrumental role of employee well-being, workplace vaccinations, and initiatives promoting holistic wellness.

  

• PM Gati Shakti to aid in expanding social security

  ​She told ET that the idea is to leverage the infrastructure data available on the portal to extend social security coverage to workers engaged in existing and upcoming industrial clusters around these projects while also ensuring availability of Employees' State Insurance Corporation's hospital and dispensary in the closest vicinity to these clusters.

  

• Prestige Estates CEO Venkata Narayana K resigns

  ​The company informed the bourses that Venkata has tendered his resignation as CEO of the company and also from the committees of the board, with effect from close of business hours on May 10, 2024.

  

• Air India Express employees express worry over software malfunction; crew marked sick despite returning to service

  The sudden shortage of crew members led to flights being grounded, affecting both domestic and international routes. Sources said that some senior crew members switched off their mobile phones just before flight operations, citing health issues.

  

• Chipping in: N Chandrasekaran to chair Tata Electronics

  Chandrasekaran will take over from Banmali Agrawala who has held the post for the last few years. Chandrasekaran who is already chairman of many key Tata group companies will take charge after requisite regulatory approvals. Agrawala, a key Tata Sons aide, has taken on an advisory role recently in the group.