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Engineering services provider Defiance Tech, part of the multi-billion dollar Hinduja Group, today announced expanding its services to the areas of manufacturing and enterprise solutions, eyeing the markets of India, US, Europe and Middle-East nations.

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Bhupesh Bhandari: Headhunters feel hunted
That the market for jobs has improved is fairly well known by now. What is perhaps not so well known is that the improvement has been good enough for headhunters (they like to call themselves executive search firms) to get back in business. Some of them say business has rebounded to the pre-crash levels of 2008. Most of them are hiring at senior levels — people who can get business. Korn/Ferry has restored salary cuts for all partners. EMA Partners is in the process of opening an office in Hong Kong.
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Airtel offers STD, local calls at 50 paisa per minute

Bharti Airtel today announced offering both local and STD calls at a flat rate of 50 paisa per minute to its 110 million subscribers. - NEWSALERT: DoT proposes to levy penalty of Rs 135.6 cr on telcos - Bharti Airtel focuses on mobile applications to drive growth - BSNL out, Airtel throws hat to buy Millicom in Sri Lanka - Shuchi Bansal: MyWay or the highway">Shuchi Bansal: MyWay or the highway - Bharti-MTN deal up against affirmative action policy - ESPN signs Rs 500-crore mega-ad deal The "Airtel Advantage" initiative is aimed at offering the added advantage to this significantly vast Airtel community to be in touch with each other at a remarkably affordable rate of 50 paisa per minute-– be it a national long distance call (STD) or a local call, the company release said. "The Airtel customer community of over 110 million enjoys the special and exclusive benefits of being on the largest Network of over 100,000 towers and availability across 1.5 million outlets making it the most compelling service to be on," Bharti Airtel Mobile Services President Atul Bindal said. "Airtel Advantage is a further step to reward all our valued customers. We launch the Airtel Advantage of 50 paise calling benefit to all our customers across the country," he added. Airtel has the largest telecom network and distribution in India covering 4.25 lakhs towns and villages. With more than 100,000 BTS sites and over 1.5 mn retail and distribution outlets, the brand reaches out to nearly every corner of the country. The Indian market currently has over 400 million mobile subscribers out of which nearly every fourth customer is on the Airtel networks. "Our consumer usage analysis indicates that over 95 per cent of Airtel mobile customers make a local call or STD call to another Airtel mobile number. "Also with increased urbanisation and migration from distant parts of the country to the cities, long distance calling has been on the rise across the country. Therefore, the ‘Airtel Advantage’ Plan will serve as a tremendous value proposition to the large Airtel community of over 110 million customers," it said.


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