Sandeep Babal

Sandeep is a journalism and mass communication graduate with a keen interest in politics and business. He is a part of Research & Content team at HrNxt.com.

QTalk raises $1.6mn in seed funding from Accel India

QTalk, a smartphone dialer designed to make phone calls stress free has now secured $1.6 million in the seed funding round led by the LightSpeed Venture Partners and Accel India to accelerate product and market development. QTalk is the only public product of Quiph Media Private Limited that initiated operations in early 2018. Founded by…

BigBasket acquires milk delivery startup DailyNinja

Online grocery marketplace Bigbasket recently announced that it has acquired a 100% stake in milk delivery app DailyNinja to grow its milk delivery services. As per various media reports, the grocery delivery platform paid around $15-20mn for the acquisition. The acquisition further strengthens Bigbasket’s leadership position in the subscription delivery space in the Silicon Valley…

Are we heading towards an unemployment crisis?

The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has forced the world to a standstill. Markets are closed, roads are empty, people are locked inside their houses and business is not as usual. The novel virus which first originated in China has now become a global headache. So far the virus has infected more than 470,000 cases and claimed…

Exclusive: Travel tech firm Fareportal lays off employees

New York-based global tech travel firm Fareportal has reportedly laid off about 200 employees from its Gurugram and Pune offices amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The novel coronavirus pandemic has crippled the travel industry forcing companies to run for their money and conserve as much capital as they can. This has led travel companies to…

Coronavirus Impact: Zomato employees take voluntary pay cuts

Taking into consideration the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on businesses, Zomato recently announced that hundreds of its employees are taking a voluntary deep cut in salaries to help the company sustain. In a series of tweets, Zomato CEO Deepinder Goyal announced that hundreds of employees have taken deep voluntary salary cuts to help the…

Lynn Shotwell joins Worldwide ERC as President & Chief Executive Officer

Trade association for talent management Worldwide ERC recently announced that Lynn Shotwell, GMS, SHRM-SCP, will join the organization as its new President & CEO on March 30. As an accomplished association executive, Shotwell brings a track record of successfully leading global workforce and talent mobility organizations to her new role. With more than 20 years…

HUMIO raises $20mn in series B funding round

Log management platform Humio, recently announced that it has raised $20mn in Series B funding round. The funding round was led by Dell Technologies Capital, the global venture capital investment arm of Dell Technologies along with existing investor Accel. With the recent investment, the company plans to increase its capabilities to keep pace with demand…

Microsoft’s humanitarian act amid coronavirus outbreak

The novel coronavirus outbreak has hit the tech and manufacturing industry severely with many companies shutting down factories, closing operations or shifting work out by asking employees to work from home. The outbreak has led to the world’s largest work from home experiment to take place. As the Washington State has emerged as one of…

Women entrepreneurs leading the talent ecosystem

She has taught you to grow and build a world you wish to see. She has taught you to stay empowered and know how it has changed everything for her. She has taught you to move ahead without hesitation and that’s what she continues to teach you. These five women entrepreneurs are the life lessons…

Professionals need upskilling courses for better salary hikes: Survey by Simplilearn

Over 1,750 professionals participated in Simplilearn’s annual survey on ‘Digital Transformation and Future of Tech Jobs in India’. AI, Data Science, and Cloud Computing remain the hottest fields for 2020. Simplilearn, a leading digital skills training provider, published the findings of its annual survey titled ‘Digital Transformation and Future of Tech Jobs in India’. The…