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<ul><li><keyword id="6355629" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="google" source="Orion">Google</keyword> parent Alphabet has laid off nearly 500 people in <keyword id="3658" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="india" source="Orion">India</keyword> across legal, sales, marketing and other departments. </li><li>The laid off employees were locked out of their work systems around 9:20 p.m. on Thursday. </li><li>The layoffs have been carried out across departments and sources told Business Insider India that non-performing employees have also been put on notice. </li></ul>Google parent Alphabet has laid off nearly 500 people in India across legal, sales, marketing and other departments. The laid off employees were locked out of their work systems at around 9:20 p.m. on Thursday and they were informed on their personal email, sources told Business Insider India. The layoffs at Google India were expected after the search giant<a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/corporates/news/google-to-axe-12000-jobs-ceo-sundar-pichai-says-company-hired-for-a-different-economic-reality/articleshow/97176523.cms"> axed 12,000 jobs or 6% of its workforce in January</a>. While Google did not specify exactly how many employees are impacted in India, sources told Business Insider India that India accounts for nearly 500 of the axed jobs announced by Google in January. “This evening, we notified all Googlers in India whose roles have been impacted, as part of the workforce reductions announced in January. Managers will soon receive details of their impacted team members,” Google India’s country head <keyword id="7694" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="sanjay-gupta" source="Orion">Sanjay Gupta</keyword> wrote in his email to employees. As part of its assistance plans for the impacted employees, Google India said that severance packages will be “personal and based on factors like length of service”, according to an internal memo seen by Business Insider India. In addition to this, impacted employees will also receive the remaining bonuses of 2022 and accrued but unused vacation time. The company also said it will provide assistance towards healthcare insurance and job placement services, among other things. Google joins a growing list of big tech companies that are cutting jobs. The others include Microsoft, Meta, Amazon and Twitter, all of whom have slashed thousands of jobs in the last few weeks. According to <a href="https://layoffs.fyi/">Layoffs.fyi</a>, a layoff tracker, 379 tech companies around the world have announced 1,07,930 job cuts around the world in 2023 alone. <cmsannotation type="cmsannotation" annotationid="‘Feeling of job security is gone’" comment="subhead" text="‘Feeling of job security is gone’">‘Feeling of job security is gone’</cmsannotation> A feeling of uncertainty has gripped <keyword id="3740191" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Google-India-employees" source="Orion">Google India employees</keyword> – sources told Business Insider India that the company has put employees on notice, saying that non-performance will be dealt with. But more than that, employees who Business Insider India spoke to said that Google should have done better in terms of hiring to avoid this mess in the first place. “I feel it (retrenchment) is unnecessary. Hiring could have been streamlined and voluntary exits could have made a similar impact,” a Google India employee told Business Insider India on the condition of anonymity. “Feeling of job security is gone. There is a lot of uncertainty. Most of us were just processing the news of US layoffs. People had just started working with the right mindset and this happened,” another employee added. The laid off Google India employees have started posting on LinkedIn. Kamal Dave, an account manager at Google India’s Gurugram office, said that he has been laid off, and that he was a part of the marketing department. Jyotish Bhaskar, a software engineer at Google, said while he has not been laid off, said the uncertainty has been “painful”. “I have been closely observing this situation and the uncertainty over the past 4-5 weeks has been painful. It's disheartening to see how many talented individuals have been affected,” Bhaskar said in a<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jyotish-bhaskar-8b82a5169_google-india-jobs-activity-7032188090173583360-2wFW"> post</a>. SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/finance/news/inflation-expected-to-cool-down-but-economists-expect-another-rate-hike-after-january-shocker/articleshow/97983231.cms">Inflation expected to cool down but economists expect another rate hike after January shocker</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/corporates/news/maggi-kitkat-maker-nestle-india-reports-highest-domestic-growth-in-a-decade-in-fy22/articleshow/97974283.cms">Maggi &amp; KitKat maker Nestle India reports highest domestic growth in a decade in FY22</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/finance/news/rupee-headed-for-83-and-beyond-as-rate-hike-fears-persist/articleshow/97950536.cms">Rupee headed for 83 and beyond, as rate hike fears persist</a>

Google layoffs reach Indian shores, nearly 500 employees sacked late Thursday

Minor earthquakes shook <keyword id="6359754" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="manipur">Manipur</keyword> and Arunachal Pradesh on Friday, causing panic among people though no loss of life or property has been reported so far, officials said. Officials said that Friday's quakes lasted for several seconds, forcing panic-stricken people to run out of their homes. According to the National Centre for Seismology data, a quake measuring 3.4 on the Richter scale was experienced at 3.12 a.m. in eastern Manipur's Kamjong district, with its epicentre at a depth of 10 km. Another tremor measuring 3.0 on the Richter scale occurred at 8.21 a.m. in western Arunachal Pradesh's Tawang district at a depth of 10 km. Friday's earthquake in Manipur is the second temblor in 48 hours. On Wednesday, a quake measuring 4.3 occurred in eastern Manipur's Ukhrul district. The northeastern states, especially Mizoram, frequently witness mild to moderate earthquakes. Seismologists consider the mountainous northeast region as the sixth major earthquake-prone belt in the world. SEE ALSO: <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/india/news/supreme-court-refuses-to-cancel-clat-or-stay-the-counselling-process/articleshow/78571183.cms">Supreme Court refuses to cancel CLAT or stay the counselling process</a>

Minor earthquakes shakes Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh

<ul><li>Google just announced the 10 startups that have been shortlisted for the second calls of its Launchpad Accelerator program in India.</li><li>All of the startups on the list have used artificial intelligence and machine learning to formulate their products.</li></ul> Google just announced the second wave of startups selected for their Launch Accelerator program in India. And, all the startups on the list feature use artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) in one or the other component of their businesses. The program kicks off today with a one week mentorship programme boot camp organised by Google in Bengaluru which will be followed by more classes in April and May to address more specific issues — lasting a total of three months. Aside from guidance, Google will also provide support for AI and ML, cloud computing, developing user interfaces, using the Android platform, online presence, product strategy and marketing. And depending on the startup, they will be receiving Google Cloud Credits between $20,000 (₹1.3 million) to $100,000 (₹6.9 million). Meet the 10 startups that were shortlisted for Google’s second class of the Launchpad Accelerator program in India: 1. Opentalk Opentalk is an app that allows users to reach out to other users all over the world to hone their language skills. So users can meet new people that speak the language that they’re looking to learn. They also have the options for users to follow trending topics in case their looking to engage on a particular issue. OpenTalk already has a 100 languages, 150 countries and 1500 colleges using their app. 2. THB THB stands for Technology, Healthcare and Big Data Analytics and a pretty accurate description of the what the company does. Using technology they standardise data on healthcare to help healthcare providers and medical practitioners with different use cases like PEP (Personalised Patient Care), medical sales force productivity booster and clinical decision support. Based out of Gurgaon, the clinical intelligence company is currently present in 50 cities across 12 states in India. 3. Perceptiviti Data Solutions Having started out in 2017, Perceptiviti Data Solutions focused on finding solutions for fraud and risk management in insurance, financial services and digital payment services. Their flagship product called ‘Sherlock’ is a fraud detection platform that claims 90% accuracy after having assessed over one million insurance claims using AI. 4. DheeYantra DheeYatra is already in use by the Syndicate Bank and Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad. It’s an AI platform that currently helps businesses operate across 8 different Indian languages. With the help of AI, the company has developed chatbots and solutions in natural language processing (NLP), optical character recognition (OCR), and Indic transliteration. Brand names, scanned images and even a whole website can be translated into various Indian vernacular languages using their application programming interfaces (APIs). 5. FinancePeer Just like there are peer-to-peer (P2P) online marketplaces for cars and used goods, FinancePeer is a P2P lending company that connects lenders with borrowers online. Users can sign up as borrowers or lenders after the platform analyses their borrower credit score using AI that taps into multiple parameters including social profiles. The company claims that it only takes 10 minutes to set up a profile online and since it’s an open marketplace, borrowers will only face competitive and low interest rates. Lenders, on the other hand, can allegedly get returns upto 37% per annum. 6. SmartCoin Gunning for financial inclusion in India, SmartCoin is another lending app that uses AI and machine learning to assess the risk profile of a borrower. The app main goal is to provide short-term credit to the underserved and low-income households in India. So far, SmartCoin has a 100,000 users and has shelled out over 300,000 loans. 7. HRBOT Finding new candidates for a job can be excruciating process without a filtering mechanism in place. HRBOT, using AI and machine learning to scan the 120,000 job seekers on its platform to find applicants that would be best suited for a particular post according to the requirements that recruiters share. It company’s main selling point is that it has access to candidates in tier-2 and tier-3 cities in India. 8. Savera.ai The use of solar panels to reduce the burden of electricity requirements and its positive environment impact are no secret. But since the technology is still relatively new in India, Savera.ai helps users decide whether or not their roof is ready for a solar panel by issuing a ‘Sun Score’. The ‘Sun Score’ is the final ranking of how ready an individual’s house is for a solar panel after analysing the location of a users’ house, identifying the rooftop, running a weather analysis and taking individual state’s solar policy into account. And, should a user choose to set up a solar panel, savera.ai has chatbot support to get them setup with local service providers. 9. Kaleidofin This is essentially a financial management tool. Users can set their financial goals and Kaleidofin will suggest how much user should saved each month while taking financial volatilities into account. Since the profile is tailored for each user, how a user’s savings should be used is also diversified over different financial products including ways to invest using a data driven model to estimate the income level, saving capacity and financial health of customers. It’s already being used by many mutual funds in India like Aditya Birla Capital, Franklin Templeton Investments, HDFC Mutual Fund, ICICI Prudential Life Insurance, and SBI Mutual Fund. 10. Adiuvo Diagnostics The company isn’t just an app or a platform — but has an actual physical device which can detect and classify skin infections in under 2 minutes. It’s easy for doctors because the ‘Skin-Scope’ is a handheld medical device and the pro for patients is that the whole diagnostic process is non-invasive. Kaleidofin and Adiuvo Diagnostics are the only two startups selected that have women entrepreneurs at the helm. Google initially started the Launchpad Accelerator Program globally back in 2016. The very first batch of the Launchpad Accelerator that was originally a 6-month mentorship at the Google headquarters in California included Nestaway, a Ratan Tata investment that helps users find homes without a broker. Another well known startup, ShareChat — a social networking chat platform that uses local Indian languages — was also a part of the Launchpad Accelerator in the second batch. The Launchpad Accelerator India was only introduced by Google in July 2018 that saw startups like Multibhashi, OliveWear and Genrobotics. Aside from India, the program also operates in Sao Paulo, Tel Aviv, Nigeria, Tokyo and Singapore. So far, it has mentored 30 startups in India through its global accelerator programme. See also: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/Heres-how-to-make-it-to-Googles-Launchpad-AcceleratorProgram/articleshow/52359183.cms" style="">Here’s how to make it to Google's Launchpad Accelerator Program</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/heres-what-is-in-store-for-these-7-indian-startups-selected-for-googles-launchpad-accelerator-program/articleshow/55682687.cms" style="">Here's what's in store for these 7 Indian Startups selected for Google's Launchpad Accelerator Program</a>

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