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Thursday, November 6, 2025
TopicInformation Technology

Topic: Information Technology

They came but were still absent — BJP ‘rebellion’ scuttles IT panel meet on Pegasus

BJP members on IT panel refuse to register their attendance, forcing meeting to adjourn due to lack of quorum. Chairman Tharoor and non-BJP members raise issue with Speaker.

This one Indian sector beat bleak Covid trend, saw profits, promotions & salary hikes

Some of India's top IT companies did take a knock as the pandemic first emerged and the nation went into lockdown, but the recovery was quick and the trend holds.

Why changes to ‘obsolete’ OSP rules could herald a new era for ITeS & BPO firms

The Modi govt’s new rules for ‘other service providers’ are expected to remove all red tape governing these firms and make it easier for them to do business in India.

Modi govt blocked 3,635 websites & webpages in 2019 — over twice of 2017 figures

Instances of content that had the potential to incite hatred and violence increased with higher internet usage, Union minister Sanjay Dhotre informed the Lok Sabha.

Dot-com bubble survivors give their verdict on the current tech boom

The consensus is that the virus has fueled the dominance of big tech companies. Much of this growth has already been priced into the likes of Facebook, Amazon and Apple.

How Ramdev’s Patanjali Ayurved made a ‘secret’ tech entry with its own IT start-up

Patanjali’s IT venture Bharuwa Solutions is a low-profile initiative registered in May last year. It is believed to own four patents.

Accenture MD in Twitter row as poster claims he is ‘guest of honour’ at Chennai RSS event

Accenture MD Rama S. Ramachandran says he never agreed to attend event, but RSS insiders dispute claim. Poster also names Zoho CEO Sridhar Vembu as chief guest.

Liberal democracy is under threat from digitisation as govts, tech firms gain more power

Democracy is not only about individual voice or decision-making by majority, it is just as much about limiting the power of individuals.

Larsen & Toubro Infotech accused of bias against non-South Asians in US

Larsen & Toubro is accused of submitting fraudulent letters with visa applications to maximise the number of South Asians it hires in the US.

Arts graduate? The fourth industrial revolution is looking for you

Nearly every technologically advanced country is working out how to fill a skills shortage. It’s time they turned to people in non-technical careers.

On Camera

Indians have a complicated relationship with Zohran Mamdani

Mamdani’s politics feels unusual compared to India’s current climate. He unapologetically foregrounds Muslim identity at a time when doing so in India invites scrutiny.

What does NCLAT order mean for data-sharing ban, penalty imposed by CCI on Meta & WhatsApp

On 4 November 2025, NCLAT bench, comprising Chairperson Justice Ashok Bhushan and Member Arun Baroka, noted that WhatsApp and Meta are distinct legal entities.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.