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Saturday, November 2, 2024
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Topic: IT industry

Unions are getting a boost in Bengaluru tech industry. Byju’s layoffs was a catalyst

Industry leaders are questioning the relevance of unions in a sector where job mobility is high. Employees are leaving organisations frequently and there are many job opportunities.

Top ministers talk India’s ‘techade’ at Delhi book launch — UPI to e-governance

Youth are ‘driven by a fire in the belly’, not for food but for the ‘finer things of life,’ said union minister Piyush Goyal at the launch of Nalin Mehta’s book, India’s Techade, in Delhi.

Govt launches $2 billion incentive package to boost IT hardware production

The scheme is key to India's ambitions to become a powerhouse in the global electronics supply chain, with the country targeting an annual output worth $300 billion by 2026.

Silicon Valley’s honeymoon with wealth is ending. Employees are packing bags

Meta, Twitter, Google, Microsoft, Apple, Netflix, and Patreon have fired employees in droves. And funding is drying up for tech startups in India too.

Achieving success as a techie in content management system and artificial intelligence spectrum

An expert who has spent 15 years in the IT industry, known for integrating artificial intelligence into the content management system.

New book details untold story of how a ‘band of dreamers’ set up NASSCOM

Published by HarperCollins, ‘The Maverick Effect: The Inside Story of India’s IT Revolution’ by Harish Mehta will be released on 5 April on ThePrint’s SoftCover.

Pakistan wants to be an IT power, hopes to woo global giants with tax breaks, tech zones

Pakistan is banking on the new tech zones to create employment for its masses of young people — nearly two-thirds of its population is below 30.

Startup founders should focus on creating institutions, not just valuations, says PM Modi

Addressing the Nasscom Technology and Leadership Forum Wednesday, Modi said the IT industry's biggest strength is India's population as people are eager to adopt newer solutions.

TCS CEO warns Trump’s H1B visa restrictions will only end up hurting US companies

CEO Rajesh Gopinath's remarks were among the strongest public rebukes from India’s $181 billion IT industry since Donald Trump’s decree to halt approvals for visas.

10 steps Modi govt should take to manage economic fall-out of coronavirus: SC Garg

It’s time to take steps to protect production & distribution systems, upgrade telecom & IT industry and prevent financial sector from falling apart.

On Camera

As a Hindu Canadian, I am deeply hurt by cancellation of Diwali. My community is now sidelined

Canada faces serious foreign interference issues, but these challenges must not be weaponized to unfairly target friendly and important allies like India.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

All about Major Bob Khathing, whose daring expedition & diplomatic parleys secured Tawang for India

The decorated Naga officer from Manipur also served as envoy to Myanmar & Nagaland chief secy. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated a museum dedicated to the Tawang hero Thursday.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.