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Sunday, November 3, 2024
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Topic: IT Sector

Malls, restaurants, markets set to open 24/7 in Madhya Pradesh in bid to boost economic growth

Labour minister had already given in-principle nod & a draft will be sent to legal department before notification is brought out, says senior official.

Big tech’s laid off over 2.6 lakh people since 2022. Why Indian industry will face limited impact

Pandemic-driven enthusiasm around digitisation & technology drove companies to go on hiring spree, which came to screeching halt towards later part of 2022, as workforce reductions started.

‘Hunger games’ in Bengaluru as home rents spike. Spruce up your LinkedIn, brokers are watching

As companies call back employees to work post pandemic, rent up by 15-20 per cent as against pre-pandemic levels & as high as 30 per cent in some residential localities.

Technicians in villages to ophthalmologists in cities—Deep-tech startups can help them all

In 'Against All Odds: IT Story of India', S. Kris Gopalakrishnan, N. Dayasindhu, Krishnan Narayanan write about the history of India's IT sector over the last six years.

Hired, but no job: Why some of India’s top IT firms are leaving ‘thousands’ of recruits in limbo

Some tech companies have allegedly delayed onboarding new hires indefinitely, or revoked job offers completely for 'bizarre' reasons. Distressed techies want govt to intervene.

Harish Mehta’s book shows why NASSCOM is a catalyst in India’s start-up world. It’s a treat

Thanks to the IT industry, India is no longer about wandering cows and fakirs. Harish Mehta's 'The Maverick Effect' tells that story.

India’s ITES-BPO industry expected to grow at 8 per cent CAGR, reach US$225-250 bn by 2025

Skilled & educated workforce, lower cost of service provided, favourable & liberalised policy framework some of the reasons behind the growth of India's ITES-BPO industry,

Covid vaccine, energy, IT to be building blocks for India’s engagement with Biden govt

India believes it will take the new US govt some time to focus on key policy areas of defence and trade, so it will focus on ‘non-traditional’ areas of cooperation.

High productivity, less gossip, but no work-life balance — WFH tales of Bengaluru techies

Covid lockdown has transformed how IT sector works, with firms making quick transition to work from home to sustain operations. But the experiment has got mixed reviews.

How Trump’s H1B visa freeze endangers Indian IT industry’s talent deployment model

Outsourcing companies are dealing with the unpredictability of the visa situation and the prospect that a H-1B revamp could severely limit sending talent overseas.

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.

Indian firms sanctioned by US didn’t violate laws, says MEA. Hyderabad firm that supplied to Army on list

Among 19 Indian firms sanctioned by US Treasury Dept was Lokesh Machines Ltd accused of coordinating with 'Russian defence procurement agent to import Italy-origin CNC machines'.

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.