It Sector

Rajiv Gandhi's Contributions To IT Sector Will Always Be Remembered: Vice President

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday August 20, 2020

Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu today remembered former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his birth anniversary, saying his contributions to the IT sector will always be remembered.

Trivendra Singh Rawat Invites Google To Invest In Uttarakhand

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday July 23, 2020

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on Wednesday urged Google CEO Sundar Pichai to invest in the state, saying there is a great scope for investments in the information technology (IT) sector in small towns.

Government Extends Work From Home Norms For IT Companies, BPOs Till December 31

Business | Edited by Abhik Deb (with inputs from agencies) | Wednesday July 22, 2020

DoT had first announced relaxation in work from home rules in April.

IT Sector Weightage In Nifty 50 At 5-Year High

Business | Edited by Peter Noronha | Monday July 20, 2020

IT stocks: The weightage of the IT sector in benchmark Nifty 50 index has touched five-year highs of 15 per cent due to the recent rally in stocks such as TCS, Infosys and Wipro.

Jobs, Facilities For Transgenders At Noida Metro's Special ''She-Man'' Station

World News | Press Trust of India | Saturday June 20, 2020

In a first-of-its-kind initiative, the Noida-Greater Noida Metro has decided to convert its Sector 50 station into a "She-Man" station, that will have special facilities, and provide employment for the transgender community.

What Indian IT Has To Say About Donald Trump's Immigration Ban

India News | Written by Maya Sharma | Wednesday April 22, 2020

It was a characteristic tweet from the President of the United States. "In light of the attack from the Invisible Enemy, as well as the need to protect the jobs of our GREAT American Citizens, I will be signing an Executive Order to temporarily suspend immigration into the United States!" Donald Trump posted.

Coronavirus Lockdown: Government Allows IT Companies to Function With 50 Percent Staff From April 20

Prabhakar Thakur | Wednesday April 15, 2020

“Digital economy is critical to the services sector and is important for national growth. Accordingly, e-commerce operations, operations of IT and IT enabled services, data and call centres for Government activities, and online teaching and distance learning are all permitted activities now,” the government said.

How India's Huge Call Centre Industry Is Coping With Lockdown

Business | Reuters | Wednesday March 25, 2020

the call centres and IT services firms that function as the world's back office are struggling to piece together work-from-home solutions and other business-continuity plans

"No One To Help": Telangana IT Workers Say After Techie, 24, Kills Herself

Telangana News | Written by Uma Sudhir, Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Tuesday November 26, 2019

On Tuesday,a 24-year-old software professional committed suicide in Hyderabad after being told she could be laid off by her employers. She left a note in her diary before she killed herself, asking for her organs to be donated

Shadow Banks To Face Growth, Funding Headwinds: India Ratings

Business | Indo-Asian News Service | Monday September 9, 2019

India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra) has revised its sector outlook on NBFCs to "negative" from "stable".

2.5 Lakh Jobs Will Be Created In IT Sector In Coming Months: Union Minister

Jobs | Edited by Anisha Singh | Wednesday July 3, 2019

The Union Minister of Skill Development, Mahendra Nath Pandey, was addressing the "World Skills India" - International Cloud Computing Challenge, 2019.

H1-B Visa Caps To Squeeze Businesses, Jobs, Says Nasscom

Business | Thomson Reuters | Thursday June 20, 2019

US Visa: The United States told India it is considering caps on H-1B visas for nations that force foreign companies to store data locally.

HCL Tech To Buy Select IBM Products In 12,700 Crore-Rupees All-Cash Deal

Business | Press Tust of India | Friday December 7, 2018

The deal entails seven products in areas including security, marketing and collaboration solutions, and represents a total addressable market of more than $50 billion, HCL Tech said.

This Tech Firm Started In A Basement; Now It's Being Sold For $8 Billion

Business | Alex Barinka and Mark Milian | Tuesday November 13, 2018

Last valued at $2.5 billion, Qualtrics makes customer-survey software used by the likes of Microsoft Corp. to General Electric Co., helping boost its revenue more than eight-fold over the past seven years.

In Telangana Manifesto, BJP Proposes Yoga In Schools, Sanskrit University

Telangana News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday November 13, 2018

The BJP in its manifesto for the December 7 Assembly polls in Telangana, has proposed introduction of Yoga in schools and colleges and setting up a Sanskrit University in the state, besides establishment of a board for welfare of IT sector employees.