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Blowout earnings spur biggest upgrades for Indian tech since 2013

Twelve-month forward earnings estimates for the 50-member S&P BSE Information Technology Index have climbed 4.6% in July, the most since Oc...

WFH offers significant opportunity for Indian security product cos: Report

Indian security product companies have a significant opportunity to help address security challenges that have emerged as a number of enter...

Donald Trump signs executive order against hiring H-1B visa holders for federal contracts

The move came over a month after the Trump administration on June 23 suspended the H-1B visas along with other types of foreign work visas ...

Time to create Indian electronics manufacturing giants to take on China: MAIT’s, Nitin Kunkolienker

Before 2000, India was emerging as one of the electronic manufacturing destinations. HCL, Zenith Computers, Wipro were household names, but...

Near-term disruption likely in IT sector; FY22 should be normal year: Citi report

COVID-19 has provided IT services companies with an opportunity to test work from home (WFH) concepts, and innovate on services as well as ...

View: Trigger 'appy', but what about data protection?

While ‘josh’ from ‘digital strike’ runs high, the need for data protection law should now come under spotlight.

Value of 'roti, kapda, makaan and internet' reinforced due to lockdown: Deepak Parekh

Parekh said the global economy has never before simultaneously seen demand and supply evaporate and the pandemic has revealed the fragility...

TikTok may mount a legal challenge against ban

The platform was one of 59 Chinese mobile applications that was banned on Monday.

View: India needs to balance issues of national interest with 'free market' dynamics

These 59 apps include popular ones like TikTok, WeChat, Weibo, UC Browser, SHAREit and CamScanner. Both Apple’s App Store and Google Play h...

All apps must adhere to India's data integrity, privacy: Niti Aayog CEO

The 59 apps, most of which have Chinese links, were banned by the government citing that they were prejudicial to sovereignty, integrity an...

ISPs call for ban on websites of China-backed companies

"We support the government's action of blocking 59 Chinese apps and they should be more aggressive and go beyond these 59 apps. They should...

Defence ministry writes to CBFC; says advise production houses to seek NOC on Army theme content

Defence Ministry had received some complaints raising strong objections about the portrayal of Indian Army personnel and the military unifo...

CBI books 4 Navy officers for generating fake bills to defraud Western Naval Command

"None of the items mentioned in the bills were supplied to HQ, WNC (Western Naval Command). No documents pertaining to preparation of the b...

View: How India can use the prevailing geopolitical situation to reset ties with US

India will, for the first time, store its strategic petroleum reserve in the US, according to the memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed ...

Indian to have 820 million smartphone users by 2022

According to a report jointly released by Indian Cellular and Electronics Association and consulting firm KPMG, rural India witnessed a yea...

Indian IT leans on govt spends, managed services as deals slow

While short-term projects are getting stalled, the managed services segment, which fetches significant revenue for service providers, has s...

Ericsson India hopes to win contracts in Indian telecom market on strength of technology

Earlier this month, BSNL cancelled a multi-crore tender for 4G telecom network upgrade after the government asked the firm not to use any C...