Shivani Shinde, Avik Das, Business Standard

Stories by Shivani Shinde, Avik Das, Business Standard

'Cybercrime has surpassed drug trafficking'

'Cybercrime has surpassed drug trafficking'

Rediff.com   22 Dec 2022

Financial institutions are 300 times more vulnerable to cyberattacks than any other industry.

FPIs Pull Out A Record Rs 1.22 Trillion!

FPIs Pull Out A Record Rs 1.22 Trillion!

Rediff.com   22 Dec 2022

FPIs have turned net sellers in 2022 after being net buyers in the last three years.

File Tax Return By Dec 31 If You Haven't

File Tax Return By Dec 31 If You Haven't

Rediff.com   21 Dec 2022

'By filing a belated return, you can avoid the consequences of non-disclosure of income.' 'You can also avoid a notice from the I-T department for not filing an ITR.'

Where Indians Want To Travel To

Where Indians Want To Travel To

Rediff.com   20 Dec 2022

Domestically, Indians are exploring popular beach destinations, the hills of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, and the North-Eastern region as well.

How Will The Markets Pan Out In 2023?

How Will The Markets Pan Out In 2023?

Rediff.com   19 Dec 2022

Here's how leading brokerages and research houses expect 2023 to play out for the equity markets, and their sector preferences.

'Huge desire among people to fly... leading to congestion'

'Huge desire among people to fly... leading to congestion'

Rediff.com   16 Dec 2022

'Airports must look at their maximum capacity to handle passengers.'

Should A Collegium Pick Election Commissioners?

Should A Collegium Pick Election Commissioners?

Rediff.com   9 Dec 2022

The system of 'selecting' an election commissioner, which is before the Supreme Court, must be institutionalised.

'$33 billion was taken out of India -- the highest-ever'

'$33 billion was taken out of India -- the highest-ever'

Rediff.com   6 Dec 2022

'Yet the market didn't do all that badly because it was cushioned by domestic inflows.'

'Long-term science is the only thing that works'

'Long-term science is the only thing that works'

Rediff.com   6 Dec 2022

'If we are to be a contributor to the economy, we have to reduce carbon and imports.' 'We will achieve both -- that's our target.'

Property Sale: NRIs Can Repatriate Funds

Property Sale: NRIs Can Repatriate Funds

Rediff.com   5 Dec 2022

NRIs can repatriate the proceeds from the sale of a residential property in India, provided they meet a few conditions.

'It's advantage bulls for the near-term'

'It's advantage bulls for the near-term'

Rediff.com   29 Nov 2022

'New record for the Nifty50 is only a question of when.'

'Moonlighting Is Not A Big Deal'

'Moonlighting Is Not A Big Deal'

Rediff.com   29 Nov 2022

'Career paths are no longer linear as professionals look to build a more holistic career portfolio that is true to their professional and financial goals.'

In layoff season, Google may fire 10,000 'low performing' employees

In layoff season, Google may fire 10,000 'low performing' employees

Rediff.com   23 Nov 2022

Alphabet, the parent company of Google, is likely to join the list of Big Tech companies going for large-scale layoffs. With this, almost the entire universe of FAANG - acronym for Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix and Google - has now come under the layoff turbulence hitting tens of thousands of tech jobs around the world. Reports surfaced on Tuesday about the Mountain View (California)-headquartered tech giant planning to fire around 10,000 employees.

Indian PC mkt dips 11.7% in Q3CY22; demand to be slow for next 2 qtrs: IDC

Indian PC mkt dips 11.7% in Q3CY22; demand to be slow for next 2 qtrs: IDC

Rediff.com   18 Nov 2022

India's traditional PC market, inclusive of desktops, notebooks, and workstations declined by 11.7 per cent year-on-year (YoY) in Q3CY22 (Jul-Sep) after 8 consecutive quarters of growth despite strong shipments of 3.9 million units, according to new data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker. All segments declined except the government, which grew by 91.5 per cent YoY on the back of government orders, leading to strong growth in the third consecutive quarter. While the desktop and workstation categories grew by 23.4 per cent and 17.6 per cent YoY respectively, the notebook category declined by 19.5 per cent YoY.

Pandemic boom to layoff season: How Big Tech, start-ups got it wrong

Pandemic boom to layoff season: How Big Tech, start-ups got it wrong

Rediff.com   17 Nov 2022

Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Meta, summed it up well as he explained the reason for the company sacking 13 per cent of its employees. He said no one predicted that the boom for digital services during the Covid pandemic would die out. "Many people predicted this would be a permanent acceleration that would continue even after the pandemic ended.

Lakshmi-Ganesh On Rupee: Who Decides?

Lakshmi-Ganesh On Rupee: Who Decides?

Rediff.com   16 Nov 2022

Any currency design change must be approved by the RBI central board and the central government.

After 10 years: Infosys may overtake Cognizant on revenue front

After 10 years: Infosys may overtake Cognizant on revenue front

Rediff.com   11 Nov 2022

Slowing growth and execution challenges for Cognizant (CTSH) may well allow Infosys to overtake the former after a decade. Cognizant had marched ahead of Infosys in terms of revenue in the first quarter of financial year 2012-13. The Nasdaq-listed IT services firm's performance in Q3 and the guidance for Q4 and full-year 2022 suggest that it could take time for Cognizant to see the expected improvement in performance from its decision to restructure.

Meta Platforms' India staffers on edge over layoff media reports

Meta Platforms' India staffers on edge over layoff media reports

Rediff.com   8 Nov 2022

US media reports that Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, could be the latest technology giant to downsize its workforce have triggered trepidation among its 300-400 employees in India, according to people familiar with the matter. "We have not heard much about the impact (of downsizing) on India. "It's a wait-and-watch situation. Certainly, there is uncertainty," said a source.

Google pauses in-house billing system in India on antitrust directive

Google pauses in-house billing system in India on antitrust directive

Rediff.com   2 Nov 2022

Google has said that it is pausing enforcement of Google Play billing system (GPBS) for developers in India. This comes after the Competition Commission of India (CCI) imposed a penalty of Rs 2,275 crore in two cases and an immediate cease-and-desist order of its policies of running the Android Mobile device and Play Store ecosystem. In a statement, the company said, "Following the CCI's recent ruling, we are pausing enforcement of the requirement for developers to use Google Play's billing system for the purchase of digital goods and services for transactions by users in India.

Talent Cloud will address moonlighting: TCS

Talent Cloud will address moonlighting: TCS

Rediff.com   24 Oct 2022

In the future of work, companies will have to embrace terms like moonlighting, gig work, flexi work as 'on-demand talent in a Cloud' can be a reality, says Milind Lakkad, chief human resource officer of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS). In some form or the other, gig work, flexiworking - and even moonlighting - will have to be welcomed by companies, says Lakkad. As a first step towards embracing these, TCS is trying to bring all these opportunities for its own employees within the company.