India's $280-billion IT industry heads into 2026, balancing visa-related headwinds and global trade uncertainty against its biggest-ever push into artificial intelligence and the rapid expansion of global capability centres (GCCs). Heightened scrutiny of the US H-1B visa programme - including a proposed $100,000 fee for new visas and concerns over a potential 25 per cent outsourcing tax - has complicated cross-border delivery for Indian firms, even as companies accelerate efforts to reduce reliance on onsite staffing.
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The group, once activated, would be catering to the software developers community with events such as tech talks, code sprints, and hackathons, a press release said.
100 graduating students can win a fully funded scholarship and a career at Google or one of its partnering institutions.
India may get its first unicorn this year as Zepto, which promises 10-minute deliveries, is in talks to get fresh funding that would take the start-up's valuation past $1 billion. The quick-delivery firm is looking to raise $150 million in a series E round, which will take its valuation to $1.3 billion. The round will be led by StepStone Group, a limited partner (LP) of Zepto's existing investor, Nexus Venture Partners, said media reports.
Nimit Agarwal, 26 tells us how he went from 84 kg to 65 kg within a year.
Neeraj Chopra's rise to stardom from a Haryana village has been nothing short of spectacular.
Arora was hired in July to run a newly created unit called SoftBank Internet and Media Inc.
A group of investors of Japanese mobile giant SoftBank has sought probe and possible sacking of its India-born COO Nikesh Arora over potential conflicts of interest tied to his role as an adviser to a private equity firm.
Nikesh Arora is one of the highest-paid business leaders globally.
SoftBank will pay 17 pounds in cash for each ARM share.
The cash-rich Japanese company made waves with its plans to grow outside its home base last year when it bought No. 3 US mobile carrier Sprint Corp for $21.6 billion.
Nikesh Arora has an engineering degree in electronics and worked for a brief period at Wipro, selling computers.
Arora's appointment brings no real transfer of power, says Una Galani.
Nikesh Arora is indeed paid a lot, networks hard, and has made some punchy bets.
Something about the big car and its passengers, standing solemnly outside their vehicle, piqued the biker's interest.
With a slew of product releases this time, Apple has made it very difficult for its competitors to survive in the market with its state-of-the-art products and software. It will be interesting to see how competition answers with their upcoming products.
Read the full transcript of President Obama's State of the Union address on Wednesday at the US Capitol in Washington.
