The 30-share Sensex was up 188 points at 28,415 and the 50-share Nifty was up 58 points at 8,584.
Infosys, TCS, HUL and Reliance Industries were the top gainers of the day.
As part our series on dealing with the pink slip, we spoke to Nirmal Singh, the founder and CEO of Wheebox, a prominent talent assessment company.
Gains were led by index heavyweights with Reliance Industries contributing the most.
The 30-share Sensex ended down 339 points at 28,119 and the 50-share Nifty closed 100 points lower at 8,438.
'India missed the software products revolution (and now is in danger of missing the platform revolution), complacent that we are the software experts of the world based on IT services prowess,' points out Rajeev Srinivasan.
Growth in the eight core sectors jumped to 8.5% in April, due to a sharp pick-up in refinery products and a commensurate rise in electricity generation.
Anant Gupta, HCL Technologies' chief has an amazing success formula to get things done.
IT services firm Tech Mahindra on Thursday posted a 57.6 per cent growth in consolidated net profit at Rs 718.4 crore (Rs 7.18 billion) for the second quarter ended September 30, aided by growth across verticals especially retail, travel and logistics and uptick in demand from Europe.
Sensex lost 76 points to end at 25,589 while Nifty shed 23 points to end at 7,649.
The 30-share Sensex ended down 215 points at 27,011.
Jindal Steel and Power was the top loser down 10% followed by Hindalco, Tata Steel, Tata Power which ended down between 0.5-3% each.
'Lakhs of engineers graduate every year in India and the IT industry used to be the primary recruiter. That is going to end.'
Ethiopian Atsedu Tsegay demolished the course record to emerge triumphant in the elite men's category, while Florence Kiplagat led a Kenyan clean sweep in the women's event of the Airtel Delhi Half Marathon in New Delhi.
Gamification has the potential to trigger immediate positive responses to learning that an organisation wishes to impart.
While study was done before the current boardroom battle began, the findings indicate Tata is no longer viewed as aspirational brand by working professionals.
'India is the number one IT destination in the world as we have the largest number of IT professionals in the world.'
Transcript of the Ganesh Natarajan chat on rediff on Friday.
The New Year, like 2014, will see brisk hiring. But, specialisation and strong domain skills will decide who gets hired.
