The corporate sector should give priority to building toilets in schools as part of their corporate social responsibility initiatives.
From the Sensex pack, Infosys, Tata Motors, UltraTech Cement, HDFC Bank, NTPC, IndusInd Bank, Larsen & Toubro, HCL Technologies, Power Grid, Maruti, HDFC and Tata Steel were the major laggards. Kotak Mahindra Bank, Asian Paints, Nestle, Titan, State Bank of India and Reliance Industries were the gainers.
The Madras High Court on Tuesday dismissed a petition filed by an employee of TCS who was served with a termination order after counsel for the software major said the firm has revoked it.
CMC has strong presence in the domestic market. It certainly compliments TCS.
The company, however, posted a marginal increase of 1 per cent in its consolidated revenue at Rs 29,584 crore
The 21st AGM of the company is scheduled to be held in Mumbai on Friday.
IT major Accenture's second straight cut in its revenue growth forecast for FY23 suggests there is more pain ahead for the Indian IT sector, say analysts. Accenture has lowered the top end of its FY23 growth guidance in constant currency (CC) to 9 per cent from 10 per cent earlier. The firm, which follows a September-August fiscal cycle, expects a 2-6 per cent CC growth in Q4 of FY23 (June-August 2023) versus the 6-10 per cent prior guidance.
The revenue also rose 14.2 per cent to Rs 29,305 crore (Rs 293.05 billion).
The country's largest software exporter Tata Consultancy Services on Monday reported a stellar 72.7 per cent growth in net profit at Rs 6,413 crore for the fourth quarter of last fiscal ended March 31.
Tata Consultancy Services has acquired the remaining 49 per cent stake in its Brazilian joint venture for $33.4 million, giving the company 100 per cent ownership.
IT major TCS surpassed Reliance Industries to become the country's most valued company as its market capitalisation soared to over Rs 2.61 lakh crore on Friday because of spurt in the share price.
The company's revenue rose by 11.7 per cent to Rs 27,364 crore.
S Ramadorai has bid farewell to Tata Consultancy Services after being with the organisation for 37 years.
Tata group firm TCS on Wednesday replaced Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries as the country's most valued company in terms of market capitalisation, as investors rallied behind the shares of the IT giant.
The facility will cater to govt services that require Inpact Level 3 security.
IT major Tata Consultancy Services has bagged the contract to implement end-to-end solutions for national flag carrier Shipping Corporation of India.
India's top software exporter Tata Consultancy Services on Wednesday said it is looking at setting up more delivery centres in Eastern Europe.
The Madras High Court has restrained software major TCS from retrenching its analyst who has been issued termination order by the company.
The market capitalisation of a listed company corresponds to the cumulative market price of all its shares.
Market experts believe TCS to post better quarterly earnings vis-a-vis Infosys.
TCS beat tech giants IBM and Hewlett-Packard to become the fastest growing brand within the IT services sector.
Post Q1 results, the stock rallied 8% compared to 2% rise in S&P BSE Sensex and 4% gain in S&P BSE IT index.
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Corporate earnings got a big boost from the fall in commodity and energy prices in July-September 2023 (Q2FY24) despite a slowdown in revenue growth during the quarter. The combined net profits of 3,123 firms that have declared their results so far were up 38 per cent year-on-year (Y-o-Y) to Rs 3.07 trillion in Q2FY24, up from Rs 2.24 trillion a year ago. Earnings were, however, down 3.5 per cent on a sequential basis from Rs 3.18 trillion in April-June (Q1) FY24.
As part of its Latin American expansion plans, IT major Tata Consultancy Services has set up another global delivery centre in Uruguay and will will house over 250 personnel.
To increase focus on hiring people from diverse skillset
The firm-level optimism derives partly from the state of the global economy.
The settlement is subject to fairness review and approval by the court.
Information technology giant Tata Consultancy Services on Tuesday said it plans to develop a new facility in three phases at Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
The overall momentum is very strong, said the company CEO.
Industrial production and inflation data, quarterly earnings from IT majors and global trends would drive the equity markets in a holiday-shortened week, analysts said. Moreover, foreign fund trading activity, movement of the rupee and global crude oil prices would also dictate terms in the market, they added. Equity markets would remain closed on Friday for 'Dr Baba Saheb Ambedkar Jayanti'.
Infy's cash utilisation may play role in whether valuation gap too narrows
Tata Consultancy Services and Oracle have begun a pilot project involving international carrier Virgin Atlantic to manage critical parts used in aircraft maintenance and repairs by tagging them with a radio frequency identification device.
Close to 1,500 trainees who will join India's largest information technology services provider, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), by the end of September, will not be eligible for variable pay till they complete their six-month training period.
According to NASSCOM and McKenzie, it is projected that Indian IT sector will need around nine million employees and currently it has only 3.2 million, he informed.