Last week, a Rajya Sabha committee had allocated five hours for discussion on GST.
Chinese mobile brands are deeply entrenched in the Indian market. A move to bar them may send a bold diplomatic message. But its cost for the local industry is anybody's guess. In the event that Chinese brands face curbs, two handset makers - Samsung and Apple - squarely stand to gain.
Reminiscing time spent at the firm he co-created with six other friends in 1981, Infosys non-executive chairman S Gopalakrishnan said many major events in his life are linked to major milestones of Infosys.
The company is headed for its worst annual profit in three years, under siege as Chinese firms like Xiaomi and Lenovo reel in buyers with full-function touch-screen smartphones that are cheaper.
HR can make better hiring decisions with solutions powered by robotics & machine learning.
German aid likely for Bengaluru-Chennai bullet train
'Drone warfare has come to stay.' 'India should exploit the expected Reaper acquisition from the US to build an effective counter terror campaign,' argues Group Captain Murli Menon (retd).
A startup founder shares important lessons learned from shutting down his company.
A 15 per cent corporate tax rate for services companies in SEZs, setting up a fund for deep-tech startups and establishing clusters to demonstrate design-to-manufacturing capabilities of tech firms were some of the key demands made by the IT sector at the pre-Budget consultation on Monday. The participants shared their views and suggestions regarding Big Data, incentives for encouraging setting up of data centres, fiscal incentives for data localisation, incentives for pushing digital penetration in rural areas, and corporate guarantee to startups for competing with other nations.
The San Francisco-based giant has acquired a Delhi-based company.
Neemuchwala will be a big asset when it comes to setting things right.
'Implementation of the US-India Defence Technology and Trade Initiative is as much a test for the Modi government to direct its bureaucratic processes, as it is of US commitment,' says Lieutenant General Anil Chait (retd).
Digitally driven businesses have cut short the time to market significantly.
More and more companies are warming up to the idea of reverse mentoring.
While a wallet is convenient, payments bank offers interest on deposits and ATM facility.
Sheikh Hasina's government has launched a relentless war against terrorism since the Dhaka cafe carnage in July 2016, but as Bangladesh's terror networks exploit new technologies and new tactics, the challenge to eliminate jihad gets tougher, points out Binodkumar Singh.
'With technology advancing rapidly, the need for branches is declining.'
Sikka has influenced the company to break away from the old mould in more ways than one.
Industries with the highest number of top-rated companies at risk were hospitality/travel, media and entertainment, retail, financial services and consumer goods/manufacturing
Facebook, Airbnb, Paytm, eBay join the film's cast of brands, look to connect with young audiences.
Making it easier to do business is a key element of our strategy, says Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar.
Given their growth prospects and reasonable valuations, Mindtree, Hexaware and NIIT remain top picks of most analysts.
'You must remember that a career is something you can craft for yourself.' 'But if you want to be a successful leader, you need the organisation and your team to support you.' 'In order to make it all work, you need to be cognisant of the team.' 'You can't be a prima donna. These days, people don't accept that.' 'You can't ride roughshod over people.'
The surge in deal value is largely due to the $12.9 bn Essar-Rosneft deal
Rupert Murdoch-led News Corp has acquired 25 per cent stake in real estate portal PropTiger.com for $30 million.
Delhi Stock Exchange's (DSE) struggle to end its life without hurting the diverse interests of its multiple stakeholders will continue into another year.
Kamil's elder sister Samina Vaziralli has taken on an expanded role
'The list of things to be done or added or removed will keep growing and it will be a while before the emerging models settle down into lasting structures,' predicts Umesh Shrikhande, CEO, Taproot Dentsu.
The talent gap in the industry is huge, says N Chandrasekaran, MD & CEO, TCS.
BSE is world's largest exchange in terms of listed companies and figures among top 10 globally on various other parameters.
Fraud is a big concern among many board members.
Satya Nadella is the highest-paid CEO in the US. So how do the other Indian-American executives fare?
Nikesh Arora has an engineering degree in electronics and worked for a brief period at Wipro, selling computers.
The NITI Aayog may want us to believe this is one of the easiest payment systems in the world, but Tinesh Bhasin decodes the many unanswered queries and concerns involving the United Payments Interface.
With employees as brand ambassadors, can the company get the grime off its image?
50 years ago, on April 1, 1968, Tata Consultancy Services -- now India's leading IT company -- was born. The foundation for TCS was laid by Faqir Chand Kohli whose life touched directly or indirectly many, many, Indians, says Shivanand Kanavi.
Infosys, however, feels the high level of cash is an important tool to weather tough times.
Defence ministry incompetence hobbles development of battle-taxis for the Indian Army.
'Let us hope that with Nandan, like Cincinnatus back on his farm, taking over the reins, Infosys will not only regain its vigour and momentum, but vastly improve upon its achievements as a global player,' says B S Raghavan, the distinguished civil servant.
New initiatives expected to bear fruit by middle of 2015
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