His songs were the anchor, the substratum, if you will, upon which life unfolded day after day, decade after decade -- across villages, towns, cities, and regions. Siva Sankar pays tribute to S P Balasubrahmanyam, the legendary singer who passed into the ages on Friday.
The record in net addition from the top four was in 2016-17, of 59,427 employees.
Sikka pays 4 business heads million-dollar salaries as incentive to reach the company's revenue target of $20 billion by 2020.
The first COVID-19 vaccine shots in India were given on Saturday to nearly two lakh frontline healthcare and sanitary workers as Prime Minister Narendra Modi rolled out the world's largest inoculation drive against the pandemic that has caused 1,52,093 deaths and upended millions of lives in the country.
Infosys aims to achieve an aspirational goal of $20 billion in topline by 2020.
She was among the key executives brought in by Sikka from SAP and was overseeing large deals
Feroze Azeez, deputy chief executive officer of Anand Rathi Private Wealth Management, appeared on Rediff Chat to answer readers' queries on GST.
Parekh in a video address to employees expressed delight on leading the iconic company
2019, however, will be a bigger test as the firm continues to deal with rising attrition and margin pressure.
The board expansion comes against the backdrop of an ongoing tussle between the founders and the management over contentious issues such as CEO salary hike, severance package to former employees and corporate governance standards.
Milkha Singh is supporting the Indian Wheelchair Basketball team's crowdfunding campaign to travel to Thailand for the Asia Oceania championship.
With the appointment of Vishal Sikka as CEO and Managing Director of the company, IT major Infosys has elevated 12 leaders to the position of Executive Vice President with additional responsibilities.
'Where is the board's accountability in this whole transaction? The members of the earlier board who participated in approving and defending these acquisition are still in the current board,' the whistleblower said in a mail sent to US SEC and Sebi.
The IT major had reported a net profit of Rs 3,398 crore in the year-ago period, it said in a BSE filing.
Siva Sankar looks at S P Balasubrahmanyam's fantastic repertoire.
Despite lower growth scenario; companies say reworking strategy
March was the first full quarter for Infosys under its new CEO Salil Parekh.
Consolidated net profit rose to Rs 3,465 crore in its fiscal third quarter to December 31.
Siva Sankar looks at S P Balasubrahmanyam's fantastic repertoire.
Company expects to be back to industry leading growth in FY17.
Raking up the issue of 1984 riots, Bharatiya Janata Party leader Arun Jaitley on Monday alleged that those guilty for the "state sponsored" violence still remain unpunished.
With Infosys emerging out of an uncertain phase, the new management, led by CEO & MD Salil Parekh, is trying to catch up with market leaders, with the new strategy in place.
The Ram Mandir-Babri Masjid title dispute case, the Sebi-Sahara payment row, the Aadhaar privacy issue and the Cauvery water dispute are only some of the legal puzzles he will have to deal with.
Revenue rose 23.4 per cent to Rs 1,655 crore
Over the past few months, Infosys has been battling allegations by Murthy and other former senior executives of falling corporate governance standards.
The Delhi Police had closed this case in 1994 for want of evidence.
A delegation of Muslim leaders led by Shahi Imam of Jama Masjid Syed Ahmed Bukhari met Congress President Sonia Gandhi in New Delhi during which she asked them to ensure that secular votes did not split in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
It is important to clarify that availing of an exemption is neither evasion nor tax planning.
'The BJP has the opportunity to undo a lot of the damage that we have suffered as a society which looks away from mass violence.'
Even on paper, there is not much to choose, especially with Pune beating MI thrice this season including a comprehensive victory in Qualifier 1. But a impressive show by Mumbai in the final cannot be ruled out.
I am not here to play negative politics in the name of Muslims, says the leader of yet another electoral front in Bihar.
'Can he remain ignorant by saying he was 13 years old?' 'That means Rahul Gandhi must not talk on any subject in this country that precedes his adulthood.' 'He should remain unaware of history and knowledge of anything that has happened.'
Heavy rains on Wednesday morning caused water-logging in many areas and massive traffic jams in Hyderabad, leading to people stuck on the roads.
Abhimanyu Mithun's brilliant bowling at death enabled defending champions Karnataka to edge out Bengal by six runs in a thrilling semi-final of the National One Day Championship for the Vijay Hazare Trophy, in Ahmedabad.
Having decimated the opposition with clinical precision in all four matches, India will be aiming to complete a clean sweep when they take on a struggling Sri Lanka in the fifth and final cricket one-dayer in Ranchi on Sunday.
For Rajnikanth, who the BJP is wooing, politics looks more likely to happen in 2019, although his friend Kamalahaasan could afford to wait a little longer, says N Sathiya Moorthy.
The country has produced a record harvest, but many farmers in the onion bowl of Maharashtra have lost a large share of their crop damaged in storage, adding to the country's inflation woes.
India's batting ace Yuvraj Singh commanded the highest price, Royal Challengers Bangalore paying a massive 14 crore for him, while Dinesh Karthik was a surprise pick at 12.5 crore by Delhi Daredevils.
'The big thing is on the works on Zero Distance, the initiative to bring innovations in every project.'
Rama Krishna Sangu, partner, Manohar Chowdhry & Associates, Chartered Accountants, and a member of the Indirect Tax Committee of ICAI, fielded readers' questions on GST on Rediff Chat.