This was one of the toughest years for Indian Railways.
'More than 900 companies believe that the majority of their employees worry about AI's role in potential job losses.' 'It makes employees anxious about working with machines or AI applications and fuels resistance to change,' says a Capgemini report.
Like everything else, the structure of banks may change, and banks may depend more on digital technologies and artificial intelligence for dealing with both their customers and employees.
In this era of online commerce and virtual shopping, Raymond Ltd, one of India's oldest textile manufacturers and retailers, has tailor-made an offline strategy to maintain a strong foothold in the tier III and IV towns. Samreen Ahmad reports.
The studio, covering 20,000 ft with capacity for 250 employees, has a wellness zone, a usability lab and a range of creative spaces.
Both the Indian and Chinese armies have brought in more troops in sensitive locations like Demchok, Daulat Beg Oldie and areas around Galwan river as well as Pangong Tso lake in Ladakh, the sources said. The area around Galwan has been a point of friction between the two sides for over six decades.
If Walmart is spinning success stories of Indian manufacturers in global markets, Amazon is taking 'Make in India' to the world, bolstered by its 'Global Selling Programme'
However, none of the permanent workers involved in manufacturing of Maggi at the Moga plant have been retrenched
Nationalisation has served its purpose. It's time to move ahead, keeping majority ownership of the government in a few banks to serve the people, argues Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
The extra skills you acquire set you apart, differentiate you from your peers and fast track your career.
The gems and jewellery industry is staring at a sales washout on Akshaya Tritiya for the second consecutive year as most of the states are under lockdowns due to the raging second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic which has led to negative consumer sentiment, say industry leaders. Akshaya Tritiya, considered as an auspicious day for buying gold and jewellery, falls on May 14 this year. India is the worst-hit among all nations with the second wave of the pandemic, which has been killing more than 3,500 daily and infecting close to 4 lakhs daily for weeks. The massive caseload has nearly paralysed the medical infrastructure.
Features like long battery life, ease of use and the rapid development of applications are attracting companies to tablet PCs
The application makes it easy for IBM partners and clients like Polaris to build an entirely new class of cloud-based social business apps.
There is immense pressure on Biyani to go ahead with the RIL offer after FRL defaulted on its interest payments of Rs 100 crore on July 22.
Customised tailoring: How Raymond, Aditya Birla Group are luring customers with bespoke services to fit the bill.
Be it the name, the design and communication campaign and the engagement processes being imagined between the brand and its buyers, the company is casting its cars in a new mould, reports T E Narasimhan.
The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a plea seeking stay on further sale of electoral bonds ahead of assembly elections.
'It could tempt investors to pick stocks that are not fundamentally sound.'
Engage, don't entice, advises advertising guru Sandeep Goyal.
The airline has failed to address fliers' fears and has been opaque about the allegations of tax and financial fraud, giving rise to apprehension that Jet Airways may be headed the Kingfisher way.
Satyam Computer Services' bidding contract stipulated 100 people who have to be retained by the new owners for at least a year. The list is 'absolutely non-hierarchical' and based on 'project criticality and customer criticality,' according to a senior company executive. It ncludes people outside the top ranks, essentially those engaged in relationship management, programme management and solution (technology) architects.
'I wondered how one could impart training to grown men to not lie,' notes Keya Sarkar.
The decision was taken to prevent crowding at shops and marketplaces amid the lockdown to contain the coronaviruspandemic, a statement from Thackeray's office said.
ICICI Bank, the country's largest private sector lender, has introduced an equated monthly instalment (EMI) option for its customers on debit card purchases.
The three companies - Ola, Hyundai and Kia - will co-create solutions to operate and manage fleet vehicles.
More than just a legacy brand in commercial vehicles, Ashok Leyland wants to be seen as an old brand embracing new values.
The company behind brands like Aquaguard focuses on technology to differentiate brand, rethinks communication strategy.
Pepperfry rethinks its user experience, increases its range of low-priced goods. It also positions itself as a home and dcor solutions provider as it looks for buyer loyalty.
Nia builds on Mana, the first AI platform introduced by the software services major last year. It also includes the robotic process automation capabilities of AssistEdge, another Infosys solution.
Hiring a legal expert will help you pre-empt crises and mitigate losses.
Banks in the medium future, may not need to engage in the "know-your-customer" (KYC) process, a check on customer antecedents, to open no-frills accounts. This could happen once a sizeable chunk of population gets a Unique Identification (UID) Number.
The start of BHIM's declining share coincided with the launch of Google Tez in mid-Septem
'At any given point in time, we expect only 25 per cent of our workforce will need to be in office.' 'And any given person will only be required to spend only 25 per cent of their time in office.'
I kept insisting that Rs 100 notes were in short supply and there was an urgent need to augment the supply of 100 rupee notes while also rapidly bringing into circulation the proposed new Rs 500 notes. But this was easier said than done because all the note printing machines of the RBI were programmed for printing Rs 2,000 notes and required at least three weeks before the machines could print the new Rs 500 currency notes. The availability of currency paper posed another major bottleneck, and it had to be imported. It was decided to immediately start printing the Rs 500 notes. It was only when the supply of the new Rs 500 notes started improving and the process of change of cassettes at the ATMs gathered momentum that the situation began limping back to normal. A fascinating excerpt from former SBI chairman Rajnish Kumar's The Custodian of Trust: A Banker's Memoir, five years after demonetisation, November 8.
Between that constant feeling of I've seen it all before and inability to balance comedy and darkness, Ludo wobbles towards its finish, sighs Sukanya Verma.
Graduate Record Examination aspirants from India can access 000-800-100-4072 toll free Monday to Friday between 9 am and 5 pm IST.
Paytm will not be available for download now but there will be no impact on existing users of the app. 'The app was blocked for violation of play policies - a clarification of our policy was released earlier today ahead of the IPL (Indian Premier League) tournament,' Google said in an e-mailed response on Friday.
The US is pressing for taxing digital economy through the 'marketing intangibles' principle and the UK through a 'user-base' principle.
IndiGo and other airlines have said they are improving their staff training, looking at better ways of communication and customer awareness on operational matters.
Tata Motors might have to rethink its association with sportstar Lionel Messi.
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