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'Middle-level managers account for 10 per cent -- or 450,000 people -- in the IT industry in India.' 'And of these 225,000 would lose jobs over the next one decade as their work would get automated.' 'This is grim news for many reasons,' says Aakar Patel.
There is ample fuel in the computer revolution to do many useful things.
The new 10 per cent dividend tax will be payable only on dividend income over and above Rs 10 lakh threshold in a year, according to an amendment to the Finance Bill 2016 approved by Lok Sabha.
Infosys on Friday said it is in discussion with clients for a contingency plan to ensure business continuity in the event of the US immigration reforms bill becoming a law.
The key proposals from the IT industry that were not addressed included removal of dual levies on software products
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Markets ended flat on Tuesday, amid a volatile trading session, as investors exercised caution ahead of the two-day FOMC meet starting today and Reserve Bank of India's monetary policy later this week.
The financial year ending Saturday saw such big-ticket events that set the directional tone for the country's business journey.
Select companies in infra, capital goods, private banks, auto, oil & gas, and mining could be considered by investors.
The December quarter, generally a soft one for India's IT sector due to holidays and furloughs in certain sectors, is expected to be further affected because of currency volatility.
Before participating, consider company's long-term prospects, premium offered and acceptance ratio.
Participants will watch out for the Brexit poll outcome in the late morning trades tomorrow.
The new office will have its base in the national capital.
Might end up with a smaller slice as more contracts get restructured, warn analysts.
The trend was visible in the early trade on Thursday as investors indulged in trimming their bets after the minutes of the US Federal Reserve's September meeting indicated a possible rate hike this year.
A new motivation needs to spread through the existing ranks to upskill and reskill themselves in the 55 new job roles for digital, says Ganesh Natarajan.
Under Neemuchwala's digital-first vision, Wipro has accelerated investments in automation, analytics, cloud and cognitive technologies over the past three years, says Ayan Pramanik.
'If not, we can become frighteningly chaotic, more chaotic than what we are today.' 'In today's environment in the country, we still have a window of opportunity.'
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The USCIS announcement indicated that the US government is going to be tough and stringent in approval of H-1B visas this year.
'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.
The 30-share Sensex ended down 538 points at 26,781 and 50-share Nifty ended down 152 points at 8,067.
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The nomination of cluster heads for defence, infrastructure and finance business is awaited.
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Investors must be cautious and follow a prudent diversification strategy to mitigate against any risks in case of any unforeseen events.
Sensex in green, midcaps, smallcaps fail to show up; bluechips rule.
Sensex, Nifty end lower on global concerns.
Infosys, however, feels the high level of cash is an important tool to weather tough times.
'The world wants India to succeed. It also worries now that India over-promises and under-delivers,' says Shekhar Gupta.
The humble Rs 100 bill had several takers on an otherwise normal weekday evening across the country on Tuesday night, even as police had to be deployed outside ATMs to control the crowd waiting eagerly to get their hands on the banknote.
It is not that platforms and products are something that Infosys has not tried earlier.
4 MNCs among top 10 companies with dividend-earning promoters in FY15.
'Little did those in India's strategic community realise that any wise adversary in China's place and circumstances would only take the land route to disturb and trouble India.' 'It is along the land border that all of India's post-Cold War allies would be of little or no political and diplomatic, and least of all, military help,' says N Sathiya Moorthy.
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