Star striker Sunil Chhetri is among a 28-strong Indian probable squad announced for the 2018 soccer World Cup preliminary qualifying round matches against Iran and Turkmenistan.
Vineet Nayar, CEO of HCL, talks to Maheshwar Peri of Careers360 about his journey.
The hits and misses of the week.
The government had earlier issued a notice to Singh, seeking an explanation on whose ordered its office boundary wall to be painted saffron and why it was subsequently repainted.
In order to fight piracy, Nokia plans to launch its music service 'Comes With Music' in India in a couple of months to give unlimited music access to its consumers, a top company official said.
Speaking to reporters after the board meeting of Mahindra Satyam in New Delhi, Tech Mahindra CEO Vineet Nayyar said, "It (restatement of accounts of Mahindra Satyam) is likely to be completed by the end of the year (2009)".
Last year the company had acquired four companies, including one in the telecom sector, and plans to do the same in the coming months.
Tech Mahindra executive vice-chairman Vineet Nayyar said construction of the 10ha development on Deakin University grounds would begin as soon as discussions with the Victorian government were complete. He said the company is determined to complete the project. However, he warned that certain aspects of the initial agreement, including funding, could change.
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to entertain a PIL seeking its intervention to end the ongoing stir at Film and Television Institute of India opposing the appointment of Gajendra Chauhan as chairman.
Four nominee directors of Tech Mahindra, including its chief executive officer Vineet Nayyar, on Wednesday joined the board of the embattled IT firm Satyam Computer.
Last week Vineet Nayyar, the CEO of Satyam's new owner Tech Mahindra, had said Satyam has an excess staff of 10,000.
The hits and misses of the week.
The new bosses of Satyam Computer Services took the step of directly taking questions from apprehensive employees.
In the absence of any clear definition of 'major policy' decisions, the grey area exists as to what extent Verma's powers will be limited.
The hits and misses of the week.
"His medical condition is the same. He continues to remain critical and on life support," said Dr Vineet Suri, consultant, neurology, Indraprastha Apollo hospital.
The hits and misses of the week.
There will be no retrenchment in Satyam, up to 10,000 employees to be put into virtual pool, Tech Mahindra CEO Vineet Nayyar said.
The multimedia device by the company would be available nationwide within two weeks. Targeted at users of converged devices, N97 would be the company's first phone to come preloaded with Nokia's Ovi store.
Satyam Computer has 10,000 excess employees, its new owner Tech Mahindra said on Friday.
India plans to increase stockpiles of the anti-influenza drug Tamiflu or its generic version by 10-fold, from one million to 10 million currently, Bloomberg reported, citing Vineet Choudhary, joint secretary, Ministry of Health.
For Tech Mahindra, the successful bidder for Satyam Computer Services, it was "a game-changing day," according to Anand Mahindra, vice-chairman & MD of Mahindra & Mahindra.
While reserving the verdict, the apex court had said that the pricing details of Rafale jets could only be discussed after it decides on whether to make it public.
"His medical condition continues to remain critical and he is still on life support. There is no change in his condition," said Vineet Suri, consultant, neurology, Indraprastha Apollo hospital.
National Australia Bank is one of the key customers Tech Mahindra executive vice-chairman Vineet Nayyar will be meeting next week. Nayyar will be in town to spread Satyam's new identity after it was renamed Mahindra Satyam, and try to regain its standing with the NAB and clients such as Qantas and Suncorp. Satyam continues to provide application development and IT maintenance services to the NAB.
July 14 features three big-ticket sporting events -- the World Cup final, the Wimbledon men's final and the British Grand Prix.
When the firm decides what to do, we will evaluate it.
"HCL's employees know that bill tightening has to happen, but in a collaborative manner. There is a trust factor between the employees, the company and the customers and we do not have a pink slip policy. That is why we squeezed utilisation up to 75 per cent and our hiring in the last two quarters has not been much," says Vineet Nayar, CEO, HCL Technologies.
'I felt a constant gag in my throat, and emerged from the movie somewhat mugged,' confesses Sreehari Nair.
Vinod Mirani gives us his weekly verdict.
Senior IAS officer Ashok Khemka who had cancelled the mutation of a land deal between a firm owned by Robert Vadra and realty major DLF, was promoted as Principal Secretary.
"His condition is the same as it was on Sunday. He is still critical and on life support system," said Dr Vineet Suri, consultant, neurology, Apollo hospital. 62-year-old Dasmunsi had suffered a severe heart attack on October 13 and was admitted to AIIMS. On October 20, he was shifted to Indraprastha Apollo Hospital for further neurological treatment.
The apex court said Ambani and the others will have to purge contempt by paying Rs 453 crore to Ericsson in four weeks. A bench comprising Justices R F Nariman and Vineet Saran said if the 'contemnors' failed to make the payments within the specified period, they will undergo a jail term of three months.
In the face of surge in stock prices of Satyam to about Rs 81 a share on the eve of the open offer for beleaguered company, its new owner Tech Mahindra said it will not hike the offer price.
A comic thriller that makes you laugh, but ends up killing the thrills.
Multinationals continue to view the country as one of the most viable outsourcing destinations, but competitive pressures are making other countries look attractive.