When Indian Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal and his British counterpart Jonathan Reynolds finally shook hands in London this May, they ended a negotiation marathon that had outlasted four British Prime Ministers. The resulting Indo-UK Free Trade Agreement, formally signed on July 24, 2025, tells a story far richer than its technical provisions might suggest. This […]
In a move that underscores the aviation industry’s growing focus on sustainable fuel alternatives, Rolls-Royce and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) have announced a collaboration to research hydrogen fuel system technology for aircraft. The partnership, revealed at the Farnborough International Airshow, aims to address key challenges in developing hydrogen as a viable zero-carbon aviation fuel. Hydrogen […]
India’s leading IT services companies, TCS, Infosys, and Wipro, are treading cautiously on demand from the US, despite rising optimism about the US driving stock markets there to all time highs. The management teams of these IT giants remain guarded in their portrayal of the situation and demand in their largest market, emphasizing the need […]
India’s leading IT services companies, TCS, Infosys, and Wipro, find themselves at a critical juncture as the rapid rise of generative AI and its potential to disrupt traditional business models casts a shadow over the industry’s future. While the management teams of these IT giants paint a picture of resilience and opportunity in the face […]
IT solutions provider Black Box Limited announced robust growth in profitability during the Oct-Dec quarter on the back of higher efficiencies. In Q3 FY2024, revenue was flat at Rs 1,655 crores compared to the same quarter last year amid an overall slowdown in IT. On a quarterly basis, revenue grew by 5%. For the nine […]
As Indian IT services company Persistent Systems embarks on an ambitious growth strategy, it has brought on four new seasoned executives to strengthen its leadership team. Persistent has just added several industry veterans. Ayon Banerjee joined as Chief Strategy and Growth Officer from Boston Consulting Group, where he advised IT services companies on accelerating growth […]
Dixon Technologies, India’s largest electronics manufacturing services company, is making a decisive push into laptop and tablet manufacturing to capitalize on the massive market opportunity arising from the government’s increased impetus on domestic electronics production and import curbs on foreign brands. During its recent quarterly earnings call, Dixon Technologies stated that it has filed an […]
The Indian IT services sector is expected to report another muted quarter for July-September 2023, as macroeconomic uncertainties continue to weigh on technology spending by clients. Leading brokerage firms predict the sector will post modest sequential revenue growth amid soft demand environment, with growth in the range of only 0%-1% on the quarter. “We expect […]
India’s two-decade long efforts to offer itself as an alternative to China in electronics manufacturing is finally finding success, thanks to a variety of global and local developments
India imposed import tariffs on PCs, laptops and servers recently to spur local manufacturing and lower security threats from China, but getting the policy to work is easier said than done
Info Edge Ltd, the parent of Naukri.com, has bought a 76% stake in dating app maker Aisle Network Pvt Ltd for Rs 91 cr. Aisle Network operates several dating websites, such as Aisle, Anbe, Arike and HeyDil, catering to various languages and states such as Malayalam, Hindi and Tamil. The company is based in HSR […]
Tata Consultancy Services, the country’s largest IT services company, today reiterated that it is committed to its 25-by-25 model according to which the company has set a goal of reducing office attendance for its employees by 75% by the year 2025. According to the model, which was unveiled soon after the COVID-19 pandemic forced the […]
Wipro said it was closing its offices for four weeks due the Omicron variant of COVID, and said it would add 30,000 fresh graduates in the year starting in April. “The safety of our employees remain our top most priority,” said CEO Thierry Delaporte. “With the rapidly spreading Omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus, we […]
Industries such as banking and financial services and insurance (BFSI), and production and manufacturing showed the highest growth in hiring activity in 2021, while media and construction segments showed the biggest declines, said Monster.com India in its annual trends analysis. The BFSI and the manufacturing sectors both saw hiring rise by 31%, while telecom witnessed […]
Bharti Airtel has abandoned its plan to reorganize its corporate structure by focusing on the digital business — such as its Wynk app, Airtel Cloud, Airtel Xstream and so on — by moving all telecom infrastructure into a different subsidiary known as Airtel Ltd. The move was announced eight months ago, and was widely seen […]
Tech Mahindra, the IT services provider from the Mahindra & Mahindra Group, said it has purchased a US-based consulting and IT services provider for $125 mn or Rs 930 cr. The company has 660 employees, and the shares are being purchased from two entities, one in India and another in the US. Most of the […]
Tata Consultancy Services and Bharti Airtel said they tested a 5G-enabled and automated manufacturing set-up using the trial 5G spectrum allocated by Department of Telecom. Called ‘Neural Manufacturing Suite’, the technology aims to implement a ‘lights out’ factory set-up, in which the factory produces everything by itself without human or worker supervision or intervention. This […]
Industrial automation player Marshall Machines said its promoters will sell around 3.4% of the company to raise capital to meet the company’s working capital needs. The promoters currently hold around 73.4% of the total outstanding shares, which will come down to 70% by the end of the exercise. A 3.4% stake in the company is […]
Quess Corp, which bought the rights to monster.com for most of the Asian markets three years ago, said investors Mohandas Pai and Akash Bhanshali have co-invested with it in the latest round of funding for the recruitment site. In total, said Quess Corp, the three parties invested Rs 112.5 cr, with an option to raise […]
Vakrangee Ltd, which runs over 13,200 digital kiosks across the country, said its franchisees will now be able to offer share trading and demat account opening services thanks to a tie-up with stock trading app Upstox. Vakrangee Kendras already offer a variety of internet-enabled services, such as bank account opening, issue of government certificates, money […]
