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IIT Delhi concludes placement season with more than 1100 job offers

Approximately 85.6% undergraduate and postgraduate students who availed placement services of the institute got placed

Indian IT firms strengthen Cloud practice as digital adoption picks up

Companies are tying up with Cloud platform firms, ramping up internal team of specialists

Contracts to outsourcing: How Covid-19 may disrupt India's IT sector

Cornavirus pandemic likely to push the sector to bring in changes to operating and delivery models.

An opportune moment for India's tech-based firms: Harsh Vardhan Shringla

India is well aware that while globalisation is here to stay, its norms, however, may become different, says India's foreign secretary

Covid-19 impact: IT services let go of contract staff to reduce bench

In the last few years, subcontracting costs for most IT firms have also increased manifold due to protective measures around issuance of H1-B work visas

Cognizant to acquire US-based cloud player Collaborative Solutions

Financial details not disclosed. Deal will add new finance and HR advisory and implementation services to Cognizant's cloud offerings

As lay-offs loom over IT-sector SMEs, Telangana urges Centre to act

It has sought a series of measures to ensure enough cash flow to the SMEs to avoid layoffs.

Lockdown guidelines: IT-ITeS allowed to resume work; Nasscom hails move

India's $191 billion IT industry employs over 4.3 million people and has largely managed to service its clients during the pandemic

Work from home: Only 0.2% IT sector workforce highly productive, says study

About 99.8 per cent of the workforce in the information technology sector is incapable of working from home, according to the study

Top headlines: Govt to release GST dues, tea exports to fall, and more

Business Standard brings you top headlines of the day

IT catches Covid-19 bug: Sector's outlook takes a hit on demand concerns

Analysts expect top line pressure to reflect from Q4 itself

Flat or negative growth for IT sector in 2020 due to Covid-19: Infosys CFO

The Coronavirus pandemic is like a force majeure, and no amount of business continuity planning will help in this situation, he claimed

Tough times for IT

Companies have to rejig their business model

Top 10 biz headlines: Rana Kapoor in ED custody, IT's coronavirus woes

From the impact of coronavirus on Vivad se Vishwas to reforms in the pension market, here are the top 10 business headlines of the day

Govt approves TCS, DLF proposals to set up SEZs for IT in Haryana, UP

The approval was given by the Board of Approval, the highest decision-making body for SEZs, in its meeting on February 26 in New Delhi

Crude to snuff gains from weak rupee, muted global demand to hurt exports

Tourism and hospitality, auto and aviation could see a demand crunch amid coronavirus; earnings from rupee depreciation to export-driven sectors such as IT and pharma could be limited

Trump visit: Nasscom to lobby for mobility of skilled software executives

During the visit of the US President, it will also raise concerns relating to rising H1B curbs

All the distractions of 2019 are behind us: Cognizant's Brian Humphries

100 per cent of Cognizant's focus is now on clients, added the CEO of the IT firm

Don't lose sight of the long term

There could be disruptions in the near term, but ultimately the economy will bottom out

Infosys Q3 profit up 23% at Rs 4,457 cr, revenue jumps 7.9% to Rs 23,092 cr

Market analysts said Infosys' performance was in line with their expectations