No reduction in H1B visas to India: Sitharaman
In a bid to ease apprehensions of the IT industry over the H1B visas, Commerce Ministry Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said that India will get the same number of visas, though only the category of people to whom these are awarded may undergo a change.
May 20, 2017, 19:21 PM IST
Donald Trump signs H1 B visa executive order to tighten IT hiring rules
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday ordered federal agencies to look at tightening the H-1B visa programme used to bring high-skilled foreign workers to the US, as he tries to carry out his campaign pledges to put “America First”.
Apr 19, 2017, 10:40 AM IST
IT companies ganged up to keep freshers' salary low: Mohandas Pai
India's big IT services companies have ganged up to keep salary of freshers low taking advantage of oversupply of software engineers at the entry level, says industry veteran T V Mohandas Pai.
Feb 21, 2017, 13:53 PM IST
Capgemini India chief says 65% of IT employees not retrainable
With the domestic IT industry staring at a shift in nature of work due to increasing use of digital technologies, a leading firm has said a majority of the workforce cannot imbibe the required emerging skill-sets, and warned of high job losses at the middle and senior levels.
Feb 19, 2017, 21:59 PM IST
Not much has changed in IT since last Nasscom guidance: Infosys
Infosys on Thursday said IT industry lobby Nasscom deferred guidance for 2017-18 because not much has changed since the last review in November and asserted customers remain "optimistic".
Feb 16, 2017, 19:28 PM IST
Trump impact? Nasscom defers annual growth forecast to May
The IT industry lobby Nasscom on Wednesday said the sector will grow at the lower end of its revised target in fiscal 2017, but deferred guidance for the next financial year by a quarter, as the headwinds rise.
Feb 15, 2017, 17:15 PM IST
Need help with digital payments? Dial this toll-free helpline number!
In a move to further encourage digital payments, the government, in collaboration with telecom and IT industry, has launched a toll-free helpline number.
Jan 04, 2017, 19:53 PM IST
Automation to replace lakhs of entry, mid-level IT executives: Mohandas Pai
Increasing automation would shave off 10 percent of incremental jobs in India's IT sector each year even as half of middle-level managers would also bear the brunt in the era of artificial intelligence, says industry veteran T V Mohandas Pai.
Jul 31, 2016, 16:42 PM IST
Apps, websites should be free to decide on free data: Nasscom
IT industry body Nasscom has said telecom regulator Trai should give complete flexibility to apps and websites for deciding on provisions for rewarding free data to customers.
Jul 02, 2016, 20:38 PM IST
Become independent of visas and hire locally: Infosys
Terming the debate around visa-related issues as "rhetoric", Infosys chief Vishal Sikka today said the company is working on becoming "independent of the visa issue" as much as possible and hire more locals.
Apr 15, 2016, 17:58 PM IST
Nasscom opposes states' entry tax on e-commerce sales
IT industry body Nasscom on Thursday came out against a Bill introduced by the Gujarat government to levy entry tax on consumers for inter-state e-commerce and similar practices of some other states, saying it poses a significant challenge.
Apr 14, 2016, 15:35 PM IST
NIIT Q2 net profit doubles to Rs 20.8 crore
Talent and skills development company NIIT Wednesday said its consolidated net profit has more than doubled to Rs 20.8 crore for the September quarter on the back of strong turnaround post its restructuring.
Oct 21, 2015, 17:13 PM IST
India ranks 3rd in global startup ecosystems
India ranks third among global startup ecosystems with more than 4,200 new-age companies, IT industry body Nasscom said Tuesday.
Oct 13, 2015, 22:22 PM IST
Croatian bank selects Infosys software for payment service
The Finacle solution will also help the bank to comply with single euro payments area (SEPA) requirements and support Croatia`s harmonisation process with the European Union regulations and payment service directive.
Jun 20, 2015, 20:30 PM IST
Visa row: Nasscom sees attempts to portray Indian IT negatively
Asserting that Indian IT firms have always remained compliant with the US visa regulations, Nasscom President R Chandrashekhar said its members continue to cooperate with the US authorities in respect of any requests for information.
Jun 12, 2015, 17:15 PM IST
American IT industry calls for raising cap on H-1B visas
More than 5,45,000 tech jobs remain vacant in the US which is having a deep impact on Silicon Valley-based firms, American IT industry has said while arguing in favour of raising the cap on H-1B visas to attract the brightest minds from across the globe.
May 27, 2015, 17:25 PM IST
IBM to set up data centre in India
The US-based firm has made a USD 1.2 billion investment in cloud centres across major markets globally.
May 22, 2015, 17:01 PM IST
IT industry against a single digital European market
It is a new platform regulation as a way to affect the market position of US-headquartered tech companies.
May 07, 2015, 09:41 AM IST
US IT industry opposes Obama's move to tax overseas earning
IT industry and the Republican leadership has opposed US President Barack Obama's move to tax overseas earnings, saying that this is bad for global competition of US companies.
Feb 03, 2015, 06:39 AM IST
Jaitley bets on IT industry for ''Digital India'' success
The government would rely on the IT industry for the success of its "Digital India" initiative and realisation of its "Make in India" campaign, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said Wednesday.
Jan 14, 2015, 23:24 PM IST
