Avik Das

HCLTech offers Chennai employees to work from home amid LPG crisis

IT services firm allows employees at its Chennai centre to work from home as LPG shortages disrupt canteen operations; some peers also see limited food services

AI opportunity in reimagining core biz processes: Infosys delivery head

Infosys chief delivery officer Satish HC says AI is opening opportunities to redesign enterprise processes and reshape delivery models, as companies accelerate adoption of AI-native services

Idea is not to ban social media but regulate it for teens: Priyank Kharge

Priyank Kharge says the move targets excessive screen time and online risks for children, stressing stakeholder consultations and age-verification challenges before framing guidelines

West Asia conflict: From biryani to dosa, LPG crisis bites into menus

Industry body asks 500,000 eateries to scale down cooking-intensive dishes

West Asia crisis: Nasscom warns tech firms of cybersecurity threats

Nasscom has urged tech firms to strengthen cybersecurity frameworks as West Asia conflict heightens risks, advising measures ranging from credential resets to DDoS readiness and supply-chain audits

NoBroker's ConvoZen launches two frontier AI speech models for India

Akshara speech-to-text and Ragini text-to-speech models aim to power multilingual enterprise conversations, supporting regional languages and telephonic interactions across various sectors

AI agents will be your biggest risk tomorrow: Zscaler CEO Jay Chaudhry

Jay Chaudhry warns that hijacked Artificial Intelligence agents could become the next major cybersecurity risk for enterprises

Karnataka proposes social media ban for children under 16 in Budget

Karnataka has proposed banning social media use for children under 16, with Andhra Pradesh and the Centre weighing similar curbs as concerns grow over digital addiction and harmful content

Uber says regulatory hurdles make shuttle business a challenging space

Uber says its shuttle business remains challenging due to regulatory hurdles restricting expansion beyond Delhi and Kolkata, even as it pushes ahead with intercity bus and multi-modal plans

IBM opens first infrastructure innovation centre to boost India-led AI work

IBM has launched its first Infrastructure Innovation Centre in Bengaluru, bringing together engineering teams to accelerate development of secure and scalable enterprise AI and infrastructure systems

Govt says BIS norms for data centres, cloud and AI will boost uniformity

Centre says new voluntary BIS standards for data centres, cloud systems and AI ethics will help prevent low-quality imports, align India with global norms

AI giving a big boost to Cognizant BPO business, says CFO Jatin Dalal

Segment expanding faster than the core business and delivering better margins as generative AI spurs productivity: Jatin Dalal

Wipro set to lose $500-million Estee Lauder contract to Accenture

The shift of Estee Lauder's $500-million contract to Accenture marks a setback for Wipro as CEO Srini Palia pushes large efficiency-led deals amid renewed focus on discretionary spending

AI adoption now part of performance metric for tech-product firms

Indian companies to take time to adopt

Nasscom advises IT employees in West Asia to work from home amid tensions

Nasscom has asked IT employees in the Middle East to work from home and remain in touch with embassies as tensions escalate in West Asia, even as Indian IT firms say operations continue as usual

TCS, Infosys, Wipro and others issue advisories for employees in West Asia

Indian IT majors including Tata Consultancy Services, Infosys and Wipro suspend travel and urge staff in West Asia to stay indoors as the US-Israel-Iran conflict shuts airspace across the region

It will be reasonable to go slow on AI regulations, says Jules Polonetsky

Jules Polonetsky says India's DPDP Act lays a workable foundation for AI governance, even as global consensus on regulation remains elusive

Indian IT firms need to step up, take clients forward in AI world: Experts

Industry leaders say Indian IT firms must evolve from implementation partners to orchestration partners in the AI era, even as AI-driven revenue is projected at $10-12 billion in FY26

Citizen-level AI adoption to lift Indian innovation ecosystem: Uniphore CEO

Uniphore chief executive Umesh Sachdev says India can become a global AI adoption hub as enterprise usage scales, even as the US leads in capital access and technology maturity

Billion-dollar AI bets shape IT narrative, says LTM executive Krishnan Iyer

Mission-critical ops remain under human oversight, says growth chief Krishnan Iyer