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DoT gives nod to allow BPM employees to work from home until April 30

The number of employees impacted by the provision is as high as 1.8-2 million

Coronavirus: Bengaluru shuts down; firms ask employees to work from home

Google techie tests positive for Coronavirus; Amazon, Uber India, Microsoft ask all employees to work from home if they can

Edtech firms offer free access to their courses amid Coronavirus crisis

Online learning giant Coursera said it was going to provide every impacted university in the world free access to its course catalogue through 'Coursera for Campus' beginning Thursday until July 31

Genpact looks to ethical artificial intelligence to chart path ahead

Enterprises could see more positions like digital ethics officers and move towards providing transformation as a service, an area Genpact is heavily focused on

YES Bank crisis: PhonePe comes to a halt, but staff keeps it up and running

Payments firm came to a halt after RBI superseded YES Bank's board

RBI's moratorium on Yes Bank disrupts digital payments, PhonePe hit hardest

Since YES Bank is PhonePe's exclusive UPI partner, the latter's users have been affected the most

Coronavirus: Online travel firms offer refund after spike in cancellations

"…travellers are being cautious in making their (outbound) travel plans," said a spokesperson at MakeMyTrip

Oyo to cut about 5,000 jobs in broad overhaul, highest reductions in China

The restructuring in China is in line with the global restructuring exercise announced in January 2020, said sources.

Coronavirus outbreak: IT services companies widen travel restrictions

Apart from such advisory, IT biggies such as Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Infosys and HCL Technologies among others have been pursuing 'remote working' model to overcome the situation.

From April 1, Indians will have to pay $50,000 more for EB-5 investor visa

It is often used by start-ups as a way to expand their business into the US market

Coronavirus outbreak: Don't panic over supplies, says pharma industry

Sun Pharma's Dilip Shanghvi said the industry and government were working closely to reduce dependence on one country

Among blue-collar jobs, logistics has the highest function of demand

Industry estimates suggest the logistics sector will create employment for at least 3 million people by 2022, said OLX People

Global smartphone sales latest victim of Coronavirus outbreak: Report

Among those components named by the research firm are displays from BOE Technologies, China Star Optoelectronics Technology and semiconductors from Yangtze Memory Technologies, and others

Coronavirus outbreak: Govt to fast-track manufacturing of tech goods

Cabinet likely to take up new scheme for consideration soon

Coronavirus: Evaluate airlifting China consignments, Centre asks industries

The India Manufacturers' Association of Information Technology (MAIT) has welcomed the move

Facebook looks to ramp up investment in India, says MD Ajit Mohan

Last year, Facebook invested in Meesho, which provides resellers, who largely comprise housewives and small businesses, with a platform to sell their products across social networks.

Paytm looks to focus on merchant base to drive next phase of growth

An area which is a big focus for serving merchants is IoT-enabled devices such as Sound Box

Majority Indians support partial censorship for online streaming: Survey

However, a majority- 51 per cent do not watch shows or movies on OTT platforms just yet

Microsoft CEO Nadella to woo India Inc with tech to drive e-transformation

A lot has changed since then. His focused execution on enterprise cloud has driven Microsoft's market cap to grow nearly five-fold to cross the $1-trillion mark.

Technology flavours the click and bait game at Zomato and Swiggy

From delivery-only restaurants to mapping every minute of the delivery process, brands lean in on tech and not just discounts, to woo users