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Digital companies may enter Nifty soon over the next few months: UBS

Thanks to the pandemic-induced lockdowns which have spurred adoption of digital platforms, some internet-based companies are expected to enter equity benchmark Nifty over the next few months

IT major Infosys to set up new digital development centre in Canada

IT services major Infosys on Wednesday said it will set up a new digital development centre at its largest Canadian office in Mississauga

Many people 'addicted to being online' amid Covid pandemic: Report

The coronavirus pandemic has not only put 'digital' as the centre piece of everyday life but also resulted in many people becoming "addicted to being online", according to a report.

Unchecked dominance in digital markets a concern, says CCI chairman

Digital markets are epicentres of technological innovation but lately they have become zones of "entrenched and unchecked dominance", Competition Commission of India Chairman Ashok Kumar Gupta said

Digital taxation: How a consensus-based approach may benefit Indian economy

The government has taken a balanced stance by committing to the multilateral approach for addressing tax challenges of digitalisation

Nandan Nilekani to join govt panel on curbing digital monopolies

Idea is to give 'free and fair' choice to buy products on online platform

Neuronimbus Has Been Awarded as a "Great Place to Work"

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India shifts international tax deal stand with an eye on revenue

India and other developing countries were fighting to include companies with at least Euro 1 billion in revenues as against the final proposal of Euro 20 billion revenues and a profit margin above 10%

Best of BS Opinion: Seal a tax deal, the road ahead for SBI, and more

Here are the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for Monday

Competition law in digital platform era

Are we running a cricket match using football rules?

Digital tax row: US suspends additional tariffs on India, 5 other countries

USTR Katherine Tai, in a statement, announced the conclusion of the one-year Section 301 investigations of Digital Service Taxes (DSTs) adopted by Austria, India, Italy, Spain, Turkey and the UK

US sets and suspends tariffs on six countries over digital taxes

The US Trade Representative's office said it had approved the threatened tariffs on goods from Britain, Italy, Spain, Turkey, India and Austria

From hi-tech telescope to Covid-19 study: ThoughtWorks does it all

According to the firm, with TMT, one will be able to study the universe like never before

Covid-19 accelerates firms' digital transformation strategy: Report

89.7% of business and IT leaders in the Asia Pacific say Covid-19 has caused significant changes to their operating processes

Cooking, building tech for mammoth firms kept this engineer busy amid Covid

Under Manav Garg's leadership, commodities and direct materials tech firm Eka Software grew 60% in the past 12 months and is on track to cross $100 million in revenue

Budget 2021-22 proposal on digital tax likely to land up in court

Foreign players in a fix as they will now come under levy's ambit

India plays an important role in hunt for talent in digital age: Amazon CTO

Vogels says India has tremendous engineers, innovators and a great entrepreneurial spirit.

China regulator says should consider digital data tax for tech firms

"Some third-party platform-like enterprises hold a large amount of users data, just like holding precious mineral mines," science and technology supervision bureau chief said

Our algorithmic planet

Book review of Competing in the Age of AI: Strategy and Leadership When Algorithms and Networks Run the World

Delhi Assembly vs Facebook: Is the social media giant answerable to states?

Facebook has argued that the Delhi Assembly can't summon a non-member to appear before it, since 'police and 'public order' do not fall within its ambit