Consider L&T Offer, Mindtree board tells promoter group

Some directors advise founders of IT giant Mindtree to negotiate a higher price; buyback decision deferred.

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Handset companies want India to become an export hub: Experts

They said the policy will help promote startups and push end to-end manufacturing in India.

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Oversight board will be a level above 30k content moderators: Brent C Harris, Facebook

The social media giant is working on ensuring the oversight board is independent and external though for now, it is paying board members.

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IT sector generated 8.73 lakh jobs in 5 years; Congress spreading falsehoods on job data: Ravi Shankar Prasad

Confronting the Opposition over the jobs crisis barb, the minister challenged the Congress to show just how many jobs had been generated in their tenure.

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We are not corporate raiders, says L&T CEO

Coffee Day founder Siddhartha sold his entire 20.32% stake in Mindtree to L&T for Rs 3,269 crore on Monday.

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Just 3% of desi techies have AI skills: Study

The employability of Indian engineers continues to be low with over 89% of them unemployable for any job in the knowledge economy.

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Mindtree founders hope for government support

Founders described it as an unexplainable transaction by a company that has a very different culture, one that would disrupt Mindtree’s relationship with customers and competitiveness in the market.

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