Thursday, 26 March 2020

Lava pays 20 per cent advance salary to factory workers

"The move is a part of the several measures that the company has taken to ease the trouble of its employees and ensure their safety and well-being. Lava paid around 20 per cent of the salary in advance yesterday (Wednesday), almost 12 days ahead of the scheduled date," the company said in a statement.

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Wednesday, 25 March 2020

How Indian IT is keeping lights on for global businesses

TCS is said to be shipping nearly 6,000 laptops to employees every day to enable them to work from home (WFH). The numbers are up from 1,000 a day about 10 days ago.

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Government likely to launch Covid path-tracing app

Coming soon — a Covid tracker app from the government in English and all major Indian languages. The government is likely to launch a smartphone application to help users check if they crossed paths with patients who tested positive for coronavirus.

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Covid-19: Handset manufacturers stare at upto Rs 15,000 cr production loss amid lockdown

Foxconn, Flex and Wistron, which together make the bulk of the smartphones sold in India, are closing operations, government and industry officials said.

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Zendesk announces partnership with Tata Consultancy Services

Customer relationship management firm Zendesk has entered into a strategic alliance with Tata Consultancy Services to provide enterprise grade CRM solutions for large enterprises.

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GST filing deferment no relief for mobile phone makers after recent rate hike

An intelligence firm that tracks the smartphone market has cut this year’s growth estimate to 5.5% from 8% earlier. Realme has estimated that phone prices could go up by 12-15% for reasons including fluctuation in rupee-dollar exchange rates, impact of Covid-19 on the supply chain for components, an increase in memory prices of smartphones, and higher GST.

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Microsoft will get out of COVID-19 crisis 'pretty strong': Satya Nadella

Asserting that Microsoft is financially strong despite the challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic, its India-born CEO Satya Nadella has voiced confidence that the company will come out of the crisis "pretty strong".

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