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Sunday, 14 June 2020

Cyient looking at phased recovery after COVID impact: COO

Mid-tier technology services company, Cyient is looking at a phased recovery in its business after a big decline in its profits in the last quarter of FY 20, impacted heavily by COVID-19.

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Saturday, 13 June 2020

Boycott China: Should India build apps based on its own cultural and political ethos?

It’s hard to define a Chinese app and therefore bans and boycotts can’t be a robust response to their popularity. India should build platforms with its own cultural and political ethos.

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Friday, 12 June 2020

Infosys faces fresh race discrimination suit in US

Davina Linguist, an US national of African American race has alleged that Infosys had retaliated against her for testifying in 2016 against the company in an earlier class action suit. Linguist, who alleges that she was removed from her role, quit Infosys in 2017.

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Twitter removes China-linked accounts spreading false news

The network was engaged ``in a range of coordinated and manipulated activities`` in predominantly Chinese languages, including praise for China's response to the coronavirus pandemic and ``deceptive narratives'' about Hong Kong pro-democracy protests, the company said.

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Thursday, 11 June 2020

‘Digital is the Key to Unlock this Disruption’

“People who run enterprises may have been resistant to the change to digital but now all that has vanished as the pandemic has forced us towards the digital age,” Sorrell said. The lockdowns to contain pandemic have inculcated new “e-habits” in people, said Harsh Mariwala, chairman, Marico.

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Learn from 2008 financial crisis to survive Covid: Narayana Murthy to ET ILC Members

“We have overcome many crises before, and businesses can survive this. If businesses follow some of the lessons from the 2008 crisis, drastically reduce their fixed and indirect costs, they can get back on the path of revival,” said Murthy, addressing chief executives, managing directors and senior leaders from ET ILC in a webinar on Wednesday.

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Tech snags mar shareholders banter with TCS brass at virtual AGM

Mumbai, Jun 11 () Shareholders' banter with TCS top management and the usual humour was missing at the software giant's virtual AGM which was marred by some technical snags nettling investors.

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