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Friday, 17 July 2020

Trump's H-1B visa suspension won't impact us in short term, says HCL CEO C Vijayakumar

The HCL spoke to ET on a host of issues including the elevation of Roshni Nadar Malhotra as the new chairman of the Board.

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Google Cloud to invest 'very aggressively' to expand footprint & scale up operations in India

It is also recruiting senior level talent and is expected to open more Cloud regions in the country, including one planned in Delhi, which is expected to be operational by 2021, said CEO Thomas Kurian.

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US work visa suspension to have "minimal impact" on operations: HCL Tech

Last month, US President Donald Trump had signed a proclamation to suspend issuing of H-1B visas -- popular among Indian IT professionals -- along with other foreign work visas for the rest of the year, aimed at helping millions of Americans who have lost their jobs due to the current economic crisis.

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Thursday, 16 July 2020

Twitter says about 130 accounts were targeted in cyber attack this week

Accounts of celebrities and political figures including Joe Biden, Kim Kardashian, Barack Obama and Elon Musk were hacked during the cyber attack on Wednesday. Twitter added that it was continuing to assess whether hackers were able to access private data of the targeted accounts.

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Change of guard: Shiv Nadar steps down as HCL chairman, daughter Roshni takes over

Shiv Nadar would continue to be the Managing Director of the company with the designation as the Chief Strategy Officer of the company, HCL Technologies said in a statement on Friday.

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iPhone-maker Pegatron registers India subsidiary as Apple pushes to diversify supply

The move signals Apple's push to diversify its supply chain out of China. India is hoping to attract companies that are looking for alternative manufacturing bases and the government in April launched a slew of incentives including a Rs 41,000-crore production linked incentive (PLI) programme to incentivise large electronic manufacturers to set up production bases in the country.

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India has potential to be magnet for digital innovation: Debjani Ghosh, Nasscom prez

"It's not just leveraging the talent, it's about ensuring we have the right policy framework to take the risk, to try out new things, it's about ensuring ease of doing business. If we are innovating, how quickly can we safeguard our innovation, how easy is it to file a patent in India. A lot of these things will have to be looked at," she said.

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