No Fortnite World Cup in 2021, online tournaments are on: Epic Games

Epic Games had cancelled the 2020 edition of the Fortnite Cup in April. The first Fortnite World Cup took place in 2019 in New York.

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ITServe Alliance obtains a preliminary injunction against the pay hike rule

The interim final rule, which came into effect from October 8, had significantly hiked wages for H-1B workers by upwards of 40%.

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Foreign companies to now get access to Indian space technology

Isro has at least 500 technologies ready for transfer, of which about 400 are already with more than 233 Indian private firms and are open to more firms.

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PM Modi seeks tech solutions from IIT alumni for post-Covid world

PM Narendra Modi on Friday called on the global alumni base of Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) to come up with viable technological solutions for the emerging new world technology order post the Covid-19 pandemic.

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IceWarp to invest $4 million in India

Headquartered in Prague, IceWarp has been present in India for over five years now. “The Idea of investing in data centres in India is to make sure that our customers are able to maintain regulatory compliances and follow other government guidelines related to the security of data while using our solutions.

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New framework for NBFCs in the works

As the one-size-fits-all approach wouldn't work with NBFCs, the RBI is considering a scale-based filter to frame new rules for last-mile lenders.

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HMD Global eyes India as its prominent sourcing hub

HMD Global, the Finnish maker of Nokia mobile handsets, said it is working towards making India its prominent sourcing hub for global markets and is currently engaged in building capabilities for smartphone manufacturing, besides focusing on bringing 5G smartphones at mass-market price points in the country.

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