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IT companies jittery over Donald Trump's plan to suspend H-1B visa

The Indian information technology industry, which has long been a beneficiary of the H-1B visa regime, is likely to be directly impacted if such a suspension is announced for a longer term.

Covid-19 to accelerate adoption of automation technologies, says Nasscom

The report cited sewing machine operators, graders and sorters of agricultural products as examples of completely automatable occupations

Exports likely to improve in May, contraction expected to be 30-35%: Goyal

Addressing the Digital Summit on Exports organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Goyal said he expects the fall in exports to narrow to 8-10 per cent in June.

Nasscom for policy tweak to enable longer work-from-home scenario

Nasscom has asked for the abolition of OSPs (other service providers) under the Department of Telecom, under which certain kinds of work (such as voice calls) cannot be shifted to employees' homes.

Job cuts in IT sector likely if biz climate doesn't improve soon: Nasscom

Many of the industry's clients closed their set-ups globally as part of containment measures to check coronavirus. Travel and hospitality, aviation, retail, auto and manufacturing hit the hardest

IT firms unlikely to resume operations instantly, to see staggered opening

Most companies are going to continue to let employees work from home

Prolonged lockdown may lead to job cuts in IT industry: Ex Nasscom chief

Chandrasekhar said the work-from-home systems being adopted by several firms across the globe may have a negative impact on the industry in the short-term

Nasscom urges Centre to reimburse 'paid leave' to employees during lockdown

Nasscom requested the FM to allow expenses incurred by companies in enabling Work from Home (WFH) for its employees as an eligible business expense

IT industry is resilient and will emerge stronger, says U B Pravin Rao

The immediate priority is navigating through the Covid-19 situation and ensuring business continuity"

Infosys COO Pravin Rao is Nasscom chief, Accenture's Rekha Menon vice chair

Rao was the Vice Chairman in the previous year, and succeeds Keshav Murugesh, Group CEO, WNS Global Services

Priority is to shift 90% of over 4-mn workforce to WFH model: Debjani Ghosh

In a big country like India, everything is not going to work properly from day one, but things have been moving fast, says Ghosh

Covid-19: India's outsourcing sector struggles with work-from-home scenario

That raises questions about whether one of India's showpiece industries can function smoothly amid the coronavirus crisis.

DoT gives nod to allow BPM employees to work from home until April 30

The number of employees impacted by the provision is as high as 1.8-2 million

Coronavirus outbreak: IT services companies widen travel restrictions

Apart from such advisory, IT biggies such as Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Infosys and HCL Technologies among others have been pursuing 'remote working' model to overcome the situation.

NITI, Nasscom launch AI-based modules to 'empower young minds at schools'

The module contains activities, videos, and experiments that enable students to work through and learn the various concepts of AI.

Trump visit: Nasscom to lobby for mobility of skilled software executives

During the visit of the US President, it will also raise concerns relating to rising H1B curbs

India's IT giants see product-led growth strategy as next big opportunity

Once seen as pure-play services players, Indian IT firms are slowly building up their own product and platforms in order to better serve their clients

Nasscom sees IT industry revenues growing at 7.7% in FY20 at $191 billion

The industry body remains cautiously optimistic about growth in FY21

Nasscom pegs FY20 revenue growth for IT sector at 7.7% at $191 billion

Nasscom Chairman Keshav Murugesh said "revenue of the software and business process management industry will clip at 7.7 per cent to USD 191 billion"

Nasscom, Japan join hands to match startups and tech firms with VCs

Nasscom has been looking to expand into more markets to reduce its over dependence on US and UK, which together make up more than 70 per cent of its exports, as of last financial year.