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Only 3-5% of Indian IT workforce is on H-1B; companies don’t expect significant impact of new visa fee
Meanwhile, the H-1B setback weighed on listed shares of Indian large and midcap IT companies on September 22. Most fell between 2-5 percent to take the Nifty IT index down by up to 3 percent in early trade.
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Analysts see limited impact on Indian IT as White House eases concern on H-1B fee hike
This calms the nerves of those expecting a massive hit for Indian IT firms, particularly in terms of margins and other business parameters.
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$100,000 H-1B visa fee alarms Indian IT sector, immigration lawyers expected to mount legal challenge to Trump's Executive Order
Immigration lawyers are advising impacted professionals to “wait and watch”, because the next step is going to be a litigation against Trump’s move
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Fed rate cut, trade talks ease downside risk for Indian IT, but tech budgets still locked
Nevertheless, firms with deep pockets, such as Infosys, TCS, and Wipro, can sweeten the deal by offering flexible payments, outcome-based pricing, or covering upfront costs to push hesitant clients.
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Trump’s tariffs may hurt GCC economics, but MNCs finding value and talent in India: ANSR’s Vikram Ahuja
India is in the midst of a GCC boom, and poised to add another 500 centres by 2030 from around 1,700 at present, potentially creating 9 lakh new jobs.
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US firms lead India’s GCC surge, set to establish nearly 350 new centres by 2030
While American multinationals dominate upcoming global capability centres in India, non-US companies, particularly Japanese firms, are expanding at almost twice the pace
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Indian IT cuts H-1B visa use by 56% in 8 years; US Big Tech emerges top sponsor
Approved H-1B petitions for initial employment from the top seven Indian IT firms fell 56 percent to 6,700 in FY2023 from about 15,100 in FY2015.
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Oracle begins India job cuts, targeting cloud and financial services teams
These cuts have so far happened across Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) and Oracle Financial Services Software (OFSS) divisions, impacting hundreds of employees.
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CoinDCX’s CHRO Mudita Chauhan, CISO Sridhar G quit
This comes three months after, Chief technology officer (CTO) Vivek Gupta and legal head Tushar Tarun had quit even as the exchange looks to expand globally.
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US HIRE Bill clouds Indian IT outlook but faces steep political hurdles
The bill proposes a 25 percent tax on certain payments to foreign firms for services consumed in the US, but experts say it is unlikely to pass in its current form.
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Crypto Futures driving 70-80% trading volumes, say Indian exchanges
Tax saving benefits, influencer-driven traction, and flexibility to take long and short positions on a large variety of tokens led to the growing popularity of crypto perpetual futures.
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TCS rolls out annual salary hikes of 4.5-7% on average, double-digit increment for top performers
In August, the company had said that it will be giving out increments to around 80% of its employees effective from September 1.
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Big Tech giants defy US-India trade tensions, record strongest 12-month headcount growth in India in 3 years
Facebook (Meta), Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Netflix, and Google (Alphabet)-have collectively hired over 30,000 new employees in India over the past 12 months, Xpheno data shows.
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TCS creates new AI and Services Transformation unit, appoints Amit Kapur as head
The restructuring comes at a time when IT services companies are aggressively strategizing their AI playbooks to capture market share amid larger demand slowdown globally
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Big Tech Bets: Apple, Google, Meta, Microsoft and OpenAI expand in India amid Trump trade tensions
In 2025, leading American tech giants Google, Apple, Microsoft, OpenAI, and Meta, have announced significant expansion plans in India, securing prime office space despite US President Donald Trump’s dismissal of India as a “dead” economy.
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How Peter Thiel-backed unicorn Sentient AI plans to compete ChatGPT, Perplexity to build open source AI
Last week, Sentient AI launched Grid, an open-source AGI platform allowing any developer to contribute agents, data, or models in a single interface. It has over 40 specialised agents, 50 data sources, and 10-plus models, spanning Web2 and Web3 applications.
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Pune emerging as GCC hotspot, expected to cross over 500 centres by 2030
A combination of cost advantages, skilled talent, proximity to the financial capital Mumbai and GCC-friendly policies are shifting Pune’s position from a secondary technology hub to a niche high-value GCC destination
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AI is now a non-discretionary spend for clients, says Genpact CTO on strategy reset
Unlike its industry peers, Genpact, which has undergone a strategy reset under new leadership, has beefed up its mid and senior-level talent.It has hired over 100 executives in the past five months, Sanjeev Vohra tells Moneycontrol
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Trump’s proposed H-1B wage-based selection rule could squeeze Indian IT’s early-career hires
The proposed changes are set to be released for public review. If agreed, they can impact 20,000-25,000 professionals at Level 1 and 2 salary ranges, which mostly include early-career professionals
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Cognizant yet to decide on salary hikes, to cover most employees in H2, says CFO
Cognizant usually starts its increment cycle on August 1 but this time, the company has signalled some delays
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Cognizant tops Q2 revenue growth estimates, lifts full year growth guidance to 4-6%
The company saw its headcount increase by 7,500 sequentially, ending with 343,800 employees in Q2
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TCS layoffs: Karnataka labour department calls for conciliation meeting on Aug 6
Sources told Moneycontrol that the Labour Department is likely to issue a notice to TCS management following a complaint filed by KITU over the recent layoffs.
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Persistent Systems delays wage hikes by a quarter, pauses fresher hiring over macro uncertainty
Persistent Systems CEO Sandeep Kalra is hopeful that the macro uncertainties due to Trump’s tariffs and delayed decision making by clients will start to stabilise over the next one or two quarters.
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Taken to court, Microsoft restores services to Rosneft-backed Nayara Energy
Microsoft had on July 22 suspended tech support for the refiner after the European Union sanctioned Nayara Energy, which challenged the move in the Delhi High Court
