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COVID-19 impact: Indian IT firms may forgo filing fresh H-1B petitions this year
Indians are one of the largest beneficiaries of H-1B visa. Indians make up more than 60 percent of the 85,000 H-1B visa petitions are approved every year.
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COVID-19 impact: Cognizant lays off bench employees as business takes a hit
A company spokesperson says it is a performance management measure, which is a process across all companies in the IT industry.
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Trump to make a call on non-immigrant visas: A look at visas that will be impacted
H-1B, L-1 and OPT programmes could be impacted by the order that could be extended till October, according to reports.
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Chinese app TikTok is acting to protect children against sexual content almost everywhere — except India
Absence of strong Indian laws and sheer volume of videos mean sexually explicit content is easily available for young users.
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COVID-19 impact: Indian firms see six-fold rise in ransomware attacks
Financial gain, increasing unemployment and rising demand for competitor’s data are key drivers.
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Maze ransomware attack: Names, account numbers of company credit cards compromised, says Cognizant
The company has offered complimentary credit card monitoring, dark web monitoring, and restoration services for its employees.
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COVID-19 may have changed sales and marketing forever
From learning the art of closing deals in video calls to engaging clients in social media platforms, sales and marketing team are now getting ready for the post COVID-19 world.
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Exclusive | Chinese hackers may target Indian companies amid border standoff, says intelligence firm
The Chinese hacking communities are discussing ways to 'teach India a lesson' and are primarily targeting Indian press and media outlets, government websites including defence, and companies in telecom, smartphones and pharma, among other sectors
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Will reverse migration of techies pave way for IT sector's growth in smaller cities?
Analysts and human resource professionals pointed out that in the next five years, close to 25-30 percent of the IT workforce could potentially work from smaller towns and cities.
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COVID-19 impact | Not just H-1B, US L-1 visa holders also in the line of fire
Indian firms continue to be the largest beneficiaries of L-1 visa accounting for 23 percent of total visas issued
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COVID-19 impact | Prolonged ban of H-1B visa may change IT, tech ecosystem in US
This comes at a time when thousands of techies are already losing jobs in the US and returning home.
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Barring a few glitches, TCS AGM — a virtual first in India — more or less smooth
Due to COVID-19, most companies are now moving to virtual AGMs with TCS being the first. Close to 1,300 investors participated in the virtual AGM
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COVID-19 impact: FY21 H-1B quota unlikely to be reached in the first lottery, second round possible
H-1B cap per year is 85,000, with 20,000 reserved for those who complete their advanced degree in the US
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COVID-19 impact | Not getting any cold calls for products? Here's the reason
The call centre business in India is pegged at $1 billion and employs about 1 lakh people.
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Will IBM’s exit from facial recognition shape the narrative around this technology?
IBM’s stand on facial recognition and Jack Dorsey’s defense for adding fact-checking label to the US President’s tweet, fall into the larger narrative of tech majors' take on role of technology.
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COVID-19 has not spared either employees or Indian students when it comes to the job market
Rising unemployment and possible ban of non-immigrant visa such as H-1B on the back of the coronavirus pandemic are hurting chances of employment
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COVID-19 impact | As workers return, attendance systems at offices set for radical changes
Facial recognition, access cards and other contactless attendance systems are gaining traction.
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#JusticeforEmployees | Upcoming SC judgement make employees hopeful amid IT layoffs
According to National Information Technology Employees Senate (NITES), the IT union has filed complaints for over 68,000 employees just in Maharashtra region for terminations and pay cuts during COVID-19.
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With companies taking remote working seriously, co-working spaces are taking a hit
According to a reports, office space absorption could see a degrowth of 6 percent and that will impact co-working spaces too
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Top software testing skills that are high on demand
With software testing becoming more advanced and demand increasing, there is a need for reskilling the workforce as well.
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COVID-19 impact: Is the IT/ITeS industry bracing for negative growth in FY21?
Pareekh Jain, founder, Pareekh consulting, said that globally IT firms may see a 5 to 10 percent decline and it is bound to impact Indian IT service providers.
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Infosys CEO Salil Parekh is the highest paid IT CEO in FY20 compared to Wipro, TCS
TCS' Rajesh Gopinathan earned $1.8 million (Rs 13.37 crore) and Wipro's CEO Abidali Neemuchwala $4.427 million
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Is the constant revolving door at Wipro a reason for its sluggish growth?
Wipro has seen four CEOs in the past 10 years.
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India's top 100 brands: TCS, Infosys, HCL retain positions in top 10 IT firms, Wipro slips to 11
IT firms could see brand value loss of up to 20 percent due to COVID-19.
