IT industry against a single digital European market

Last Updated: Thursday, May 7, 2015, 09:41

It is a new platform regulation as a way to affect the market position of US-headquartered tech companies.

Rio Tinto bets on cloud to make IT count, ropes in Accenture

Last Updated: Thursday, April 16, 2015, 18:51

Global mining major Rio Tinto will move its core IT systems to cloud computing to cut costs as well as enable innovation, and has roped in consultancy firm Accenture for this purpose.

Alibaba Health shares set to open up 77% on online pharmacy business merger

Last Updated: Wednesday, April 15, 2015, 08:27

The transaction of Tmall online pharmacy is expected to complete in the third quarter of 2015, Alibaba Group said.

Ravi Shankar Prasad requests Apple Inc to set up R&D facility in India

Last Updated: Friday, April 10, 2015, 18:34

Communications and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad Friday asked tech giant Apple to consider opening an R&D facility in India as the country offers great business opportunities.

Govt mulls blocking of apps of Uber,Ola, others across country

Last Updated: Sunday, April 5, 2015, 16:35

The official added that it is technically not possible to block an application only in Delhi and the execution can only happen at the national level.

Sensex plunges 535 points; banking stocks down

Last Updated: Monday, March 9, 2015, 14:25

A benchmark index of Indian equities markets, the 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex), plunged 535 points or 1.82 percent in Monday`s late afternoon trade session as banking, capital goods and information technology (IT) stocks plummeted.

Sensex plunges 378 points; banking stocks down

Last Updated: Monday, March 9, 2015, 13:09

A benchmark index of Indian equities markets, the 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex), plunged 378 points or 1.28 percent in Monday`s afternoon trade session as banking, capital goods and information technology (IT) stocks plummeted.

SC to examine term 'grossly offensive' of IT Act provision

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 4, 2015, 19:38

Supreme Court on Wednesday said it will examine the term "grossly offensive" used in a provision of the Information Technology Act which empowers police to arrest web users for posting objectionable content.

IT industry seeks duty removal to ease component imports

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 27, 2015, 12:41

The Indian information technology (IT) industry is to seek the government`s help to do away with the four percent duty on imported electronics components as that is becoming counter-productive.

Global investors keen on doing business in Maha: Fadnavis

Last Updated: Monday, January 26, 2015, 14:03

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday said global investors have evinced an interest to invest in the the state in information technology, manufacturing and agriculture sectors.

Indian public cloud services market to be $838 mn in 2015: Gartner

Last Updated: Monday, January 19, 2015, 18:15

Public cloud services revenue in India will reach $838 million by the end of 2015, an increase of almost 33 percent over 2014, information technology research and advisory firm Gartner said here Monday.

WTO talks fail to clinch deal on trillion dollar IT tariff cuts

Last Updated: Friday, December 12, 2014, 22:21

Talks on cutting trade tariffs on hundreds of information technology goods failed to reach agreement on Friday, diplomats at the World Trade Organization (WTO) said.