Feb 6, 2018 - Exclusive: Vijay Shekhar Sharma, others back India's first AR headset AjnaLens

Countries seek doses of Serum's Covishield after concerns over Chinese vaccine India is receiving numerous requests for vaccines, both as grant assistance and commercial supplies, and these have increased since New Delhi rolled out nearly five million doses of Covishield, the AstraZeneca vaccine made by the Serum Institute of India, for seven countries in the neighbourhood.

TCS, Infosys, Wipro et al. had predicted a demand dip. They’re now hiring big to meet a surge. Far from a post-pandemic demand crunch that IT companies had planned for, they are now facing the prospect of a supply shortfall. To overcome this, they have begun hiring, issuing pay rises and promotions, and bringing on sub-contractors to ensure they have enough people to deliver on deals. Read More

EU lawmakers want Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google CEOs at Feb. 1 hearing The invitation said lawmakers were willing to change the date to another day in February or March, however, people familiar with the companies doubted they would take up the invitation.

Simply Put: Tech giants v regulators Google and Facebook have locked horns with Australian govt over laws that propose to make them pay news organisations for using their content. The outcome of the fight will have implications for India as well. Read More

Programming languages: What you must ace in 2021 According to industry estimates, there are close to 85,000 vacant roles for coders across companies. Read More

Tesla sues former employee for reportedly stealing 26,000 sensitive files Tesla has accused a former software engineer of downloading about 26,000 sensitive files in his first week. Read More

'Will boost economy and help US recover from pandemic': Google, Apple applaud Biden's immigration reforms Biden who took oath as the 46th President of the US has sent a bill called US Citizenship Act 2021 to the Congress that aims to give legal status and citizenship to undocumented immigrants Read More

IT sector biggest contributor to India Inc dividend pool in the past decade The average payout by the 186 companies in the past decade had been 41% and annualised returns for their stocks had been 8%. Read More

How AR, VR and AI technology is making education more accessible post-Covid Educational technology, or edtech, entered public consciousness as Covid-19 moved learners out of the classroom and into the virtual world of remote education. Read More

India sees 19 IPOs worth $1.84 billion in 2020 December quarter: Report Reflecting strong momentum, India witnessed 19 initial public offers worth $1.84 billion in the fourth quarter of 2020 and market sentiment remains positive in what could be a stellar 2021, according to a report. Read More