After US, Europe and Australia new hunting ground in Infosys' talent search
Posted on 18th September 2018 |
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After the US, Infosys is planning to take its digital hub models to Europe and Australia as the Bengaluru-based company looks at expanding its onshore capabilities in order to serve these markets effectively. The company plans to begin by setting up one digital hub in the UK for which it has shortlisted four locations while it is also evaluating setting up such centres in two more European countries. In Australia, Infosys is looking at setting up two hubs initially before expanding further. |
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Adani, IOC, BPCL, Torrent big winners of city gas licences
Posted on 17th September 2018 |
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Oil regulator PNGRB Monday declared the final list of winners of city gas retailing licences that had billionaire Gautam Adani’s group, state-owned Indian Oil Corp (IOC), Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd (BPCL) and Torrent Gas as the big winner. Adani Gas won rights to retail CNG to automobiles and piped cooking gas to households and industries in 13 cities on its own and another nine, including Allahabad, in a joint venture with IOC, |
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Infosys doubles investment in TidalScale to $3 mn through Innovation Fund
Posted on 17th September 2018 |
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IT company Infosys on Monday said it has doubled its investment in US-based software firm TidalScale by putting in an additional $1.5 million (around Rs 110 million) through the Infosys Innovation Fund. "Infosys...has made an additional investment of $1.5 million through the Infosys Innovation Fund in TidalScale Inc, the company at the heart of the software-defined server revolution," the Indian software major said in a statement. |
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Essar Steel auction: NCLAT amends order to add Darius Khambata as counsel
Posted on 17th September 2018 |
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The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) on Monday amended its order on the Essar Steel, passed by it on September 7, to add the name of senior counsel Darius Khambata, which was left out. Khambata had represented Resolution Professional of the debt-ridden firm Essar Steel in this matter before the appellate tribunal and his name was missing in the final order. |
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Gold for Mary, Manisha wins Silver
Posted on 17th September 2018 |
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The seasoned M C Mary Kom (48kg) collected her third Gold medal of the year with a display of tactical brilliance while Manisha (54kg) settled for a Silver in the 13th Silesian Open Boxing Tournament for women in Gliwice, Poland. Five-time world champion Mary Kom, returning to the ring after recovering from some niggles that kept her out of the Asian Games, prevailed 5-0 against Kazakhstan's Aigerim Kassanayeva to pick up India's lone senior category Gold at the event on Saturday. |
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ISRO puts two UK satellites into orbit
Posted on 17th September 2018 |
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Indian rocket Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) lifted off successfully with two British satellites, NovaSAR and S1-4, from the rocket port here on Sunday night. The PSLV-CA (Core Alone) version, standing 44.4 metres tall and weighing 230.4 tonnes, with thick orange flame at its tail lighting up the night skies rose up at 10.08 p.m. from the first launch pad. |
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Sebi has rights to regulate auditors for activities under its regulations: Official
Posted on 17th September 2018 |
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Markets watchdog Sebi is “well within its rights” to regulate auditors with respect to activities under its regulations, a senior government official said amid chartered accountants’ apex body ICAI raising concerns about the proposal. Corporate Affairs Secretary Injeti Srinivas also said that there will be no “cross cutting regulations”. |
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SBI does a U-turn on stressed assets sale, seeks deals with ARCs
Posted on 17th September 2018 |
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Mumbai: State Bank of India has made a complete U-turn on stressed assets undergoing insolvency proceedings. Instead of initiating bankruptcy proceedings against the defaulting companies, the state-owned lender is now looking to sell them to asset reconstruction companies (ARCs), two senior bank officials said, requesting anonymity. |
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Sensex tanks over 300 points, Nifty slips below 11,450; Wipro gains 1.74%
Posted on 17th September 2018 |
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The key Indian equity indices — Sensex and Nifty — opened in the negative territory on Monday tracking weak Asian markets. The Sensex of the BSE plunged over 300 points to hit an intra-day low of 37,784.50 points in opening trade. The Nifty of the National Stock Exchange, too, fell 97 points to a low of 11,417.70 points. Shares of Axis Bank, Tata Motors, SBI, IndusInd Bank, Yes Bank, Tata Steel Hero MotoCorp, HDFC, HDFC Bank and Asian Paints were amongst the top laggards on the BSE Sensex index. |
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Niti Aayog halts Oil India’s CGD plans
Posted on 17th September 2018 |
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The Niti Aayog has denied ‘permission’ to state-run Oil India (OIL) to venture into the country’s reinvigorated city gas distribution (CGD) business, arguing that exploration companies must focus on their core activities given the country’s stagnant oil production. An OIL-HPCL consortium had won bids for two geographical areas (GAs) — Ambala and Kurukshetra in Haryana, and Kolhapur in Maharashtra — during the eighth round of CGD bidding in 2017. |
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