Capgemini India CEO bats for 47.5-hour work week, no weekend e-mails

Joining the debate on working hours, IT services company Capgemini India’s chief executive Ashwin Yardi on Tuesday advocated 47.5 hours work per week, and was against sending e-mails to employees on weekends. Photograph: Stephane Mahe/Reuters He was speaking at Nasscom

Indian IT companies need to be paranoid: HCL CEO

The time is up for the over three-decades-old business model with the advent of artificial intelligence, HCL Technologies’ chief executive C Vijayakumar said on Monday. Speaking at industry lobby grouping Nasscom’s annual NTLF event in Mumbai, Vijayakumar said companies need

Mysuru layoffs: Infosys denies using force, intimidation tactics

IT services company Infosys on Wednesday said it did not use force or intimidation tactics when it laid off trainees at Mysuru campus over performance-related issues, and that it was explaining the circumstances to the labour department authorities. IMAGE: The

Fag-end selling drags markets down

Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty pared early gains to close lower for the seventh straight day on Thursday, dragged by fag-end selling in select IT and banking shares and foreign fund outflows. Photograph: Danish Siddiqui/Reuters The 30-share BSE Sensex dipped