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Tata Consultancy Services chief operating officer NG Subramaniam. Though clients are not cutting down on the budgets in the ongoing fiscal 2024, they are optimising every aspect of the business since macro uncertainties remain, he told ET in an interview. “It's difficult to put a number at (the growth next year), because of the way the market uncertainties are. But I feel that FY25 will be a better year than 2023 (FY24),” said Subramaniam.

Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao (Save the Girl Child, Educate the Girl Child). National Girl Child Day was established by the Ministry of Women and Child Development in 2008. Since then, every year the day has been celebrated across India with a common annual theme.

Netflix's beloved coming-of-age series, Never Have I Ever, fans find themselves caught in a web of uncertainty regarding the prospect of a fifth season. As the high school journey of Devi Vishwakumar concluded in Season 4, questions linger about the show's future. Delving into the details and statements from the creators, the likelihood of Never Have I Ever Season 5 becomes both a reflection on the past and a pondering of what could lie ahead.

Blue Exorcist Season 3 has kept fans on the edge of their seats with its adaptation of the Shimane Illuminati Arc. The anticipation for Episode 3 is high, promising more twists and turns. Here's everything you need to know about the release date and a quick recap of Episode 2.

Some Georgia lawmakers are looking for ways to provide relief from property taxes

Madrid: Spain's high court on Tuesday ordered that a 17-year-old student suspected of having links to the militant Islamic State group and of planning to attack his high school be held on remand at a youth detention centre for at least six months. The student, a Syrian national, was arrested early on Monday in the southern town of Montellano near Seville, and has been charged with belonging to a terrorist organisation and possessing explosives. Jose Luis de Castro, the judge in charge of the court's section for minors, said in his order that "these felonies of enormous gravity" justified the pre-trial detention.

Tata Consultancy Services iON citing “technical problems”, less than a year after hiring it to deliver a share of the university's admission tests. “Following the technical problems experienced by some candidates during the delivery of this year’s online admissions tests by a new provider, TCS will not be involved in the delivery of Oxford admissions tests going forward,” spokespersons for the university said in an emailed statement emailed to ET.

Moody's Analytics, an arm of the ratings agency, has identified seven indicators in companies that can indicate heightened risks in corporate structures potentially enabling evasion of government sanctions, money laundering, fraud, and other financial crimes. Abnormal directorships, mass registration of companies in a particular geography, jurisdictional risks, financial anomalies, dormancy, circular ownership, and unusual ages of directors are the seven indicators, according to a report by Moodys’. Risks through one or more of these indicators imply presence of a shell company that may mandate a targeted investigation. $1.6 trillion are estimated to have been laundered each year globally, calling for efforts to stay ahead of evolving risks.

Cult.fit has laid off 100 to 120 employees as part of a cost-cutting exercise, people in the know told ET. The firm’s parent entity, Curefit Healthcare, also runs other brands like Sugar.fit and Carefit, and is backed by the likes of Tata Digital and food-delivery major Zomato.

If you wish to give it a go, then dive into our article where we have shared a carefully curated list of the best diaries in India which are readily available on Amazon. We have included all kinds of diaries in this article such as yearly diaries specifically designed for 2024, simple ruled pages and more. Check out all the options in this article and find the perfect diary for yourself.

Ram Lalla idol seemingly winking has recently gone viral on the internet, capturing the attention and admiration of netizens. Ofcourse, it isn't real. The Artificial Intelligence software generated video nonethless is winning hearts of netizens. The video shared by @happymi_ has already got 1.5 mn views at the time of writing this news. Despite its artificial nature, the generated video has managed to captivate the hearts of viewers, eliciting emotional responses from those who came across it. One user expressed surprise, stating, «I was not ready for this; my heart skipped a beat. Looks like Ram ji is so emotional.» Another person praised the creator of the video, saying, «Whoever did this made it even more beautiful.» Grateful for the share, a commenter remarked, «And our Shree Ram Lalla looking even more innocent and Divine ?? Thanks for sharing.» The Ram Lalla idol was unveiled at the Pran Pratishtha ceremony, marked by an hour-long ritual in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday. The event sparked celebrations across the country, with several state governments declaring half-days for government offices and schools. The newly consecrated Ram Lalla idol, affectionately named «Balak Ram,» portrays the deity as a five-year-old boy standing gracefully. Adorned in Banarasi fabric, wearing a yellow dhoti and a red 'pataka' or 'angavastram,' the idol's attire is intricately embellished with pure gold 'zari' and threads, featuring auspicious Vaishnav symbols such as 'shankh,' 'padma,' 'chakra,' and 'mayur.'

Betterhalf, a matrimony super app and tech-enabled end-to-end wedding planning and fulfilment company, said it plans to onboard 100 skilled professionals across its verticals in 2024. It currently has 150 employees. The company has expanded its wedding services operations across metros and multiple tier-1 cities. “As part of the hiring strategy, the platform will create new jobs in the industry, opening 70, 20 and 10 positions in the wedding business operations, product and technology, and marketing and growth respectively,” said a company statement.

Gokul Chaudhri, Tax Leader,Deloitte India, says “the energy transition is going to be involving, let us say, the rollout of green bonds and green financing and so forth. And that will also bring in its own tax levers, because there will have to be an incentivisation around the entire green space as to how to enable the energy transitions to happen, including the PLI for a number of products that go into the green economy, plus also the incentivise around the green bonds. So there are a fair number of levers that India today has to enable that capital absorption as well as capital flow incentivisation.”

Logitech International's new CEO on Tuesday said the company would work to return to growth as it forecast annual sales would decline less than previously anticipated and reported third-quarter revenue that beat expectations. The maker of computer mice, keyboards, and webcams has been dealing with customers wrestling with inflation, and uncertainty among businesses about how to equip their offices as they move to hybrid working.

Tapati Ghose, Partner, Deloitte, says “we could expect amendments towards simplification of tax, ease of compliance, and a review of Chapter VI A. As regards simplification of taxes, additional steps to make the new tax regime more attractive with further widening of the slabs and reduction of some of the tax rates could be on the cards.”

Mint decodes the study and what it means for the Indian economy. The teens contacted for the study were given five tasks. For instance, they were asked to read basic text in their own language to test their ability to read it as sentences with ease and without making too many mistakes rather than as a string of words.

The Dutch-listed investment arm of South African conglomerate Naspers has been trying to bring its holding in Swiggy to below 26% from the current 33%, but its talks with potential investors haven’t been successful. Under Indian rules, a shareholder with a stake of 26% or more is termed a promoter, which puts restrictions on the shares it could sell after the IPO.

For instance, conversational AI company Yellow.ai, which deployed around 120 GenAI bots for businesses worldwide this financial year, saw about 30% of these deployed in India.

online gaming companies including Dream11, Mobile Premier League and Games24X7 are running personalised offers and schemes, in an effort to keep regular gamers and influencers hooked on the platforms amid an increase in tax liability. The goods and services tax rate on real money gaming has been increased to 28% effective October 1. The tax is applicable on the full face value, or the money that a user deposits to participate in a game.

Revenue-based financiers are increasingly seeing an opportunity in cash-flow based lending in India’s early-stage software startups segment, as equity funding gets expensive and the bar for investment gets higher. Over the past month, revenue-based financiers such as GetVantage and Velocity have set aside a dedicated corpus of Rs 250 crore and Rs 300 crore, respectively, to meet the growing demand for this kind of debt financing in the software-as-a-service (SaaS) industry.

MONTREAL — Immigration Minister Marc Miller is announcing a two-year cap on international student admissions.