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As if there wasn’t enough bad news already, Snapdeal has just received another blow.

Satya Nadella has only good things to say about Indian startups and Bengaluru.

The sorry state of Bengaluru’s water bodies makes headlines every few months, usually when the chemical froth from one of its many polluted lakes spills on to the roads, inconveniencing office-goers, or when the effluents burst into flames.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is being counted (pdf) among the hottest startup sectors in India this year, but the highly specialised space is struggling to grow due to the lack of a primary input: engineers.

Many of Donald Trump’s executive orders may have left the US and the world shocked, but India’s biggest businessman believes the new US president may be good for the world’s fastest-growing major economy.

At 6pm on Feb. 13, R Seshasayee, chairman of the board of Infosys, walked into a packed room in a Mumbai hotel and began with a warning: It was going to be a long press conference.

Indian women looking for love notice personality first but when it comes to Indian men, it’s appearances that matter the most.

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Just as the boardroom battle at Tata Group appeared to be ending, media reports indicate that another one is brewing at Infosys, the country’s second-largest information technology (IT) company.

Indian IT outsourcing companies may survive the change in US visa norms by tweaking their business models, but if the move comes through, it would mean the end of the ”American dream” that generations of Indian techies have carried.

The buzz over proposals to tighten US visa rules caused a furore this week, with the move being interpreted as the death knell for India’s $150-billion IT outsourcing industry. However, for many Indian tech majors, this isn’t really breaking news because they’ve known for a while that US visa laws are a game of political roulette.

Narendra Modi’s decision to demonetise two high-value currency notes may have crippled small businesses in the country, yet American smartphone maker Apple Inc displayed a stellar performance.

Battling global headwinds, India’s $150-billion IT outsourcing industry has set high hopes on finance minister Arun Jaitley’s budget for fiscal 2018, which he will present on Feb. 01.

Indian e-commerce companies are struggling but won’t reduce the hefty salaries they pay their employees.

Winter is in full swing in India and some parts of the country are recording temperatures even lower than those of places along the ice sheets of Antarctica.

Amazon is caught in the vortex of ill-tempered nationalism displayed by top Indian government officials on social media.

The story of Natarajan Chandrasekaran’s early life and career could well be that of any regular Indian techie: raised in small towns of south India, a degree in computer sciences from a local university, first job at an IT company, and some years onsite abroad.

India has reported its largest-ever wildlife haul.

The appointment of a new CEO at Flipkart has anguished many Indian entrepreneurs.

In an unprecedented development, India’s largest e-commerce company has appointed a non-founder as its CEO.

For the first time since its inception in 2007, India’s largest homegrown e-commerce company has gone outside its founding team for a CEO.

Salaries of Flipkart employees could put you to shame.

The end of a year is a time for introspection and resolutions. And India’s IT outsourcing industry, looking to stay relevant amid a changing business environment, is in need of some reflection and renewal.

Indian startups are often criticised for lack of innovation. But there’s nothing wrong with that, says a co-founder of one of India’s most iconic IT companies.