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Unpacking K Krithivasan's first year as TCS CEO
TCS CEO K Krithivasan completed a year in office this month. His term was marked by an unprecedented slowdown in tech demand. The veteran, however, has brought growth and stability for the bellwether. Under his leadership, TCS reached $29.1 billion in annual revenues in the year ending this March, growing at 4.1%.
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In a week charged with political buzz, the BJP government came back to power after a stormy election, but without a full majority that left it dependent on the whims of its alliance partners. Unnerved, the markets went into a tailspin on counting day, with both benchmark indices, Sensex and Nifty50, dropping 8% intraday. They recovered a day later as hopes of a stable government revived.
HSBC has cut its valuation estimate for B2B ecommerce firm Elastic Run by nearly half, bringing it under $1 billion. More on this in today’s ETtech Top 5.
Happy Friday! New-age firms planning to go public are moving cautiously as stock market volatility remains a concern after the 2024 general election results. This and more in today’s ETtech Morning Dispatch.
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Bengaluru's Incluzza helps Google bring accessible gaming closer home
Project Gameface, is an open source, hands-free, on-device, AI-powered ‘mouse’ developed by Google that allows phones, computers to be controlled with facial expressions.
Steep H-1B fee hike to burn a big hole in IT companies pockets
The steep hike in US H-1B visa fees could spell bad news for Indian IT service providers and dent their pockets significantly, experts and industry insiders have warned.
HCLTech to buy Hewlett Packard’s communications tech assets for $225 million
As part of this agreement, HCLTech will also absorb around 1,500 employees and 700 contractors with experience of engineering services for telecom industry in countries including Spain, Italy, India, Japan, China, Americas and APAC region, HCLTech said in a regulatory filing on Thursday.
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