Cognizant to hire more in US, optimise workforce
Chennai: US-headquartered Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTS), which has over a third of its workforce in India, has said it will rationalise its cost structure by bringing the employee base in line with demand. The company intends to ramp up hiring in the US while reducing dependence on the H-1B... read more »
View: Indian diplomacy rises above the stratosphere
With imaginative use of India’s low-cost space capability, Prime Minister Narendra Mod has improved India’s none-too-smooth relations in the South Asian neighbourhood, with the Indian Space Research Organisation delivering on the prime minister’s promise of a South Asia Satellite (SAS),... read more »
NPA framework: Ordinance to empower RBI actually gives more teeth to govt
The Presidential Ordinanceempowering the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to enforce expeditious resolution of non-performing assets (NPAs) of banks should hardly come as a surprise. For several past weeks, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has been hinting at this legal empowerment of the central bank to... read more »
President Pranab Mukherjee signs ordinance empowering RBI to act directly a...
President Pranab Mukherjee has approved an ordinance to amend the Banking Regulation Act, empowering the Reserve Bank of India to act directly against top loan defaulters. With the promulgation of the Banking Regulation (Amendment) Ordinance by the President, which empowers the Reserve Bank of... read more »