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TCS to bid for Air India digitisation project, US contracts, COO says

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) will leverage its expertise in working with many global airlines, such as Singapore Airlines and British Airways, to bid for digitisation projects of Air India from its parent Tata Sons, COO N Ganapathy Subramaniam says.

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Women leaders are taking the wheel at India EV companies

That India’s electric-vehicle industry is more electrical and less mechanical in nature naturally draws women into such roles, says the woman cofounder of an EV startup.

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Investors line up for cloud kitchens, online food delivery brands

Hygiene BigBite — a cloud kitchen backed by Serial entrepreneur K Ganesh — has raised $15 million from Falcon Edge. Last week, its larger peer Rebel Foods turned unicorn after $175-million funding.

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Amazon, Flipkart, others see strong festive season sales despite Shradh start

While Amazon, Flipkart and others like JioMart have recorded higher festive season sales in the first week compared to last year, the performance was muted due to clash with the last week of the inauspicious Shradh month.

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Equalisation levy on Facebook, Amazon, Google may go only in 2-3 years

India gets about Rs 4,000 crore through equalisation levy on multinational tech firms like Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Google and Netflix, but it will have to be withdrawn as part of the global tax deal finalised by the OECD.

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Urban Company, hit by protests, promises to enhance partners’ earnings

More than a hundred women beauticians lodge protests against alleged “unfair work practices” by Urban Company, whose home-based salons is the single largest business vertical.

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Dream11 suspends operations in Karnataka after FIR lodged

Bengaluru Police had on Saturday filed an FIR against Dream11 founders Harsh Jain and Bhavit Sheth after a complaint that the Mumbai-based firm was in violation of the Karnataka gaming ban.

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Yellow.ai deploys 30% of global generative AI bots domestically

While markets like the US are mostly using GenAI for customer support in a bid to cut costs, India Inc. is using them as an opportunity to g...