Grover & family committed fraud, says BharatPe; stock options for gig workers

BharatPe said it reserved the right to “take further legal action against [Grover] and his family”.

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Ed-tech firm Scaler acquires online learning platform AppliedRoots for $50 million

The deal will enable it to strengthen its data science, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning capabilities, a senior company executive told ET.

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Early-stage venture capital firm Mela Ventures raises Rs 320 crore

The VC firm, set up by former Mindtree founders Krishnakumar Natarajan and Parthasarathy NS, will back companies in the business-to-business (B2B) segment.

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India is at the cusp of genomic revolution: Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

Shaw said that it was companies like Mapmygenome which are at the forefront of this 'revolution' and lauded their endeavour to expand their services to preventive genomics which she said combines genomic sequencing and biochemistry.

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Global IT bodies express concern over data protection Bill

The recommendations “run counter to global standards” for data protection and competition, the associations – whose members include Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, Google and Dell – said in a letter to Union Minister of Electronics & Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw on Tuesday.

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With Covid cases on the decline, IT majors encourage employees to return

Infosys expects a hybrid model in which approximately 40 - 50 % of employees are likely to work from the office on any given day, said Richard Lobo, Executive Vice President, Head HR, Infosys.

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Prozo raises Rs 75 crore from Sixth Sense Ventures, others

Prozo will use the fresh funds to expand into other regions, acquire customers, invest in technology and hire people, Jakhar said.

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