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Recovery notices likely to two EV companies over FAME sops

The probe found the EV two-wheeler firms breached the localisation programme they had committed to, said the people. The recovery notices will seek to claw back the subsidy amount disbursed under the FAME II scheme. Hero Electric and Okinawa denied they had violated FAME II provisions.

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Fintech sector grapples with heightened scrutiny, and other top stories this week

As things stand, it is no wonder that fintechs have been shopping around to acquire an NBFC licence. Cred acquired Parfait Finance in November 2021 and BharatPe acquired Trillionloans, a Mumbai-based NBFC, in March.

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Over 90% of Wipro’s freshers chose lower salary option: CFO Jatin Dalal

In February, Pune-based labour union Nascent Information Technology Employees Senate (NITES) had filed a complaint against the company with the central labour ministry alleging "unethical reduction" in salary offers of more than 4,000 candidates.

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Lyft to lay off more than 1,000 employees in cost-cut push

Risher, who took over earlier this month, had recently said the company will "significantly" cut jobs, without providing the number of jobs that would be affected.

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Pinterest's ad woes hurt revenue growth, shares slump

While Pinterest said that the ad market was stabilizing, it warned the market was still uncertain.

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Malaysia’s Khazanah pays Elevation $40 million for 3% stake in Xpressbees

New-age logistics firm valued at $1.3 billion; Elevation takes $120 million out in a year from secondary deals

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Tech Mahindra's Q4 net profit dips 26% to Rs 1,118 crore

​​North American inflation has impacted spending sentiment while Europe is also going through challenges, said CEO CP Gurnani adding that clients are looking at tightening budgets echoing the sentiments of other IT peers Tata Consultancy Services, Infosys and HCLTech.

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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...