Aashish Aryan is a Principal Correspondent With The Indian Express. He tweets @cubscribe

June 23, 2020 10:10 IST
The US has blocked H1-B and certain other non-immigrant worker visas until the end of the year. A look at who uses these visas, and how the move will impact Indian firms who send workers to the US
Thu, Jun 25, 2020
June 23, 2020 08:41 IST
The suspension of H-1B and other work visas by US President Donald Trump is likely to have a severe impact on majority of Indian information technology (IT) companies.
Tue, Jun 23, 2020
June 23, 2020 03:29 IST
The aim is to ramp up number of teleconsultations to 1-2 million a day from about 50,000 currently.
Tue, Jun 23, 2020
June 21, 2020 00:39 IST
In its judgment, the NCLAT set aside an order of Chennai NCLT on the grounds that BHEL’s charge over Surana Power assets were equal to the other 10 financial creditors, and therefore it could not be given precedence.
Mon, Jun 29, 2020
June 20, 2020 01:21 IST
Surana Power, which was admitted into insolvency in January 2019, did not receive any valid resolution plans, and was therefore ordered to be liquidated by the Chennai Bench of National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT).
Sat, Jun 20, 2020
June 16, 2020 01:17 IST
In the new notice, the DoT has also asked the employees attending office to mandatorily wear masks inside offices, failing which administrative action could be taken against them.
Tue, Jun 16, 2020
June 15, 2020 03:14 IST
On June 10, one of the company’s directors — Director (Personnel) Atul Srivastava — passed away at Delhi’s Apollo Hospital.
Mon, Jun 15, 2020
June 13, 2020 04:15 IST
Retailers point to an interesting trend over the last couple of weeks. They say only a quarter of pre-lockdown customers are contributing to more than half the revenues they earned earlier.
Sat, Jun 13, 2020
June 12, 2020 04:10 IST
The order is significant since the Rs 3 lakh crore demand from non-telecom PSUs accounts for almost 65 per cent of the total Rs 4.7 lakh crore demand from all companies, including private and state-owned telcos.
Fri, Jun 12, 2020
June 11, 2020 03:01 IST
Original equipment manufacturer from 100 per cent Indian origin will be given special preference, the I&B Ministry tender said.
Thu, Jun 11, 2020
June 10, 2020 04:50 IST
In its tender which seeks to empanel agencies to fight fake news and misinformation on social media, BECIL has also mandated that bidding firms must be able to “identify key influencers behind disinformation” and their geo-location.
Wed, Jun 10, 2020
June 09, 2020 03:00 IST
Earlier in March, the DoT had sent notices to all telcos asking them to clear all the ‘AGR-related dues’ without any further delay.
Tue, Jun 09, 2020
June 09, 2020 01:43 IST
The petitioner has, in her plea, alleged that Franklin Templeton’s investments over the years were “contrary to prudent commercial activities” and against the interests of its investors.
Tue, Jun 09, 2020
June 04, 2020 03:05 IST
The Vishakhapatnam unit had in 2019, while applying to get EC from SEIAA, accepted that it did not have a clearance for its petrochemical plant for a substantial period of its operations between 1997 and 2019.
Thu, Jun 04, 2020
June 04, 2020 03:00 IST
With the lockdown having been in place for more than 60 days now, and likely to continue in some form or the other till June 30, some businesses have suffered insurmountable losses.
Thu, Jun 04, 2020
June 03, 2020 03:15 IST
The government had on May 27 released the source code of its contact tracing app Aarogya Setu and announced cash prizes for those who find a bug or vulnerability in it.
Wed, Jun 03, 2020
June 03, 2020 03:00 IST
Sectors already identified by the Department of Promotion for Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) in consultation with other ministries include capital goods and machinery, mobile and electronics, gems and jewellery, pharmaceuticals, textiles and garments.
Wed, Jun 03, 2020
May 28, 2020 04:30 IST
The IT Ministry's move came in the wake of demands from cyber law experts and critics who had said the app was too closed in nature and without adequate data protection measures.
Thu, May 28, 2020
May 27, 2020 01:36 IST
The release of the app’s Android source code (which 98 per cent of the 115 million Aarogya Setu users use) comes nearly two months after the app was released on April 2.
Wed, May 27, 2020
May 20, 2020 22:59 IST
Facebook has announced the launch of Facebook Shops. Why are big tech companies trying to get into the hyper-local space by getting small stores online?
Thu, May 21, 2020
May 20, 2020 04:51 IST
Food-tech platform Zomato, which recently asked 13 per cent of its workforce to search for new jobs, has also decided to shut 125 of over 150 offices worldwide. Its rival Swiggy has decided to lay off 1,100 people, in addition to scaling down on kitchen facilities and office infrastructure.
Wed, May 20, 2020
May 20, 2020 01:05 IST
IndiGo has also incorporated a plan for its pilots to report high-level wind and temperature data at different stages of a flight as desired by IMD across all flight operations.
Wed, May 20, 2020
May 20, 2020 01:05 IST
These apps have multiple privacy issues that violate data security parameters on several counts, according to experts.
Wed, May 20, 2020
May 18, 2020 02:23 IST
The govt has specified all employers “should on best effort basis” ensure that the contact tracing app is downloaded by all employees who have “compatible mobile phones”.
Mon, May 18, 2020
May 18, 2020 02:13 IST
A majority of the announcements made today are repeats of earlier proposals or a repackaging of old schemes and announcements.
Mon, May 18, 2020



