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IT industry not enthused by draft safe harbour provisions

Experts point out in its current form, rule may not find many takers and may end up increasing litigation

Govt projects fuel PC sales, up 24% in June quarter

Overall growth in the PC has remained weak with a sharply depreciating rupee adding to industry's woes

Product registration process slow but industry confident of meeting BIS deadline

BIS has registered only 10% of electronics, IT hardware products so far

I-T dept goes for tech upgrade to tighten tax net

In 2012-13, the Centre's tax to-GDP ratio stood at 7.8%

UIDAI to move residents' records to its own data centres

Agency that issues and distributes Aadhaar numbers wants to have better control over such 'critical information'

Canon shifts focus to keep up with trends

Two years ago, 60% of the total camera sale of Canon came from compact cameras, while the rest came from the DSLRs

We compete in a very small part of internet: Rajan Anandan

Interview with Managing Director, Google India

No need for existing accounting standards on revenue recognition to be replaced: Survey

IASB and FASB are developing a joint proposal for converged revenue recognition standard

Cloud over debt tribunal e-link

Govt considers whether to allow re-bidding, after TCS asks for payment revision due to rupee depreciation; audit objections apprehended either way

Law ministry says e-KYC valid

Finance ministry asks bank, insurance & market regulators to issue notifications

I will support people working in areas of governance, data: Rohini Nilekani

Interview with Philanthropist and writer

I have a moral obligation to give the money away: Rohini Nilekani

Q&A with the philanthropist and writer, who recently sold Infosys shares worth Rs.160 crore to invest in the social sector

Europe is a difficult market: Anant Gupta

Interview with President & CEO, HCL Technologies

HCL Tech net profit for Q4 up 41.6%

Board decides to raise FII limit to 49% from 30%

Another scion rises on the Indian IT horizon

Shiv Nadar's daughter, Roshni, joins HCL Tech board

Govt mulls R&D centre for tech security tools

Research areas would include image processing, video analytics, explosive detection, robotics and unmanned aerial vehicles

Govt mulls R&D centre to develop in-house tech tools for homeland security

Currently, discussions are going on between the government and the industry to work out the feasibility of the proposal

Rise in IT spending in US fuels hope of Indian companies

Most of clients considering engaging with services providers using newer models to have better control over costs

Red marks in scorecard make DBT a lost poll opportunity

Benefits scheme battles systemic quagmire

Lack of coordination, bureaucratic lethargy, banking linkages come in the way