India for customs duty on computer-aided design files for 3-D printing

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NEW DELHI: India has proposed imposing customs duties on computer-aided design, or CAD, files, which are necessary for 3D printing, while pitching its case for countries to be able to tax electronic transmissions. Electronic transmissions are at present immune from taxation in the World Trade Organization (WTO) under a moratorium. If the moratorium continues, India … Read more

View: How Mukesh Ambani caught tech hub Bengaluru off guard with his Jio plan

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Wall Street and Silicon Valley came together, bridging the gap between New York and San Francisco, because the bankers smelt a gold rush in technology upstarts and their impending initial public offerings (IPOs). SynopsisA year down the line, a lot of what was going on in Mumbai has come to the fore, when in April, … Read more

Former Cognizant employee files lawsuit against board members, key executives

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MUMBAI: A former employee of IT services provider Cognizant has sued current and former board members as well as key executives for allegedly misleading shareholders about a bribery scandal in India. The lawsuit by Ravindra Guyyala in the US District Court of Delaware follows a separate ongoing securities class action lawsuit filed by Cognizant shareholders, … Read more

Intense rainfall over north, northeast from July 19-21, may accentuate flood conditions: IMD

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An orange alert has also been issued from July 19-20 for Uttarakhand, Punjab, Delhi, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. File image for representation: PTI The India Meteorological Department (IMD) Friday forecast heavy rains over north and northeast India and issued a red warning for West Bengal, Assam and Meghalaya from July 19-21. It also issued … Read more

Arm processors: Everything you need to know | ZDNet

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The most important thing to understand about the role Arm processor architecture plays in any computing or communications market  — smartphones, personal computers, servers, or otherwise — is this: Arm Holdings, Ltd. owns the design of its chips, and the architecture of their instruction sets, such as 64-bit Arm64. For its customers who build systems … Read more