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Updated on: Oct 2026
Top Private Banks Lose 10,000+ Employees in FY26, But the Hiring Story Is Mixed
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Top Private Banks Lose 10,000+ Employees in FY26, But the Hiring Story Is Mixed

India’s top 10 private banks reduced their combined workforce by 10,000 employees in FY26, taking their total headcount to 739,452 as of March 31, 2026. The decline followed a reduction of 9,637 employees in FY25 and came after strong hiring in FY24. Workforce Falls After Two Years of Strong Hiring The figures are based on […]

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Microsoft Has Millions of AI Chips. Can It Put Them to Work?
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Microsoft Has Millions of AI Chips. Can It Put Them to Work?

Rapid AI infrastructure expansion at Microsoft is facing questions over how much of its planned computing capacity is actually operational. A Guardian investigation published on August 17 reported that internal Microsoft documents showed the company had about 2.2 million AI chips installed. Microsoft had reportedly targeted 1.8 million chips by the end of 2024. The […]

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L&T Bags Mega Order to Build India’s Largest NVIDIA B300 AI Factory
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L&T Bags Mega Order to Build India’s Largest NVIDIA B300 AI Factory

Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has secured a mega order worth ₹10,000–15,000 crore to build what it describes as India’s largest single-cluster AI Factory, featuring 10,000 NVIDIA B300 GPUs at its Chennai data centre campus. The project has been awarded by US-based AI cloud company Together AI and marks L&T’s entry into the AI Factory business. […]

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GCCs Build AI and Cloud Teams with Experienced IT Talent
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GCCs Build AI and Cloud Teams with Experienced IT Talent

India’s Global Capability Centres (GCCs) are increasingly hiring experienced professionals from traditional IT services companies as they expand teams focused on artificial intelligence (AI), cloud computing, cybersecurity and other advanced technologies. According to The Economic Times, more than one-third of experienced professionals hired by India’s 150 largest GCCs over the past year came from IT […]

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$500 Billion for AI: Nvidia brings Wall Street Giants to the Table
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$500 Billion for AI: Nvidia brings Wall Street Giants to the Table

Nvidia has partnered with six major financial institutions to create financing platforms that could mobilise more than $500 billion in third-party capital for artificial intelligence infrastructure, as demand for AI chips and data centres continues to rise. The agreements bring together Nvidia with Apollo Global Management, BlackRock, Blackstone, Brookfield Asset Management, Goldman Sachs and KKR. […]

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TCS, Google Cloud Open Gemini Experience Center in Mexico City
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TCS, Google Cloud Open Gemini Experience Center in Mexico City

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has partnered with Google Cloud to open a Gemini Experience Center in Mexico City, as the company expands its AI-focused work in Latin America. The new centre will help businesses develop and deploy AI solutions for areas including productivity, innovation and data analysis. It is the ninth Gemini Experience Center set […]

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IBM Expands India Presence With New Centres in Visakhapatnam and Bengaluru
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IBM Expands India Presence With New Centres in Visakhapatnam and Bengaluru

IBM has expanded its presence in India with two new centres focused on technology services, artificial intelligence, research and talent development. The company has opened an IBM Consulting FutureNow Centre in Visakhapatnam and has also partnered with CHRIST (Deemed to be University) to set up the IBM Innovation Center for Artificial Intelligence in Bengaluru. FutureNow […]

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Mark Zuckerberg’s AI Manifesto: 5 Key Takeaways on Artificial Intelligence
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Mark Zuckerberg’s AI Manifesto: 5 Key Takeaways on Artificial Intelligence

Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg has outlined his views on the future of artificial intelligence in a 6,500-word essay, arguing that wider access to AI will be important for the technology to develop. The essay focuses on the need to avoid excessive concentration of AI power, the role of open AI models, the impact of […]

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AI Agents Are Here. Is Cognitive Burnout the Next Workplace Crisis?
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AI Agents Are Here. Is Cognitive Burnout the Next Workplace Crisis?

Recently, Cisco’s decision to roll out AI agents and personal assistants to all 90,000 employees marks a new phase in enterprise AI adoption. Unlike pilot projects or limited deployments, the company plans to make AI a part of every employee’s daily work. While the move is expected to improve productivity by taking over routine tasks, […]

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