Bank holidays in March 2026: Complete state-wise list with festival dates—Check full schedule

2 March Uttar Pradesh Holika Dahan 3 March Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Assam, Telangana, Rajasthan, West Bengal, Goa, Bihar, Jharkhand, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh Holi (Second Day) / Dol Jatra / Dhulandi / Holika Dahan / Attukal Pongala 4 March Tripura, Gujarat, Mizoram, Odisha, Chandigarh, Uttarakhand, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Bihar,…

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BillDesk to buy Worldline India payments arm

MUMBAI: Worldline will sell its India payments arm to BillDesk for 60 million euros in equity. The deal includes a long-term software pact where BillDesk keeps using Worldline tech. Worldline will continue to keep India as a talent/innovation hub and evolve its Global Capability Centers into AI-first innovation hubs for automation/GenAI/agentic-AI at scale for Western…

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Scindia: No relief beyond SC verdict on AGR dues

New Delhi: Barring Vodafone Idea (Vi), no other telecom company is going to get any relief on their adjusted gross revenue (AGR) dues as govt will not step outside the Supreme Court’s mandate, telecom minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said Wednesday. “We are operating under an SC verdict. As far as AGR is concerned, it is based…

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TCS: We’re not afraid of AI disrupting livelihoods

Mumbai: Calling GenAI a civilisational shift, TCS CEO K Krithivasan said the company is not afraid of the technology disrupting livelihoods and is prepared to cannibalise its own revenues if needed, leveraging AI to deliver client outcomes more effectively. “We are telling associates that if you find you can do something faster, better and cheaper…

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Over 4.5k startup employees lose jobs since July

MUMBAI: Indian startups have laid off more than 4,500 employees since July last year, data sourced from executive search firm Longhouse Consulting showed. The sudden ban on online real-money gaming which nudged many startups to shut overnight has pushed the numbers up but much of it also has to do with the selective flow of…

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