New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) Indian employees are offered 1.5-times to 2.5-times salary premiums in banking, financial services and insurance (BFSI) GCCs as they are grappling with a 42 per cent skill gap in AI and data roles, a report said on Monday.Replacement hiring showed a huge surge and it accounted for 40 per cent of all recruitment activity in India’s Global Capability Centre ecosystem, the report from workforce solutions firm Quess Corp said.The rise in replacement hiring was driven by …
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New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has warned that an “AI tsunami” is approaching and said artificial intelligence is reaching human-level capabilities much faster than most people realise.Speaking on a podcast with Zerodha co-founder Nikhil Kamath, Amodei said society is not fully prepared for the economic and geopolitical changes that advanced AI systems could bring.He compared the current situation to a tsunami visible on the horizon, saying people can see it coming but a…
Washington, Feb 14 (IANS) Artificial intelligence is at an inflection point globally, and India must treat data as its “next oil” if it wants to lead the next industrial revolution, Sunil Pal, Head of AI GPU Allocation at AMD, said ahead of the India AI Impact Summit in New Delhi.“2026 is the year for AI,” Pal told IANS, describing the technology wave that began with ChatGPT’s release in 2022 as “like the fourth industrial revolution.”He said countries are racing to capture value i…
New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said that if an INDIA bloc government had negotiated an agreement with the US, it would have ensured an arrangement on “equal” terms and would not have allowed India to be treated “equal to Pakistan”, asserting that it would have taken every possible step to safeguard India’s energy security and farmers.Participating in the discussion on the Union Budget, Gandhi sought what he described as “creat…
New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) The Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, on Wednesday stated that India’s people are its biggest strengths and underscored the importance of protecting the nation’s vibrant database for standing along with global peers; however, he added that the Union Budget has nothing substantial to protect them. Gandhi, while speaking on the Union Budget in the Lower House, highlighted three points as the cornerstone of a strong nation — Artificial Intelligence (…
New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) The overall tech job market in India, including permanent, temporary and contractual profiles, is expected to see a 12–15 per cent uptick in 2026, adding around 1.25 lakh new roles, a report has said.The report from work solutions provider Adecco India said the talent gap soared to 44 per cent in 2025, pushing median packages 18 per cent higher than 2024 and creating a fierce talent war.It highlighted demand for AI, data and cybersecurity roles grew 51 per cent as thes…