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SECTOR | 06 Feb 2026, 09:42PM

Cognizant partners Palantir to accelerate AI-led modernisation in healthcare, enterprises

Business Line

Under the collaboration, Cognizant will use Palantir Foundry and the Palantir Artificial Intelligence Platform to deepen AI integration within its TriZetto healthcare business, including BPaaS operations

Software & Services

SECTOR | 05 Feb 2026

Cognizant grants employees 100% bonus after a strong quarterly performance

Business Line

Cognizant reported its December quarter results on Wednesday, posting an 18.7 per cent increase in net profit to $648 million

Cognizant gives 100% bonus to employees for 2025 after strong results

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SECTOR | 03 Feb 2026

Cognizant, Uniphore to co-develop small language models for industry specific use cases

Business Line

The partnership will combine Uniphore's Business AI Cloud as the foundation for building and fine-tuning small language models (SLMs), while Cognizant will lead the solution development, deployment and client delivery

Software & Services

SECTOR | 02 Feb 2026

White-collar hiring up 3% in Jan, led by non-IT sectors, freshers: Report

Business Standard

India's white-collar hiring began with a steady foot with a 3 per cent year-on-year increase in January mainly driven by non-IT sectors and fresher hiring, a report said on Monday. White-collar hiring began 2026 on a steady footing, with the Naukri JobSpeak Index witnessing 2,637 points in January -- a 3 per cent YoY rise from 2,550 points in January 2025 -- Naukri said in a report. Non-IT sectors were the primary drivers of this growth, with BPO/ITES surging 21 per cent, hospitality/travel climbing 15 per cent, insurance advancing 7 per cent, and healthcare gaining 5 per cent. However, banking and financial services was one major non-IT sector to see a decline, slipping 15 per cent year-on-year. Meanwhile, the IT sector remained flat for the month, within this landscape, AI/ML roles sustained strong momentum with a 34 per cent rise. Overall, fresher hiring grew 8 per cent, signalling expanding entry-level opportunities across the board, added the report. Non-IT sectors have stea

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SECTOR | 29 Jan 2026

GCC expansion anchors IT-ITeS resilience despite global tech slowdown: Economic Survey 2026

Business Line

As of FY24, India hosted over 1,700 GCCs, employing over 19 lakh professionals, making it the largest global hub for captive centres.

Software & Services

SECTOR | 29 Jan 2026

After Infosys, Cognizant taps Cognition for AI-driven development

Business Line

The move aims to enable large-scale adoption of AI with enterprise-grade security, governance and operational controls.

Software & Services

SECTOR | 27 Jan 2026

Cognizant and Typeface partner to introduce AI driven marketing solutions for enterprises

Business Line

The partnership aims to enable businesses to streamline operations from fragmented workflows to make them connected and efficient

Software & Services

SECTOR | 24 Jan 2026

Hybrid human-AI workforce is the future, says Cognizant executive

Business Line

Drawing a classroom analogy, Cognizant President Americas Surya Gummadi said humans will remain in the loop to ensure trust, governance and training of agentic AI systems.

Cognizant bets on tier-2 cities to tap India's tech talent pool

Business Line | 24 Jan 2026

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SECTOR | 11 Jan 2026

Elon Musk's X 'Accepts Mistake', To Ban Obscene Imagery On Grok: Govt Sources

NDTV Profit

Earlier, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MEITY) had issued a notice to X regarding the obscene imagery on the platform and how Grok is being misused by users to undress women.

Software & Services

SECTOR | 09 Jan 2026

Big tech, banks & airlines fuel GIFT City office boom, as real-estate developers play long game

Business Line

Cognizant emerged as one of the largest lessees, taking over more than one lakh square feet, while Oracle and Federal Bank leased around 30,000 square feet each