Idea is to bring millions of small and medium enterprises online by making it easy for them to list and sell.
Nokia has signed a $24 million deal with Idea Cellular for supplying GSM and GPRS network equipment and multimedia services in India.
Fiji's Vijay Singh ran down Sergio Garcia then outlasted Garcia and Jim Furyk in a three-way playoff to win the Wachovia title.
Most companies operate through a rural development sales consultant.
Among the top five vendors, Micromax (18 per cent) and Lava (54 per cent) were the only ones to have outstripped the market growth.
India alone accounts for more than one-fifth of deaths worldwide of children under the age of five, according to a new UN report released today, which said nearly 6.6 million kids died globally, last year, before reaching their fifth birthday.
Images from the English Premier League matches played on Sunday
One only hopes that the SEBI will take measures to encourage participation from the retail investor.
Shiv Kapur recorded his best score on the European Tour with a tied 12th finish at the Johnnie Walker Classic.
Warburg Pincus International is set to invest Rs 75.90 crore (Rs 759 million) for picking up 2.75 per cent in Kotak Mahindra Bank, which has also decided to increase its FII holding limit from 24 to 30 per cent.
'Tibetans will participate in future conflicts with India (in all probability, some were already present in Galwan).' 'As nobody in India would like to have a deadly fight with Tibetan soldiers and officers, the issue needs to be closely followed,' observes Claude Arpi.
Modi Sarkar will not stand on ceremonies even if that means stepping on the Constitution, says Udit Misra.
AG Venugopal asserted that right to privacy could not be bundled as a single right in a developing country like India where a few persons, claiming right to privacy, override the fundamental rights of 60-70 million people, who did not have access to basic amenities like food and shelter.
Reliance Infocomm would enter into promotion of films, theatre and other entertainment events in a big way to give a fillip to its 'Showtime' sub-brand of RelianceIndia Mobile under the R-World platform.
The event will be telecast on MSM's sports channels -- Sony Six and Sony Six HD in English - and Sony Aath, the network's only regional channel, in Bengali.
Despite uncertain times and market volatility ahead, investors should continue with their disciplined investing via SIPs.
Check out the impressive line-up at the International Film Festival of South Asia.
Farmers in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, were a distressed lot when compensation cheques issued to them for crop damage by state government bounced.
Brazil's women's football team was greeted by hundreds of adoring fans in Manaus on Monday, as their performances and fame all of a sudden eclipsed that of their struggling male counterparts.
Top ten banks of the world includes 4 from the USA, 4 from China and one each from the UK and Australia
The second SSN that India is negotiating to lease from Russia will only replace the Chakra, when its 10-year lease expires, reports Ajai Shukla.
Prasad also said India will be a $1 trillion opportunity for digital companies in five years
Ganguly had said India will lock horns with England, Australia and one other top cricketing side in an annual ODI series starting 2021.
Tourism Malaysia is close to tying up with Indian Airlines and SriLankan Airlines to offer competitively priced tour packages to travellers from India.
'The current government must act sooner rather than later,' asserts Vivek Gumaste.
The inflows came against the backdrop of US Federal Reserve's decision to start reducing its bond purchases by $10 billion, to $75 billion, from this month.
Market experts attributed the outflow to profit booking and consolidation in the equity market.
Russian meteorologists have no concerns about a shortage of snow for the Winter Olympics in February but believe avalanches and poor visibility could disrupt the Sochi Games.
He will succeed Kerala Finance Minister K M Mani.
Not all NPAs are treated as wilful defaulters.
The days of coalition governments are here to stay, said the Congress general secretary, who is seeking a fresh mandate from the electorate of Madhya Pradesh's Guna-Shivpuri seat for a fifth term
India is likely to lose Rs 53,000 crore from its economy as companies are unable to hire people with right talent for the job and are incurring high recruitment costs, says a study.
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11,292 km. 20 million (Nitish Kumar says 30 million) Biharis. 45 minutes.
Declaring demonetisation a complete failure may turn out to be hasty, argues economist Ashok K Lahiri.
'It is the regional parties and their leaders who are the ones we have to watch.'
Imports are down also because local traders are clearing unaccounted stock after introduction of 1 per cent excise duty