'India missed the software products revolution (and now is in danger of missing the platform revolution), complacent that we are the software experts of the world based on IT services prowess,' points out Rajeev Srinivasan.
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates tops list of the world's top 25 richest self-made billionaires.
For the four new players, the spike in wealth is 126 per cent.
Turbocharged with technology is becoming the Holy Grail of retail.
With a new $100-billion technology fund, SoftBank is likely to go after market leaders.
Flipkart might consider Singapore, too, as listing norms aren't very strict.
Bob van Dijk, chief executive officer of Naspers, is now betting on companies in food tech, payments, travel and other consumer sectors to tap the potential of the Indian market.
Premji is ranked 13th on Forbes' first ever list of '100 Richest People In Tech', followed by Nadar on the 14th spot.
Paytm has, since November 8, been on an overdrive, rolling out a series of features on its app including multi-language options for a no-holds barred access across the country. The company is now planning to make Paytm available on all types of mobile phones, going much beyond smartphones.
Russian firms expand their footprint in India. And take bigger steps to do business with India's private sector.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Wednesday
The new entrants are young, enterprising Chinese men and women who want to tap into the promising Indian market.
It entered India in 2006, with the aim of tapping the promising consumer market.
Tata Group's CLiQ is the latest to join the e-commerce club, to compete with the likes of Amazon, Flipkart and Snapdeal.
After raising $2.5 billion from SoftBank's Masayoshi Son and his Vision Fund, Sachin Bansal and Binny Bansal are back in the driving seat at Flipkart, the company they founded over a decade ago.
Spends by e-commerce players have now touched Rs 1,000 crore.
'The huge amount of investments being made by telcos in India for telecom gear, there is no way this demand could be met only by Europeans.' 'The Chinese are quick in installation and offer great value for money.'
Today, India is one of the fastest-growing eCommerce markets in Asia/Pacific along with China.
Business chambers now inviting start-ups for membership.
A glance back at some of the important ups and down Indian Inc faced in 2018.
Start-ups that did not have a business model and, hence, could not grow or attract new funding, are shutting shop.
Sarvesh Agrawal tells Shobha Warrier about how he built a start-up "of the interns, by the interns and for the interns."
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