The Social Dilemma shows how social media is turning human beings into lab rats and zombies, notes Chintan Girish Modi.
Not only is the number of native language users set to grow faster than English users over the next five years, these users are more likely to lead a more active digital life. Arundhuti Dasgupta & Urvi Malvania find out how brands are rethinking digital marketing plans to accommodate this.
It was Soni Somarajan's biggest dream -- to see himself as a proud member of the Indian Armed Forces. When Life brutally shattered that dream, he wove a new one.
China consumed roughly 10.50 million barrels per day of oil in June.
Shares of the company rose more than 1 percent to $99.44 in heavy trading.
E-proceeding of tax scrutiny has certain technical and practical issues which need to be addressed before making the system fully electronically driven.
An analysis for the first eight months of CY18 shows that the value of RuPay and UPI transactions constitute 65.2 per cent of all transactions done through debit and credit cards, in value terms, across retail outlets by the end of August.
Thomas Ninad's bank account was defrauded of Rs 14 lakh under mysterious circumstances.
Curbing the federal deficit is the government's absolute priority on February 28.
The Bharat Interface For Money app was launched on the iOS platform earlier this month. It is also available on the more popular Android platform. There have been over 17 million downloads of the BHIM app so far.
During the month, inflation in vegetables shot up to 35.99 per cent, as against 26.10 per cent in October. Likewise, the prices of cereals and eggs grew at a faster pace of 3.71 per cent.
The People's Choice Survey is an annual report by CashKaro.com, which identifies key trends in online shopping in India.
Urban and rural FMCG sales growth data for the last five quarters show the latter outperformed the former consistently.
The 53-year-old entrepreneur has felt the heat of e-commerce.
52 per cent of shoppers surveyed said they prefer to shop online.
The threat may be a decade away, but it has brick-and-mortar sellers rethinking their strategies and banking on the govt to regulate online companies.
From Braille writers and Braille paper to wheelchairs, talking books, assistive listening devices and implants for the severely physically-challenged will attract a Goods and Services Tax of 5 per cent. But inputs and raw material for manufacturing of these assistive devices or equipment attract 18 per cent GST. Since the final consumer tax is lower than the tax on inputs, a domestic manufacturer can claim refund, an official statement said.
Breakdancing, considered one of the pillars of hip-hop culture, will also make its Asian Games bow in 2022, two years before it features in the Olympics for the first time in Paris.
Last year, there was almost 16 per cent increase in hiring by the Global Capability Centres in India.
FMCG, durables, pharma firms say they remain unclear about transition gains and losses
Home and kitchen appliances, electronic products, apparel and B-segment cars stand to gain.
We list the most coveted smartphones launched in 2014 by the South Korean electronics giant
The government has the upper hand in the ongoing negotiations, and it is unclear if a real debate will happen, observes Tulika Narayan.
Its pre-consultation paper has been silent on the issue of closed electronic communication network, a loophole telcos can exploit to offer discriminatory pricing.
Why India is an FDI magnet. The country satisfies several reconditions to attract FDI.
'There can be no dispute over the adverse impact such a policy will surely have on India's manufacturing competitiveness,' notes A K Bhattacharya.
Online shopping is the new buzzword amongst masses.
Why should Reliance Digital position itself as an alternative to Chadhaji's store? It simply doesn't make good business sense, says Sudhir Bisht.
One should appreciate the sagacity and audacity of JRD and Nani Palkhivala in founding TCS on April 1, 1968. At that time there was no Microsoft or Intel, SAP or Accenture, much less Google.
They needed a person who could build and execute their vision: A frontiersman; a problem solver and an institution builder. It was their and India's good fortune that Faqir Chand Kohli more than measured up to their requirements and indeed laid the foundation to take TCS to unimaginable heights and to the giant success that it is today. Shivanand Kanavi salutes the incomparable F C Kohli, who passed into the ages last week.
The regional fallout could continue.
Kamra was banned by India's largest airline for six months on Tuesday for allegedly harassing Goswami on the Mumbai-Lucknow flight. SpiceJet, GoAir and Air India also imposed a similar ban on Kamra without specifying any period.
RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan expressed anguish at the banks' reluctance to pass on benefits of the earlier rate cuts.
Finding a solution is critical to prevent a crisis from blowing up.
Online retail in India touched $12.6 billion in 2013.
Challenges notwithstanding, there are handful of players who continue to stand tall and scale-up their business. Many of these are taking inspiration from hyper-local grocery and food-delivery business to go full stack, says Sangeeta Tanwar.
In another round of economic booster, Sitharaman announced steps to help homebuyers and push exports.
Has Steve Jobs' handpicked successor inherited the magic touch or is Apple's winning streak coming to an end?
Watal panel had suggested an independent payments regulator be set up.
Consumer durables and electronics companies are putting the final touches to their festive period plans.
NPCI has launched several consumer friendly systems including one that allows users to transfer money to people over mobile phones across India.
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