Airtel, Vodafone, Idea, RCom, Reliance Jiosubmitted applications.
Mukesh Ambani's Jio, high debt and some bad decisions drove RCom to its grave.
According to documents accessed by Business Standard, RIL increased its direct stake in Jio to 98.9 per cent as on March this year by pumping more capital into the company.
Former India captain Sourav Ganguly said Anil Kumble was nearly dropped for their famous tour to Australia in 2003-04 but it was him who fought with the selectors till late in the night to take the legendary leg-spinner on board. According to Ganguly, the selectors were keen for a left-arm spinner Murali Kartik for the tour Down Under but on Ganguly's insistence Kumble was taken as he returned with 24 wickets, the highest in the series with India retaining the Border-Gavaskar Trophy after drawing the series 1-1.
The old guard is still involved in broad corporate decision-making, but quite a few new business heads have started making their mark at the group
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