"We are delighted to welcome Google as a strategic investor in Jio Platforms. We have signed a binding partnership and an investment agreement under which Google will invest Rs 33,737 crores for a 7.7 per cent stake in Jio Platforms," Mukesh Ambani said at the company's annual general meeting.
What is the solution to problems like this? It is probably not more intrusive government regulation. Despite the noises being made in America blaming all finance-sector problems on a lax regulatory environment, it is not clear that more paperwork is the answer.
Ambitious plans by NGOs and companies to take technology to farmers are not always successfully executed.
According to a survey by global market and insight group TNS, Intel, Maruti and TCS take the next three spots on the reputation front. The report said State Bank of India's rise to number three is on the back of strong reputation amongst the financial community and prospective employees, representing stability in the face of the several crises that hit the financial services industry in the last year.
Subex Systems Ltd will seek holdersÂ’ nod to allot up to 18,87,000 redeemable optionally convertible cumulative preference shares of Rs 98 each totaling Rs 18.49 crore.
President Obama has this historical opportunity to rescue the world from an economic morass and an Islamist nightmare and put his stamp on world history.
US electronics major Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), which also has its offices in India, announced on Tuesday that it will cut 10 per cent of its global payroll or over 1,600 jobs, because of deteriorating business conditions.AMD, the second largest American chipmaker which has been facing problems largely because of a resurgent Intel, will begin reducing its workforce this month and the process is expected to be completed by the end of September, it said.
A little known Islamist group has threatened attacks against the Olympic Games in China and urged Muslims to keep away from any activities linked to its events.
It all started with the advent and success of smaller laptops or netbooks, as they are called, in June 2008. Now, Indian and multinational PC makers like Asus, HCL Infosystems and Wipro are ready to give a push to the retail sales of even smaller desktops or Nettops, based on Intel Atom processors. Others like Dell, HP and Lenovo are expected to follow.
Corporate India is likely to witness a surge in private equity deals by the last quarter of current fiscal as inflation is likely to cool down and bulls are expected to be back in the stock market, as per PE deal tracker firm Venture Intelligence.
A sampling of ideas from the next generation of consumers -- and entrepreneurs.
'But India, increasingly, is not that far behind, which is a story I never expected to tell.'
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.
It took just about four minutes for a bench comprising three judges to send Sayed Pervez Kambaksh to the gallows. His crime -- Downloading a report on women's rights from the Internet!
On Monday, Pune moved a step closer towards becoming the first location in India where citizens can access the Internet anywhere without cables, thanks to the rollout of WiMax technology.
One of Apple's suppliers, Salcomp, will invest Rs 2,000 crore over the next five years to make components at a Nokia plant in Chennai. The facility, which has been closed for nearly 10 years, will be revived and made operational from March 2020.
The 10-inch LED backlit Eee PC with a keyboard 92 per cent the size of a conventional desktop keyboard comes with 802.11b/g/n WiFi, Bluetooth 2.0 and a 160GB hard disk with an additional 10GB of Eee online storage.
Major IT firms Dell, Intel, Aricent, HCL Technologies, Wipro, Lenovo, Nokia and Tulip Telecom, among others, have realised that "going green" is profitable business. Not only does it require a low initial investment but it also earns them brownie points for helping in reducing e-waste.
The contest is America's oldest and most prestigious high school science competition where six former finalists have won the Nobel Prize.
Industry estimates peg the turnovers of MNCs like Dell, Intel, Microsoft and IBM at well over the half-billion dollar mark. Firms, like Cisco, are said to have crossed the billion-dollar mark in domestic sales in 2006-07, and for a player like HP India, it is estimated in excess of $2.5 billion.
Lenovo announced on Thursday the launch of its first innovation centre in India in partnership with global giants like Intel, Microsoft, IBM and Cisco, which would focus on the development of new PC solutions.
Ratan Tata, in his capacity as the chairman of the Investment Commission, has warned that major projects entailing a combined investment of nearly $60 billion are meeting delays and roadblocks for no apparent reason.
Citigroup's private equity arm Citigroup Venture Capital International, Baring Private Equity, TPG and 3i are the front-runners to acquire an equity stake in Sharekhan, the retail brokerage arm of the Mumbai-based SSKI group.
Secret documents obtained from freedom of information requests have revealed that the United States army predicted the rise of the Islamic State militant group even before it started making headlines around the globe.
Human capital management is now part of all managers' performance reviews.
Mueller has already interviewed several of the close aides and family members of Trump over the issue.
Indian start-ups are likely to experience a fillip as around 40 US venture capitalists and private equity holders have already lined up $400 million to invest in the country.
Software giant Microsoft Corporation on Saturday entered into a multi-pronged partnership with the Uttar Pradesh government to promote e-governance and improve IT literacy in the state.
The Entrepreneurship Cell, IIT Bombay & Intel Education invites students and working professionals to participate in Eureka 2006 – The International Business Plan Competition.
Microsoft Surface Pro 4 comes with a 12.3-inch display and runs on the Windows 10 operating system.
Indian outsourcers file the most applications for temporary H-1B visas. Are they using them to train staff for jobs abroad?
It's no surprise to find Apple and Google at the top of our list, but smaller outfits saw some of the biggest growth.
Sony has added an Vaio CR - Apple MacBook-like notebook - to its Vaio line of notebooks. It promises to be functional, faster and more appealing than its predecessors.
ARM has revealed plans to put chips into more mobile devices that will let chipmakers like STMicroelectronics, FreeScale speed up the development of ARM-based chips for smartphones and PDAs
The president's moves will make it easier for entrepreneurs to work in the United States
By 2010, there will be shortage of half a million professionals in India.
