India, Nigeria, Russia and Saudi Arabia were the major countries where the service was launched.
As inflation rate is near the upper limit of the comfort zone, experts rule out rate cuts anytime soon
In the December quarter, Sensex earnings had contracted 5 per cent.
'I am quite optimistic that sooner or later, my wishful thinking would turn into a reality.' The only hitch is that the INC president's own career ambitions may be hurt if the Congress merges with the BJP,' says Sudhir Bisht.
Riding on e-commerce wave is the youngest state, which faces competition from neighbours.
In an unprecedented order to check criminalisation of politics, the Supreme Court on Tuesday held nine political parties including the ruling BJP and JD (U) in Bihar guilty of contempt and fined eight of them for violating its February, 2020 order on publication of criminal antecedents of their candidates for the assembly polls.
'Investors are now getting clarity on policies.'
The world is full of family businesses that withered away with the passing of generations, creating much bitterness and ill will. Entire clans that used to be household names have become pale shadows of their once-mighty empires.
Alibaba, the world's biggest e-commerce firm by transaction value, supports small businesses on its platforms.
The move will catapult Disney as the country's largest media and entertainment broadcaster, with over $1.3 billion of additional India revenue.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Friday launch two schemes of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) that may go a long way in changing how the household sector invests, and complains if anything goes wrong with their savings. These schemes - retail direct and an integrated ombudsman - will be launched by the Prime Minister virtually, in the presence of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. With the introduction of retail direct, a common man can directly take a position in government securities (G-Sec), considered to be the safest asset class a sovereign can offer.
Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said the COVID-19 vaccine will be available in the next few months and it is estimated that by July-August 400-500 million doses will be made available for 25-30 crore people.
The government on Wednesday approved a Rs 7,350-crore scheme to boost production of laptops, tablets, all-in-one PCs and servers in the country, as it sought to woo global and domestic players to take advantage of India's manufacturing prowess. Production worth Rs 3.26 lakh crore and exports of Rs 2.45 lakh crore are estimated over the next four years under the new scheme, which is expected to create 1.80 lakh jobs. Briefing reporters after a meeting of the Cabinet, Communications and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme has been approved for IT hardware products that would cover laptops, tablets, all-in-one PCs and servers.
Paid Rs 15,474 cr against CIL's Rs 13,075 cr in FY15
Sachin Bansal, who had co-founded Flipkart with Binny Bansal in 2007, would exit the company
Drugs under exemption make up roughly 95 per cent of the antiretrovirals used by India's AIDS patients
'We commission more from here than anywhere else.'
Despite inflation easing, experts see RBI maintaining status quo on Dec 2
These vaccines have not yet been approved by the World Health Organization
Foxconn has said it is aiming to develop 10-12 facilities in India, including factories and data centres, by 2020
Investors are keenly awaiting the announcement of the macroeconomic data-IIP and CPI due on Tuesday.
Out of the 167 candidates, 54 are crorepatis. Manipur Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms ADR said.
A mechanism on whistle blowing is mandated from October and third-party entities managing such services give staffers far more confidence to blow the lid on wrongdoing.
Bharat Biotech, Serum Institute, Zydus Cadila, Panacea Biotec, Indian Immunologicals, Mynvax and Biological E are among the domestic pharma firms working on the coronavirus vaccines in India.
The top gainers on the Sensex are Gail(India), HDFC, Infosys.
Warrior, 54, had joined Cisco in 2008.
Retail giant Walmart and Bharti have decided to part ways.
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While the investment amount could not be immediately ascertained, a report pegged it at about $2 billion.
A total of 553 crorepatis are in the fray in the Tamil Nadu elections to be held this month, while 283 have declared criminal cases against themselves, a report said on Tuesday.
Macro and micro environment are becoming more challenging.
The 24-hour delivery offer applies only to select postal codes and is not available across the country.
Government must first focus on groundwork to start big ticket projects, say experts.
Although Walmart-Flipkart wholesale game-plan is to target about a $150 billion market out of a total pie of $700 billion in the country, the consolidation marks the end of the multi-brand dream of the American retail giant.
Aslam Hunani/Rediff.com gives the lowdown on the constituencies going to polls in the first phase on April 11.
In the past 12 months, such earnings have grown in double digits in Europe, the US, Japan and South Korea.
Global beverages and snacks major PepsiCo on Monday roped in former Nokia head for emerging markets, including India, D Shivakumar as its Chairman and CEO, India Region.
While there is a shortage of testing kits, manpower and capacities, India does not have other scalable testing options.
The IPL broadcast rights -- internet, TV and mobile -- are expected to fetch the BCCI a massive sum of around Rs. 20,000 crore-plus.
In a major relief to thousands of Indian IT professionals, a federal judge in the US on Thursday blocked the enforcement of a temporary visa ban by the Trump administration on a large number of work permits, including the most sought after H-1B visas, ruling that the president exceeded his constitutional authority.
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