Even as Microsoft has seen exponential growth for its cloud platform Azure in India, the firm has not yet set up local servers.
'One way of doing this could be offering credit guarantee to the banks, say 10 per cent, for fresh loans given to micro, small and medium enterprises,' observes Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
State-run National Thermal Power Corporation on Friday said it will borrow Rs 1,000 crore (Rs 10 billion) from Life Insurance Corporation during the fourth quarter of the current fiscal to fund its capital expenditure requirements.
From reiterating his commitment to build the border wall to protecting the American way of life from terrorist threats, President Donald Trump outlined his vision for the United States of America
If new goals have emerged, this is the time to make fresh investments.
But increase in the statutory contribution will boost retirement corpus
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The e-commerce marketplace is like an information intermediary these days.
Here's the full text of President Ram Nath Kovind's customary address to the joining sitting of Parliament on the first day of the budget session.
Note ban hits sales and registration of new cars; states work online payments model to deal with cash crunch. Ajay Modi and T E Narasimhan report.
Against National Democratic Alliance's 75 million target, United Progressive Alliance added 61 million in 2013-14.
Sensex falls at close; metals, banks perform well.
The PM alleged that a 'PC' (percentage commission) culture has become the state government's identity.
At 42, Dizezny D'Souza trained with teenagers at a school ground to get back into running. She won silver and bronze for India in China.
Cab aggregators caught between showing profitability to investors, increasing their network and dabbling in areas such as food ordering have seen a major blow to their primary business.
China's intended role for AIIB is not so different from the existing Western lenders like the World Bank.
The opposition has attacked the Modi government over the National Democratic Alliance's last full-fledged budget before the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
The 30-share Sensex dropped 298 points to end at 27,209 and the 50-share Nifty has lost 93 points to end at 8,174.
Patients from any part of the country will soon need to travel no more than three hours for treatment of the kind available in large metros.
India's roughly $150 billion outsourcing sector generates about three quarters of its revenue from the United States.
The government shouldn't hide behind the veil of making a domestic giant out of the HPC-ONGC deal, rather it should just say it needs cash from this divestment exercise, says Sudhir Bisht.
'The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code is neither beneficial to banks nor helpful for the borrower.' 'Genuine people who are caught in economic stagnation will lose everything and thousands will lose jobs.'
National reinsurer General Insurance Corporation plans to spread its wings to Dubai, Malaysia and China to increase its presence in Afro-Asia and grow its business, now at over Rs 4,000 crore (Rs 40 billion), its chairman P C Ghosh said in New Delhi
Modi said there were a slew of 'matching priorities' between the business council and that of his administration, including dismantling trade barriers, promoting skills development, establishing manufacturing supply chains and infrastructure development.
SC raised questions over the government's decision ordering mandatory seeding of mobile numbers with Aadhaar.
Some experts says that the high net-worth requirement of Rs 50 crore for setting up an IU is a deterrent.
The Union government is keen to ensure financial security for unorganised sector workers
'No commercial bank will be allowed to fail. There is nothing to worry about.'
'A proposal to do away with labour laws is not feasible.' 'That's why we wanted to have a dialogue with the states.'
Swarms of immature pink locusts and adult yellow locusts are currrently active. Not only are fresh locusts swarms expected to arrive in the coming weeks, but even those already present in India have mated and are breeding new offspring.
Fix India's real estate sector. Fix India's public sector banks, advises Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
Ten trade unions to go on strike to protest against changes in labour laws
PSU bank shares were the top gainers on hopes of a rate by the RBI on easing consumer inflation
The report added that Anbang, which has close ties to the Chinese state, has seen its aggressive efforts to buy hotels in the US slowed amid concerns raised by Obama administration officials who review foreign investments for national security risk.
LIC, ICICI Bank, PNB to have nominees on board; firm asked to sell non-core assets.
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The recent default on deposit payments by a couple of Yash Birla Group companies has brought to surface difficulties an investor has to face in recovering his money.
The exploration company will buy back shares from January 23 and extinguish them.
One-sponsor-one-fund rule may set off merger as Amundi seen sponsoring two funds following buyout.
In a Q&A with Doordarshan, Jaitley discusses how he chose the areas on which he would spend more.
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