'Google and Facebook need to be tamed, their garb of 'Investing in India's future' need to be pulled off,' observes Vibhu Arya.
Readers tell us how they are managing without cash since November 8.
Tata Steel, world's sixth largest steel maker on Wednesday said it has bagged the 'Golden Peacock' award for 2009 for its corporate social responsibility initiatives.
The Tata Sons' chairman emeritus has been aggressively investing in start-ups, ranging from e-commerce firms to cab aggregators
The country holds one of the biggest opportunities for Uber as more Indians start using smartphones
Ratan Tata has invested an undisclosed amount in startup research platform Tracxn.
What perhaps turned the tide against Uber was the plight of the consumer.
The company is a facilitator of taxis (therefore an intermediary) and is best governed under the IT Act said Neeraj Singhal, Uber's head of expansion in India.
The event will aim at drawing foreign investment in startups and push local partnerships.
The EPFO is likely to decide soon the rate of interest on PF deposits for 2013-14, which is expected to be over 8.5 per cent.
With razor-sharp focus on deliveries and customer experience, powered by strong in-house technology built ground-up, Swiggy is emerging as the food ordering platform of choice.
While only the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A) has voiced its concerns so far, the company says it has done so due to the ongoing restructuring of its business
It's aimed at new-age sectors like e-commerce and other startups so that they can spend less time in their recruitment processes
The company, which is a leading player in the Indian wearables market, is backed by angel investors like Shriram Nene and his wife and Bollywood actress Madhuri Dixit Nene and WhatApp's Neeraj Arora
Brands should do something, but it should be done discreetly.
Unlike many peers in the VC space, LSE grad Juneja doesn't have an entrepreneurial background but is said to be strong in finance skills
Road ministry identified bike-sharing, carpooling and e-rickshaws as ways to deal with rising pollution in major cities.
The family office category was up 38 per cent, led by names such as Ratan Tata, Ronnie Screwvala and various Infosys co-founders.
Sabse has several patents in the arena of call-control and switching of calls.
Uber said it is conducting a full audit of its verification, rider feedback and support processes apart from assessing its driver screening processes, Ola is getting GPS installed in all its partner taxis.
More than 50 startups have graduated from Startup Village's Physical and Virtual Incubation Programme and eight startups from Digital Incubation
Chinese mobile brands are deeply entrenched in the Indian market. A move to bar them may send a bold diplomatic message. But its cost for the local industry is anybody's guess. In the event that Chinese brands face curbs, two handset makers - Samsung and Apple - squarely stand to gain.
Flipkart co-founder Sachin Bansal on Friday took pot shots at Snapdeal saying India should not be blamed for the latter's failure to hire "great engineers".
Host of carpool mobile apps are offering shared taxi rides within cities
Over 1,600 taxis now have these devices installed.
At the heart of the issue is the way e-commerce is defined in the current draft policy.
Continuing his investment spree in India's hot start-ups, Ratan Tata on Friday invested in Kyazoonga.
The final policy may be out only after formation of the new government, according to sources
Vani Kola, Karthee Madasamy, T V Mohandas Pai also invest in the media startup
Nikesh Arora has an engineering degree in electronics and worked for a brief period at Wipro, selling computers.
Half a dozen names are doing the rounds as replacement for Cyrus Mistry as the chairman of the Tata Group.
Under Nikesh Arora's leadership, SoftBank has made several investments in India in a short span.
Indian Railways plans Rs 39,000 crores non-fare revenue. Via: Branding of trains. Vinyl-wrapping of Rajdhanis, Shatabdis and Garib Raths. Moving billboards.
In the Silicon Valley of India, one can use the cryptocurrency to pay for food, buy bus tickets, order stuff online, and even get a haircut.
The mines ministry has sought Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's intervention in bailing out aluminium giant Nalco of the acute paucity of coal, which has forced the PSU to close down two of its captive power plants.
Tata has invested in over 10 start-ups in personal capacity.
Why top executives are trading cushy jobs for start-ups
Smaller Singapore- and US-based venture capital funds, retail associations and trader bodies such as the CAIT and SJM are all planning to approach the government to put pressure on the commerce ministry.
The mega deals in the Internet sector ensured IT and ITeS companies grabbed 57 per cent of the PE investment by value.
As per market estimates, the new round would value the city-based firm at about $ 4-5 billion.
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