The latest cash-and-carry or wholesale outlet, for selling products from grocery to apparel and consumer electronics to businesses, offices and organisations, is coming up in Agra by the middle of 2015, it is learnt.
With a surge in users and transactions in two weeks, payment wallets step up cashbacks to get more users online.
Lenders can now review a borrower account within 30 days of default. Earlier, the banks had to start resolution within one day of default.
'Having dedicated my life towards improving breast healthcare in my motherland. I shall continue to work with rock-solid determination following this "chosen" path.'
'We need to confront such people else they will be encouraged to harass more women in the future,' notes HR guru Mayank Rautela.
A glance back at some of the important ups and down Indian Inc faced in 2018.
All international passengers will henceforth be screened at airports, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said at a press conference. Earlier, travellers from only 12 countries were screened at airports for the disease that has claimed over 3,000 lives and infected more than 90,000 worldwide.
Priya Nair tells you how you can use technology to invest better and maximise returns.
The coronavirus pandemic has changed how businesses look at payments. Earlier, fintech companies said when they were talking to merchants, they were not interested in digitisation.
'We feel EMI holidays should pick up now.' How travel companies are trying to win customers after demonetisation.
In its consultation paper Trai addressed three key points including the bundling of channels under bouquets, rampant discounting within bouquets, and the lack of consumer choice.
Cleartrip acquired Saudi travel firm Flyin last July and it provides bilingual ground support service and itineraries for inbound tourists.
Major Suman Gawani, who served as a UN Peacekeeper in South Sudan, is the first Indian to receive the UN Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award. 'On seeing the Indian flag on my uniform,' she says,' the locals would get very excited and say, 'Hindi, Hindi'.'
'The reality is no one, including some of the names that have shown up in the last few weeks, have any unilateral decision-making power in this,' Facebook India MD Ajit Mohan tells Peerzada Abrar.
Uber will provide mentorship for start-ups on matters such as funding, marketing, operations and scalability.
Apart from making your purchases on these platforms expensive, it will also mean sellers will have to face the brunt of reduced cash flows amid already low margins for some. Experts said the proposal, which will take effect on April 1, 2020, and will be inserted as a new section in the Income Tax Act, is expected to affect the working capital of e-commerce companies and reduce cash flows for e-sellers.
Digitisation is changing the banking business. This shift has resulted in a change in banking job profiles.
Firms are offering employees flexi hours; demand for air purifiers, masks have skyrocketed.
Tax payers need not dread filing returns as the process can be simplified.
Indians are preferring long-haul foreign locations this summer, says report.
How Shibani Bhagat plans to rewrite the rules of the Indian sneaker business.
The SAI has formulated a detailed draft of the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) to be followed before reopening of its training centres by the end of this month, as suggested by Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju but subject to clearance from the Health and Home ministry.
Both partners would inject $200 million each in the form of equity and hold 50 per cent stake each. They plan to raise another $600 million in the form of debt to create a corpus of $1 billion to develop malls across tier-I, II and III cities.
There were fewer promotion sales in January-February this year.
Demonetisation impact: Money lenders make a comeback.
Unlike the regimes of Jayalalitha, Palaniswami and Karunanidhi, ministers are actually getting to make decisions on their own, with the unmentioned rider that they would be held responsible and accountable, observes N Sathiya Moorthy.
It has made everything public in the name of 10 lakh comments it got on draft net neutrality proposals.
Use of the incorrect form will result in your return being treated as defective, points out Suresh Surana, founder, RSM India.
There has been an exponential increase in the use of technology to validate financial numbers, with a greater reliance on electronic evidence, use of live videos where possible, data analytics, and project management software to overcome the physical limitations in verifying transactions and accounts.
Cyber crimes caused by the insured's employees also get covered under the policy but would exclude the actual perpetrator.
'The professional or the freelancer needs to pay taxes from his pocket first and then wait for payments from his clients.'
The Covid pandemic has left a question mark on how the central government manages its staff.
With Uber & Ola fighting it out, the taxi aggregator space is set for massive growth.
While e-commerce operations for these firms are small at the moment, it is slated to grow in the next 3 to 4 years.
Multi apps will be designed by taking core parts of the Hike product and remoulding them into creating new apps, each delivering one service -- Social and Messaging in one and Content in another, report Patanjali Pahwa and Karan Choudhury.
Online travel portals have seen a surge in bookings aided by several rounds of discount offers and a strong demand over the festival weekend.
Owners of high-end vehicles should explore more options such as engine protection, invoice cover and plans that cover accessories, says Animesh Das.
The Islamic State has claimed the gruesome killing of a Hindu head priest in Bangladesh using guns and cleavers at a temple in an area bordering India.
The thin boundary between work and life has become increasingly blurred, which is taking a toll on employese's mental well-being, says Prachi Ghogle.
With expectations of customers changing and demand for seamless, uninterrupted shopping increasing, tech companies are now using this fear of becoming irrelevant as a sales pitch to sell their products to traditional retailers.
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