Firms are offering employees flexi hours; demand for air purifiers, masks have skyrocketed.
Flipkart eyes another $500 mn from eBay, which seeks to merge India ops with it and exit business
Industry estimates over 30 tonnes of gold were sold on Akshaya Tritiya this time.
The Department of Posts was one of the 11 entities to get the in-principle nod from the Reserve Bank of India in 2015 for setting up a payments bank.
Agriculture, social services, education, defence and so on will be brought into the digital fold and every gram panchayat will be connected to the internet.
Rediff readers share their Cash Crisis experiences.
Amazon.in has announced the launch of first-of its-kind women-only outlets for delivering products.
Telenor Financial Services, IDFC Bank and Sun Pharma's Dilip Shanghvi have decided to withdraw their licence to set up a payments bank.
Jack Ma is learnt to have discussed about e-commerce, mobile telephony
'India missed the software products revolution (and now is in danger of missing the platform revolution), complacent that we are the software experts of the world based on IT services prowess,' points out Rajeev Srinivasan.
US major lost its first mover advantage, now wants to secure its investments in the country.
Flipkart has seen 33 per cent growth in past 6 months despite slowing e-commerce business and stiff competition from Amazon.
'We look forward to providing great customer experiences in India.'
Tata Group's CLiQ is the latest to join the e-commerce club, to compete with the likes of Amazon, Flipkart and Snapdeal.
'He (Modi) thinks as if he is a tiger, and the only one who is right,' Mamata said.
India's total online shopper base at 30 per cent of its internet population is low when compared with 78 per cent in China and 70-plus per cent in the US.
After multiple attempts at selling itself, including to larger e-commerce player Snapdeal, ShopClues has found a buyer in Singapore-based e-commerce platform Qoo10 in an all-stock deal.
With a new $100-billion technology fund, SoftBank is likely to go after market leaders.
Tesla began taking orders for its Model 3 sedan from Indian customers in 2016 and caught the fancy of people like GOQii's Vishal Gondal, Paytm's Vijay Shekhar Sharma and venture capitalist Mahesh Murthy. Amid hints from Elon Musk, Alnoor Peermohamed reports on Tesla's Indian entry.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley witll spearhead the campaign with BJP President Amit Shah as its chief strategist.
Across the country, companies have stepped up their act to contain the crisis. IT and other new economy firms seem to have taken a lead.
Its share among top three e-commerce players grew to 57% in March 2017 from 45% in June 2016
Both firms have made several applications for patents pertaining to digital payments in the country
India has the highest proportion of CODs at 60% of total orders, compared to 50% in China, 28% in Indonesia, and 24% in Brazil
In 2015, e-commerce contributed significantly to the growth in television advertising revenues.
Vijay Mallya, who faces prosecution in India, is reportedly in London.
Prominent e-commerce marketplace players include Amazon.in, Flipkart, Snapdeal, Paytm, Shopclues and Jabong
Betting as a function of pure luck is banned in the country, but games of skill with monetary stakes are not.
According to experts, the banning of the apps has created negative sentiments and reduced the confidence among the Chinese investors to invest in India.
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Of the 11 licence holders, only eight remain in the fray as concerns about profitability and rising competition are making them think twice before jumping in.
The police have almost no way of tracking the $200 billion plus money flowing online during this World Cup.
Byju's has emerged as the leader in the Indian education-tech sector. They are pioneering technology shaping the future of learning for millions of school students in India.
Private equity firms invested about USD 3.7 billion across 133 deals during the first quarter of 2018 as compared to USD 7.3 billion by way of 200 transactions a year ago.
Data processing compliance is the main reason behind the delay. The government, on several occasions, has made it clear that Indian financial data needs to be stored exclusively onshore and if it is processed outside, it needs to be brought back in 24 hours.
Vodafone Idea, the promoter of Aditya Bira Idea Payments Bank, said in a notification to the exchanges late on Friday that the board of the bank approved winding up the business, subject to approval from the Reserve Bank of India.
'When you don't have food to eat, will you be worried about the virus or the next meal?'
'If standing in a bank or ATM line is a test of patriotism, why is not a single leader standing in that queue too?'
Nilekani said new-age technology markets work on a winner-takes-all basis.
Nikesh Arora patiently answered all questions and responded to remarks and observations.
"In response to India's payments data circular, we've built a system that stores payments-related data locally in India," WhatsApp spokesperson said in a statement.
