Among other things, taking note of complaints against several Chinese e-commerce players such as Shein, Ali Express etc for sending shipments as 'gifts' to customers in India and avoiding duties, the government has now mandated that all e-commerce sites and apps must have a registered business entity. This will be the importer on record and subject to customs rules, report Subhayan Chakraborty, Neha Alawadhi and Karan Choudhury.
Reliance ADAG, Tech Mahindra among top recruiters at IIM-A
Despite having the third-largest internet user base in the world, India does not feature in the top ten e-commerce markets
Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, will answer your queries.
Facebook will now directly compete with Slack, HipChat, Yammer and a few others in this space.
Aadhaar architect becomes most visible face to oppose Facebook plan
Readers tell us how they are managing without cash since November 8.
Alibaba in talks to invest up to $700 million in Snapdeal
After IPL exit, beverage maker signs up as first BCCI on-ground sponsor
Slowing funding cycles for early-stage companies, freshers opting for more established firms, and many opting for places with better infrastructure are slowly taking away Koramangala's tag of 'India's Silicon Valley'.
Venture capital investments in India's start-ups nearly halved to $1.5 billion in fourth-quarter 2015
Amazon has built the largest store in India with 22 million products.
Flipkart claims to have more than 90,000 sellers on its platform.
Forbes said Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "economic experiments" barely affected India's billionaires while none gained more than oil-and-gas tycoon Mukesh Ambani, who cemented his decade-long hold on the top slot by adding a staggering USD 15.3 billion (67 per cent) to his last year's wealth to become one of Asia's top five richest.
From mass layoffs to acquisitions, here's how the Indian start-up industry kept us on our toes.
'My simple instruction to every IBM salesperson is, "When you go to the customer, use less of this (he points to his mouth) and more of this (ear)".' 'Talk less, listen more",' Karan Bajwa tells Raghu Krishnan.
Online marketplace majors, e-grocers, Internet of Things firms, app-based companies and transport service aggregators are among those that have had to shut shop or scale down operations. Now, survival skills like upskilling and retraining will determine who makes it.
Uber started its business three years ago in India and is now operating in over 20 cities with thousands of cab drivers.
New offerings by banks are changing the way you transact.
Launching a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Opposition parties on Wednesday alleged that selective leak of information on demonetisation of 500 and 1000 rupee notes to 'friends of BJP' and demanded making public the names of those who had bought gold and foreign exchange of over Rs 1 crore since April.
Amazon signed up Motorola as an exclusive brand partner for its new devices, which in turn helped it grow
They are asking TRAI to reject the plan in the interest of protecting the citizens' right to use Internet
A Europe-like cyber security defence alliance is the need of the hour, say banking technology experts.
'Make every trip feel like an escape' says the Uber website. Ironically, it remains to be seen how the company can get away from this controversy.
Loses notional value by 37.5% because of markdowns by investors
Companies bank on festive season to beat slow market blues
Demand is expected to grow as most customers await a drop in prices.
Companies are innovating with tech tools to ensure that you spend less time at the cash counter.
Renault Kwid plays the reinvention game to suit changing customer behaviour
Court cases likely over interpretation of the new levy proposed in the Budget for digital economy.
A 20-minute chopper ride over Delhi, followed by lunch comes for Rs 5,000.
The note ban is Modi's make-or-break gambit for 2019. Opposition leaders see a vulnerability and won't gift pre-eminence to the Congress, says Shekhar Gupta.
Retailer bodies to demand govt action against I-Day sales offers, threaten legal action for breach of FDI rules.
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Reliance, Birla Group, Airtel eye small finance banks.
After raising $2.5 billion from SoftBank's Masayoshi Son and his Vision Fund, Sachin Bansal and Binny Bansal are back in the driving seat at Flipkart, the company they founded over a decade ago.
Morgan Stanley writing down its investment in the e-commerce leader by 27 per cent does not augur well for the sector.
'Some of the policies NITI Aayog has taken, we feel lean towards the corporates.' 'In a democracy, when you are making a policy decision, you are expected to take the views of all the stakeholders.'
IPL will always be the safest bet for advertisers from April to June.
Not only is the number of native language users set to grow faster than English users over the next five years, these users are more likely to lead a more active digital life. Arundhuti Dasgupta & Urvi Malvania find out how brands are rethinking digital marketing plans to accommodate this.
Critics say the programme, launched 10 months ago in India in collaboration with operator Reliance Communications, violates principles of net neutrality
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