Sunil Bharti Mittal, bottom, left, says he is fond of Bill Gates' famous quote: "Success is a lousy teacher." Back from a long foreign business trip, the founder-chairman of Bharti Enterprises talks to Malini Bhupta and Kiran Rathee about the challenges posed by Reliance Jio and how he is determined to come out on top once again. Mittal says , today, Airtel is as ready as Jio in pure-play 4G operations.
'If the RBI blesses us with a banking licence, we would like to launch a successful bank.'
To be fair, one year is too short a period to judge the schemes' performance.
Last year, the software giant launched a cloud adoption programme for SMBs.
A majority of economists predicted RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan would leave policy rates unchanged on Tuesday and expected a dovish commentary, as crude oil prices and inflation cool off.
Broader market outperformed the frontline indices and also hit their respective all-time highs
'Whenever a cop film is made, people will either draw comparisons with Dabangg or Singham. If the look and part is serious, then Singham. If entertaining, then Chulbul Pandey.'
Manoj Sinha will retain his current role in the railways.
There will be tripartite pact with member, bank/housing agency and EPFO.
Finance minister attempts a clean-up job, keeps projected expenditure growth low.
Life insurance companies are balancing the increasing use of celebrity endorsers by limiting the association to short, event-led campaigns.
Audit firms such as KPMG believe zero complaints may be an indicator of the lack of requisite mechanism to allow for such reporting
Chinese telcos hold 60-100 MHz of spectrum, while Indian companies hold 13-15 MHz of spectrum.
Fresh investments by corporates up just 5.8% in FY17, lowest since 1992
Senior counsel, Diwedi submitted that technology is advancing and we have limitations of understanding the technological developments.
After their merger Vodafone Group CEO, Vittorio Colao says India is not a Jio market alone. Aditya Birla Group CEO, Kumar Mangalam Birla says Vodafone is dominant in metro cities, while Idea is a big player in urban, semi-urban markets.
Policy constraints may prevent many of the global retail giants from reaching their full potential.There are too many restrictions right now in the sector and policy makers lack clarity.
Financials and auto stocks were the top losers while energy and IT shares recovered
Releasing its annual Global Risks 2014 report, Geneva-based WEF said that the income disparity was the most likely risk to cause an impact on a global scale in the next decade, while other significant risks include extreme weather events, unemployment and fiscal crises.
Also, the combination of a new entrant and new technology is not necessarily good.
Zuckerberg appeared on a video to personally promote Free Basics.
Tamal Bandyopadhyay, columnist and author of several books like From Lehman to Demonetisation: A Decade of Disruptions and Sahara: The Untold Story, tells Rediff.com why Yes Bank depositors should not panic and the current crisis at India's fifth largest private lender does not pose any systemic risk.
The introduction of the two new products is an indication of the importance of India as a market.
In 5 years, the AMC has clocked a growth rate of 40% with its AUM up nearly 4 times.
Rise in crude oil price and rally in global equities aided the sentiment
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The deal between Bharti group and Tata Teleservices is yet another example of how swiftly things can change in business.
Batting for greater transparency, a Sebi panel said sound corporate governance helped companies generate "significantly greater returns".