Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday unveiled a Rs 39.45 lakh crore Budget with a view to fire up the key engines of the economy to sustain a world-beating recovery from the pandemic. This was Sitharaman's fourth Budget. While the taxpayers were left in the lurch, once again, was she able to cheer Corporate India?
Amazon Prime leads the race to buy digital rights for Bollywood blockbusters with Hotstar and Netflix trailing far behind.
"Four directors have been shortlisted for projects which will go on the floor begining 2008-end. A few other projects are at the consideration stage and will be announced shortly," Wing commander P Ramesh, CEO of A B Corp told PTI. The four directors shortlisted are Chandraprakash Dwivedi, Rohan Sippy, Sujoy Ghosh and Balki. Ramesh said that Reliance Big Entertainment and A B Corp are equal partners in the film production in terms of creative input and finance.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
Ending Paytm's monopoly as the only wallet payment option on Uber, the ride-hailing service has decided to allow payments through Jio Money. Alnoor Peermohamed reports.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries
If you are an expert in programming languages, statistics and algebra, then a career in AI and ML is worth a shot in 2021.
Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group's entertainment division today launched BigFlicks.com, a video-on-demand portal.
Discussing the prospect of more reform earlier this month, telecom minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced a delay in the 5G spectrum auction. India's telecom sector regulation has to be benchmarked with the global best, he said. It's another matter that many countries have either introduced or are about to roll out 5G services that will enable cutting-edge tech in diverse areas. For India, too, it will mean a lot for healthcare, robotics and unleashing a new chapter in Digital India perhaps.
The actors are coming together for YRF's Sui Dhaaga.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
Tata Group had hinted at combining its enterprise business with Tata Communications and its fixed-line and broadband businesses with Tata Sky.
Who says feature phones have become a thing of past?
Bigflicks.com has about 1,000 movies, downloadable for $2 to $15.
No launch date of the service mentioned
The next time you walk into a pizza joint don't be surprised if you see 'ZaPizza' on the menu.
Revenue jumped 54.5 per cent to Rs 156,291 crore.
It may be long overdue, but consolidation in the media sector will happen very slowly and painfully.
It does three things kick-starts big-ticket consolidation, gets another serious industrial house into media and raises a clarion call for an independent (of the government) media regulator.
The success of Anil Ambani's ambitious defence plan will depend partly on whether he can persuade government officials and international partners that he can build sophisticated equipment and partly on whether the PM can get India's notoriously slow procurement process to work, say Paritosh Bansal, Sanjeev Miglani and Promit Mukherjee.
These are the big budget films that have been designed either as a spectacle or just for the masses, hence warranting a large segment of audiences coming together to enjoy the experience in theatres.
Having missed most of the first three industrial revolutions, India has its chance to lead the fourth industrial revolution through a convergence of its IT prowess, ultra-high-speed internet connectivity and affordable smart devices, billionaire Mukesh Ambani said on Thursday. The richest Indian, who heads the nation's most valuable company Reliance Industries, said his group's telecom and digital unit Jio was conceived to provide the key ingredients needed to lead the fourth industrial revolution.
Data is the new oil, and intelligent data is the new petrol, said Mukesh Ambani
The film has irked the community for a controversial dialogue in the film.
"It is a rubbish petition. If I find that we you (petitioner) have tried to interfere with the investigation then you may be in bigger trouble," Justice Ajit Bharihoke said.
Organisations value employees who go beyond their boundaries and step up to the occasion when the need arises.
ICC chief executive Haroon Lorgat feels that India's No 1 ranking in Test cricket is certainly on line after back-to-back defeats against England at Lord's and Trent Bridge, but the quality of the contest is pretty enthralling.
Downloading music and streaming videos on the Internet and mobile handsets may soon be pass. With the government allocating 3G spectrum, content providers are ready with new services.
The death of the veteran Bollywood actor Rishi Kapoor a huge loss for the Indian film industry.
It's just three weeks to Christmas and Indian gaming companies have geared up with their offerings weaved around a plethora of topics relating to the December festival -- carols, cakes, decoration of the Xmas tree, Santa Claus and his magical elves and flying reindeers.
The Indian film industry joined hands with Hollywood on Wednesday to counter piracy.
Users can use the 'Search' option for searching videos across various categories and download it to their GSM mobile phones, while the 'Upload' option makes uploading videos from mobile phones easier.
Declaring that the plans will come at less than one-tenth of global rates, Ambani said Jio Fiber plans will be priced between Rs 700 to Rs 10,000 per month "to suit every budget".
BIG Cinemas made major renovations and re-opened Movie City in Edison, New Jersey.
Reliance-Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group-controlled BIG TV has withdrawn from partnering the Indian Premier League, alleging discrimination by the league's broadcast rights-holder Sony Entertainment Television.BIG TV has communicated its decision to IPL CEO Sundar Raman, alleging that SET has decided to offer the contract to competitor Airtel DTH, though it quoted a lower price for on-air partnership, sources said. When contacted, a BIG TV spokesperson declined to comment.
Jio will woo consumers with new products as well as technology, offering them quadplay services - TV, data, voice and mobile - seamlessly working across the platforms, with a single bundled offer and just one bill.
In the second part of this four-part special, Joginder Tuteja lists the new releases of 2021.
While consumer electronics, technology, mobile phones, auto and sports-wear categories dominate the top 20, FMCG has only one entry in the list
