News for 'Vijay Shekhar Sharma'

Radhikka, Sharvari, Ananya Win Big

Radhikka, Sharvari, Ananya Win Big

Rediff.com7 Oct 2024

The Bollywood Hungama OTT India Fest and India Entertainment Awards saw many winners, and the stars celebrate their wins on social media.

OTT's 10 Best Male Performances of 2024

OTT's 10 Best Male Performances of 2024

Rediff.com4 Dec 2024

Picking 10 excellent performances has been difficult but the attempt is to acknowledge the work of actors, who are often overlooked in favour of stars.

Ratan Tata invests in m-commerce platform Paytm

Ratan Tata invests in m-commerce platform Paytm

Rediff.com13 Mar 2015

His investment in Paytm is in his personal capacity.

Govt to examine WhatsApp's user policy changes amid privacy debate

Govt to examine WhatsApp's user policy changes amid privacy debate

Rediff.com14 Jan 2021

Sources further said that WhatsApp's policy update would also be evaluated in the context of the current legal framework.

Opening day blues for Paytm's mega IPO, subscribed just 18%

Opening day blues for Paytm's mega IPO, subscribed just 18%

Rediff.com8 Nov 2021

Paytm's Rs 18,300-crore IPO -- India's largest public issue to date -- was subscribed only 18 per cent on the first day of bidding on Monday.

G20 Summit: Startups hope Delhi Declaration to help ease capital access

G20 Summit: Startups hope Delhi Declaration to help ease capital access

Rediff.com11 Sep 2023

The Indian startup ecosystem has lauded the inclusion of startups in the New Delhi Leaders' Declaration for the first time ever in the history of G20. Industry stakeholders say that the move will lead to easier access to capital, reduce regulatory hurdles, and may revive funding activity. The Declaration, through the Startup20 initiative, recognised startups as "natural engines of growth" and key to socio-economic transformation by driving innovation and creating employment.

Alibaba betting on Paytm in India

Alibaba betting on Paytm in India

Rediff.com13 Aug 2016

Alibaba is playing a big role in helping to train the senior management of the upcoming Paytm Payment Bank

Paytm's listing grew 370x from Rs 120 cr in 2010 to Rs 16,600 cr 11 years later

Paytm's listing grew 370x from Rs 120 cr in 2010 to Rs 16,600 cr 11 years later

Rediff.com17 Jul 2021

According to its DRHP filed in 2010, the company's net worth was just Rs 140 crore. Its total income for the financial year 2009-10 stood at Rs 119 crore and it had a net profit of Rs 16 crore. In sharp contrast, at the end of March 2021, Paytm's networth was Rs 6,535 crore and total income stood at Rs 3,187 crore.

Good to see Bikhchandani, Banga on the rich list

Good to see Bikhchandani, Banga on the rich list

Rediff.com16 Oct 2020

'To all the MBAs that burn the candle at both ends, travel half-a-million miles every year, and spend little or no quality time with their families, the rise to riches of Mr Bikhchandani and Mr Banga, should be true inspiration,' notes Sandeep Goyal.

Paytm files draft prospectus with Sebi for Rs 16,600 cr IPO

Paytm files draft prospectus with Sebi for Rs 16,600 cr IPO

Rediff.com16 Jul 2021

Digital payments and financial services firm Paytm has filed a draft red herring prospectus for its proposed Rs 16,600-crore initial public offering (IPO) with the Securities and Exchange Board of India.

Factors that spooked Paytm's market performance

Factors that spooked Paytm's market performance

Rediff.com13 Jan 2022

Paytm CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma said on Wednesday that the company's share market performance has been in line with that of global peers in the sector over the past six months due to macroeconomic factors. "Macro factors like quantitative easing, free money due to US monetary policy and other parameters led to a spook in the market in terms of pricing the IPO. "Paytm's shares have received a similar response to that of global peers in the last six months...But that is not a complete reasoning.

Now, pay school fees through mobile wallet

Now, pay school fees through mobile wallet

Rediff.com15 Sep 2015

Paytm recently partnered with 1,000 educational institutions over admission fee payment through the app.

Start-Up India: Good intent but will it actually work?

Start-Up India: Good intent but will it actually work?

Rediff.com18 Jan 2016

While a three-year tax holiday and relaxation of capital gains for funds have been received favourably, others argue that not enough has been announced.

Paytm to foray into financial services sector

Paytm to foray into financial services sector

Rediff.com13 Mar 2018

Paytm plans to launch mutual funds, insurance and banking services and s also providing the option to transact offline with a physical debit card

Rahul Yadav says he wants to give up entrepreneurship

Rahul Yadav says he wants to give up entrepreneurship

Rediff.com14 May 2016

Might opt for salaried employment after failure of his latest venture

Paytm to raise $300 million, valuation pegged at $5 billion

Paytm to raise $300 million, valuation pegged at $5 billion

Rediff.com29 Aug 2016

Paytm, which recently hived off its e-commerce and payments bank businesses into separate companies, would use these fresh funds to bolster the two businesses

Paytm share allocation likely on Nov 16 at Rs 2,150 apiece

Paytm share allocation likely on Nov 16 at Rs 2,150 apiece

Rediff.com14 Nov 2021

Digital payments and financial services firm Paytm is likely to allocate shares at the upper price band of Rs 2,150 apiece on November 16 after market regulator SEBI's approval which is expected to come on Monday, sources aware of the development said. Earlier the allocation was expected to take place on Monday and the Paytm Money app also displayed the same.

Mukesh Ambani's wealth grew 67% last year, is India's richest for 10th time

Mukesh Ambani's wealth grew 67% last year, is India's richest for 10th time

Rediff.com5 Oct 2017

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.

Zomato IPO oversubscribed on Day-1

Zomato IPO oversubscribed on Day-1

Rediff.com14 Jul 2021

Food delivery platform Zomato's initial public offering was oversubscribed on the opening day on Wednesday with retail investors bidding for 2.7 times the number of shares reserved for them. The offer received bids for 75.60 crore equity shares against an IPO size of 71.92 crore, stock exchange data showed. Retail investors sought 2.69 times the portion reserved for them. Against 12.95 crore shares reserved for retail individual investors, 34.88 crore shares were bid by 1700 hours.

Four e-tail players join India's super-rich club

Four e-tail players join India's super-rich club

Rediff.com11 Sep 2015

For the four new players, the spike in wealth is 126 per cent.

Trai to issue net neutrality norms soon

Trai to issue net neutrality norms soon

Rediff.com22 Jan 2016

Telecom operators stressed that differential pricing for data is necessary for growth.

India's Billionaire Club Shrinks....

India's Billionaire Club Shrinks....

Rediff.com5 Jan 2023

Among the many exits from the billionaire's club in 2022 are D Uday Kumar Reddy of Tanla Solutions (net worth down 66 per cent), Sushil Kanubhai Shah of Metropolis Healthcare (down 65.7 per cent), Vijay Shekhar Sharma of One97 Communications (down 66 per cent), and C K Birla (down 43.4 per cent).

Paytm Payments Bank looking at a pre-Diwali take-off

Paytm Payments Bank looking at a pre-Diwali take-off

Rediff.com10 Jul 2016

The Paytm Payments Bank will be headquartered in Noida and kick off its services from east and north to begin with

The newsmakers of 2017

The newsmakers of 2017

Rediff.com3 Jan 2017

Who will make the most of the disruptions of 2016 this year? Mihir Sharma's list of probables.

What To Expect From Mirzapur 3

What To Expect From Mirzapur 3

Rediff.com2 Jul 2024

'With Mirzapur characters, you don't know what's going to happen -- mid season, first episode, last episode -- you could be taken out anytime.'

With fatter wallet, Paytm goes for the kill

With fatter wallet, Paytm goes for the kill

Rediff.com15 Sep 2016

The mobile wallet player plans to add more Chinese sellers to its e-commerce platform and boost technology for its soon-to-be-launched payments bank

Is Amazon's Echo Dot smarter than Google Home and Apple HomePod?

Is Amazon's Echo Dot smarter than Google Home and Apple HomePod?

Rediff.com7 Nov 2017

The device supports a host of India-specific apps and the more you use it, the better it gets.

Why's There Turmoil In The Start-Up World?

Why's There Turmoil In The Start-Up World?

Rediff.com12 Jan 2023

The turmoil, if you read the headlines, is about the so-called funding winter. Deep down, though, the question is one of the common direction in which founders and investors need to pull, points out Suveen Sinha.

All eyes on Uttar Pradesh, even Paytm's

All eyes on Uttar Pradesh, even Paytm's

Rediff.com4 Jan 2017

The firm chooses UP for payments bank launch in February. Karan Choudhury reports.

'WhatsApp is a major security risk to India'

'WhatsApp is a major security risk to India'

Rediff.com16 Feb 2018

Experts believe that the sector should not jump to conclusions on WhatsApp Pay, which is still in its 'Beta testing' phase.

ICICI Bank blocks Flipkart's payment app

ICICI Bank blocks Flipkart's payment app

Rediff.com16 Jan 2017

This is the second instance of mainstream banks blocking services to new-age digital payments companies.

After Ola, Flipkart, now Mobikwik founder guns for Paytm

After Ola, Flipkart, now Mobikwik founder guns for Paytm

Rediff.com14 Dec 2016

Accuses foreign-funded competition of 'capital dumping' to capture market, bats for stronger regulations for sector.

India's billionaires' success mantras

India's billionaires' success mantras

Rediff.com24 Mar 2017

Three businessmen disclose their success mantras: One belongs to an old Marwari family, another is a second generation industrialist whose father scripted an amazing rags-to-riches story and the third was a professional till one day he succumbed to the charms of entrepreneurship.

Start-ups, venture capitalists offer funds to tackle Oxygen scarcity

Start-ups, venture capitalists offer funds to tackle Oxygen scarcity

Rediff.com26 Apr 2021

Amid oxygen shortage and a faltering health system in the country, India is seeing over 300,000 cases daily.

Government plans cyber security cess on e-payment cos

Government plans cyber security cess on e-payment cos

Rediff.com17 Oct 2017

Experts believe that the government needs more innovative ways to secure the cyber space in the country and a cess is more like a punishment which would not help in the long run.

Yuvraj Singh's seed fund to start incubator in Gurgaon, Bengaluru

Yuvraj Singh's seed fund to start incubator in Gurgaon, Bengaluru

Rediff.com4 Feb 2016

Company to invest in 30 companies in the next three months and wants a portfolio of 70 firms by the end of FY17

Free Basics violates net neutrality: Nilekani

Free Basics violates net neutrality: Nilekani

Rediff.com2 Jan 2016

Aadhaar architect becomes most visible face to oppose Facebook plan

PhonePe plans to ride on Walmart to become India's e-payments king

PhonePe plans to ride on Walmart to become India's e-payments king

Rediff.com18 May 2018

PhonePe wants to dethrone its Alibaba and SoftBank-backed rival, Paytm, claiming that additional capital that Walmart will bring to the table will help it grow much faster

WhatsApp further clarifies on new privacy policy

WhatsApp further clarifies on new privacy policy

Rediff.com12 Jan 2021

WhatsApp on Tuesday said its latest policy update does not affect the privacy of messages as the Facebook-owned company sought to address concerns around security of user data on the platform.

'The markets will be crushed'

'The markets will be crushed'

Rediff.com9 Nov 2016

'For the next three months or so, the market will go down.' 'Traders do not have Rs 100 notes.'