But, neither were the big companies interested in growing inorganically nor were the smaller ones ready to offer themselves for sale.
The judgment was reserved after a marathon hearing which went on for 38 days spanning four months.
Irdai's push will make insurance cheaper for consumers and enable a consolidated view of all policies.
E-KYCs and Aadhaar authentication are of crucial importance to the fin-tech companies as the recent RBI instructions require strict KYCs for these players to function in the market.
New offerings by banks are changing the way you transact.
A key argument against the Aadhaar scheme was that it was violative of the nine-judge bench verdict that had held that Right to Privacy is a fundamental right under the Constitution.
Today one can easily file returns online.
Key documents related to the seven-year-old scam go missing from medical college in Gwalior.
More lucrative routinely prescribed drugs are at higher risk of failing quality standards
Three Indian-American researchers have shown that the fingerprint-based security systems used in smartphones and other gadgets are way more vulnerable to hacking than we imagined.
Finance ministry asks bank, insurance & market regulators to issue notifications
A lowdown on how this career portal launched by the Government of India will change your search for jobs forever
Declaring demonetisation a complete failure may turn out to be hasty, argues economist Ashok K Lahiri.
The protection of individual security and privacy is critical to building safe online systems, say Mitchell Baker and Ankit Gadgil.
'There exists a 'brotherhood' of sorts for a very long time and corrupt dealers and corrupt OMC officials are in it together,' Ashwani Attrish, founder, Empowering Petroleum Dealers Foundation, tells Sudhir Bisht, a veteran of the petroleum industry.
Practo is an online health service platform which assists patients to meet the best doctors and keeps digital records.
The author meets the brains behind Unocoin, the first Indian Bitcoin exchange and merchant processor in India to have raised international funding.
'It is common knowledge that cash is anonymous.' 'When demonetisation was implemented, one of the intended objectives was to put identity on the cash holdings in the economy.' 'With the return of Rs 15.28 lakh crore in the formal banking system, the almost entire cash holding of the economy now has an address.' 'It is no more anonymous,' says Arun Jaitley.
Life inside the prime minister's official residence is highly regulated, but it comes with its perks, says Veenu Sandhu
Gujarat has topped with a score of 71.14% on ease of doing business list.
'Could the Khar police and the CBI have tinkered with the driver's call data records?' 'And did their fiddling with the information not make it that they were tampering with the lives of people that were in the balance as a result of this case?'
The much-awaited event is finally over. And here is what you need to know about it!
Ten tips that will protect your private photos from falling prey to Internet hackers
If the high security notes introduced in 2015 were kept in the system, the pain due to demonetisation can be ameliorated to a certain extent. But unfortunately, such thought process have no place in the hasty demonetisation decision.
Real estate veteran Saket Mohta gives the the most comprehensive 11-point checklist
The official twists and turns have raised questions on the government's credibility and its ability to pull the nation out of the demonetisation quagmire. To keep up with the new rules, the government has issued an updated FAQ on demonetisation.
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