Tencent reinforces India's consumer internet story. Ranju Sarkar reports.
GlowRoad, a business network for homemakers, is helping women who want to earn from home.
'India missed the software products revolution (and now is in danger of missing the platform revolution), complacent that we are the software experts of the world based on IT services prowess,' points out Rajeev Srinivasan.
Underscoring the need to boost the start-up ecosystem, the Reserve Bank on Tuesday said it will simplify rules and regulations which impede their growth and ensure that an entrepreneur does not have to run from "pillar to post" to start a business.
'Through the use of technology, the GSTN will tip the balance in favour of compliance rather than tax evasion, lowering the barriers for entry into the tax payment system while making it much harder to cheat on payments,' says Nandan Nilekani.
New rules will unnecessarily make the airlines responsible for reasons beyond their control
As we ring in the New Year we must recognise that 2015 promises to be a very exciting time for India.
The sharing agreement will provide more bandwidth for RJIL to provide its high-speed 4G services.
The foremost lesson is that technology has got commoditised.
The GST rate on mobile phones will be hiked to 18 per cent while that on maintenance repair overhaul (MRO) services for aircraft will be lowered to 5 per cent with effect from April 1, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Saturday. The GST rate on handmade and machine-made matchsticks has been rationalised to 12 per cent from 5 per cent and 18 per cent respectively.
Compared to a 64 per cent penetration in Brazil (130 million users total) and 53 per cent in China (total 733 million users), India has barely 28 per cent penetration. Of the digital reach, almost 80 per cent are from affluent segments in urban areas. How can this change?
'Expectations were being built up about radical moves and the action plan did not disappoint.'
Google will be able to co-relate data from the first click to the final delivery of product. This kind of knowledge is invaluable, something which even Amazon does not have.
Experts consider Sebi's takeover code in its present form to be on a par with any foreign code governing public mergers and acquisitions.
'The absence of cyber security framework for ATMs is like a dream come true for hackers.'
Jaitley's Budget has the potential to change the face of Modi's Bharat
As a result of the mass state-led scheme, the processes in the health insurance market could get simplified over time and become uniform
From small retailers' experiences with e-wallets to digital transaction numbers post demonetisation, Geetanjali Krishna and Karan Choudhury find out where the truth lies.
The average 3-year revenue growth of 50 fastest-growing tech firms slips to 365% in 2015.
Many state governments are ready with policies to promote entrepreneurs, backed by funding plans
Do not share your passwords or personal information with anyone.
Companies such as Facebook, WhatsApp and Twitter are finding it extremely difficult to rope in new India heads.
Stating that pushing GDP growth, which has slipped to 5-year low of 6.8 per cent in 2018-19, is the top priority, President Ramnath Kovind said Modi govt will bring more reforms and raise farm investments to boost growth.
The investment was committed to by Vittorio Colao, CEO of Vodafone Group Plc.
A long crisis with a lack of sound short-term, long-term actions can result in sluggish growth in India, similar to that in Japan.
While Reliance has the clout to negotiate prices with suppliers for its e-commerce, not to forget the cost advantage of integrated warehouse and supply chains, Amazon and Walmart are no pushovers, they too have deep pockets.
The Duncans Goenka group is in a spot of bother over the death of workers and non-payment of dues to employees.
The government has opted for the RuPay debit card over the Aadhaar-based platform for "last-mile" authentication in its Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana.
Ashish Mehrotra, MD and CEO, Max Bupa Health Insurance, explains the changes we can expect in health insurance this year.
Did you know that India is among the top five countries in food processing?
What we want from spectrum allocation is access to broadband networks at prices that will result in productivity gains.
An interview with Sridhar Ramaswamy,Senior vice-president, ads and commerce, Google.
Some unlikely celebrities are behind multiple campaigns to fight the fake news menace.
Leyland expects the digital drive to help tap its in-house strength as well as segments such as passenger cars and two-wheelers.
Key events that rocked India Inc in 2014 and one of them is Vishal Sikka taking over reins at Infosys.
Land aggregators now want to sell to large corporations because their payment is guaranteed.
We enlist some of the key features of iOS 9, so sit tight.
To promote localisation of manufacturing and reduce its import bill, the government increased basic customs duty on mobile handsets - from 10 per cent to 15 per cent.
Ma and the other co-founders had finalised the name "Alibaba" after much research on its acceptability.
Sources said the spin-off, a joint venture company, was yet to be named.
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