The company is offering its own devices under the brand name Lyf along with other brands to employees at a 25 per cent discount.
The minister plans to reinstate the Railways as the backbone of the economy
Nasscom's current president Som Mittal's term expires in January. However, Chandrasekhar, expecting to get the necessary approvals from the government soon, will start work from next month to get familiar with the organisation.
Within a year of Gopal Vittal becoming the joint MD and CEO of Bharti Airtel's India operations, the company has elevated him as the MD and CEO for Bharti Airtel's operations in India and South Asia.
According to documents accessed by Business Standard, RIL increased its direct stake in Jio to 98.9 per cent as on March this year by pumping more capital into the company.
The RIL stock has halved from an all-time high of Rs 1,626 made (intra-day) on January 15, 2008, to on Wednesday's closing figure of Rs 800.55.
The incumbent operators faced the onslaught of free offers and cheaper rates from Jio.
The fixed line broadband will offer "ultra high-definition entertainment on large screen TVs, multi-party video conferencing from your living room, voice-activated virtual assistants, virtual reality gaming, digital shopping, immersive experiences," Ambani said.
'When an enemy country is looking for information to sabotage a system from a remote location, they can access your data, they can stop the functioning of our power plants, they can stop the functioning of critical systems in the network.' 'It is very important that we should have full control of everything in the network.' 'Most Indian companies buy from China only because of the kind of incentive they are getting.' 'By doing so, these Indian companies are exposing themselves to dangers in the coming years.'
The number of smartphones booked during the initial hours was 30,000.
I-T heat on thousands of firms for unusual cash deposits.
Ministers in the Narendra Modi government have been busy making presentations on their 100 days of work. But what these presentations do not mention is that decisions by ministers have been few, with plenty of papers and files moving to the Prime Minister's Office, which is increasingly emerging as a centralised clearance point, even for routine and ordinary issues. Though policy paralysis was a term used freely for the United Progressive Alliance regime, questions are now being raised about pending decisions across ministries and whether at least some ministers have turned redundant.
The programme has triggered a huge debate in India.
Battleground shifts to rural and small towns, where user base aspires to upgrade to smartphones.
Ambani's $15 bn bet will upend Indian telecom
Mumbai has fastest 4G speed, Ahmedabad most consistent, says wireless coverage mapping firm OpenSignal
The prime minister is likely to talk about its possible extension.
Earlier, SC had given two weeks to prove Chidambaram deliberately granted FIPB clearance in 2006
Internet, tech, infra, realty in India might gain
The board is likely to take up the matter this month.
'If the RBI blesses us with a banking licence, we would like to launch a successful bank.'
The five key components, which are indispensable for any smartphone, cost more than Rs 2,000 even for a budget 3G-enabled 3.5-inch handset.
Most business groups in India, including Godrejs, Tatas and Mahindras, have seen patience tested in JVs, with some of them winding up quickly
Apple and Samsung are international players and should work as a team with domestic companies to transform India into a global powerhouse: IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad.
Ambani has unveiled an over Rs 1.8 trillion capex plan for the next three years.
'The AMs are a different beast and reflect the political play within the government.' 'Prime Minister Modi does not need to assuage any interest group to take the final call on any decision that belongs rightfully to the Cabinet,' points out Subhomoy Bhattacharjee.
A look at the life and times of maverick businessman Chinnakannan Sivasankaran
The apex court had observed that the allocation was arbitrary, illegal, and resulted in unfair distribution of national wealth.
The 50-issue NSE Nifty in range-bound movements settled higher by 59.15 points, or 0.58 per cent, at 10,252.10.
Standard call rates to countries like the US, the UK and Canada has been raised.
The highest ever average daily construction rate of 130 km has been achieved for rural roads
Bengaluru-based InMobi and Microsoft combine their powers to break the stranglehold of Google and Facebook in the digital advertising space.
Most employment surveys suffer from drawbacks such as limited data coverage, infrequent data collection, and time lag
'We may bite the bullet and draw up plans for privatisation.' 'If that is done now, the sale of the government stake will fetch money; a delay will see erosion in whatever value is left in these banks,' says Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
'When bankers are hounded by investigative agencies for credit decisions going wrong and defaulters are treated like outcasts, who will borrow money and who will lend?' asks Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
Bharti Retail launched its first mall, The Pavilion, in Ludhiana.
All eyes this year, however, are on Nokia's latest launches.
The Hinduja Group, Mukesh Ambani, Murugappa, and the Adani groups were the other gainers in the Modi regime, while Naveen Jindal and Sun Pharma groups saw the most erosion in their m-cap in the last five years, reports Krishna Kant.
Arvind Kejriwal will monitor the work of various departments. Adarsh Shastri might also aid Kejriwal in this task. Somesh Jha reports
'The no-rate cut policy and preference to wait for the Budget and clarity on the fiscal front demonstrate RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das is maturing in his new role,' notes Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
