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Mobile growth is shaping internet usage in India. With over 200 million mobile internet users in the country, mobile captured 60 per cent share of all shopping-related queries and over …
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Service charge, user charge and convenience fee paid by gateways and vendors on online or card payments will be waived once steps approved by the Cabinet on Wednesday come into …
Read MoreThe meeting was overdue for a while. After several rounds of scheduling and cancelling in what already seems a long week, the men behind Ringing Bells settle for a morning …
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GMR Infrastructure, which operates many power, airport and road projects, got major relief as the tribunal looking at the dispute in its erstwhile Maldives airport project ruled in its favour. …
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Castrol India’s results for the quarter ended December were weak on many parameters. Falling volumes and realisations hit revenue, which fell eight per cent over a year to Rs 791 …
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The mutual fund (MF) sector wants the government to modify the definition of equity funds to cover those investing at least 50 per cent in equity instruments, from the present …
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Online marketplace Snapdeal has put around 200 employees on notice. These workers have been asked to undergo a 30-day performance improvement plan (PIP). Their performance during this period will decide …
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IBM is to cut 185 jobs in its Global Technology Services division in the UK – the latest swing of its corporate axe over the last 24 months. The company …
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Industrial real estate developer IndoSpace on Monday said it plans to invest $1 billion (Rs 6815 crore) over the next five years to take its total investment to $1.75 billion …
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Telecom services company Manana Innovations plans to invest Rs 500 crore to build its mobile services business in India and abroad over the next five years. “We are looking at …
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Suspense over the multi-billion dollar Rafale fighter plane deal continued today as French Ambassador here Francois Richier said a “complex negotiation” is going on, just two days ahead of the …
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Economic reforms in India are going in the right direction, but the level is “wrong”, RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan has said, referring to some of the outdated regulations that are …
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Engineering and construction major Larsen & Toubro (L&T) is in talks with the Ahmedabad-based Adani group to sell its power plant in Punjab at an estimated value of around Rs …
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Beleaguered Mahendra Singh Dhoni today found backing from former Australia cricketer Mike Hussey, who says the Indian captain was the most suitable to lead the team as he still has …
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Barclays PLC Thursday said it would refocus its investment bank in the U.K. and the U.S., cutting around 1,000 jobs, mainly across Asia. The U.K.-based lender is closing its cash …
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Barely a week after hyperlocal grocery delivery app Grofers had shut operations in nine cities, Gurgaon-based restaurant discovery and food ordering app Zomato said on Monday it was closing down …
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Electronic transactions related to e-governance projects in the country have almost doubled in 2015, owing to the Digital India Programme, Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said. “According to government website …
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In a change of guard for the Nagaland state unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), retired bureaucrat Visasolie Lhoungu has been elected unopposed as its new president. Visasolie succeeded, M …
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President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday wished people “happiness and prosperity” on the occasion of Lohri, Makar Sankranti and Pongal. “On the auspicious occasion of Lohri, Makar Sankranti and Pongal, I …
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The Indian Bullion and Jewellers Association (Ibja) says it plans a big boost to the gold monetisation scheme announced by the prime minister before Diwali. The scheme is yet to …
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