Corporate

FDI policy on e-commerce: Online firms cannot win the game by blaming govt but by finding a way around regulations

The reluctance of digital/technology companies to invest time and resources to navigate an uncertain regulatory landscape is more to be blamed than the FDI policy itself.

Images: How India Inc is raising its voice against Sec 377

In a rare show of solidarity some of India's largest companies expressed their support for gay rights on Facebook and Twitter by releasing online advertisements. Take a look at them here.

US Open 2021: World No 150 Emma Raducanu to face Maria Sakkari in semi-final

Raducanu, only the fourth qualifier to reach a Grand Slam semi-final, made the Swiss 11th seed the highest-rated victim of her young career in making history on the New York hardcourts.

Tokyo Olympics 2020: With seventh gold, Allyson Felix becomes most decorated American track and field Olympian

France handed the United States their first Olympic basketball defeat since 2004 in the group stage of the men's tournament but could not repeat the feat in the final, narrowly losing 87-82 in Saitama.

Surat Municipal Corporation Recruitment 2021: Apply for 1,376 MO, SR, staff nurse among others; details at suratmunicipal.gov.in

The last date to register for the advertised vacancies is 20 April

Reliance Industries launches JioMart service across cities after conducting pilot runs in Maharashtra

JioMart is an online destination for grocery shopping that it is powered by Reliance Retail's Smart and Fresh stores

Shares hold on gains for fifth straight session; Kotak Mahindra Bank shares offset impact of Moody's ratings cut

Kotak Mahindra Bank was the top gainer in the Sensex pack, rising around 7 percent, followed by M&M, Sun Pharma, Hero MotoCorp, Bajaj Finance, Tata Steel, Bharti Airtel and HCL Tech.

RIL shuts secondary unit in Jamnagar refinery for maintenance

Reliance Industries has shut a secondary unit for planned maintenance at its 580,000 barrels per day (bpd) Jamnagar refinery, part of the world's largest refining complex, industry sources said on Monday.

Devas Multimedia gets new chairman Lawrence T Babbio ?

Babbio is a former vice-chairman and president of Verizon, a leading telecom operator in the US with $110 billion in revenues.

Bharti Airtel unaffected by Qualcomm deal: S&P ?

"The investment in Qualcomm India BWA provides Bharti with access to spectrum for providing broadband wireless services in Kerala, Haryana, and the key markets of Mumbai and Delhi" said S&P.

EGoM decision on pricing and refarming of spectrum? today

Meanwhile GSM operators have asked the government to take an independent look at Trai's and the industry's views on spectrum auction

World Bank ease of doing business ranking: Higher FDI inflows is okay, but why is it not boosting economic growth?

Gross fixed capital formation (GFCF), which is an indicator of investment in the economy, has also been going down steadily – from 34.31 percent of GDP in 2011-12 to 28.5 percent in 2017-18

IBPS RRB Officer Scale II and III Result 2020 declared; check details at ibps.in

The results have been released for Officer Scale II and Scale III posts. The exams for both the posts were held on 18 October

Govt launches Rs 5,000-cr special credit facility for street vendors; here's all you need to know about Rs 10,000 loan scheme

In order to revive businesses of street vendors that have taken a serious hit due to the COVID-19 lockdown, the Centre has launched a special micro-credit facility amounting to a total of Rs 5,000 crore that will provide them Rs 10,000 as initial working capital