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Comprehensive revival plan underway for BSNL, MTNL: Ravi Shankar Prasad

3 hours ago

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BSNL’s market share, despite cut-throat competition, increased to 10.72 per cent from 9.63 per cent on pan-India basis..

iD Fresh eyes ₹20-cr revenue from iD Daileez

3 hours ago

Business / BusinessLine/ Companies

Fresh food brand, iD Fresh Food (India) Pvt Ltd has introduced a flanker brand iD Daileez for traditionally price sensitive markets. With this brand,..

Flipkart to roll out SuperCoins

3 hours ago

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Flipkart will roll out a credit system, SuperCoins, from July to strengthen its loyalty programme, ‘Flipkart Plus’. SuperCoins can be earned on all Fl..

Staff costs soar for IT majors with greater hiring in US

3 hours ago

Business / BusinessLine/ Info-tech

TCS, Infosys, Wipro have recruited over 25,000 Americans in recent years..

Centre may permit all telecom equipment companies, including Huawei, in 5G trials

3 hours ago

Business / BusinessLine/ Info-tech

Committee led by the Principal Scientific Advisor to submit report on the issue soon..

Labour reforms, incentives vital to create quality jobs

3 hours ago

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The Indian economy may even be a $3-4 trillion economy in a few years on the strength of its services sector, yet the issue may remain the same — where are the good quality jobs..

OYO to invest ₹100 cr to ramp up business in Kerala

4 hours ago

Business / BusinessLine/ Info-tech

Our Bureau OYO Hotels and Homes has announced plans for a ₹100 crore investment in capex, infrastructure and talent in Kerala. The company, on the bac..

Gold will continue to remain volatile

4 hours ago

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Gold’s over-extended rally, triggered by a host of supportive factors, is now beginning to come off. The excessive speculative froth that had accumula..

Don’t miss a message, don’t miss a note

4 hours ago

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JBL’s Live500BT headphones don’t just sound great, they work with Alexa and with Google Assistant to read and send texts for you..

Bihar encephalitis deaths, a matter of shame, says PM Modi

4 hours ago

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Speaking in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi underlined the need for simultaneous elections and rubbished concerns over the cred..

Tax sops for job creation, greater push towards skilling the need of the hour

4 hours ago

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With unemployment being a major challenge for the government, the Budget must provide measures to address the same..

Maharashtra farmers gear up for jail bharo protest

4 hours ago

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Police register cases against those sowing HTBT seeds..

Blowing up the future for the present

4 hours ago

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India’s lack of a coherent policy on water may prove catastrophic with demand set to outstrip supply..

UST Global wins 2 Stevie Awards in US

4 hours ago

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Leading digital transformation company UST Global has won two Stevie Awards at the 17th Annual American Business Awards. The company was named bronz..

Fonterra Future launches dairy brand Dreamery; targets 5% market share

4 hours ago

Business / BusinessLine/ Companies

Fonterra Future, the joint venture between the New Zealand-based dairy nutrition company Fonterra and the Future Group, targets a turnover of ₹5,000-6..

‘Coins of various denominations continue to be legal tender’

4 hours ago

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The Reserve Bank has appealed to members of the public not to give credence to rumours regarding the genuineness of coins of 50 paise, ₹1, ₹2, ₹5 and..

Ambiguity remains over GST on service charge

4 hours ago

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Restaurants, tax experts seek clarity on applicability..

‘Gold cheaper than water in Chennai’

4 hours ago

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As Tamil Nadu reels from severe water shortage, a Rajya Sabha member on Wednesday highlighted the plight of the people saying “gold is cheaper than w..

Electrosteel to invest ₹5,000 cr to double production capacity

4 hours ago

Business / BusinessLine/ Companies

Having successfully turned around the operations of Electrosteel Steels Ltd (ESL) in less than a year post its acquisition, the Anil Agarwal-controll..

NTPC-PGCIL joint venture to focus on improving efficiency of distribution utilities

4 hours ago

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Twesh Mishra National Electricity Distribution Company Ltd (NEDCL) — the newly- formed 50:50 joint venture between NTPC and PowerGrid Corporation of..

Payment data should be stored in systems located in India: RBI

4 hours ago

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Despite opposition from multinational financial services players including those from the United States, the Reserve Bank of India has reiterated that..

Reliance Infra’s Delhi Toll Road sale will complete by Aug-end

5 hours ago

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Venkatesh Ganesh Reliance Infrastructure’s sale of Delhi Agra (DA) Toll Road to Singapore-based Cube Highways and Infrastructure III will close by Au..

FDI in telecom sector down 43 per cent to USD 2.6 bn in 2018-19: RS Prasad

5 hours ago

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The Minister did not attribute any specific reason for the decline in investment..

US elections: Elizabeth Warren gets centre stage at the Democratic primary debate

6 hours ago

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Senator Warren looks to become the leader of the Democratic party’s progressive faction..

Indian steel exports in May drop to the lowest in 3 years: Govt data

6 hours ago

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Exports to Europe takes a hit, down 28 per cent..

NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant gets two-year extension

7 hours ago

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The Appointments Committee of Cabinet has extended the tenure of Niti Aayog’s Chief Executive Officer, Amitabh Kant by another two years.Kant’s term w..

PwC to start cryptocurrency auditing

7 hours ago

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Accountancy giant PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP has added cryptocurrency auditing to its list of services as the firm expands into an asset class that i..

IndiaMART IPO subscribed 35.87 times so far on final day of bidding

8 hours ago

Business / BusinessLine/ Home

The initial public offer of IndiaMART InterMESH, an online marketplace for business products and services, was subscribed 35.87 times so far on the f..

UIDAI’s expenditure in FY20 till May at Rs 30.32 crore : Ravi Shankar Prasad

8 hours ago

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Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) incurred an expenditure of Rs 30.32 crore in the first two months of 2019-20 financial year, Parliam..

World Cup 2019: All eyes on Dhoni’s approach as India take on depleted West Indies

8 hours ago

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Dhoni’s painfully slow approach against the Afghanistan yielded 28 off 52 balls and he was roundly criticised...

Gold falls 1% as US Fed tempers aggressive rate cut hopes

9 hours ago

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Gold fell more than 1% on Wednesday, retreating from a 6-year peak scaled in the previous session, on signs the US Federal Reserve will not resort to..

China’s Fushida Group joins hands with Hero Cycles for Rs 210 crore project in Ludhiana’s hi-tech cycle valley

9 hours ago

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The project is spread over 100 acres of the total 380 acres of land in the hi-tech cycle valley with potential employment to 1,000 people...

Sterling Biotech PMLA case: ED attaches assets worth over ₹9,000 cr

10 hours ago

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Bharat Biotech, Hilleman Laboratories ink pact for oral cholera vaccine

10 hours ago

Business / BusinessLine/ Companies

Hilleman Laboratories has entered into a collaboration with Hyderabad-based vaccine maker, Bharat Biotech International Ltd. (BBIL) for further devel..

Britannia Industries denies speculation over resignation of MD Varun Berry

11 hours ago

Business / BusinessLine/ Companies

FMCG major Britannia Industries on Wednesday dispelled speculations over the resignation of its Managing Director Varun Berry from the company. Termi..

Uttar Pradesh plans to commission 1500 MW solar projects

11 hours ago

Business / BusinessLine/ National

Uttar Pradesh plans to commission 1500 MW solar capacity power plants by next year, state Minister for department of Additional Sources of Energy Bra..

S Raghupathy re-elected as Chair of World Green Building Council-Asia Pacific Network

11 hours ago

Business / BusinessLine/ News

S Raghupathy, Deputy Director General, CII and in-charge, IGBC has been re-elected as Chair of World Green Building Council (WorldGBCs)-Asia Pacific N..

US-China trade war ‘opportune time’ for India to attract multinationals: Panagariya

12 hours ago

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The escalating trade war between the US and China is an “opportune time” for India to attract the large multinationals looking for alternative locati..

India's gold demand could fall to 3-year low as prices hit record high

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Demand could fall 10 per cent in 2019..

Gold rates

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ICRA downgrades rating on debenture programmes of Edel Finance Co

13 hours ago

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Reaffirms rating on NBFC’s Rs 1,000-cr commercial paper..

Helpline to deal with mental illness among seafarers launched

14 hours ago

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Synergy Marine Group, in collaboration with iCall and the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), has launched a helpline number to address the the..

To win over Mindtree staff, L&T hard sells its tech credentials, staff-friendly persona

14 hours ago

Business / BusinessLine/ Info-tech

For Anirudh B, a Vice-President in Mindtree who is in his late 30s, each day passes by in search of a new job.“It is not technology or business challe..

White House names longtime Trump aide Stephanie Grisham as press secretary

15 hours ago

Business / BusinessLine/ World

Stephanie Grisham, communications director for first lady Melania Trump and a longtime aide to President Donald Trump, will succeed Sarah Sanders as W..

H-Energy's Jaigarh LNG import terminal likely to start up in fourth quarter

15 hours ago

Business / BusinessLine/ Home

H-Energy Pvt Ltd's liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal at Jaigarh is now likely to start up in the fourth quarter of 2019, the company's Chief..

Robert Mueller to testify before US House panel

15 hours ago

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Former US special counsel, Robert Mueller, is to testify in public about his report into Russian electoral interference, paving the way for a historic..

Dollar inches higher after Fed curbs rate cut expectations

16 hours ago

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Yen spikes up on safe-haven demand..

Persistent Systems to acquire Youperience GmbH

17 hours ago

Business / BusinessLine/ Info-tech

IT firm Persistent Systems on Tuesday said its German subsidiary will acquire Youperience GmbH for up to €6.8 million (about Rs 53.6 crore). Youperie..

Pompeo visit to India aimed at deepening strategic relationship: US

17 hours ago

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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s visit to India is aimed at deepening strategic relationship with the largest democratic country of the world, the U..

‘Government surveillance at alarming levels’

yesterday

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Forrester report red-flags data privacy concerns..

Coconut product makers demand import duty on desiccated powder

yesterday

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Rising imports of desiccated coconut (DC) powder from Sri Lanka have prompted coconut product manufacturers to seek a minimum import price for the com..

Assessment of firms: CBDT wants AOs to verify partnership deeds & salary/income of partners

yesterday

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Move will ensure there is no under-reporting of tax liability..

Global agri-nutrition-health meet begins on Wednesday

yesterday

Business / BusinessLine/ Home

About 350 agricultural experts from the nutrition and health sectors of 35 countries will gather in Hyderabad for the the fourth Annual Agriculture, N..

Top Mindtree executives likely to quit after L&T seals takeover

3 hours ago

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One of Mindtree’s co-founders, Subroto Bagchi, has already decided not to seek re-election to the board..

IL&FS Engineering asks bourses to go easy on compliance delays

3 hours ago

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Citing the ‘special’ circumstances that IL&FS Engineering and Construction Company Ltd is passing through following various processes under the..

UCO Bank hopes to recover ₹8,000 crore this fiscal from stressed assets

3 hours ago

Business / BusinessLine/ Money & Banking

Kolkata-based UCO Bank is hopeful of recovering close to ₹8,000 crore from stressed assets in the current fiscal.According to AK Goel, MD and CEO, UC..

‘Lower logistics cost is integral to ease of doing business’

3 hours ago

Business / BusinessLine/ Logistics

Asserting that FedEx is optimistic about India’s potential, Rajesh Subramaniam, the company’s newly appointed President and COO, said in an interacti..

Govt promises seed traceability software by next June

3 hours ago

Business / BusinessLine/ Info-tech

Identifying seeds as a key factor in ensuring sustainability for farmers, the Union Government is developing a software to let the farmers trace the o..

North America top turmeric importer

4 hours ago

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India’s turmeric exports touched $236 million (around ₹1,632 crore) in 2018 and North America has emerged as the largest market for the commodity, ac..

Farmers’ cooperatives call on Centre to curb smuggling of arecanuts, ban pepper import

4 hours ago

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Our Bureau A delegation of arecanut cooperatives, led by the Central Arecanut and Cocoa Marketing and Processing Cooperative Ltd (Campco), has urged..

In Parliamentary Party meet, Rahul reiterates his decision to quit as Congress president

4 hours ago

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Amid the leadership crises in the Congress, Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday reportedly told the Congress Parliamentary Party that his decision to quit as pa..

Praja Vedika demolished, call for Chandrababu to vacate official home

4 hours ago

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The former CM terms the move political, vengeful..

40 per cent turmeric unsold

4 hours ago

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Only 60 per cent of the arrived turmeric was sold. The price at the turmeric futures remains stable. The farmers with much reluctant sold their turme..

Hitachi Vantara to move Ireland delivery centre to Hyderabad

4 hours ago

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To hire 1,000 over the next 12 months..

Why must a Muzaffarpur tragedy happen?

4 hours ago

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To safeguard our children’s health, it’s time the administration of laggard States is beefed up..

Urban Ladder on expansion mode

4 hours ago

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Urban Ladder is planning to expand its presence beyond New Delhi and Bengaluru. It is eyeing Coimbatore and other Indian cities to strengthen its pre..

Securing the Indian Ocean sea-lanes

4 hours ago

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With China keen to tighten its grip on this crucial trade route, India’s move to strengthen ties with island nations is right..

Decide on Huawei

4 hours ago

Business / BusinessLine/ Opinion

India should ascertain whether security fears on Chinese telecom equipment are valid..

As FIA Tech widens network, customer base tops 20 million

4 hours ago

Business / BusinessLine/ Companies

FIA Tech, a fintech company, on Wednesday said its customers base has crossed 20 million in June, a significant milestone.Most of the subscribers are..

Digital literacy drive needs more funds : MeitY

4 hours ago

Business / BusinessLine/ Info-tech

Current allocation not enough to train even half of the targeted 6-crore individuals..

A multi-year roadmap with milestones is the key for electric vehicles: N Chandrasekaran

4 hours ago

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Tata Sons Chairman N Chandrasekaran on Wednesday said that the migration to electric vehicles (EVs) needs to be planned to ensure entire ecosystem is..

‘Sterlite plant, a target of vested interests’

4 hours ago

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Vedanta Group says TN govt has chosen to ignore pollution by power plants..

FBAs should have ₹1-cr networth and be India-incorporated, mandates RBI

4 hours ago

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The Reserve Bank of India on Wednesday said Financial Benchmark Administrators (FBAs) administering ‘significant benchmarks’ in the markets for finan..

The most sought-after job: Company Secretary

4 hours ago

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Companies scramble to hire CS to meet govt’s new ‘ACTIVE Compliant’ norm..

Ducon Infratechnologies ties-up with Sterling & Wilson

5 hours ago

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Ducon Infratechnologies on Wednesday announced that it has entered into a strategic tie-up with Sterling & Wilson Private Limited, a flagship grou..

Water crisis: Work on fifth reservoir nearing completion, says Tamil Nadu CM Palaniswami

5 hours ago

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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami on Wednesday said that a fifth reservoir, that would help quench the thirst of Chennaiites, was nearing compl..

North America is the largest market for India’s turmeric exports: TPCI

6 hours ago

Business / BusinessLine/ Markets

Turmeric ranks third in the total exports of spices from India, said TPCI Chairman..

Lenovo brings in ‘Made To Order’ laptops for Indian buyers

6 hours ago

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The Made to Order devices are currently made at Lenovo’s facility in China that caters to 94 countries..

HDFC Bank picks up BofA, Morgan Stanley for HDB Financial IPO

7 hours ago

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The bank plans to sell shares in HDB Financial Services in a deal that may raise about ₹10,000 crore..

Reliance Infrastructure shares zoom 18 per cent on Rs 7,000 crore project win

7 hours ago

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At the NSE, shares of the company advanced 17.70 per cent to close at Rs 61.15..

Indian manufacturing industry most vulnerable to cyber threats in Q1 2019: Quick Heal

8 hours ago

Business / BusinessLine/ Info-tech

Professional services and education also face cyber-security threats..

Persistent Systems buys European consulting firm Youperience

8 hours ago

Business / BusinessLine/ Home

Pune-based Persistent Systems on Wednesday announced the acquisition of European Salesforce consulting partner, youperience.Together with previously..

Havells targets ₹1,000 cr biz in switch gears

8 hours ago

Business / BusinessLine/ Home

Havells India Ltd is looking at a ₹1,000 crore revenue from building circuit protection devices over the next three years.“The organised switchgear..

Jaishankar, Pompeo hold talks to strengthen Indo-US partnership

9 hours ago

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We discussed the on-going trade issues, says US Secretary of State..

New AI-enabled tool may help detect heart attacks

10 hours ago

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The researchers compared the ML approach with CAD-RADS and other vessel scoring systems in 6,892 patients...

‘Fit and fine’ Lara discharged from Mumbai hospital

10 hours ago

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In a late evening message on Tuesday, Lara had allayed concerns over his health...

Additional war risk cover levied by insurers for Hormuz transit pushes up freight rates for oil refiners

10 hours ago

Business / BusinessLine/ Logistics

Impact could be as high as $300,000 per day..

Govt removes restrictions on import of pea seeds

11 hours ago

Business / BusinessLine/ Economy

Import policy of seeds of peas is amended from restricted to free category..

Mindtree open offer: Attractive exit

11 hours ago

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Investors of Mindtree have been offered an exit through an open offer at Rs 980 by L&T, which is the same price it bought shares from V.G. Siddhar..

Nifty Call: Buy with stop loss at 11,810 levels

11 hours ago

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Nifty 50 June Futures (11,830)The Sensex and the Nifty began the session in negative territory and immediately entered the positive territory. After i..

July may not deliver normal rain but rest of 2019 will: Korean agency

12 hours ago

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South-West monsoon and North-East monsoon to deliver decent rainfall across the country..

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