E-business
Reliance Retail to take controlling stake in Just Dial for Rs3,497 cr
19 Jul 2021
Reliance Retail Ventures Ltd will acquire up to 40.95 per cent equity stake in Just Dial as preferential and promoter equity and also make an open offer to its public shareholders to acquire another 26 per cent equity shares, in accordance with the Sebi Takeover Regultions
Big Tech entry poses threat to stability of banking system: RBI
05 Jul 2021
Big Tech firms operate non-financial lines of business with sometimes opaque overarching governance structures and have the potential to become dominant players in financial services and the ablity to overcome limits to scale in financial services provision, RBI noted
Online startup PharmEasy to acquire 66% stake in dignostics chain Thyrocare for Rs4,500 cr
28 Jun 2021
Govt moves to protect consumers from e-commerce frauds
23 Jun 2021
The proposed amendments to the Consumer Protection Act, 2020 and Rules thereby makes it mandatory for e-commerce firms to appoint a Chief Compliance Officer and a Resident Grievance Officer and bans flash sales
Tata Group to acquire BigBasket in Rs 9,500-cr deal
19 Feb 2021
The acquisition would help the Tata Group significantly expand its consumer facing businesses, and bring more consumer products and services, including food, grocery, consumer durables, jewelry, financial services etc, on one platform
Tata Group to launch `Super App” for digital services: report
24 Aug 2020
Tata plans to use the `Super App’ to make available a range of services that would eventually include food and grocery, fashion and lifestyle, consumer electronics and consumer durables, insurance and financial services, education, healthcare and bill payments
Amazon’s Q2 net income doubles to $5.2 billion
03 Aug 2020
Flipkart to offer 90-minute deliveries in India
29 Jul 2020
India adds 47 more Chinese apps to `banned’ list
27 Jul 2020
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Lighter than air, yet very, very powerful
By Kiron Kasbekar | 03 Jan 2024
In March 2013 Chinese scientists pulled off a remarkable feat. They created the world’s lightest aerogel. Tipping the scales at a mere 0.16 milligrams per cubic centimeter – that’s a sixth of the weight of air!
COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions
By Aniket Gupta | 27 Dec 2023
The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP28, took place from 30th November 2023, to 13th December 2023, at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
What is a Ponzi scheme?
By Aniket Gupta | 06 Dec 2023
Ponzi schemes have long captivated the public imagination, drawing unsuspecting investors into a web of illusion and deception.
The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
03 Jul 2023
HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
02 Apr 2023
Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
06 Mar 2023
Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation
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