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Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled a slew of incentives to boost startup businesses, offering them a tax holiday, inspector raj-free regime and capital gains tax exemption as part of the startup action plan.

Govt relaxes norms for shares with differential voting rights; to...

According to the ministry, the initiatives have been taken in response to requests from innovative technology companies...

17 Aug 2019 10:48 AM IST

With this investment, Singtels total stake (along with its affiliates) in Bharti Telecom will increase to 48.90 per cent. Singtel currently holds 47.17 per cent stake in Bharti Telecom. This will lead to an increase of Singtel economic interest in Bharti Airtel by 0.9 percentage points to 39.5 per cent. (Photo: PTI)

Airtel shareholders approve waiver in recovery of excess pay to Mittal

Total remuneration paid to Mittal was about Rs 31 crore, while Vittal was paid Rs 20.9 crore.

17 Aug 2019 10:35 AM IST

Indias sugar output in the last marketing year (October-September 2018) was also a record of the sort at 32.5 million tonne.

WTO to set up dispute settlement panel to review India's sugar subsidy

India has stated that the measures were consistent with its WTO obligations.

17 Aug 2019 10:03 AM IST

he time period for such ESOPs was five years earlier.

Govt ring-fences start-ups with new DVR rules

The limit has been revised upwards from 26 per cent.

17 Aug 2019 2:34 AM IST

The Sensex closed at 39,784 with a gain of 168.62 points or 0.43 per cent while the Nifty-50 closed at 11,922.70 up 52.05 points or 0.44 per cent.

Investors will look to global cues for direction

The Sensex opened over 70 points up at 37,383 after Thursday's holiday but due weak domestic cues touched an intra-day...

17 Aug 2019 1:00 AM IST

The experts said that the Kharif foodgrain output is likely to fall due to irregular monsoon initially.

Friday downpour helps monsoon hit 2 per cent surplus

Meanwhile, the country received 604.8 mm rainfall as of Friday, against the normal of 595.7 mm, which is an excess of 2...

17 Aug 2019 12:59 AM IST

The cases that are often registered include phishing, online fraud, cheating, stalking on social media, email abuse, hacking and copyright violations.

Users risk safety by re-using breached credentials for financial,...

If netizens use strong, unique passwords for all their accounts, this risk disappears, Google said.

16 Aug 2019 6:28 PM IST

InVIT will acquire 100 per cent equity interest in Pipeline Infrastructure Pvt Ltd, owner and operators of the pipeline that transports Reliance Industries Ltds eastern offshore KG-D6 gas to customers, according to a statement issued by RIL.

Fitch Ratings raises Reliance's outlook to positive

Revision in the outlook follows RIL announcing plans to sell a 20 pc stake in its oil-to-chemical division to Saudi...

16 Aug 2019 6:00 PM IST

The Nifty claiming 11,l883 and Sensex 39571 marked the day with all the bullishness summoned up from yesterdays gains but selling emerged at higher levels.

Sensex, Nifty end a tad higher; banking, auto stocks save the day

After swinging 470 points during the day, the 30-share Sensex settled 38.80 points, or 0.10 per cent, higher at...

16 Aug 2019 4:33 PM IST

Sharechat does not have any English content, but a purely vernacular-based social media platform in 14 regional languages.

ShareChat raises USD 100 mn in series D funding from Twitter, others

To date, ShareChat has raised a total of USD 224 million, the company said in a statement.

16 Aug 2019 4:07 PM IST

Gold was available for $2 premium over and above the landed rate 15 days back. After the steep rise, it is now available for a discount of $14 per ounce, said Suresh Hundia, former President of the Bombay Bullion Association.

Gold climbs Rs 475 on jewellers' buying, silver gains Rs 378

Pick-up in demand from local jewellers at the domestic spot market led to the rise in gold prices, analysts said.

16 Aug 2019 3:54 PM IST

Ever since the government came to power in 2014, experts pointed out that the lower crude oil prices over the last few years had helped the government to significantly improve Indias macro economic indicators.

Crude oil futures up on positive cues

Analysts said speculative positions created by traders led to rise in oil prices.

16 Aug 2019 2:06 PM IST