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JioFinance app launched for both Android and iOS, new features now available

Reliance's JioFinance app has been launched with more products and feeatures after more than six million beta users gave their feedback

Business

Published on Oct 11, 2024 03:50 PM IST

ByAbhyjith K. Ashokan

Hyundai Motor India files for IPO worth about ₹27,000 crore, to open next week

The price band of Hyundai Motor India's IPO is fixed between ₹1,865-1,960 per equity share, which values it anywhere between ₹26,519-27,870 crore in total

Business

Published on Oct 09, 2024 02:57 PM IST

ByAbhyjith K. Ashokan

Amazon India head to replace Nestle India's Chairman and MD after his retirement

Nestle India's Chairman and MD Suresh Narayanan turned around the Maggi brand after the FSSAI banned it due to presence of high quantities of MSG and lead

Manish Tiwary, with nearly three decades of experience in e-commerce and consumer goods has worked with Amazon for the last eight and a half years, joining as a Vice President in May 2016, and becoming the India head in July 2020(Amazon India)

Business

Published on Oct 07, 2024 02:59 PM IST

ByAbhyjith K. Ashokan

Harsh Goenka shares top three lessons for success he learnt from Mukesh Ambani

Harsh Goenka took to X to share the top three lessons for success he learnt from his interactions with Mukesh Ambani, India's wealthiest person

Harsh Goenka shares three things he learnt from Mukesh Ambani(@pradeepcsrivast)

Business

Updated on Oct 05, 2024 09:01 PM IST

ByAbhyjith K. Ashokan

Zomato to grant 12 million employee stock options worth around ₹330 crore

Zomato previously approved granting 40.73 million stock options during this year's July and 1.98 million stock options for employees in August

Zomato Ltd has approved the granting of nearly 12 million stock options to eligible employees.(Unsplash)

Business

Updated on Oct 05, 2024 03:27 PM IST

ByAbhyjith K. Ashokan

Paytm CTO gets new role of ‘AI Fellow,’ Deependra Singh Rathore replaces him

Paytm's Manmeet Singh Dhody has a new role called ‘AI Fellow’ and his job is to drive projects related to artificial intelligence (AI) innovation

A QR code sticker of the digital payment app Paytm is seen outside a grocery store in Kolkata, India.(Reuters)

Business

Published on Oct 05, 2024 01:05 PM IST

ByAbhyjith K. Ashokan

IPO-bound Swiggy rolls out quick commerce-like food delivery service called Bolt

Swiggy brings out a quick commerce-like service for food delivery, focusing on restaurants in a 2 km radius of the customer and dishes with minimal prep time

Now opening the Swiggy app will reveal the “Introducing Bolt - Food in 10 mins” tile prominently displayed on the food delivery page

Business

Updated on Oct 05, 2024 09:03 AM IST

ByAbhyjith K. Ashokan

Amazon India signs MoU with postal department for increasing customer reach

Amazon and India Post's partnership goes all the way back to 2013, with the e-commerce giant using the vast postal network for transporting parcels across India

Business

Published on Oct 04, 2024 07:29 PM IST

ByAbhyjith K. Ashokan

Google integrates AI into search engine, giving it many new features

Google has now rolled out search results organised by its Gemini AI models globally to all countries wherever AI Overviews are available

Business

Published on Oct 04, 2024 03:56 PM IST

ByAbhyjith K. Ashokan

Nearly 12 lakh railway employees to get bonus based on seventh pay commission

Close to 12 lakh railway employees will get a bonus worth 78 days of pay, calculated using the seventh pay commission for the first time

Railway employees of various categories will receive PLB for 78 days worth of wages, worth a grand overall total of <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>2,028.57 crore(Satyabrata Tripathy/HT)

Business

Published on Oct 04, 2024 02:34 PM IST

ByAbhyjith K. Ashokan

18th installment of PM-KISAN to be released today: Eligibility, eKYC process

The PM-KISAN scheme is to provide an income support of ₹6,000 a year to small and marginal farmers across India in three installments of ₹2,000 each

Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the launch of the PMKISAN scheme, at Gorakhpur, in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday, Feb. 24, 2019.(PTI)

Business

Updated on Oct 05, 2024 09:47 AM IST

ByAbhyjith K. Ashokan

All about Adani's Khavda renewable energy plant that is to power Google cloud

The Adani Group's hybrid solar-wind project which will power Google's cloud services is expected to start commercial operations in the third quarter of 2025

An aerial view of the world’s largest renewable energy plant, the 30 GW Khavda Renewable Energy Park, in Kutch.(ANI)

Business

Updated on Oct 03, 2024 05:54 PM IST

ByAbhyjith K. Ashokan

‘Exceeds my wildest expectations:’ Anand Mahindra on 1.76L Thar Roxx bookings

The all-new Mahindra Thar Roxx got more than 1.76 lakh bookings within an hour of the automaker opening up orders

The Mahindra Thar Roxx bridges the gap between a hardcore off-roader and a family vehicle.

Business

Updated on Oct 03, 2024 03:45 PM IST

ByAbhyjith K. Ashokan

Israel-Iran Crisis: Gold prices dip after sharp rise on day of strike

Gold prices saw a dip on the day after a sharp rise driven by Iran's 180-ballistic missile attack on Israel

Israel's Iron Dome anti-missile system intercepts rockets after Iran fired a salvo of ballistic missiles, as seen from Ashkelon, Israel, October 1, 2024(Amir Cohen/Reuters)

Business

Published on Oct 03, 2024 01:42 PM IST

ByAbhyjith K. Ashokan

Israel-Iran crisis: Escalating conflicts cause global oil prices to shoot up

Global oil prices rose for a third consecutive day, reaching towards $75 a barrel, after Israel and the US vowed at retribution towards Iran

The iCOMDEX Crude Oil index of the Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) showed oil prices rose to <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>7,749.35 a barrel. This is a 1.32% or <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>101.11 gain.(Representational Image/Unsplash)

Business

Published on Oct 03, 2024 01:10 PM IST

ByAbhyjith K. Ashokan

Jan Vishwas 2.0 bill in the works to further improve ease of doing business

The current Jan Vishwas Act decriminalised minor offences across 42 central acts and eliminated 183 criminal provisions across 19 ministries/departments

One of the main objectives of the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Act, 2023, was to remove outdated provisions in the law that no longer serve the evolving technological and business environment, especially in a global context(AFP)

Business

Published on Sep 29, 2024 10:40 AM IST

ByAbhyjith K. Ashokan

Reliance gets govt nod for non-news, current affairs TV license transfer to Star

Reliance gets the government's approval to transfer Viacom18's non-news and current affairs TV channels licenses to Star India as part of their merger

Disney and Reliance logos are seen in this illustration(Reuters)

Business

Published on Sep 29, 2024 09:34 AM IST

ByAbhyjith K. Ashokan

Anil Ambani's Reliance Power to raise funds again from stake sale

This will be the second board meeting after Reliance Power held one on September 23, 2024, with the board approving a ₹1,524.60 crore preferential issue

In this Dec. 26, 2017 file photo, Anil Ambani, Chairman of Reliance Power, addresses a press conference in Mumbai.(PTI)

Business

Published on Sep 28, 2024 05:31 PM IST

ByAbhyjith K. Ashokan

“Times are tough,” says laid off Disney employee who worked there for five years

A laid off Disney employee writes on LinkedIn about how her five-year experience at Disney was marked by a range of “firsts,” now including the first layoff

The entrance to Walt Disney studios is seen in Burbank, California, U.S. August 6, 2018.(Lucy Nicholson/Reuters)

Business

Published on Sep 27, 2024 12:34 PM IST

ByAbhyjith K. Ashokan

Swiggy files for ₹3,750 crore IPO, to use ₹1,120 crore for Scootsy

The Swiggy IPO consists of a fresh issue of 37,500 million equity shares with a face value of ₹1 each and an offer for sale (OFS) of 185,286,265 equity shares

Food delivery giant Swiggy has filed its updated Draft Red Herring Prospectus (DRHP) for its Initial Public Offering (IPO) worth <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>3,750 crore on Thursday, September 26, 2024.

Business

Published on Sep 27, 2024 09:03 AM IST

ByAbhyjith K. Ashokan

HT Exclusive: What's going on at IBM? Skills, hiring, AI and more

IBM executives talk about the state of skills in India and beyond when it comes to AI amid the growing number of layoffs in the tech industry as a whole

IBM Asia Pacific General Manager Hans Dekkers in a conversation with IBM India Private Limited, Managing Director Sandip Patel during Think Mumbai 2024 - IBM annual flagship, at Jio World Convention Centre in Mumbai on Tuesday.(Sandip Mahankal/ANI)

Business

Published on Sep 25, 2024 02:32 PM IST

ByAbhyjith K. Ashokan

AI-based investment product by Star Union to launch to beat large cap portfolios

The new insurance product is to outperform Indian large cap portfolios, which has become a challenge in general, mirroring western capital market trends

Standing from Left to Right: Subhra Tripathy, Principal at QuantumStreet AI, Hans Dekkers, General Manager, IBM Asia Pacific, Sandip Patel, Managing Director, IBM India & South Asia and Arindam Ghosh, Chief Technology Officer and Prashant Sharma, Chief Investment Officer of Star Union Dai-ichi Life Insurance.

Business

Updated on Sep 24, 2024 02:08 PM IST

ByAbhyjith K. Ashokan

Coldplay India Tour 2025 adds another day: Check new date, ticket price, details

British band Coldplay has added a third date for their India performance at Navi Mumbai's DY Patil Stadium due to “phenomenal demand”

Singer Chris Martin and his British rock band Coldplay will be back in Indian in January.(AFP)

Business

Updated on Sep 22, 2024 02:01 PM IST

ByMallika Soni, Abhyjith K. Ashokan

BookMyShow crashes after Coldplay India 2025 bookings start

BookMyShow's website and mobile application crashed right after the booking for British band Coldplay's India performance started

Business

Updated on Sep 22, 2024 01:55 PM IST

ByMallika Soni, Abhyjith K. Ashokan

India's busiest month for IPOs in 14 years will be September 2024, RBI says

India having the highest number of IPOs in the world during 2023-24's first half was driven by a surge of interest in SME IPOs from even domestic mutual funds

Over 28 companies have entered the market so far and 54% of IPO shares were sold within a week of listing

Business

Updated on Sep 21, 2024 04:02 PM IST

ByAbhyjith K. Ashokan

Edelweiss' Radhika Gupta says SIPs are the new wealth measure, netizens disagree

Radhika Gupta has always been a vocal advocate for SIPs, even emphasizing the importance of starting them early on during her Shark Tank India appearance

The image shows Edelweiss MF’s Radhika Gupta at the sets of Shark Tank India. (X/@iRadhikaGupta)

Business

Updated on Sep 21, 2024 04:18 PM IST

ByAbhyjith K. Ashokan

Blinkit to already cross 300 Apple iPhone 16 deliveries, CEO says

Blinkit partners with Unicorn Stores, an authorized Apple retailer to deliver the iPhone 16 in 10 minutes at cities like Delhi-NCR, Mumbai, Pune, and Bengaluru

The iPhone 16 Pro Max, in the new hero colour, called Desert Titanium(Vishal Mathur/ HT)

Business

Updated on Sep 20, 2024 01:13 PM IST

ByAbhyjith K. Ashokan

Swiss authorities freeze $310 million of Adani Group for investigation: Report

Hindenburg Research cited a news report based off of newly released Swiss court records showing $310 million belonging to the Adani Group has been frozen

Hindenburg Research said that Swiss authorities have frozen over $310 million in funds across multiple Swiss bank accounts as part of an investigation into the Adani group on a post on X (Formerly Twitter). (Reuters)

Business

Updated on Sep 13, 2024 01:54 AM IST

ByAbhyjith K. Ashokan

India's retail inflation at 3.65% in August, within RBI's 4% target: Govt data

India's retail inflation in August 2024 falls below the RBI's 4% target for the second time in about five years

A woman selects tomatoes from a vegetable vendor, at a wholesale market in Navi Mumbai, India August 4, 2023. (Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters)

Business

Updated on Sep 12, 2024 06:37 PM IST

ByAbhyjith K. Ashokan

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Reliance's JioFinance app has been launched with more products and feeatures after more than six million beta users gave their feedback

The price band of Hyundai Motor India's IPO is fixed between ₹1,865-1,960 per equity share, which values it anywhere between ₹26,519-27,870 crore in total

Nestle India's Chairman and MD Suresh Narayanan turned around the Maggi brand after the FSSAI banned it due to presence of high quantities of MSG and lead

Harsh Goenka took to X to share the top three lessons for success he learnt from his interactions with Mukesh Ambani, India's wealthiest person

Zomato previously approved granting 40.73 million stock options during this year's July and 1.98 million stock options for employees in August

Paytm's Manmeet Singh Dhody has a new role called ‘AI Fellow’ and his job is to drive projects related to artificial intelligence (AI) innovation

Swiggy brings out a quick commerce-like service for food delivery, focusing on restaurants in a 2 km radius of the customer and dishes with minimal prep time

Amazon and India Post's partnership goes all the way back to 2013, with the e-commerce giant using the vast postal network for transporting parcels across India

Google has now rolled out search results organised by its Gemini AI models globally to all countries wherever AI Overviews are available

Close to 12 lakh railway employees will get a bonus worth 78 days of pay, calculated using the seventh pay commission for the first time

The PM-KISAN scheme is to provide an income support of ₹6,000 a year to small and marginal farmers across India in three installments of ₹2,000 each

The Adani Group's hybrid solar-wind project which will power Google's cloud services is expected to start commercial operations in the third quarter of 2025

The all-new Mahindra Thar Roxx got more than 1.76 lakh bookings within an hour of the automaker opening up orders

Gold prices saw a dip on the day after a sharp rise driven by Iran's 180-ballistic missile attack on Israel

Global oil prices rose for a third consecutive day, reaching towards $75 a barrel, after Israel and the US vowed at retribution towards Iran

The current Jan Vishwas Act decriminalised minor offences across 42 central acts and eliminated 183 criminal provisions across 19 ministries/departments

Reliance gets the government's approval to transfer Viacom18's non-news and current affairs TV channels licenses to Star India as part of their merger

This will be the second board meeting after Reliance Power held one on September 23, 2024, with the board approving a ₹1,524.60 crore preferential issue

A laid off Disney employee writes on LinkedIn about how her five-year experience at Disney was marked by a range of “firsts,” now including the first layoff

The Swiggy IPO consists of a fresh issue of 37,500 million equity shares with a face value of ₹1 each and an offer for sale (OFS) of 185,286,265 equity shares

IBM executives talk about the state of skills in India and beyond when it comes to AI amid the growing number of layoffs in the tech industry as a whole

The new insurance product is to outperform Indian large cap portfolios, which has become a challenge in general, mirroring western capital market trends

British band Coldplay has added a third date for their India performance at Navi Mumbai's DY Patil Stadium due to “phenomenal demand”

BookMyShow's website and mobile application crashed right after the booking for British band Coldplay's India performance started

India having the highest number of IPOs in the world during 2023-24's first half was driven by a surge of interest in SME IPOs from even domestic mutual funds

Radhika Gupta has always been a vocal advocate for SIPs, even emphasizing the importance of starting them early on during her Shark Tank India appearance

Blinkit partners with Unicorn Stores, an authorized Apple retailer to deliver the iPhone 16 in 10 minutes at cities like Delhi-NCR, Mumbai, Pune, and Bengaluru

Hindenburg Research cited a news report based off of newly released Swiss court records showing $310 million belonging to the Adani Group has been frozen

India's retail inflation in August 2024 falls below the RBI's 4% target for the second time in about five years

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