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Telecom industry stares at another round of firing post AGR ruling

The ruling from the SC would force the industry to pay a hefty amount of Rs 1.3 lakh crore and the development has come at a critical point when the industry is looking for a turnaround.

Oct 29, 2019

Investors lose Rs 53,000 crore as Infosys shares suffer worst fall in 6 years, ends 17% lower

Some anonymous Infosys employees have written to the company board accusing its CEO Salil Parekh and CFO Nilanjan Roy of being involved in unethical practices for several quarters.

Oct 22, 2019

Infosys techies accuse CEO, CFO of unethical practices

A few anonymous employees of global software vendor Infosys have accused its Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Salil Parekh and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Nilanjan Roy of unethical practices for many quarters.

Oct 21, 2019

IMF praises India's corporate tax cut; calls it positive impact on economy

The funding body went on to say that while this has a positive impact, India should also consider the fiscal consolidation, address it and secure long-term stability of the fiscal conditions.

Oct 19, 2019

Satya Nadella gets 66% pay hike in 2018-19; guess how much he makes

When Satya Nadella took over from Steve Ballmer in 2014, he took home $84.3 million which is the highest earnings in a fiscal year for him so far.

Oct 17, 2019

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Air India divestment: Permission to retrench staff may clinch deal in second bid

The Modi government may get second time lucky with the offer made sweeter with 100% stake sale and permission to retrench staff under voluntary retirement scheme norms

Oct 17, 2019

Can India defy US pressure and continue trade ties with Venezuela, Russia?

Finance Minister Sitharaman says India cannot sacrifice 'economic strength' and strategic interests to comply with US sanctions.

Oct 16, 2019

Even after growth rate cut to 6.1%, Indian economy remains 'very strong': IMF

India and China with their projected growth rate of 6.1 percent for the current year share the top rank among major economies.

Oct 16, 2019

Amid losses, Paytm in talks with T Rowe Price for $1 billion funding

Paytm has been scouting for investors and shore up funds since the beginning of the year amid increasing loss and competition in the digital payments segment posed by Google Pay and Walmart-owned PhonePe.

Oct 15, 2019

'Indian economy doing very badly': Nobel awardee Abhijit Banerjee

Abhijit Banerjee, who shared the Nobel prize for economics, said that the Indian economy is "doing very badly" even as the government is increasingly recognising that there is a problem.

Oct 15, 2019

Trump or Xi? Who has won the first round of US-China trade wars?

President Trump hails 'the greatest and biggest deal ever made for our Great Patriot Farmers'; US agrees to suspend next round of tariff hike on Chinese imports while Beijing will import $40-50 billion US farm products.

Oct 14, 2019

When will economic slowdown end? World Bank predicts 2nd year of fall in growth

World Bank cut India's GDP growth estimate to 6% for the 2019-20 financial year against 6.9% it achieved in FY19 amid broad-based deceleration of different sectors in the earlier quarters of the year.

Oct 13, 2019

Raghuram Rajan's take on how worrying the economic situation is as growth slows

Former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan says that uncertainty over economic vision is causing deep distress in the economy whose growth forecast has been slashed multiple times this fisc.

Oct 12, 2019

Chennai connect to see new era in Sino-India relations, says PM Modi

After one-on-one talks with the Chinese President Xi Jinping in multiple sessions spread over two days, PM Modi said a new era of cooperation will begin on Saturday in Sino-India ties through the "Chennai connect".