FM Arun Jaitley non-committal on cutting excise duty as petrol, diesel prices hit fresh high

India, he said, is a net buyer of oil and is adversely impacted when rates go up "temporarily". Read more »

Bharti Infra to take annual hit of Rs 780 crore from Vodafone Idea exit

Following completion of Vodafone-Idea merger, the companies have served exit notices to Bharti Infratel and its subsidiary Indus Towers from 27,447 co-located mobile towers on consolidated basis. Read more »

Irdai ask insurers to provide 60-days grace period for health insurance premium

Heavy rains and subsequent floods have adversely affected life and property in Kerala and some districts of Karnataka. Read more »

Fortis feud: Shivinder accuses Malvinder of forging wife’s signature

In a petition filed before NCLT, Shivinder sued Malvinder for "oppression and mismanagement" of their companies. Read more »

Compensate those affected by faulty hip implants: Centre to Johnson & Johnson

In an order communicated to the pharma giant, the ministry has said the company be made "liable" to pay adequate compensation to all patients who received articular surface replacement (ASR). Read more »

E-mobility to be preferred mode of road transport by next decade: Amitabh Kant

Businesses need to seize the opportunities that are set to emerge from the e-mobility and sharing of vehicles space, and rise to the challenge of... Read more »

Strong domestic demand is likely to benefit Indian steel companies despite rising trade tensions

As per India’s Q1 FY19 steel import data, redirection of impacted steel volumes from countries like Japan and South-Korea, with whom India has Free Trade... Read more »

IKEA to stop veg biryani, samosas at its restaurant

A week after caterpillar fiasco, IKEA has decided to stop selling vegetable biryani and samosas. Read more »

At first town hall, 18,000 Vodafone employees told to use size, become strongest

Vodafone Idea organised a 2-hr town hall, which was streamed across centres of the newly-merged company. Read more »

Telecom Commission approves forming National Trust Centre for M2M devices, apps certification

Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communications forms the basis for automated information exchange between machines. It can impact various industries like smart cities and grids, transportation systems and healthcare, among others. Read more »