Vodafone Idea to close m-pesa biz, writes off Rs 210 cr
Reading Time: 3 minutes Vodafone m-pesa was one of the 11 firms that was given payments bank licence by the Reserve Bank of India in...
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‘Odisha Rasagola’ bags much-awaited GI tag
Reading Time: 3 minutes Since 2015, Odisha has been embroiled in a bitter battle over the origin of the delicacy with West Bengal, which had...
The big gainers under PM’s agri insurance plan
Reading Time: 3 minutes Under the PMFBY – introduced in 2016 – farmers have to pay a maximum of 2 per cent of the sum...
With voice assistants Big Brother is also listening in
Reading Time: 5 minutes It can seem like magic when Amazon offers you a choice of TV shows, music and books that you really like,...
Will the brand-new Jal Shakti ministry keep India’s head above water?
Reading Time: 6 minutes Can the newly-minted Jal Shakti ministry bring water to some 19 crore Indian households that have never had taps or heard...
Getting private funding will be an uphill task for Railways
Reading Time: 5 minutes Though the Railways is yet to declare any five-year action plan, it is clear the government is not in a position...
Sovereign external borrowing: A tightrope walk for govt
Reading Time: 5 minutes Experts point to the bitter experience of countries including Mexico, Thailand, South Korea and Russia and desist from going forward with...
Concern over MF industry’s debt exposure getting worse
Reading Time: 4 minutes Mutual fund houses hold Rs 3,400 crore of Yes Bank’s ‘riskier’ bonds. Reliance MF, Franklin Templeton MF and UTI MF account...
WhatsApp plans to roll out payments service in India later this year
Reading Time: 2 minutes WhatsApp’s ambitious payment services’ blueprint in India has been caught in a bind over concerns around authentication and its data storage...
Going gets tough for big firms wanting tax reduction
Reading Time: 4 minutes Revenue foregone on account of corporation tax exemptions is estimated to grow by 16 per cent in 2018-19 (FY19) versus 8.7...