Olx India to focus on business expansion and monetisation after 10-fold growth.

Online pre-owned good seller Olx, which is backed by over USD 20-billion Naspers group, will start focusing on monetising its India business after clocking a 10-fold growth, a top company official stated.... Read more »

Walmart infuses Rs 763 crore in Flipkart-owned PhonePe to counter Amazon, Google

Bengaluru-based digital wallet PhonePe had made waves in October 2017 when its parent Flipkart had announced a $500 million funding commitment to scale up its operations. Incidentally, PhonePe is ranked among the... Read more »

Fitch cuts India’s GDP growth forecast for FY20 to 6.8%

Global rating agency Fitch has cut its India’s economic growth forecast to 6.8 per cent for 2019-20 from the earlier estimate of 7 per cent due to weak momentum in manufacturing and agriculture. However, it said India economic... Read more »

Bajaj Auto in talks to offload KTM AG’s 48 pc stake to its parent company

Bajaj Auto International Holdings BV is in talks to offload its 48 per cent stake in Austria-based KTM AG to its parent company KTM Industries AG, which is Europe’s biggest sport motorcycles producer.  Bajaj Auto informed Indian stock exchanges... Read more »
OnMobile Global Limited acquires Appland AB

Telecom subscriber base crosses 120 cr mark, Jio, BSNL, Airtel add customers

The country’s telecom subscriber base for the third time has crossed the 120-crore mark with Reliance Jio, BSNL and Airtel adding new customers in January, according to a report released by telecom regulator Trai.... Read more »

India is one of the fastest growing economies in the world according to IMF.

India has been one of the fastest growing large economies in the world, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has asserting after that the country has carried out several key reforms in the... Read more »
“Don’t want ANMI, BBF to support 5 accused brokers in NSEL”: Open letter

SEBI orders agri-commodity derivative exchanges to create fund for farmers

Sebi on Wednesday asked the exchanges handling the agri-commodity derivatives to create a fund for farmers and FPOs in which the regulatory fee forgone by the regulator would be deposited. Besides, it... Read more »

Scamster Billionaire Nirav Modi arrested in London

Nirav Modi, the fugitive jeweller wanted in the 13,000-crore Punjab National Bank scam, has been arrested in London and is being  produced in the Westminster Magistrate’s Court, the UK police said.  He... Read more »

Airbnb in talks to invest $100-200 million in OYO: Report

It has been speculated that hospitality company OYO is readying to welcome yet another marquee investor on board – Airbnb – less than six months after it raised USD 1 billion from... Read more »

Nomura Financial says cyclical economy downsides because of domestic & global factors

Nomura Financial Advisory & Securities on Friday said cyclically the economy is clearly slowing down due to domestic and global factors and this slowdown will be seen for at least a couple... Read more »