Thales India, part of the Thales Group - one of the world's largest defence suppliers - is betting big on India along with China and the US. Of late, Thales has acquired a few companies in the digital space to expand in data analytics and cybersecurity. Patrice Caine, Chairman and CEO of the Thales Group, speaks to Business Today's Prosenjit Datta and Manu Kaushik on the next big areas and what makes India attractive. Edited excerpts:

The list is topped by US giant Walmart, followed by Chinese state-owned power company, State Grid.

\"As Reliance transitions to become a technology platform company, we see our biggest growth opportunity in creating a hybrid, online-to-offline new commerce platform,\" Ambani said at the RIL AGM.

Subscription has come in for over 2 times of the base issue size of Rs 6,000 crore. The total bids that has come in so far is for Rs 12,500 crore and one lakh applications have come in, market sources said.

Amit Kachroo, Managing Partner at Aaneev Wealth  talks about the newly launched Bharat 22 ETF further fund offer and the merits and demerits of investing in the fund.

On Tuesday, the government launched the FFO of Bharat-22 Exchange Traded Fund (ETF), comprising shares of 22 companies. The issue received subscriptions from investors such as mutual funds houses, foreign portfolio investors (FPI), insurance and retirement funds.

ICICI Prudential Asset Management Company is managing the launch of Bharat 22 ETF which is being offered at 2.5% discount to all the investor categories.

The new regulation for reclassification in mutual funds portfolio is leading to some correction and there is going to be a large selling in small cap space. So, valuations of both mid cap and small cap stocks are going to be attractive.

The BJP government announced a slew of schemes after it assumed power in 2014 winning 336 Lok Sabha seats out of 543 seats. Work under most of these schemes is still under progress an year ahead of General Election 2019.

Business in Bengaluru has much at stake in the state elections for despite its revenues and branding, India's Silicon Valley is far from a happy land.

PM says two Defence Industrial Corridors will be established in Tamil Nadu and in Uttar Pradesh; the four-day exhibition will see over 670 defence firms, including 154 foreign manufacturers, participating

As a power-surplus India chases renewables, power equipment JVs are struggling to get fresh orders from mainstream coal-fired plants.

The IPO of state-owned Bharat Dynamics (BDL) is now open for subscription at a price band of Rs 413-428 per share. The government will dilute its stake in the Hyderabad-based defence contractor by 12 percent, selling 22.45 million equity shares for up to Rs 960.94 crore in the upper price band.