Indians are looking to invest in new-age companies in the us via SPACs; SEBI considers local options

With total incentives committed going as high as Rs 1.99 lakh crore over five years, PLIs now rival some of the biggest Government of India outlays such as Rs 3.05 lakh crore for reforms-based result-linked power distribution sector scheme and the Rs 1.4 lakh-crore Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban)

Swiggy said that it will encourage its 2 lakh plus delivery partners to get vaccinated. The company said that they will also cover for the loss of pay for the period when they take time off to get vaccinated

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Wipro makes its largest acqusition of $1.45 billion in Capco In the largest ever acquisition made in the history of the company, Wipro has signed a definitive agreement to acquire London-headquartered management and technology consultancy company Capco, which provides digital, consulting and technology services to financial institutions in the Americas, Europe and the Asia Pacific region. The acquisition is an all cash deal and is expected to be completed during the quarter ending June 30, ...

Authorities said the first waves may have already reached areas around East Cape from Cape Runaway to Tolaga Bay at about 3:34 am local time

SPAC, also called as a blank-check company, is a company without any commercial operations, formed to raise money from public investors for IPO.

With the addition of this new feature, Flipkart enables customers to search for products through speech

The e-commerce giant said that the pandemic led to millions of people turning to online shopping and digital transactions. This has led to a sharp growth in consumer demand for e-grocery in both metros and Tier-2 cities

These reforms come a little over a fortnight after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman introduced amendments to relevant legislation during the Budget session to float  LIC IPO on markets

The IPO market is likely to see a number of big-ticket launches due to positive market sentiment, which has led the Sensex and Nifty to record highs in 2021

Stock Market Live News Today: Sensex and Nifty continued hitting new all-time highs today. Both benchmarks hit fresh lifetime highs of 51,523 and 15,159 earlier today

The metropolitan cities of India also topped the orders for other sexual-wellness products. Bengaluru, Pune, Gurgaon, Hyderabad and Delhi came on top with demands for the emergency contraceptive 'iPill,' while Jaipur emerged with the most number of purchases of pregnancy-test kits

During the year under review, Snapdeal saw more people coming to its platform to shop, with the number growing from 19 million in FY19 to 27 million buyers in FY20

Flipkart group CEO Kalyan Krishnamurthy will be inducted as director to the company's board, along with HDFC CEO Keki Mistry, Walmart's global CTO Suresh Kumar, and Walmart's Executive Vice-President Leigh Hopkins

Mukesh Ambani built three sector-dominating businesses under RIL and cleaned off the conglomerate's debts by raising Rs 2.89 lakh crore

Flipkart's plans to cut Walmart store sizes by half could also lead to the etailer shutting them at a few locations, completely transforming the facilities into fulfilment centres

McMillion said that by significantly accelerating the company's annual India exports in the coming years, they are supporting the Make in India initiative

Walmart aims to empower 50,000 MSMEs to Make in India for domestic and global supply chains over five years

How Mukesh Ambani, Amazon's Jeff Bezos and Walmart's Doug McMillon are fighting to get a bigger slice of India's $850 billion retail market