\"Tweaking of duties on these goods would help promote self-reliant India campaign and boost domestic manufacturing,\" says Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman

Oxfam's 'The Inequality Virus' report said it would take an unskilled worker 10,000 years to make what businessman Mukesh Ambani made in an hour during the pandemic and three years to make what he made in a second

It said the quantum of spectrum allocation will determine the quality of 5G offerings as scarcity of airwaves increases costs and makes operations inefficient.

\"Lightening the balance sheet of the government means divestment and monetising their investments. That is the way to go. If you look at it globally, that is how things have worked out,\" says Krishan

Another private operator representative said that two private mobile service providers want the government to ensure price competitiveness among vendors in case equipment from China are barred from the networks

The CCI study cites the example of Amazon in the US, where only 1 per cent Amazon Prime members are likely to consider competitor retail sites, while non-Prime members are eight times more likely than Prime members to shop between both Amazon and Target

RIL Q3 results: Revenue of Mukesh Ambani-led oil-to-telecom conglomerate fell by 22 per cent to Rs 128,450 crore in the quarter under review as compared to Rs 160,447 crore in the year ago period

5G has been rolled out in several countries but its use cases are still being questioned. The technology can have applications across different sectors but how viable are they commercially? What are the global examples of successful use cases? Watch Dr P D Vaghela, chairman, TRAI, Akhil Gupta, Vice- Chairman, Bharti Enterprises, Shyam Mardikar, President, Reliance Jio and Prashant Singhal, Emerging Markets TMT Sector Leader, EY as they discuss the future of 5G and its viability.Also Read: MindRush 2021: '5G will open up endless probabilities, possibilities, opportunities'

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Here's a look at the top companies have been a part of the S&P BSE Sensex every year since its inception in 1986

BSE Sensex today: The benchmark Sensex has breached the psychological 50,000-mark thanks to roll out of COVID vaccines, better-than-expected corporate earnings in third quarter of FY21 and ample global liquidity

Corporate earnings according to Motilal Oswal are likely to continue their recovery phase in Q3FY21 aided by a pick-up in both global and domestic macroeconomic activity. Vaccine rollout has changed the broader sentiments and is helping the demand recovery

\"In Japan, various efforts are made to utilise 5G in such fields as agriculture, transportation and disaster risk reduction. Japan is willing to share our experience and expertise and work together towards the successful introduction of 5G in India,\" stated Japanese minister Takeda

The stock touched an intraday high of Rs 610, rising 5.14% against previous close of Rs 580.20

As per Goldman Sachs, Airtel could potentially save Rs 4,100 crore annually and Vodafone Idea Rs 5,800 crore annually if Supreme Court lowers AGR liability to self-assessed levels

In today's session, Sensex and Nifty hit new lifetime highs of 49,479 and 14,563, respectively. Reliance Industries, L&T, Bharti Airtel, ITC, Bajaj Finserv and TCS were among the gainers on Sensex chart

The reason for muted spends during first eight to nine months on the health sector could possibly be attributed to non-provision of other health services during lockdown and for some subsequent months

The Department of Telecom (DoT) also said that the process for spectrum allocation for 4G services to Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) on pan-India basis, including Delhi and Mumbai, has been initiated and funds have been provisioned in FY2020-21

The ongoing tussle between DoT, and DoS, ISRO and defence ministry has already delayed the launch of 5G in the country. Globally, radiowaves across sub-1 GHz (600 MHz, 700 MHz), mid-band (3.5 GHz), and millimeter-band (26, 28 GHz) are being used to deliver 5G services

RIL remained the most valued among the top 10 firms with highest market valuation, followed by TCS, HDFC Bank, HUL, Infosys, HDFC, Kotak Mahindra Bank, ICICI Bank, Bajaj Finance and Bharti Airtel