Online smartphone sales accounted for nearly a third of overall smartphone sales in the country, which is among the highest in the world. Nearly 100 smartphone brands were launched exclusively through online platforms during the year.

Luxury retailers have realized that India is one of the world's most vibrant, diverse and challenging markets for brands that want to capture this market.

This came after the country's second largest state-run lender Punjab National Bank detected a Rs 11,400-crore fraudulent transactions at one of its branches in Mumbai.

In the wake of telecom companies misusing the Aadhaar-based eKYC verification for opening accounts in their payments bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has recently clarified that the verification done by telecom operators on behalf of payments bank will not be considered valid.

US businesses and diplomats are pressing India to cut tariffs, industry and government sources say, after New Delhi's move to increase customs duties on dozens of products to help its flagship Make-in-India drive aggravated differences over trade.

During the last 8 years, Gitanjali Gems stock price has witnessed several fluctuations. From 1 January 2010 to 22 April 2013, the stock gained 63.5 per cent on an annualised basis (CAGR) and outperformed the Sensex by 23.5 times. Sensex gained just 2.7 per cent annualised returns (CAGR) during the same period.

The increased number scheme may not affect consumers as such; it will require telecom operators to make changes in their networks.

The PSUs are hopeful of playing a lead role in implementing the government's Digital India initiatives like e-health, e-commerce and e-education services.

This is not to be confused with the deadline for filing taxes for the current financial year, which is on or before July 31. Last year this deadline was extended till August, but the gesture may not be repeated.

Domestic mutual funds have invested over Rs 1.23 lakh crores in equities between December 2016 and January 2018. Looking at the constituents of the BSE500 index, there are 95 companies where mutual funds have consistently increased their stake between December 2016 quarter and December 2017 quarter.