Agritech companies are revamping the farm-to-fork supply chain. The big gainers are farmers.

How Malvinder and Shivinder Singh blew Rs 22,500 crore in less than a decade and lost control over Fortis Healthcare and Religare Enterprises.

Kerala has been hit by the worst-ever floods in a century. So far, over 357 people have lost their lives and over 10,000 people evacuated from the worst-affected areas of southern state.

The mega deal, announced in May this year, is the largest so far in the Indian retail space. This is also Walmart's biggest acquisition and will help it compete more aggressively with its US-based rival Amazon.

The UIDAI had earlier planned to roll out face recognition feature from July 1 -  a target that was later pushed to August 1. It has also proposed a monetary disincentive for telcos found slipping on the prescribed targets from mid next month.

A potential deal could value the loyalty program, Jet Privilege Private Ltd, between $429.1 million to $572.1 million.

The Life Insurance Corporation is in the process of buying 51 per cent stake in the debt-stressed IDBI Bank. The Union Cabinet gave its approval to the proposal on August 1.

The top officials of the bank are expected to hold a press conference today to explain the developments. Established in 1906, the Cosmos Bank is one of the oldest cooperative banks in India.

After the transaction, PVR will have 706 screens operational across the country and this acquisition will make it the number 1 operator in top 3 cities of South India - Chennai, Bangalore, and Hyderabad.

The Unique Identification Authority of India intends to equate the Aadhaar number with other personal information (such as PAN, bank account and credit card number) to caution users against placing their personal details in the public domain.

The Delhi High Court has also asked the former promoters of Fortis Healthcare Limited, popularly known as the Singh brothers, to disclose all their transactions, including gifts, since 2016.

Only 40 per cent of India's 390 million internet users transact online. The remaining 60 per cent do their research online but complete the transaction offline.

The Walmart-Flipkart deal is expected to help the government rake in up to Rs 13,700 crore.

Word that Facebook is fishing for financial information comes amid concerns that it has not vigilantly guarded private information.

The Personal Data Protection Bill, 2018, does cover some of the key tenets that form the basis of any data privacy framework but a few aspects have not been covered by it.

The government will soon invite fresh bids for 100 per cent stake sale in Pawan Hans - a joint venture between the government and the country's largest oil and gas explorer - by issuing an addendum to the disinvestment document.

The government has given signal to banks to try out yet another resolution approach, including AMC-AIF, for dealing with growing stressed assets. Will it work?

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on August 21 will launch long-awaited India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) that will have at least one branch in every district and focus on financial services in rural areas, a senior official said.

Railways has announced that vacancies for assistant loco pilots and technicians have been doubled to 60,000; Paul Krugman said that Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have set the monetary system back by 300 years; and the government is struggling to meet its monthly GST revenue target. BusinessToday.In Editor Rajeev Dubey explains this and more on The Good, The Bad and The Ugly.

Credit and debit cards come in plenty colours and each has a special feature attached to it. Right from the basic cards to the premium cards that charge a hefty annual fee.