Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) on Saturday said it has received Rs 7,500 crore from Silver Lake Partners, which had recently picked up 1.75 per cent stake in its retail arm

Interestingly, the report also says that there was 200 per cent increase in the monthly average in-app session in the entire shopping category

PPE kits, ventilators and masks were most sought-after products during the early months of COVID-19, now the situation has changed with the emergence of scores of new manufacturers and products

Isha and Akash Ambani led the discussions in sealing the deal with Facebook and other tech titans like Google, Qualcomm and Intel

The deal-making process started with world's biggest social media platform, Facebook Inc, pumping in a record Rs 43,574 crore for 9.9 per cent stake in RIL subsidiary Jio Platforms Ltd (JPL) on April 22, making it the largest minority shareholder in RIL

Office segment accounted for 24 per cent of the total PE investment at USD 207 million (around Rs 1,500 crore) till August of this calendar year

KKR invests in Reliance Retail: The deal marks second investment by KKR in a subsidiary of Reliance Industries, following a Rs 11,367 crore investment in Jio Platforms announced earlier this year

The price increase, however, will not be applicable to customers signing up with the company between October 1 and December 31, 2020

Coronavirus vaccine: Russian officials said there is a strong demand for the Sputnik V vaccine from the developing countries. At present, Russia is conducting a clinical trial of the vaccine in Brazil, UAE, Belarus, and Egypt

A vaccine is definitely needed to control the spread of this disease, but the vaccine alone is not enough, and other efforts such as social distancing, wearing mask, isolating and testing people will continue to remain important

Terming the present situation as a \"massive opportunity for the country\", Mehta said impetus should be given on digitising sectors like manufacturing, agriculture and pharma

Sectors that would be the focus of discussion are hospitality, textile and real estate. Measures to boost the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), one of the worst affected sectors, would also be discussed

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In India, just about 30 per cent of the towers are fiberised at the moment. This has to go up to at least 60 per cent to realise the potential of 45/5G

There has been a shift in demand between online and offline platforms for brands. The online demand is definitely growing

The tech-driven platform that offers Continuous Medical Education (CME) and Continuing Professional Development (CPD) programmes for healthcare professionals, trained over 100,000 healthcare professionals over the last 6 months

Badly hit by the coronavirus lockdown, multiple logistics startups are eagerly waiting for the festive season for demand revival

Dalal Street today: Bajaj Auto, Nestle India, ICICI Bank, PowerGrid and Bharti Airtel were among the laggards. On the other hand, HCL Tech was the top gainer in the Sensex pack, followed by Infosys, Tech Mahindra, TCS, Kotak Bank, M&M and Asian Paints

Stocks to watch today on September 21: Route Mobile, RITES, DHFL, Future Enterprises, HCL Tech, Ajanta Pharma among others are the top stocks to watch out for in Monday's trading session.

Minister of State for Health Ashwini Choubey says 2,39,66,859 tests were conducted in August, 1,05, 32,288 in July, 49,93,422 in June, 29,37,284 in May, 8,64,517 in April and 33,330 in March