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Ratan Tata makes third funding of 2016, invests in CashKaro
19 Jan 2016
Cashback and coupons site CashKaro is the third new venture to receive funding from Ratan Tata in 2016
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Baidu to invest in Indian e-commerce start-ups
14 Jan 2016
Attracted by the enormous growth potential of the Indiane-commerce market, Chinese web services giant Baidu Inc is in talks to invest in Indian e-commerce start-ups
E-governance has almost doubled in 2015: Prasad
12 Jan 2016
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Binny Bansal is Flipkart’s new CEO, Sachin chairman
12 Jan 2016
Flipkart co-founder Binny Bansal will be the new chief executive officer in place of his fellow co-founder Sachin Bansal, who would become executive chairman of India's biggest ecommerce company
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Ratan Tata funds 20th start-up with investment in DogSpot.in
04 Jan 2016
While the quantum of investment was not disclosed, Ratan Tata has emerged as one of the top individual investors in new ventures
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Ecommerce to jump 6&% at Rs2.52 cr this year
02 Jan 2016
Increasing internet and mobile penetration, growing acceptability of online payments and favourable demographics have provided the ecommerce sector in India a unique opportunity to connect with customers
Samsung Pay plans expansion in 2016
29 Dec 2015
Flipkart denies stake sale by Accel to QIA
22 Dec 2015
Yahoo Japan to acquire popular online travel and restaurant reservation platform for $830 mn
16 Dec 2015
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Alibaba buys South China Morning Post
12 Dec 2015
Alibaba hopes to boost global readership through digital distribution and easier access to content of SCMP, which has the advantage of focused coverage of China, the world’s second largest economy
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In March 2013 Chinese scientists pulled off a remarkable feat. They created the world’s lightest aerogel. Tipping the scales at a mere 0.16 milligrams per cubic centimeter – that’s a sixth of the weight of air!
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The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
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HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
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India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
02 Apr 2023
Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
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Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
06 Mar 2023
Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation
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