The rapid growth, albeit over a small base, has been driven by aggressive discount-driven e-commerce marketplaces, advances in delivery infrastructure and increased smartphone penetration and data usage. These conditions are giving rise to large retail ecosystems.
Yes Bank has had a tumultuous couple of months, with its stock nearly halving in value this year and a number of departures from its board, since the country's central bank cut short its chief executive officer's term in September.
The verdict is a major victory for the Indian outsourcing industry, whose business model depends heavily on exporting Indian engineers to the US. A federal jury in Oakland, California, sided on Wednesday with TCS against four former employees who claimed they’d been sidelined and fired because they aren’t South Asian.
SpiceJet owes the airport operator Rs 117 crore in unpaid dues for landing, parking and other airport charges, according to media reports, against an existing bank guarantee of Rs 104 crore.
The Tamil Nadu government on Friday moved the Supreme Court to stay the operation of the permission given by central government to the Karnataka government to go ahead with preparation of a detailed project report for Mekedatu balancing reservoir cum drinking water project across the inter-state Cauvery river.
The high court had passed the restraining order after Ramdev claimed that the book had defamatory content. The apex court listed the matter for further hearing in the first week of February next year. "We will issue notice to Respondent 1 (Ramdev)," a bench of justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta said. The publisher, Juggernaut Books, approached the apex court challenging the high court's September 29 judgement.
Due to rising violence against Rohingya in Myanmar, thousands of them entered India and Bangladesh to seek refuge. Around 40,000 Rohingya refugees reside in India after having fled persecution in Myanmar, out of which 16,000 are registered with the United Nation refugee agency.
The Army's Northern Command chief Lt Gen Ranbir Singh reviewed the security situation in Kashmir and was briefed about the recent anti-militancy operations in the valley, a defence spokesman said Friday.
Army chief Bipin Rawat on Friday said that if Pakistan wants to "stay together with India, then it has to develop itself as a secular state." He added that terror and talks cannot go together. The Army chief's comments came a day after Pak PM Imran Khan on Thursday said he was ready to hold talks with PM Narendra Modi.
"I arrived here just a few hours ago after travelling over 15,000 kilometers in more than 24 hours. And because of your love and enthusiasm, I did not feel at all that I am outside India," the prime minister said in Hindi.
PM Narendra Modi and Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman discussed ways to further boost economic, cultural and energy ties. The two sides also held discussions on enhancing investment in technology, renewable energy and food security.
In a strong rebuttal of the government's back data on GDP, Congress on Thursday recommended winding up the Niti Aayog because it had "proved itself to be an utterly worthless body".
Realising that projects like roads, railways and powers lines are proving detrimental for tigers, the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has directed all chief wildlife wardens (CWLWs) in tiger-ranging states to strongly comply with existing statutory provisions of the Wildlife Protection Act. The circular was issued on Wednesday.
Pakistan's decision to agree to a Kartarpur corridor was likely driven by a desire to emerge from its current state of isolation as well as a calculation that the initiative could provide an opportunity to radicalise or indoctrinate Indian pilgrims who visit the shrine.
The term-end exams for students of Indira Gandhi National Open University will be held from December 1 to 31, IGNOU regional head D Ramanjaneya Sarama said.
Mangalore University has added another feather to its cap by making it to the QS World University Rankings, a global ranking initiative sponsored by the University of Waikato, New Zealand.
The deadline for online registration of National Eligibility cum Entrance Test-UG (NEET-UG 2019) has been extended by a week on Thursday.
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Senior civil servant Arvind Saxena was sworn in as the Chairman of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) on Thursday, the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions said.
Impressed with his maiden outing, the selectors have considered Vihari once again for the four-match series against Australia, starting December 6 at the Adelaide Oval and the 25-year-old is determined to score a hundred on Australian soil
The Indian cricket team suffered a major blow, days before the first Test vs Australia, as rising star Prithvi Shaw was ruled out of the opening Test at the Adelaide Oval starting December 6 with an ankle injury.
The Indian women’s team coach Ramesh Powar is unlikely to get an extension after his recent faceoff with Mithali Raj. Powar’s contract ends on Friday and Indian cricket board sources said the decision not to continue with him was taken in wake of the continuing blame game between Mithali and Powar, which is affecting the morale of the team.
Pakistan’s Sohail Abbas, Holland’s Bovelander and more recently India’s Sandeep Singh, Australia’s Chirs Ciriello and England’s Ashley Jackson are some of those who excelled in the art of dragflicking. But today the teams are finding it more and more difficult to score from penalty corners.
The inexorable rise of Twenty20 cricket has sparked fears that the Test format is in serious jeopardy -- but the longest form of the game has a powerful advocate in India captain Virat Kohli.
The International Boxing Association (AIBA) says it no longer faces the fear of going bankrupt after having restored a "healthy and sustainable financial situation", which was among the tasks mandated by the IOC to secure the sport's Olympic future.
Having started well, India’s real test will come in the game against Belgium on Sunday. The Belgians, the Olympic silver medallists, displayed fast-paced attacking hockey during their 2-1 win over Canada.
Liverpool face a derby clash against Everton as they lick their Champions League wounds while Tottenham travel to Arsenal with a spring in their step on a weekend of big-city derbies.
Rickie Fowler doesn’t ‘have anything bad to say about The Bahamas', who does, really? The American and his fiancé visit this divine archipelago, a true jewel of the Atlantic Ocean, ‘three to four times a year.'
Londoners Chelsea and Arsenal both enjoyed high-scoring Europa League wins on Thursday as Glasgow giants Celtic and Rangers were left with work to do on the final matchday to qualify for the next stage.
Former Australian captain Ricky Ponting said Usman Khawaja will outscore Virat Kohli and will also be the player of the series."As much of a threat Indian fast bowlers might pose, I think he's got a game that can cope with it here in Australia," said Ponting. He added, "Our batsmen will play better against their quick bowlers than their batters will play against ours."
Four-time World chess champion Magnus Carlsen of Norway accepted that playing rapid/blitz tiebreaks before the classical games will stir things but he refused to speak negatively about shorter time controls and existing tiebreak rule.
Ace shuttler Saina Nehwal said, "It is definitely a tough year. Throughout there were so many big tournaments and we did not even have time to rest and think about the next event." While she said that she was proud of winning medals at Asian and Commonwealth Games, she stressed that players needed a break in order to make corrections in their game.
Telangana's Esha Singh aced women's 10m air pistol event on the sixth medal round of the 62nd National Shooting Championships on Saturday. The 13-year-old bested former world champions with a score of 241.0 to pick her first ever individual gold medal. Esha was third after five shot with a score of 48.9 and maintained it with a score of 119.7 after 12 rounds.Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp on Friday stepped up his calls to protect players from burn-out after claiming England's festive fixture ...
