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Insurer drops collapse cover for travellers with HNA's Hong Kong Airlines

A Hong Kong insurance provider is to stop offering cover against the possibility of HNA-controlled Hong Kong Airlines folding, according to a notice issued by the insurer to its agents and seen by Reuters.

Jan 4, 2019

DGCA raps Spicejet for mid-air New Year celebrations

SpiceJet has said that the airline has not violated any protocol and its crew did not participate in dancing.

Jan 4, 2019

Reliance Jio continues to hurt rivals as its subscriber base spikes

In fact last year RJio has managed to add close to 10 million users almost every month which imply that the war to dominate to the telecom is far from over at least in near future.

Jan 3, 2019

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Markets edgy as Modi govt considers massive farm relief package

Prime Minister Modi mulling programmes costing Rs 2.3 lakh crore including direct benefit transfer (DBT) of Rs 4,000 per acre and Rs 50,000 interest-free loan per hectare.

Jan 3, 2019

GoAir sale of tickets at just Rs 1,199 has customers reeling

The sale is valid for trips between July 8 and September 29.

Jan 3, 2019

Online food delivery war: Zomato in talks to raise capital as Swiggy races ahead

Last year, Swiggy had managed to raise $1 billion in the largest ever funding round in food tech to become the fifth most valuable startup in the country.

Jan 3, 2019

Make in India push: Public procurement policy booster dose to pharma sector

The Department of Pharmaceuticals-mandated preference to local makers aims at achieving 75 per cent local content in public procurement programmes this fiscal and 90 per cent by 2025.

Jan 2, 2019

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Jawa spoils Enfield's party; Eicher Motors sinks 7.5% as December sales plummet

Royal Enfield sales in December dropped more than 13 percent to 58,278 units, down from 66,968 in the same period the previous year.

Jan 2, 2019

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Sensex down 320 points, auto stocks slump

The weakness in the domestic indices came on the back of a similar trend in the Asian markets along with a sharp decline in rupee and a slowdown in the manufacturing PMI data.

Jan 2, 2019

Sachin Bansal pays Rs 699 crore advance tax on gains from Flipkart-Walmart deal

The Income Tax department had directed Sachin Bansal, Binny Bansal and the company's stakeholders to disclose their capital gains made after the Flipkart-Walmart deal.

Jan 2, 2019

Debt-laden Jet Airways defaults on loan repayment

Earlier in the week the company's shares saw a spurt after reports said the management was in talks with the State Bank of India for a Rs 1,500 crore interim loan.

Jan 2, 2019

Modi govt's re-election push: MSMEs to get GST, loan restructuring breathers

Prime Minister Modi wants GST Council to raise compliance threshold for MSMEs to Rs75 lakh while RBI nod for one-time restructuring covers loans of up to Rs25 crore

Jan 2, 2019

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Global Markets: Asian shares blindsided by dismal China data

Asian shares turned tail on the first trading day of the new year as more disappointing economic data from China darkened the mood and erased early gains in U.S. stock futures

Jan 2, 2019

Facebook ad revenues in the US see a gradual slump

In the third quarter of 2018, Facebook's year-over-year ad-revenue growth rate was 16 percent, compared to the 30 percent in the second quarter and 35 percent in the first quarter of that year, Forbes reported on Monday citing data from Standard Media Index (SMI).

Jan 1, 2019

New Year cheer: Mass consumption items cheaper with GST cut

At its 31st meeting on December 22, the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council chaired by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley agreed to cut tax rates on 23 goods and services.

Jan 1, 2019