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Annual IMF, World Bank meetings to be held virtually

The 2020 annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group will likely be held in a primarily virtual format due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the leaders of the two institutions announced.

Jul 10, 2020

Ramkumar Ramamoorthy's 23 year-long stint with Cognizant ends

Two top-level exits of Cognizant's India chief Ramkumar Ramamoorthy and head of global delivery Pradeep Shilige were announced by CEO Brian Humphries in an email to employees.

Jul 10, 2020

3,300 employees across NRAI member restaurants receive credit of Rs 5,000 each

Beam Suntory India and Pernod Ricard India have partnered separately with the National Restaurant Association of India (NRAI) to pledge Rs 1 crore and Rs. 1.4 crore, respectively.

Jul 9, 2020

Yes Bank's Rs 15,000 cr further public offering opens on July 15

Yes Bank has filed a red herring prospectus for its further public offering (FPO) to raise up to Rs 15,000 crore.

Jul 9, 2020

Tata Sons in talks to buy out AirAsia India stake at steep discount

Indian conglomerate Tata Sons are in talks to buy out AirAsia Group Bhd's stake in their airline joint venture in India at a steep discount, the Business Standard newspaper reported on Thursday, citing banking sources.

Jul 9, 2020

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Sensex, Nifty rise as focus shifts to corporate earnings

The NSE Nifty 50 index rose 0.64% to 10,774.50 by 0511 GMT, while the benchmark S&P BSE Sensex climbed 0.67% to 36,570.32.

Jul 9, 2020

Hiring activity improves 33% in June: Naukri.com

In addition, functional roles in education/teaching (49 per cent), pharma/biotech (36 per cent) and sales/business development (33 per cent) saw an uptick.

Jul 8, 2020

Govt reverses merger, instead to infuse Rs 12,450 cr into 3 public sector insurance companies

Govt reverses the merger of three PSGICs namely National Insurance Company, United India Insurance Company, and Oriental Insurance Company Limited announced earlier.

Jul 8, 2020

Infosys flies techies, families to Bengaluru from US

The special flight with the techies and their relatives landed in the city early Monday, said the spokesperson.

Jul 7, 2020

HSBC to cut 38% of global banking and markets jobs in France

HSBC France seeks to cut 255 of 678 jobs in its French global banking and markets unit by end-2021 as part of a broader plan to reduce costs, a union said on its website.

Jul 7, 2020

Is Dutch entrepreneur Bennie Bos changing the way of city transportation?

Bennie is focusing on right now. "Creating a solution nowadays must be one for years" he quoted. With all his projects he is trying to think about the global problems today

Jul 7, 2020

Paytm enters general insurance sector, acquires Raheja QBE

Leading digital payments platform Paytm along with its founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma announced the acquisition of Mumbai-based private sector general insurance company Raheja QBE, to democratize general insurance services in the country.

Jul 6, 2020

Leading Blockchain Elrond Token Lists on Indian Cryptocurrency Exchange WazirX

Elrond also developed a mobile application for Samsung entitled Battle of Elrond, giving players a chance to earn ERD and use it and spend it in the real world.

Jul 5, 2020