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Larsen & Toubro eyes India's defence orders worth Rs 1.8 lakh crore

Prime Minister Narendra Modi came up with a new defence purchase policy, which allows private, non-state, local firms to compete for orders from the military

Aug 30, 2017

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Ford driverless cars could eat into Dominos pizza delivery jobs

Ford is tying up with Domino's to test self-driving cars for pizza delivery. Read to know more.

Aug 30, 2017

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Ola-Uber competition hots up; now drivers offered free insurance cover

Uber drivers will get insurance cover of Rs 5 lakh in the event of death or permanent disability, up to Rs 2 lakh for hospitalisation and up to Rs 50,000 for OPD treatment.

Aug 30, 2017

India's restaurant business gathers steam after 2 years

Stocks of three listed restaurant companies in India touched 52-week highs in August

Aug 30, 2017

Nandan Nilekani will bring back 'acche din' to Infosys, says Narayana Murthy

"I am confident that the management team and professionals at Infosys will rally behind Nandan and bring back the glory days," Murthy said.

Aug 30, 2017

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Down and out: Videocon, JP Associates, IVRCL may be dragged to NCLT's doors

Most are from the power and infrastructure sectors and are on RBI's second list of loan defaulters.

Aug 29, 2017

Bloomberg charity scrutinised by India for anti-tobacco funding, lobbying

The government has since 2014 tightened surveillance of non-profit groups, saying they were acting against India's national interests.

Aug 29, 2017

Good gold days: Tirupati Balaji temple deposits 2,780 kg of gold with SBI

Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) which manages the temple took a decision to deposit the gold under a long-term deposit scheme.

Aug 29, 2017

NTPC divestment: Institutional investor quota oversubscribed 1.28 times

The government owns nearly 70% stake in NTPC and has set a floor price of Rs 168 apiece, aiming to raise around Rs 7,000 crore.

Aug 29, 2017

Income Tax Department is facing major manpower crunch

Income Tax Department faces major shortage of manpower: Reports [VIDEO]

About 3,000 posts of Income Tax Inspector are vacant and Assessment Officers are said to be overburdened with work.

Aug 29, 2017

Hanging on a line: Taxman wants Rs 32,000 crore hug from Hutchison over Vodafone deal

The fine is on top of a tax demand for the same amount over the telco's $11.1-billion purchase of Hutchison assets in 2007.

Aug 29, 2017

Greenko in talks with Reliance Infra to buy out Mumbai power business

Power demand in India will likely cross 300 GW in the next ten years.

Aug 29, 2017

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Amazon eyes Grofers pie for $100 million to spoil Alibaba-BigBasket party

Amazon's investment in Gurgaon-based Grofers of around $100 milion could be a well planned strategy by the company to stay ahead of Flipkart. Read to know more.

Aug 29, 2017