Articles by Shreya Sinha

Online travel booking to get expensive under GST

The Central Board of Excise and Customs has categorised an e-commerce operator as someone who works for or manages the electronic platform for e-commerce, and is allowed to collect 1 percent of the net value of taxable supplies made through it.

Aug 9, 2017

Airtel gets Rs 2,570 crore from Bharti Infratel stake sale

The deal is aimed at strengthening the telco's cash reserves for investment in infrastructure.

Aug 9, 2017

Sebi ban on 331 shell companies may hamper investor sentiments

The sudden ruling by Sebi has taken many of these companies and their investors by surprise.

Aug 9, 2017

Murthy gets backing of proxy advisory firms on Panaya deal report

Bengaluru-based independent advisory firm Ingovern has shown support to Murthy's stance but has also asked the founders of Infosys for a specific action plan to put the company back on the stability track.

Aug 8, 2017

Eros in talks with Apple, Amazon and Netflix to sell film and music library

If the talks fructify, Eros might bag a deal worth $ 1 billion. The sale might also include its digital OTT platform and the streaming portal Eros Now.

Aug 8, 2017

Amazon to set up online and physical food retailing stores around Diwali

Amazon's move may trigger a price war with conventional retailers like Big Bazaar, Foodhall, Hypercity and D-Mart, and online grocery stores.

Aug 8, 2017

Rupee expected to appreciate 1.1% by year-end

Rupee is one of the best performing emerging market currencies this year, thanks to foreign fund inflows.

Aug 7, 2017

Bad loans meet: Lenders to discuss future of defaulters identified by RBI

Most of the debt is unsustainable and so high that these companies won't be able to repay it in next 25-30 years.

Aug 7, 2017

Arun Jaitley promises guidance notes on GST

Touted to be one of India's most ambitious economic reforms in 70 years, GST is said to eventually boost tax receipts and provide simplicity for businesses.

Aug 5, 2017

Modi govt forms Bharat-22 ETF to sell stakes in 22 firms

The new exchange-traded fund will have a single company cap of 15 percent and a 20 percent cap on each sector.

Aug 5, 2017

SBI-led consortium orders forensic audit of Videocon's financial books

The debt restructuring process would commence only after KPMG concludes the audit.

Aug 4, 2017

Infosys turns down Murthy's plea to make Panaya report public

Management transparency, corporate governance, and fair work environment are the core principles around which the company functioned and flourished.

Aug 4, 2017

Murthy back after the break, wants Panaya probe report made public

Sikka and his team are still struggling to move past the allegations and its aftermath after Murthy earlier this year demanded Panaya probe to go public.

Aug 3, 2017

Vishal Sikka completes 3 years, swears by $20 billion target

Sikka is still positive on his dual strategy to get in new businesses to improve Infosys' digital capabilities.

Aug 3, 2017