India-UK FTA prescribes a booster dose for Indian pharma and medtech exportsThe India-UK FTA is poised to significantly boost India's pharmaceutical and medical device sectors. Tariff relief and streamlined regulati...
Big Tech’s acqui-hire strategy heats up as demand for AI talent soarsIn the last two years, large technology players have been acquiring AI startups for their technology teams. Microsoft paid $650 million in ...
Gift City-like zones, IP-linked schemes key for manufacturing: PwC Chief Sanjeev KrishanPwC India's chairperson, Sanjeev Krishan, suggested that India could establish 5-6 large manufacturing zones similar to the Gift City finan...
McKinsey partners with startup Cohere to help clients adopt generative AIThis is the first partnership with a large language model provider that McKinsey has announced as it joins other global consulting firms to...
Bankers decide to refer Future Retail to NCLTThe move comes within a week of CSB Bank, owned by billionaire Prem Watsa's Fairfax Group, approaching the Debt Recovery Tribunal (DRT) to ...
India slaps custom duty on lithium ion cells and printed board assemblyGovernment also exempted import of parts, sub-parts, inputs or raw material for use in manufacture of lithium-ion cell from customs duty.
Insolvency professionals face threats, draw staff ire while evaluating plans for debt-laden companiesFirms on their part are trying to handle the situation. In some instances, bodyguards have been provided to the partners acting as resoluti...
NCLT says no to Deloitte’s Vijaykumar V Iyer as IRP in Rs 44,000 crore Lanco Infratech caseThe court has appointed Savan Godiawala as IRP based on the recommendation made by IDBI Bank which has initiated the bankruptcy proceedings.
Insolvency Board to pull up firms acting as resolution professionals to banksUnder law, professional entities can’t enrol themselves as an insolvency professional or become a member of another agency registered with ...
PwC to help MSMEs access data analytics at lower costRaman Bhushan, partner, advanced analytics and data science, PwC India, told ET that India was the first market where this service was bein...
Cyber attacks on the rise; 70% of Nifty 50 companies vulnerable: Study200 IP addresses belonging to the 34 companies were blacklisted by various ISPs, implying that the ISPs found these IPs to be involved in s...
Nifty-50 firms vulnerable to cyber attacks: PwCMost of the companies have information technology weakness that hackers can -if they hadn't already -exploit, the research says.
Bengaluru: More women police stations on anvil as crime spikesIn the wake of rising crimes against women, the police department is preparing to overhaul the model and functioning of women police statio...
Airtel, Vodafone, Uninor eye internet data for big bucks; prices upAirtel announced plans to charge extra for internet calls through VOIP applications like Skype and Viber, but had to abandon the idea.
Airtel subscribers to pay four times more to make video calls from Skype, ViberAirtel defended its move saying allowing users to make voice calls through VoIP network was an “untenable” business proposition for the com...
Ex-Disney India Head Mahesh Samat to launch Epic TV ChannelAnand Mahindra has joined three other high net worth individuals to launch the country’s first genrespecific Hindi entertainment channel.
India puts up Rs 20,000 crore to lure global electronics makers, leaves China outIndia is sending delegations to many nations, offering sops, to attract investment in electronics. But no team will visit China.