In 1994, Pierre Omidyar built a simple auction website during a holiday weekend, and ended up creating eBayIn 1995, Pierre Omidyar launched AuctionWeb, a primitive auction site, revolutionizing online commerce. This platform, later known as eBay,...
09 May, 2026, 06.19 PM IST
In 1998, Larry Page and Sergey Brin Noticed Links Could Reveal Which Pages People Actually Trusted: The Idea That Built GoogleIn the late 1990s, search engines struggled with low-quality information. Larry Page and Sergey Brin developed a new approach at Stanford, ...
30 Apr, 2026, 05.44 PM IST
ET Prime Special Series: Multibagger or Bankrupt - Part 56: An acquisition, a divestment, and a JV for EV. Ready for re-rating?Bulls argue this company is becoming a complete mobility-platform supplier in India: Power solutions and aftermarket, braking and safety. B...
29 Apr, 2026, 09.24 PM IST
Nearly 100 entities onboarded to use Aadhaar-based offline verification: UIDAIThe Unique Identification Authority of India has welcomed nearly 100 diverse businesses into its network for offline verification, paving t...
20 Apr, 2026, 10.13 PM IST
SpaceX IPO 2026: $1.5T valuation— will history’s biggest listing reward investors or repeat past mega-IPO disappointments? Here’s how they performedThe SpaceX IPO could become the biggest IPO in history, targeting a massive $2 trillion valuation and a $75 billion raise. That number alon...
17 Apr, 2026, 01.04 AM IST
Inside ‘Lala Pad’: How ₹20 notes and WhatsApp kept Bengal’s coal mafia runningThe Enforcement Directorate has provisionally attached assets worth ₹159.51 crore in a West Bengal illegal coal mining and pilferage racket...
16 Apr, 2026, 03.38 PM IST
Form 121 for EPF members: EPFO clarifies who needs to file new form instead of Forms 15G, 15HThe Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has replaced Forms 15G and 15H with a single Form 121, effective April 1, 2026, under the...
15 Apr, 2026, 12.29 PM IST
Bill Ackman Pershing Square IPO: $2.8 billion raised ahead of dual listing as Bill Ackman eyes Berkshire Hathaway-style empireBill Ackman Pershing Square IPO has already secured $2.8 billion, signaling strong early demand. This dual IPO will list Pershing Square Ca...
13 Apr, 2026, 11.15 PM IST
Ladakh stakeholders pass resolution, seek regulated outside investment in tourism sectorLadakh's tourism sector and civil society groups have united. They adopted a resolution expressing concern over increasing outside investor...
05 Apr, 2026, 02.27 PM IST
Form 121 replaces Form 15G, 15H for TDS filing: Check who should file, purpose and key details explainedForm 121: A new combined form, now replaces Forms 15G and 15H. This simplifies the process for individuals and senior citizens to declare i...
04 Apr, 2026, 02.26 PM IST
Aadhaar reaches 134 crore holders as government outlines multi-tier security frameworkAadhaar is the world's largest biometric identity system with approximately 134 crore live Aadhaar holders, the Ministry of Electronics & I...
18 Mar, 2026, 07.21 PM IST
Insolvency Board mandates unique identification number for valuation reportsAs per the current practice, Registered Valuer (RV)/ Register Valuers Entity (RVE) submit the valuation reports with or without mentioning ...
13 Aug, 2024, 07.36 PM IST
View: Have no fear, Aadhaar is linked to logicThe idea was that if unique IDs were created for people, this could be used to clean up other databases through ‘seeding’ of these unique I...
13 Feb, 2018, 06.49 AM IST
PAN may soon become Aadhaar of your businessThis will mean that even the non-tax paying entities such as not-for profits, trusts or societies will have to now apply for a PAN number.
09 Feb, 2018, 06.58 AM IST
PAN mandatory for entities in transaction over Rs 2.5 lakhThe 10-digit Permanent Account Number (PAN) would be used as Unique Entity Number for non-individuals, said the memorandum to the Finance B...
01 Feb, 2018, 08.25 PM IST
No person gets two Aadhaar numbers: Ravi Shankar Prasad"Uniqueness of Aadhaar ensures that no one person can get two Aadhaars and same Aadhaar is never issued to two persons," Prasad said.
02 Mar, 2016, 06.47 PM IST
CCIL receives global approval to act as local legal identifierThe Clearing Corporation of India or CCIL — a clearing and settlement platform for OTC debt, forex, money market and derivative transaction...
27 Apr, 2015, 07.48 PM IST