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Masayoshi Son invites start-up founders, CEOs with SoftBank holding

Those meeting the SoftBank boss in New Delhi will have to go through RT-PCR tests

Essar group returns to steel business with $8-billion investment

Setting up steel plant in Saudi, an iron pellet plant each in Odisha, US

Ola, Uber may book ride to court over ban on bike service in Delhi

The plan to go to court stems from the breakdown of talks between the drivers and aggregators and the Delhi government

Big shift from China: Foxconn commits $700 mn for new plant in Karnataka

Foxconn group is looking at a three-seater box electric car for the Asian market including India

Chatbot firms in India to generate over 20% of digital customers' revenue

With the use of ChatGPT, the conversations that bots have with customers will become more natural, conversational, and sympathetic

In search of funding, Vodafone Idea dials KKR and Temasek Holdings

Fundraising discussions are currently in early stages

Philanthropy by India's super rich falls by a third in FY22, says report

The dramatic fall was because contributions by the Azim Premji Foundation dropped by Rs 9,000 cr

Reliance Jio second-strongest telecom brand in world, says report

Based on the scores, Reliance Jio is behind only Swisscom and ahead of Etisalat, MTC, and Singtel

Ola, TVS, Ather account for 60% 2-wheeler EV registrations in 2023

Registrations in February slowed compared to the previous months, partly because of the FAME-II subsidy issue and also because there were fewer days in the month

PLI scheme boost: Apple creates 100,000 new direct jobs in 19 months

Foxconn, Pegatron and Wistron have generated 60 per cent of these new jobs

Soon, book a drone powered by PPP; pilot project set for take-off

States may provide a subsidy on the price that consumers have to pay for the service to make it more affordable

Low penetration of electric cars in India? Hybrids may be the answer

In India, it's the hybrid market that Maruti Suzuki is understandably targeting

Digi gender divide worsened in India in recent years, says report

Gender gap score declined between 2014 and 2021

Bike taxis seek time till 2025-26 for electric vehicle transition

Bike taxis do 10-12 million rides a week; one-fourth of these are in Delhi

Govt mulling fresh bid for one vacant slot in advanced cell PLI

Sources say that the plan is to provide incentives, especially in R&D, of up to a total of 5GWH of capacity

Middle Eastern companies flock to J&K: Srinagar to house Emaar Mall

LuLu exports Rs 70 crore worth of apples, vegetables, walnuts and saffron

A 'doosra' in IPL ad game: Viacom 18 has set aggressive targets to chase

Based on calculation, while the cost of viewing the entire IPL season is only Rs 38 on TV, the cost of streaming 10 matches would cost anything between Rs 360 to Rs 2,640

5,500 km highways to be turned into e-ways via public-private partnership

The National Highways for Electric Vehicles will have 111 stations across 23 cities in project under annuity hybrid e-mobility model

IPL aggression: Viacom 18 eyeing 550 million viewership in upcoming season

The goal: 50% of advertising pie for digital platform

Cab aggregators navigate a regulatory maze, face troublesome issues

States are yet to follow central licensing guidelines, with which companies have problems anyway, adding to the confusion in this booming business