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SC ruling in NHAI vs Ssangyong case streamlines arbitration awards process

Section 34 of the Act deals with filing of application in courts for setting aside an arbitration award.

Taxing digital imports: US-China trade war, G-20 may stymie India agenda

India's agenda could be limited by the US-China trade war and advanced countries' reluctance to tax digital imports

Oiling an irony: India cuts fuel consumption, but filling stations rise

Though India is moving towards reducing fuel consumption, filling stations are set to become more ubiquitous

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Battle-scarred, not battle-fatigued: Sharad Pawar still matters in politics

Pawar, who at 30 became the youngest chief minister of Maharashtra in 1978, will have to do a lot of heavy-lifting in the Assembly polls in the state

Mphasis on detail: How Blackstone brought the spunk back in Indian IT firm

Did Blackstone find a missing formula, or had Mphasis's former owner missed targets?

Key deals last week: Tiger Global, TVS Capital Funds, and more

There were 16 PE deals worth $198.53 million with no private equity exit in the last seven days ended June 19, 2019

Brookfield gets aggressive in Indian mkt, to focus more on infrastructure

If it buys out Jio's towers, this will be its third biggest India deal this year

IFC set to invest $30 million in Indian School Finance Company

IFC is likely to provide regional and global lessons in the education financing sector

After a dramatic increase in unemployment rate, NDA has its job cut out

They hold the key to India's low-growth-high unemployment paradigm but the government may struggle to push them through this time as well. Somesh Jha explains why

Indian copper smelters feel the pinch as China laps up key ingredient

Reduced concentrate output globally and heightened demand from Chinese smelters are to adversely affect the supply of feedstock for Indian smelters

Story in numbers: In Modi govt 2.0, 22 ministers face criminal cases

Here is a checklist of comparisons between the Union council of ministers of the NDA governments in 2014 and 2019

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Birju Salla, business-class traveller who landed in jail for hijack letter

Salla is the first person to be booked and convicted under the Anti Hijacking Act 2016

How too-good-to-be-true offers crumbled food delivery company Foodpanda

The company, which was bought to compete with UberEats, lost its way.

Key deals last week: Lightspeed India, Kalaari Capital, and more

There were 14 PE deals worth $67.32 million with 2 private equity exit in the last seven days ended June 12, 2019

Meet Laxman Narasimhan, the man Reckitt Benckiser has named global CEO

Laxman Narasimhan the 2nd Indian after Rakesh Kapoor to lead the firm

Future of 5G will depend on how govt chooses to structure spectrum sale

Limited availability and high prices may deter telcos, but 4G may no longer be adequate for meeting customer needs

Funding woes to crowded market, why it's tough being a start-up in 2019

Funding has dried up, government initiatives are riddled with problems and the days of copycat ideas are over

After back-to-back failures, can Akhilesh Yadav find his lost mojo?

Akhilesh, once hailed as a rising star on the Indian political landscape after the SP dislodged the BSP government in the 2012 UP polls, is today desperately in search of his lost mojo