Prime Minister Narendra Modi has emerged as the most followed world leader on photo-sharing app Instagram with a whopping 6.9 million followers, surpassing US President Donald Trump. Modi, who has put out 101 posts till date, is also the most “effective world leader” on the platform, a conclusion that was reached based on the comments […]
The woman proprietor of Chennai-based advertising Jigsaw Solutions, which was allegedly defrauded of Rs 1.69 crore by Stayzilla, today urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government to address issues of funding and transparent business models at the earliest. Radha Shekhar, in a letter to Modi, said this was needed to avoid any suffering women […]
India’s reaction to an Amazon.com website selling doormats resembling the country’s flag involved an unprecedented public and private offensive against the US company by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government, a document shows. Foreign minister Sushma Swaraj publicly threatened in January to rescind visas of Amazon employees if the doormats were not removed from its Canadian […]
The BJP and its allies marched ahead in 305 Assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh as per trends from all the 403 seats, which showed the SP-Congress coalition leading in 68 places and BSP in only 20. Trends available till midday showed that the saffron party and its allies Apna Dal (Soneylal Patel) and Suheldev Bhartiya […]
Hyperloop One, the global leader in developing the world’s first operational Hyperloop, convened a landmark innovation summit – The Hyperloop One Vision For India in New Delhi today. The summit, which was graced by Shri Suresh Prabhu, Hon’ble Minister of Railways and Shri Amitabh Kant, CEO, NITI Aayog, discussed how Hyperloop One can integrate with […]
The Cabinet today approved ‘Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyan’ with an outlay of Rs 2,351.38 crore to make 6 crore rural households digitally literate by March 2019. “The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved ‘Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyan’ (PMGDISHA) to make 6 crore rural households digitally literate. The […]
Aiming to break into top 50 best countries to do business in, the government has identified areas requiring doing away with complex rules and simplifying procedures to enable businesses to start in four days flat. With India ranked poorly at 130th among 190 nations on the World Bank’s Ease of Doing index, Finance Minister Arun […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said the issue of reappointment of RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan was an administrative subject and it should not be an issue of interest of the media, in his first comments in the wake of continuing attack on the top economist in recent months. “I dont think this administrative subject should […]
U.S. seed company Monsanto is welcome to leave India if it does not want to lower prices of genetically modified cotton seeds as directed by the government, a minister said on Wednesday, in a sign the rift between New Delhi and the firm is widening. The comments come as Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s nationalist government […]
New Delhi- SRCC Business Conclave 2016, first day has been concluded. Session’s about the new skill set and mindset of the entrepreneurs, entering the world of Start-ups was discussed including founder’s like Mr. Ankit Bhatt (Founder, MapMyIndia), Mr. Kashyap Deorah (Author, ‘Golden-tap’), Mr. Rajesh Gupta (CEO, Fresh Falsabzi), Mr. Ankur Warikoo (Founder, Nearbuy), Mr. Saurabh Kochar […]
NEW DELHI- Hundreds of startups, including bigger players like Zomato, Cleartrip, Paytm and their employees, have approached Prime Minister Narendra Modi to defend net neutrality, which they define it as access to content on the internet without any discrimination. “We urge you to ensure that the recently announced initiative, Start-Up India, addresses the concern of […]
New Delhi: Investment firm SoftBank’s founder Masayoshi Son, taxi-hailing service Uber’s founder Travis Kalanick and collaborative workspace provider WeWork’s founder Adam Neumann will attend the government’s Start-up India event next week, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi will unveil an action plan to assist early-stage companies. The event will be attended by around 40 innovators, venture […]