IANS- Professional networking website LinkedIn on Wednesday announced that it has crossed the 100-million member mark in the Asia-Pacific region (APAC), and with 37 million members, India is its largest market in the region. Globally, India retains its spot as the second largest market after the US, a company statement said. LinkedIn has doubled its member […]
There is one question, which always come to our mind whenever we use Facebook, Google and other platforms. Is there any Indian company established its footprint globally like them? Most people don’t have answer of it. Why? Because due to less exposure or marketing, we are unable to find out such Indian companies. But today […]
As per the filing report, Jewellery-to-eyewear lifestyle company Titan Company Ltd also an entity of Tata’s Group would pay Rs 357.34 crore to acquire a 62 percent stake in Chennai-based Carat Lane Trading Private Limited, the parent entity of the jewellery etailer CaratLane.com. In May, Titan Company acquired a majority stake in CaratLane.com. The Company […]
E-commerce firm ShopClues today refuted reports that it is in talks with rival Flipkart for a merger. “Really speaking, it is not the fact. Of course, mergers help but do not guarantee businesses to grow,” ShopClues CEO Sanjay Sethi told reporters. Sethi said if money was the sole criterion to make and sustain a business, […]
Bangalore-based jewellery e-tailer BlueStone has raised $30 million (Rs 200 crore) in a fresh round of investment led by financial services firm IIFL Holdings Ltd and Accel Partners. Kalaari Capital, RB Investments and IvyCap Ventures also invested in the Series D round, Bluestone Jewellery and Lifestyles Pvt. Ltd said in a statement. Founded in 2011 […]
When was the last time you visited a restaurant with all Dalit chefs? Or picked up a cookery book with authentic recipes of Dalit cuisines? Or even bought a masala unique to Dalit recipes? Possibly never. For that matter, what counts as ‘Dalit food’ to begin with, you may ask. Not very surprisingly, the omniscient […]
CarDekho.com, India’s largest auto portal announced launch of automobile battery research and discovery portal, BatteryDekho.com to build a comprehensive ecosystem for vehicle ownership and making the battery discovery, research and selection process much more convenient for the Indian consumer. The development will allow CarDekho.com users to search and compare specification and pricing of batteries. The […]
As Britain voted to exit the EU, Tata Motors-owned Jaguar Land Rover today said it is “business as usual” and will manage the long-term impact and implications of the decision, insisting “nothing will change” overnight for it and the automotive industry. “For Jaguar Land Rover, today is just business as usual. We are a British […]
Kalaari Capital, an early-to-mid-stage venture capital firm invested a Rs 13.3 crore funding in Mumbai-based startup CreditVidya. Creditvidya is a financial technology startup Infocredit Services, which operates credit score advisory platform. It has also received additional 1 crore from Paragon Partners, Siddharth Parekh, an early backer of the venture of the creditvidya in his personal […]
Broadcaster Sony Pictures Networks India (SPN) has mopped up Rs 1,200 crore in advertising revenue from Indian Premier Leagues (IPL) ninth season, a growth of 20 per cent over last year. It had clocked an advertising revenue of Rs 1,000 crore from IPL 8. “We have had a 20 per cent growth in revenue. This […]
In his first year at Wipro, former TCS veteran got an annual pay package of USD 1.8 million (about Rs 12.04 crore). This is higher than what his predecessor and former CEO T K Kurien earned at Bengaluru-based IT major. However, his peers at rivals Infosys and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) have fatter pay packages. […]
A major American media company which owns prestigious dailies like Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune will outsource a part of its IT component to Indian software giant TCS, according to a media report. Chicago-based Tribune Publishing Company said it has informed its IT employees last month that it is moving work to India-based IT […]