New Delhi (IANS) The government will start roadshows for the privatisation of ailing state-run Air India this week in Singapore with Disinvestment Secretary T.K. Pandey along with senior aviation ministry and Air India officials to brief the prospective buyers for complete … read more
New Delhi (IANS) Over 60,000 employees have applied for Voluntary Retirement Scheme (VRS) in BSNL and MTNL, telecom secretary Anshu Prakash said on Friday. Out of this, a little over 57,000 employees are from BSNL and around 3,000 from MTNL, Prakash … read more
New Delhi (IANS) Bharti Airtel, Indias largest integrated telecommunication services provider, has joined hands with Bharti AXA Life Insurance to provide protection cover of Rs 4 lakh with its innovative prepaid bundle for customers in Delhi NCR. The company said it … read more
Bangkok (IANS) India on Monday decided against joining the 16-nation Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) mega trade agreement, saying the present form of the deal “does not address satisfactorily India’s outstanding issues and concerns”. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, addressing the RCEP … read more
New Delhi (IANS) The government may consider two-phased disinvestment for public sector oil refiner and retailer Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL), if the initial strategic sale of the entire 53.29 per cent government stake in the company fails to get requisite … read more
New Delhi (IANS) Within days of market regulator asking the listed PSU banks to report divergence in NPAs as estimated by them and RBI immediately to the bourses, three banks — Indian Bank, Union Bank and Uco Bank have done so … read more
New Delhi (IANS) Bharti Airtel has deferred approval of the audited financial result for the second quarter till November 14 to seek more clarity from the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) on the levy on annual gross revenues revenues (AGR) following the … read more
Ahmedabad (IANS) In a bid to build data centre infrastructure in India, the $13 billion Adani Group on Tuesday announced a partnership with San Francisco-based Digital Realty to jointly develop and operate data centers and cultivate undersea cable provider communities of … read more
Bengaluru (IANS) Emirates is celebrating Diwali by serving Indian sweets and savouries to its passengers on board its flights departing and travelling to India till October 31, the airline said on Friday. “Passengers flying in our aircraft in all classes are … read more
New Delhi (IANS) The mobile industry, led by COAI which has Airtel and Vodafone Idea as members, on Thursday rued the Supreme Court order upholding the Department of Telecom demand and ordering the telecom carriers, including Airtel and Vodafone Idea, to … read more