Ahmedabad, (IANS) : With an aim to drive digital literacy among tribal entrepreneurs in Gujarat, Amazon India on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Gujarat Tribal Development Department (TDD) during the "Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2017"...
New Delhi, (IANS) : Online cab-hailing firm Uber on Monday announced the winners of 'UberPITCH 2016', an India-wide competition to find the brightest startups. The winning companies are e-commerce startup SeekSherpa, agriculture firm LeanAgri and health startup Ambee....
New Delhi, (IANS) : With the rise of digital natives, better logistics, broadband and internet-ready devices, the number of consumers shopping online is going to cross 100 million this year from 69 million in 2016, a joint study said here on Monday. "In 2016, about 69...
New Delhi, (IANS) : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday disclosed that the recently launched BHIM (Bharat Interface for Money) mobile application has recorded 10 million downloads. The Prime Minister said the mobile-based application, launched to promote digital...
By Qadri Inzamam, Jaipur, (IANS) : In its bid to accelerate the digital transformation of Rajasthan, global networking giant Cisco on Monday announced a slew of initiatives, including video-enabled digital classrooms in women colleges in the state to cover 10,000...
New Delhi, (IANS) : Clarifying on on the issue of charges for transactions through cards at petrol pumps, Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Monday that there will be no additional charges on digital transactions made at petrol stations. "Neither the...
Beijing, (IANS) : Apple has removed the New York Times from its app store following a request from Chinese authorities claiming the app was in violation of regulations. A report in the Wall Street Journal on Wednesday noted that the withdrawal of both the English and...
By Bappaditya Chatterjee & Fakir Balaji, Kolkata/Bengaluru, (IANS) : The increasing use of digital technologies in buying and selling merchandise for convenience and mobility pushed e-commerce in India to an inflection point in 2016. The rapid growth of...
New Delhi, (IANS) : The report on Digital Payments, prepared by the committee headed by former Finance Secretary Ratan P. Watal, was put in public domain on Tuesday and suggests outsourcing electronic fund transfer systems like RTGS and NEFT and making the service...
New Delhi, (IANS) : Announcing that it will enable five million merchants to leapfrog to digital payments in 2017, mobile payment and e-commerce platform Paytm on Tuesday launched an array of new features to enhance security and increase usability both for consumers...