Why government's push to make Aadhaar mandatory could erode public faith in Aadhaar-enabled payments

For a search giant that answers online queries instantly, Google raises deeper questions in the real world. What if internet users knew in 2005 that Google would be reading all our content on Gmail? Would we have sacrificed the convenience of free Gmail to protect our privacy?
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B2B's time has come: Rajan Anandan, ace angel investor & VP, Google India

Ace angel investor and vice-president, Google India & South East Asia, Rajan Anandan talks about the challenges in the startup environment in India. Edited excerpts: Are investments harder to come by? Two things are going on. At very early stage the pace of investments has not changed.
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Expect Nifty to touch 11,180 by Q3 of 2018: Peter Brandt, CEO, Factor LLC

Peter Brandt, chief executive of Factor LLC, has predicted the Nifty will test 11,180 by the third quarter of 2018. In an interview with ET, Colorado-based Brandt, considered to be among the world’s top chartists, said a fall in the Indian market will be a wonderful opportunity to buy.
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How a funding squeeze is driving entrepreneurs to abandon startups or scale down ambitions

Siddharth Ahluwalia, 30, started babygogo.in, an information and ecommerce platform for young mothers, in March 2016.
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Save at The Home Depot for RYOBI Days

RYOBI is having a huge sale from now until June 21st.  See the attached images for what is on sale. for more go to The Home Depot online or in the store.
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Industrial alcohol, ethanol to attract 18% GST: Hasmukh Adhia

NEW DELHI: Potable rpt potable alcohol has been kept out of the Goods and Services tax (GST) regime but industrial alcohol, including ethanol, will be taxed at 18 per cent once the new regime rolls out from scheduled July 1, Revenue Secretary Hasmukh Adhia said today.
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Walmart India launches GST workshops for supplier partners

NEW DELHI: Walmart India on Monday said it has flagged off a series of workshops for its small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) supplier partners to help evaluate their Goods and Services Tax (GST) compliance levels and prepare for the transition to the GST regime.
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Government to auction CIL supply to imported coal based power plants

NEW DELHI: The government may auction domestic coal supply to imported coal-based power plants. The coal supply policy to power sector approved by the government last week provides for replacing imported coal with Coal India supply, guidelines issued on Monday said.
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OYO launches 'OYO Townhouse' project

BENGALURU: Online budget network of hotels OYO which launched its mid-market offering 'OYO Townhouse' in the city today said, it aims to have 250 such properties in 12 cities, by end of this year. The company plans to have 25 active OYO Townhouse properties by the end of 2017, in Bengaluru alone.
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India produces minerals worth Rs 26,350 crore in March 2017

NEW DELHI: The country's mineral output from mining and quarrying sector grew by 9.7 per cent in March 2017 and total value of production stood at Rs 26,350 crore.
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India becomes second largest steel producer in the world

KOLKATA: India has emerged as the second largest stainless steel producer in the world after China.
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Our focus is to make sure that we get back to the double digit growth: Ramkumar Krishnamachari, Just Dial

In an interview with ET Now, Ramkumar Krishnamachari , CFO, Just Dial said that,"It is going to take three or four quarter for the sales growth to happen but we believe that we have the necessary foundation or the tailwind for us to look at double digit growth.
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Over 90% lenders in P2P lending earn gross returns of 18-26% per annum: Faircent report

NEW DELHI: Promise of higher returns and faster adoption of digital disruption has pulled a large number of millennials towards P2P lending, according to a report by online P2P lending platform Faircent.com.
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Road is a very stable and escalating success story: Rajiv Batra, Cummins India

In an interview with ET Now, Rajiv Batra , CFO, Cummins India said that,"as our exports business declined, you have a leverage loss plus the domestic businesses especially in the industrial segments.
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ITC would be a better bet in FMCG space than HUL: Sanjiv Bhasin, India Infoline

We are short on most of the midcaps PSU banks and the Bank Nifty, says Sanjiv Bhasin, EVP-Markets & Corp Affairs, India Infoline. In a chat with ET Now, Bhasin says it is back to business in the Tata group with a new choef at the helm and definitely they should be outperformers.
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Indian economy is growing and therefore we believe that the demand will be very healthy: RS Jalan, GHCL

In an interview with ET Now, RS Jalan , MD, GHCL said that,"our quarter four revenue has grown significantly by 28% whereas of course the margins has dropped primarily because the prices remained the same.
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Two long-term stock picks for wealth creation: Urmil Shah, IDBI Capital

In a chat with ET Now, Urmil Shah, IDBI Capital, says HDFC Bank and Repco Home Finance are two stocks that can help make money over next few years. What is your first wealth creation idea?
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India's big new reform could create nearly as many problems as it solves. Here's why

As anyone who's attended an Indian wedding knows, we far too often leave vital organizational tasks till the last minute, then tackle them all in an enormous, frenetic rush.
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Number of wagons that we produce in India have come down: Umesh Chowdhary, Titagarh Wagons

In an interview with ET Now, Umesh Chowdhary , VC & MD, Titagarh Wagons said that,"Railways have spent in the last three years lacks of crores of rupees in building capacity.
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Expect 10-year G-Sec at 6.9% by March 2018: DK Joshi, Crisil

In a chat with ET Now, DK Joshi, Director & Chief Economist, Crisil, says doesn’t see much movement in bonds. The good news is that inflation has come down and RBI commentary henceforth will shape to some extent how they view inflation.
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