In 2003, a 19-year-old Elizabeth Holmes founded Theranos, a health tech startup that claimed it had devised blood tests that required a very small amount of blood and its tests could be performed rapidly. Elizabeth’s Theranos quickly gained hype in the market. She raised USD 700 million from venture capitalists and private investors in no […]
It’s a new year. The five-second task of scrapping the old calendars and replacing them with a new one, itself is a refreshing task. Writing date will have a fascination attached to it for the next few days. Finally, the year 2020 is done and dusted. We have a brand new year and a new […]
In 2016, Jio entered the country’s telecom sector. Unlike other business startups, the company had abundant finances to support not just its expensive telecom infrastructure and license but also to offer deep discounts at its own cost to topple the market. As per March 2020 statistics, Jio Infocomm holds more than 50% of the telecom […]
On a fine morning, you are on your bed, half asleep, lazing around wishing if somebody could drop by your favourite coffee along with the Newspaper to read. When you hear the birds chirping happily, you look around to find mesmerizing sunbeams all around in the room. You peep in through the window of your […]
Auctions are exciting – a live ongoing fierce competition with people bidding to win a prized asset. It is common for items of art and historical importance to be auctioned; however, auctions have been more commonly used in selling items such real estate property, commodities, minerals, etc. since a long time. The concept has gained […]
“Last week, one of our employees, Shiv Kumar, made an unusual request for an advance against his salary. While the need for advance during current times is self-explanatory, we were surprised at the amount that he requested, as it was almost twice his salary. For his way of living, the amount was unusually high and […]
COVID-19 cases are raking up every day and yet the cricketing body, Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is organising the mega event – Indian Premier League (IPL). The league involves hundreds of star cricketers, their support staff, broadcasting teams, groundsmen, rich team owners, the staff at hotels and other facilities and above […]
We buy, cook, eat and even waste food with such ease and live in comfort as food is always available at our realms. We are grateful that we aren’t amongst the 73 million in Africa, 43 million in the Middle East and 18.5 million in the Caribbean who live with an acute food crisis. In […]
Introduction – As per Income Tax Act, 1961, certain persons are required to collect tax from their buyer at specified rate on specified transactions. In order to widen and deepen the tax net, it is proposed to amend section 206C to levy TCS on sale of goods above specified limit. In this article we will […]
In a country where every seventh person on the earth resides, it cannot happen that there’s only one big news, covering one person out of a billion, for a complete month, especially when we are talking about 2020 – the pandemic year. There are four pillars of democracy and certainly one is not performing its […]
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