Idea Cellular has introduced a new pack that offers 1GB data and unlimited calls at Rs 109 to combat the tariff war started by Reliance and later joined by other telcos including Airtel and Vodafone among others. The new Idea Rs 109 recharge pack comes with a validity of 14 days and benefits the customer with 1GB of data, unlimited local, national, and roaming calls, along with 100 SMSes per day.

PM Narendra Modi today launched Nasscom's platform - FutureSkills - for skill development in eight varied technologies.

Modi launched the platform via video conference during the inaugural session of the World Congress on Information Technology (WCIT)-2018.

Axis Bank has raised its Marginal Cost of Funds based Lending Rates (MCLR) by ten basis points across the three and six month, one, two and three year categories with one-year MCLR now standing at 8.4 per cent.

The bank followed other private lenders like HDFC Bank and IndusInd Bank in increasing MCLR — indicating a trend.

Following Google’s removal of the “view image” button from its image search results last week, several users will move to other browsers like Microsoft’s Bing and Startpage that allow download of high-resolution images with a right click, media reported. Google, after signing a multi-year global licensing deal with Getty Images, removed the “view image” button — a move set to curb the lifting of copyrighted images from its platform.

NEW DELHI: Larsen & Toubro (L&T) today said its construction arm has won orders worth Rs 1,680 crore from Pune Municipal Corporation. In a regulatory filing L&T said its water and effluent treatment business has bagged orders worth Rs 1,680 crore from Pune Municipal Corporation for a study, survey, investigation, assessment, design validation and revamping of the entire water supply system for Pune.

The benchmark BSE Sensex slipped below the 34,000-mark by falling nearly 131 points in early trade on Monday, extending Friday’s losses as investors cut bets amid weak domestic sentiment and absence of Asian cues.

The 30-share barometer dropped by 130.54 points, or 0.38 per cent, to 33,880.22 in early trade led by fall in Tata Steel, SBI, Reliance Industries and L&T.

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is planning to launch the country’s second AstroSat-2 or space observatory. The mission is meant to further the study of astronomy (the study of celestial bodies) and astrophysics.

ISRO made the announcement of opportunity on February 3 to seek proposals from all institutions currently involved in astronomy/astrophysics for the development of scientific instruments for astronomy payload and mission.

The CBI is examining the balance sheets of 18 India-based subsidiaries of the Gitanjali group of firms, promoted by Mehul Choksi, to get a grip on the trail of funds the group took from banks on the basis of guarantees furnished by Punjab National Bank (PNB).

The agency on Sunday evening did searches at the Brady Road branch of PNB in Mumbai, and the operation is likely to continue till morning. CBI officials said the agency was questioning Gokulnath Shetty, a retired PNB official; Manoj Kharat, a serving one; and a signatory of a company run by Nirav Modi, the co-accused, apart from other officials of PNB.

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX) said on Monday it will launch successor products to its flagship Indian equity index derivatives before the bourse's licence agreement with the National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) expires in August 2018.

The move comes days after India's three main bourses unexpectedly announced they would stop licensing their indexes to overseas exchanges, news which hit SGX's shares as brokers cut the bourse's earnings estimates.

The first day of the Magnetic Maharashtra investors’ summit here on Sunday saw Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) promising investments of Rs 600 billion into the state, the Mahindra Group pledging Rs 23.25 billion and the Virgin Group signing an “intent agreement” with Maharashtra to build a hyperloop transportation system between Mumbai and Pune, to reduce travel time to 20 minutes from the three hours at present.

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