Google Play has rolled out a new service where it is giving away paid apps for free and is called ‘free app of the day’. This new scheme for the time being, applies only to the family section of the Google Play Store.

During Google’s I/O developer conference last month, it had announced that the company is planning to make family-friendly apps easy to find on its app store.

State-owned BHEL today said it has commissioned NTPC's 800-MW Koldam hydro power project in Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh.

"Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) has successfully commissioned all the four units of NTPC's 4x200 MW Koldam Hydro Electric Project (HEP) in Himachal Pradesh," BHEL said in a statement.

Reliance Communications (RCOM) and AFK Sistema have entered into exclusive discussions on a potential merger between the Indian telecom business of Sistema Shyam TeleServices and Reliance Communications through a stock swap.

The discussions are indicative and non-binding in nature, and remain subject to due diligence, definitive documentation and approvals, as may be necessary. There is no certainty that any transaction will result, said RCom in a statement.

NEW DELHI: Air India is raising up to $350 million to meet its working capital requirement through the external commercial borrowing (ECB) route.

In 2012, cash-strapped Indian carriers were allowed to raise up to $1 billion through ECB route for working capital requirements. "A big private airline has availed of $300 million and another has taken $50 million this way. The balance that remains is $650 million. AI is going to raise $300-350 million for meeting its working capital requirement for spare parts," said a senior official.

New Delhi: The timings for booking Tatkal tickets in AC and non-AC classes will change from Monday as the Railways has staggered the schedule to reduce the load on the ticketing site and booking windows.

Currently, the booking under Tatkal scheme opens at 10am on the previous day of journey from train originating station. “It has been decided that from June 15, timings for booking of Tatkal tickets will be staggered for AC and non-AC classes to 10am onwards and 11am onwards, respectively,” said a senior railway ministry official.

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd is all set to launch a Netflix-like digital entertainment service. The online video streaming service will be rolled out in the next couple of months and will be called TBO-Tmall Box Office.

The dashboard would be furnished with content bought from China and other countries as well as in-house productions (Ali-house), confirmed Patrik Liu, President, Alibaba Group’s digital entertainment business unit.

State-run BSNL will launch free roaming, starting today, which will allow all its mobile customers across the country to receive incoming calls at no cost.

“Now BSNL mobile customers will not need to carry multiple SIMs and handsets during roaming. They are free to talk as long as they want without worrying of any charges during incoming calls.

Erasing its initial losses, the benchmark BSE Sensex rose over 50 points in morning trade in Monday. At 10.30 am, Sensex was up 66.12 points at 26,491.42. Nifty was up marginally up 2.55 points at 7,985.45 during the same time.

Earlier, the Sensex fell over 117 points in early trade on continued capital outflows by foreign funds and selling by investors despite improved IIP numbers and steady inflation data. The NSE Nifty shed 38.05 points, or 0.47 per cent, at 7,944.85.

KOLKATA: NTPC is on the prowl again. Armed with a reserve of about Rs 5,000 crore, this time the nation's largest power company intends to take over stressed power generation assets from central and state sector units. It is at present in talks with three such entities in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal, a person with knowledge of the plan said.

To own such power plants, NTPC is proposing to create joint ventures with state governments where it will take a majority stake. It had previously looked at acquiring private power assets, but the plan hasn't taken off as expected.

NEW DELHI: India's two-wheeler market is throwing up some interesting data, with the top two players way ahead of the next two and pushing smaller players to the fringe in a slowing market. The local two-wheeler unit of Japanese Honda Motor is still quite a distance behind No. 1 Hero MotoCorp, but is steadily narrowing the gap. Honda has already become bigger than Bajaj Auto and TVS Motors together, selling more units in the April-May period than the combined sales of the two once mighty rivals.

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