From the archives of India Today (2014) | 26/11 attacks: The anxious night at the Taj Palace Hotel

Deven Bharti, Joint Commissioner of Police, received a call from the police control room about 11.45 p.m. regarding a woman stranded in the Taj. Bharti worked as the NSG's liaison at the Taj... The call to Bharti had travelled a circuitous path. Priya Florence Martis, who had been hiding at t...

US CHIPMAKER QUALCOMM JOIN HANDS BHARTI AIRTEL FOR ACCELERATING 5G IN INDIA

Highlights

• The telecom giant recently became first Indian company to demonstrate 5G over a live commercial network in the city of Hyderabad, and highlighted the technology capabilities of the company

• The statement said that the flexible and scalable architecture ...

TELECOM TARIFF WARS MAY HURT 5G LAUNCH IN INDIA

HIGHLIGHTS

• The CCI report says that 5G would be rolled out in India through spectrum allocation.
• Compared to other countries, the cost of radio airwaves is expensive in India.

With India’s telecom sector going through tough tim...

ALL 32 ACCUSED ACQUITTED BABRI MASJID DEMOLITION CASE

HIGHLIGHTS

• The special CBI court has acquitted all accused including LK Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi.
• The court observed that the 1992 Babri Masjid demolition was not pre-planned.

On Wednesday, 30 SEP 2020, a special Central...

HUAWEI AND ZTE OUT OF CONTENTION FOR 5 G ROLLOUTS IN INDIA

• New Delhi has so far debarred Chinese Telecom players from supplying equipment to state-run telecom service providers BSNL and MTNL.
• It has also reiterated that Huawei and ZTE will not be allowed for 5G deployments even for private operators.

Bharti Airtel is ...

SENSEX CLIMBS 300 POINTS, NIFTY AT 11,300

Highlights

• The S&P BSE Sensex is trading at 38,330 levels, while the benchmark Nifty50 is at 11,271

• Bharti Airtel went up 2 percent after reporting 15 percent increase in its Q1 revenue, followed by HCL Tech, Infosys and TCS jumping 1 percent each

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AGR CASE: SC RESERVES ORDER ON PAYMENT TIMELINE; VODA IDEA STOCKS FALL 9%

Highlights

• Shares of Vodafone Idea were trading at Rs 8.24, while Bharti Airtel was at Rs 577

• The next hearing of the AGR case is scheduled on August 10, 2020

• The Supreme Court directed the DoT to submit insolvency proceedings details of companie...

VODAFONE IDEA POSTS LOSS OF RS 73,878 CRORE: HISTORIC ANNUAL LOSS IN INDIA

Highlights

• According to the March quarter results, Vodafone Idea posted loss of Rs 11,643.5 crore for the last quarter of 2019-2020

• The reasons cited by the company for this loss are loss of subscribers, high finance costs and a one-time charge due

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HOW VODAFONE IDEA’S LOSS OF 3.5 MN SUBSCRIBERS BECAME JIO'S GAIN?

Highlights

• In the month of February, Reliance Jio added 6.26 million new subscribers, followed by Bharti Airtel managing to add 920,000 users

• Reliance Jio held 32.9 percent share in terms of subscriber market for wireless services, while Bharti Airtel held 28.35 ...

SC TO TELCOS: COME UP WITH A REASONABLE PAYMENT PLAN, GOVT NEEDS MONEY DURING PANDEMIC

Highlights

• The Supreme Court reminded that telecom is the only sector that has earned money in the period of pandemic

• Vodafone Idea said they are not in state to furnish bank guarantee and have incurred losses worth Rs 1 lakh crore

• DoT told the S...

SENSEX JUMPS 200 POINTS, TOPS 31,000 WHILE NIFTY ABOVE 9,100

Highlights

• At present, the S&P Sensex is standing at 30,827. 54 levels

• The Nifty50 index slipped slightly below 9,100 and is at 9095.00 levels

• ITC emerged as top Sensex gainer in the morning trading session on Tuesday

After a break ...

Airtel proposes prepaid plan worth Rs 179 beside life insurance worth Rs 2 lakh

There are certain products that people do not know. The general public is not aware of the benefits that these particular products have for them. They are made to realize their importance and significance in life. Such a product is Insurance. Insurance could be of anything. There are insurances a...

Health returns to the telecommunications market, but the incumbents have miles to go

The government's attempt to restore the telecommunications industry has provided much needed relief to customers. So far in 2019, shares of Bharti Airtel Ltd and Reliance Industries Ltd, Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd's company, have earned 37-47%.

The industry is set to grow this fi...

Sensex has regained its balance and has risen 411 points as the stocks of bank increase

Mumbai Markets broke its three-day descending winding to end savvy gains on Friday, as banking, budgetary and vitality stocks saw strong buys in the midst of worldwide sign of help.

The BSE Sensex of 30 offers completed 411.38 focuses, or 1 percent, higher at 41,575.14. It arrived at an...

Trading could be pretty good this week.

The Indian markets also saw a major rise on Monday as trading in the United States market had seen a similar trend. This was all due to the optimism on the trade talks with China, which has been the prime focus of the market investors all year long. The trading opened pretty stable, which was not...

Airtel bonds changing yields

The bond market of the world has been pretty hot, and the investors have been looking for newer and newer relationships to invest in, and the firms and the governments have noticed this, and hence we have seen the launch of new bonds from Turkey and other nations and there has also been a rise in...

Indian markets this week to see a fall in finance stocks?

The stock markets in India did pretty well last week as the stocks gained a good amount and most of the stocks ended on a green mark which is a trend that was missing from the markets for a very long time and the investors are happy to see the market get better and they are starting ot invest in ...