Year: 2020

INX Media was under probe for diverting foreign direct investment by three Mauritius-based companies in INX Media to its subsidiaries without prior approval of the FIPB. The recent statement by convicted and Former television executive in the INX Media case, Peter Mukherjee, in a statement to the Enforcement Directorate, has claimed that Mukesh Ambani and his friends owned INX Media. This news is raising many questions among the political circle.   The then Union Minister P Chidambaram and his son Karti Chidambaram had been implicated by the investigating agencies basis the statements given by…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will deliver the inaugural address at the virtual India Mobile Congress (IMC) 2020 on Tuesday. IMC 2020 Virtual event, that is going to accentuate the importance of the Telecom Sector. The 4th edition of the three-day telecom industry event will be held online for the first time due to the COVID-19 pandemic . The event is being organised by the Department of Telecommunications, Government of India, and the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI). It will be held from December 8-10, 2020. Lt Gen SP Kochhar…

TiE, Hyderabad will be hosting World’s Largest Entrepreneurship Summit. It will be formally kicked off on December 8th and will go on till 10th non-stop 60 hours across global time zones.   A total of 20,000 entrepreneurs, 200+ investors, 300+ Global Speakers, 10+ world Leaders, 50+ star speakers, successful celebrities, sports persons and spiritual and wellness gurus will be attending the summit. A total of 25 TiE chapters from Americas, Europe, Africa, India, APAC will be represented at the summit.   TiE, the world’s largest network of successful entrepreneurs and…

Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Chouhan met PM Narendra Modi on recently to discuss about COVID vaccine distribution. After meeting with the PM, Shivraj Singh tweeted, “I discussed the status of COVID-19 infection with PM Modi and made him aware of the preparations being made in Madhya Pradesh for vaccination.” Chouhan also suggested a campaign to encourage youth to get vaccinated after the elderly when the vaccine is ready.   PM had recently held two virtual meetings — one involving Chief Ministers of eight states, worst hit by coronavirus, and another with CMs of all states to talk about the vaccination strategy.   The worst-hit states are Maharashtra, Kerala, Delhi, West Bengal, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan,…

UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath laid the foundation stone in Greater Noida, for a Rs 6,000 crore data centre project that will help in boosting growth in the city, officials said.   The authority will earn Rs 110 crore revenue for the 20 acres of land. And in total, the developer will invest Rs 6,000 crore when the project is developed to its full capacity.   The project will create 500 jobs in its initial years, said officials.   The project work shall commence from January 2021 and it will be…

The concluding session of 80th All India Presiding Officers Conference via video conference was being addressed by PM Modi recently. On the occasion, Prime Minister Modi raised the pitch for “One Nation, One Election” and a single voter list for all polls in order to prevent the impact of the model code of conduct on development works every few months due to frequent spread-out polls.   Apart from these two issues, the PM also asked the presiding officers attending the meet to apply their mind to simplify the language of statute books and allow for an easier process to weed…

TiE Global Entrepreneurship Awards are designed to honour the outstanding entrepreneurs for their stellar performance and recognising the key ecosystem stakeholders for their contribution to the start-up innovation, entrepreneurship development and investment climate. This initiative is in live with TiE’s mission of Fostering Entrepreneurship. Mahavir Sharma, TiE Global Chair says that TiE has been working with entrepreneurs for almost 30 years to promote entrepreneurship. I am happy that we finally decided to recognise these stellar individuals and organisations who are making entrepreneurship not only possible but also accessible to anyone…