March 31, 2016 - Alibaba-backed Paytm may pick up stake in online travel agency Yatra

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Invite Friends Blog Sree Vijaykumar From the Editor's Desk In April last year, 18,452 Indian villages did not have electricity. That number has now dropped to 12,100 as the government implements its electrification plan. The village of Hotasar in Rajasthan is one of the recent beneficiaries. A resident Akbar Pardeshi, has pooled money to buy a second-hand TV that the villagers plan to watch. They already have mobile phones and some are planning to buy refrigerators. Kids look forward to going back to school, as they can now read at night and perform better. Families of nomads who rotated between homes as the climate changed are now thinking of settling in one place, building brick and concrete homes for themselves. Such is the power of electrification! - Comment Digital Alibaba-backed Paytm may pick up stake in online travel agency Yatra Paytm, which started as an online payments platform, ventured into the travel marketplace last year to boost transaction rates in its core business -payments. Advt: Looking for a Board Advisor? Leverage the expertise of a premier new-age Board Advisory firm. The Firm’s team has advised clients spread across SMEs, large Indian Conglomerates, Institutional Investors, Fortune 500 Corporations and Government Authorities.   Digital STAR India's Uday Shankar plans to take Hotstar global The video streaming app and website will be taken to Indian diaspora in coming months, though plans on content customisation, pricing remain unknown as of now Digital Poster boys of ecommerce quiet on FDI norms, while offline retailers hail move Startups talk of clarity and parity. 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Finance 5 years after split, Honda sets formidable challenge for Hero MotoCorp Honda has doubled its two-wheeler market share to 26%; Hero MotoCorp has seen its share slide 4.75 percentage points to 38.95% Finance RBI eases external commercial borrowing norms for infrastructure sector Central bank allows infra firms, NBFCs that lend to sector to raise ECBs with minimum maturity of 5 years Finance Distressed India ignites passion of private equity firms A surge in bad loans to once-thriving and now defunct companies such as Kingfisher Airlines means there are plenty of turnaround plays to pick from Software Google opens up to outsourcing large chunks of non-core work : May become more rewarding for Indian firms Google has started becoming open-fisted with software services, thus presenting Indian IT a chance to add a lucrative client to their roster. Software Taxi-hailing apps Uber and Ola fight out in battle for India’s booming taxi market Aiming to wrest control of India's booming taxi market, two cab-hailing smartphone apps — Uber and Ola — are promising hundreds of millions in new investment while also facing off with one another in court. Software How Digital India is a $1 trillion business opportunity? He said that another $350 billion opportunity will be presented by the IT sector and the communication services will provide an opportunity of another $250 billion. Software What are the 10 best technology careers for 2016? Technology industry is a great career option, no matter how you look at it: Interesting work, high salaries and lots of opportunity. However, some tech jobs are better than others. Glassdoor has sifted through its enormous database of employee reviews to come up with a list of the Top 25 jobs, across all industries. It ranked the jobs by looking at the median annual base salary, number of job opening available, and how various people in those jobs rated the "career opportunity." We went through the list in order to bring to you the top 10 jobs in the technology industry, along with related median salaries. Ecommerce Flipkart crosses the landmark of 75 million registered users, first online retail marketplace to reach this milestone in a single country after USA and China February 2016 report by Morgan Stanley puts the number of online shoppers in India at 50 million Ecommerce Alibaba-backed Paytm plans to boost its travel marketplace business, may buy a part of travel agency Yatra Paytm has held a couple of rounds of talks with Yatra and details are being worked out. 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But there is unlikely to be any immediate benefit to the core sectors Construction Home buyers still need to be vigilant despite Realty bill Despite the bill mandating disclosing all details of projects by builders, consumers will still need to do their own aggressive research before buying.. Construction High attrition is the next big challenge for Realtors The India real estate sector, which is known for being one of the largest employment generators, currently suffers from a high attrition rate of aroun.. Marketing Flipkart claims 75 mn registered users and 50 mn app installs : Report Ecommerce platform Flipkart has crossed 75 million registered customers since its launch. The company also said that its Android app recently hit the 50 million installs landmark. 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Entertainment Fashion in films has changed, has become more real: Farhan Akhtar Farhan Akhtar says there's a change in the fashion code in Bollywood movies as characters have moved towards "real and believable" looks. Entertainment Never aspired to be an actor: ‘The Jungle Book’ star Neel Sethi Neel Sethi says he “never really thought about acting” and wanted to follow his parents' footsteps to dentistry. Entertainment Proud of Kabir’s National award win: Mini Mathur Mini Mathur says she is proud that her husband Kabir Khan's directorial venture "Bajrangi Bhaijaan" won at the National awards. TradeBriefs Publications are read by over 10,00,000 Industry Executives About Us  |  Advertise Privacy Policy    Unsubscribe You are receiving this mail because of your subscription with TradeBriefs. Our mailing address is GF 25/39, West Patel Nagar, New Delhi 110008, India