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TopicReliance Jio

Topic: Reliance Jio

Mukesh Ambani raises more funds, now US private equity firm invests $1.5 billion in Jio

Mukesh Ambani has been announcing a string of fund-raising plans as part of a proposal to slash debt at Reliance & bolster investor confidence.

After Facebook, Reliance Jio to receive Rs 5,665 crore investment from Silver Lake

The deal is the latest effort by Mukesh Ambani to convince investors that he aims to honour his promise of cutting the group’s net debt to zero by early 2021.

How a WhatsApp ‘Hi’ can transform India’s $1 trillion digital payments market

WhatsApp gives the Jio-Facebook deal a big edge in India’s fast-growing cashless payments market which is estimated to be worth $1 trillion by 2023.

Jio accepts FB friend request, says TOI, Mint’s stimulus ‘hopes’, Telegraph’s HCQ warning

A round-up of the most important reports in major newspapers around the country – from TOI and HT, Express and The Hindu to The Telegraph, Mumbai Mirror and The Tribune, as well as top financial dailies.

Why Mukesh Ambani and Mark Zuckerberg can be happy together

Oil glut & price crash makes Jio a good bet Ambani. Facebook needs new markets to keep growing & India is the next best thing since China isn’t an option.

Facebook held talks for 10% stake in Reliance Jio, says Financial Times

Facebook was close to signing preliminary deal for 10% of Jio before Covid-19 travel bans stalled negotiations, Financial Times reported.

This is how the telecom sector was rescued from bankruptcy in 1999

India’s brush with mobile telephony started in the mid-1990s, but the beginning was far from smooth.

Vodafone Idea not shutting down. Modi govt can ill afford it

Both Vodafone Idea and Airtel are losing customers at a rapid rate and Reliance Jio is gaining at their expense.

Jio, Airtel, Vodafone hike rates: Indians being punished by policies made after 2G scam?

India’s debt-ridden telecom players Vodafone-Idea and Bharti Airtel, along with Reliance Jio Sunday announced tariff hikes of 14-67 per cent.

Vodafone Idea, Airtel sending out distress signals. But they are only paying for their sins

Both Vodafone Idea and Bharti Airtel have pinned their losses to Supreme Court’s recent ruling. Media has described their current state as ‘bruised, battered and bleeding’.

On Camera

My grandmother saved her children in Bhopal gas tragedy—and sacrificed her own life

‘Mother kept pouring water in our eyes whenever the burning became unbearable. She pushed our bodies deep into the blanket, making sure not a single part was exposed,’ my father said.

India’s Russian oil imports are showing up in cryptic new places. The crude map stands redrawn

December oil imports from Russia may drop nearly 50%, but Indian buyers already shifting to non-designated Russian entities and opaque trading channels to keep Russian oil flowing.

India to commission new squadron of submarine-hunting Romeo choppers in Goa later this month

The helicopters produced by Lockheed Martin are known as ‘submarine hunters’. India ordered 24 of these aircraft in 2020 to replace the Sea King helicopters. 15 have been delivered till date.

Gaali cricket: Bavuma stands tall, India’s Test ego cut to size

The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.