SoftBank Group Corp.’s Masayoshi Son is already one of India’s greatest foreign backers, having poured money into local startups including Snapdeal, Oyo Rooms and Paytm.
The US is arguing the group isn’t entitled to any evidence as the executive order has no legal effect on them & courts can’t review national security determinations by the president.
TikTok is considering selling its operations in several countries after local govts shut out the app, in fears that sensitive user data was being shared with the Chinese state.
Whether the restrictions will apply just to US transactions or also extend to operations globally, could cut into sales across a wide swath of American business.
Trump believes US deserves compensation for resolving national security threat posed by TikTok and the administration is looking at ways to extract a payment from any deal that’s struck.
China has added new items to its list of export controls. This means ByteDance will now need Chinese government approval to sell TikTok’s US operations.
Kevin Mayer resigned after only three months as CEO, citing US administration’s push for ByteDance to sell its operations due to national security concerns.
The search for a permanent and coherent popular meaning of democracy is futile. The Pew report underlines this ever-evolving tendency of popular democracy in the Indian context.
With an educated & skilled workforce, Tamil Nadu has a burgeoning industrial sector which has scored massive investments in automobiles, electronics, and even footwear.
This deployment by the Indian Navy Friday is a stark contrast to the submarine history of the last two decades that has seen the arm hit by dwindling strength, accidents and write-offs.
The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.
And god knows the country needs other players than Ambani and Adani in the key infrastructure segments. With the recent buyout of Future retail, Ambani owns a major chunk of retail segment esp when backed by his Jio empire. Deals with Facebook and Google on the Jio platform already make him the de facto king of India social media space. It’s the stuff nightmares are made off.
And god knows the country needs other players than Ambani and Adani in the key infrastructure segments. With the recent buyout of Future retail, Ambani owns a major chunk of retail segment esp when backed by his Jio empire. Deals with Facebook and Google on the Jio platform already make him the de facto king of India social media space. It’s the stuff nightmares are made off.