ED Thursday filed charge sheet in money-laundering probe against Vivo. Allegations against firm include visa fraud. Vivo has maintained that it is ‘cooperating’ with probe.
ED raided vivo-India and its linked persons in July last year, claiming to have busted a major money laundering racket involving Chinese nationals and multiple Indian companies.
Report by Counterpoint Research attributes decline in smartphone shipments to sluggish demand, high inventory buildup & growing consumer preference for refurbished phones.
About 90% of individuals surveyed for the fourth edition of Vivo’s 'Switch Off' study also said that time spent on smartphones was their 'most preferred way' to relax.
Smartphone leaders like Xiaomi, Vivo, Oppo, and Huawei, besides smaller fintech players, are under the scanner of various central agencies for a laundry list of alleged offences.
The ED revealed the information after it carried out searches at 48 premises spanning across the country belonging to Vivo and its 23 associated companies such as GPICPL.
On 5 July, ED conducted searches at more than 40 locations linked to Chinese firms violating the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. China expressed hope the Indian authorities would abide by laws
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs will scrutinise auditor reports and has received information from unnamed sources that indicates potential violation including fraud.
In the centuries to come, economist Bibek Debroy's Mahabharata will attain the importance we attach to the texts of Shankara, Ramanuja, and Madhvacharya.
In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.
The decorated Naga officer from Manipur also served as envoy to Myanmar & Nagaland chief secy. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated a museum dedicated to the Tawang hero Thursday.
Congress is silently acknowledging it over-read verdict of last general election. You can see it in easy concession to SP. It will likely be more reasonable in Maharashtra & Jharkhand.
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