india

India (official name: the Republic of India; Hindi: Bhārat Gaṇarājya) is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives; its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand and Indonesia.

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Fidelity Marks Down Flipkart Value
Fidelity Marks Down Flipkart Value
January 27, 2017  |  Retail

Recently, mutual fund Fidelity Rutland Square Trust II has reportedly marked down the value of its holding in Flipkart, the major Indian eCommerce company. Fidelity...

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India’s MoneyOnMobile Enters B2B Payments
India’s MoneyOnMobile Enters B2B Payments
January 27, 2017  |  B2B Payments

India-based mobile payments company MoneyOnMobile is expanding into the B2B payments realm. The company revealed Thursday (Jan. 26) that it is expanding into this new...

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PYMNTS Daily Data Dive: India’s Mobile Youth
PYMNTS Daily Data Dive: India’s Mobile Youth
January 20, 2017  |  Daily Data Dive

Young adults in India are using their smartphones for shopping online at an increasing rate. According to eMarketer, it’s expected that younger generations in India...

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India’s Millennials Dial Up Mobile Shopping
India’s Millennials Dial Up Mobile Shopping
January 19, 2017  |  Mobile Commerce

Young adults in India are using their smartphones for shopping online at an increasing rate. According to eMarketer, it’s expected that younger generations in India...

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Amazon’s Tough Week In India
Amazon’s Tough Week In India
January 18, 2017  |  Retail

From time to time, companies will put out a product that might have seemed like a good idea at the time but that turns out to...

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Apple Raises Prices For App Store In UK, India, Turkey Due To Falling Currencies
Apple Raises Prices For App Store In UK, India, Turkey Due To Falling Currencies
January 18, 2017  |  Apple

Apple is gearing up to increase the prices it charges for its apps in the U.K. due to a big drop in in the sterling...

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In India, Cash Crunch Dims Gold’s Luster
In India, Cash Crunch Dims Gold’s Luster
January 17, 2017  |  International

The cash crunch in India is having a direct impact on many sectors, prevalent among them jewelry retailers. As Bloomberg noted, “sales are plunging.” The...

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India Finds Rough Going With Digital ID Rollout
India Finds Rough Going With Digital ID Rollout
January 16, 2017  |  International

The movement by India to embrace a digital ID system is hitting some snags, The Wall Street Journal reported. The technology-driven system uses biometric identification, including...

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Airtel’s Mobile Payment Bank Now Available Nationwide In India
Airtel’s Mobile Payment Bank Now Available Nationwide In India
January 13, 2017  |  Mobile Payments

Airtel, the largest telecom provider in India, announced Thursday (Jan. 12) the national launch of a mobile payments bank, which, according to a report, is...

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