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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India’s Jio Gets $750M Boost From Silver Lake
India’s Jio Gets $750M Boost From Silver Lake
May 04, 2020  |  Investments

Private equity firm Silver Lake is investing $750 million in India’s telecommunications giant Jio Platforms, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal on...

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Today In Payments: WhatsApp Mulls Loans In India; Advance Estimates Show GDP Declining 4.8 Pct
Today In Payments: WhatsApp Mulls Loans In India; Advance Estimates Show GDP Declining 4.8 Pct
April 29, 2020  |  News

In today’s top news, WhatsApp is considering offering credit and lending to users in India, and the Bureau of Economic Analysis estimated that GDP dropped...

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Amazon Pay Later Offers India Users Zero-Interest Credit
Amazon Pay Later Offers India Users Zero-Interest Credit
April 29, 2020  |  Amazon Payments

Amazon Pay has introduced a new credit service in India called Amazon Pay Later that offers merchandise repayment extending as long as 12 months. The...

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WhatsApp Considers Extending Loans To Indian Users
WhatsApp Considers Extending Loans To Indian Users
April 29, 2020  |  International

WhatsApp in India is considering a move into credit and lending so it can extend loans to users in the country, according to a report...

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Reliance Tests eCommerce Portal In India
Reliance Tests eCommerce Portal In India
April 26, 2020  |  eCommerce

A new shopping portal by Reliance Retail initiated testing just days after it was announced that Facebook would invest $5.7 million in digital assets into...

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Facebook Closes $5.7B Deal For Stake In India’s Reliance Jio
Facebook Closes $5.7B Deal For Stake In India’s Reliance Jio
April 22, 2020  |  Facebook

Facebook closed a $5.7 billion deal on Tuesday (April 21) for a minority stake in Indian telecom startup Reliance Jio, giving the social media giant...

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India’s Exports Drop 34.6 Pct In March From Lack Of Demand
India’s Exports Drop 34.6 Pct In March From Lack Of Demand
April 15, 2020  |  Economy

One day after India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended the nationwide lockdown to May 3 due to the coronavirus pandemic, the country’s Commerce & Industry...

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India’s PM Modi Eases IT Rules While Prolonging Lockdown 
India’s PM Modi Eases IT Rules While Prolonging Lockdown 
April 15, 2020  |  Coronavirus

Speaking in a televised address on Tuesday (April 14), India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he is prolonging the countrywide lockdown until May 3 but...

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India SME Lender Capital Float Tops Up Funding
India SME Lender Capital Float Tops Up Funding
April 10, 2020  |  B2B Payments

After having notched more than $110 million in equity funding in the past, India’s Capital Float has received a top-off of $4.8 million from current...

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