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Jio Silver Lake deal: A Deal with a Private Equity Giant

Jio –Silver Lake deal with a premium valuation. And, a cursory view of Hospitality sector. Hope you’ve seen the movie Krrish (in which Hrithik Roshan is a superhero). As I read about the Jio – Silver Lake deal, I remembered the scene from the movie where Krrish plays Tug-of-War with a group of people. One person on one side and an entire group of people on the other and still that one person wins! After securing handsome investments from first Facebook and now Silver Lake, Jio might not be feeling less than a superhero. Just for your information, Silver Lake is a private equity giant whose other investments have been in Alibaba, Airbnb, Ant Financial, Dell Technologies, Twitter and many others. Silver Lake has invested in global technological leaders and now it has bought 1.15% stake in Jio. The firm will invest Rs. 5655.75 crores into Jio Platforms (a wholly owned subsidiary of Reliance Industries Ltd.) for this stake. Also, with this deal Jio is valued at 4.90 lakh crores (equity value) and 5.15 lakh crores (enterprise value) which is more than 12% premium to the valuation assessed by Facebook.

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What is the economic cost of covid-19 lockdown in india

The Coronavirus Disease or popularly called the COVID19 has taken over the world for a halt. Throughout the world, there is clamor over social distancing and testing. The one problem that India is facing is the lockdown. Lockdown was the worldwide-adopted strategy. It seemed to buy time to test and quarantine as many suspects so that the infection chain can be broken. However, it did break something if not the contagious chain. It is the economy of India. With zero economic activity in the lockdown period, India is paying a heavy economic price every day. This article talks about the economic loss India is facing each day of lockdown.

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How coronavirus shattered the dreams of Studying abroad?

Pandemic Stalls Study Abroad Dreams As the coronavirus pandemic causes a clampdown on international travel, students are also feeling the heat. Study abroad programs are being canceled, exchange programs have been stalled and students remain stranded overseas in countries on a lockdown. Students who are currently pursuing or plan to enrol in Universities abroad are left in the lurch. India is the world’s second largest source of international students, with over 7,50,000 students studying abroad.

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What are the Reasons Behind the Downfall of Air India?

When erecting a castle or a building, the building does not matter. But the pillars that hold them up matter the most. Any mistake in the construction of the pillar will simply make the building weak. Similarly, in a business, every decision is like constructing a pillar.

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Impact of lockdown on the shadow economy

The prolonged blockade should cost the Indian economy up to 17.78 million rupees and raise the problems of sectors such as travel and tourism, manufacturing, and automobiles, even if the partial opening of selected sectors outside the Coronavirus hotspots as of April 20 has raised hopes.

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Effect of lockdown regulations on landlords and tenants

The COVID Pandemic has created an unprecedented scenario that has ensnared the whole world in its grip. Lockdowns have been announced across the country to break the chain of the virus spread. People have been told to stay home to beat this virus but for some, the home may not even be an option anymore.

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Reliance-Facebook might team-up to create Super App Like We Chat

Reliance and Facebook will create a ‘Super App’ like WeChat. But, how will they do this? There is much difference between ‘normal’ and ‘super’. For something to be qualified as ‘super’, it needs to be exceptional. For example, a normal man can just see while Superman has laser vision and X-Ray vision. A computer does normal computation but a Super Computer does some of the most complex calculations, can process billions of instruction points in a second and can as well be used to launch a rocket to space. But, why are we even telling you this? Because, reportedly Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance and Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook are working together to develop a ‘Super App’. So, as we told earlier, it needs to be exceptional to be qualified as ‘Super’ and hence, you can expect a lot from the ambitious project that the two corporate giants are working upon together.

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Covid-19: India Extends a Helping Hand to Neighbours with Medicine

Coronavirus has brought the entire world to its mercy. The lockdown, falling economy, medicines, testing, and protection kits are the only news that we are seeing. COVID19 or Coronavirus Disease 2019 (owing to its first trace in Wuhan in December 2019) has been declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO). When the problem is a global one, it needs global cooperation. India is known in the entire world for the quality of its health services. India is a medical tourism hub for people through the Middle East, Africa, and South Asia. History manifests that India has acted positively insight of any mission aiming to restore peace in the entire world since its inception. With the crisis we are combating in this time, India is also lending a helping hand to its less-resourced neighbors.

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Oil war triggered by Saudi: Boon to Indian Economy

Even as nations around the world are busy battling COVID-19, Saudi Arabia launched an all-out oil war with the biggest cut in its prices in the last 20 years after a failure by OPEC+ to clinch a deal to cut production, owing to Russia's opposition. As a result, oil prices saw a plunge in global markets. Saudi Aramco took immediate action to cut prices after the OPEC+ collapse, offering big discounts for crude deliveries from next month, when the current output restrictions end.

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Why Oyo is sending thousands of employees on furlough?

Oyo is globally sending thousands of employees on furlough.But why? Euphemism is the art of expressing an embarrassing term subtly. So, if it’s euphemistic it’s not blunt and therefore the other person doesn’t feel that bad. So, consider a situation where your employer bluntly says “You may go on indefinite leave without pay.” You would surely feel embarrassed, won’t you? But, if the employer says “You’re being placed on furlough,” you might not feel that bad. That’s what Oyo is doing with its employees. Thousands of employees of Oyo across the globe have been informed by mail that they are being temporarily placed on furlough. The reason that is being stated by experts is more than a 60% drop in revenue. Although, this is accompanied by many other factors as well.

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If IPL is cancelled, what would be the Financial Impact?

Summer is not just about holidays, ice-creams and vacations. But it is also about the most awaited event of the year, the Indian Premier League. Most of us stick to the television screens wearing our favorite jerseys and screaming out for our team. But the most valued sport and most followed sport, IPL has lost its hype amidst the fear of COVID-19. To make things worse, it has been postponed until April 15 breaking the hearts of millions of fans.

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How regional streaming apps is challenging global Player?

Long gone are the days where we had to wait for our favorite movie or serial to be aired on TV. Now viewers can stream the content of their choice in any device from anywhere without any wait or hassle. Thanks to apps like Netflix and Hotstar with which everything is brought under our fingertips. The OTT services (over-the-top) give access to a wide range of content on the payment of minimum subscription. A few factors that stimulated the growth of the online streaming market include the launch of Reliance Jio which gave access to cheap internet, soon to be launched 5G, lack of time and a wish to watch shows at our comfort. Though, we spend most of our time with these apps, less do we know about its competition.

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How the countries are managing ventilators to fight the virus?

A battle must be fair in every aspect. But our fight against COVID-19 is not so. The last two months have been more than a terrific nightmare. The pandemic has hit the world hard physically, financially and emotionally. And the dire situation is only to grow worse. But the lack of equipment to treat the virus worsens the situation. It is like we are fighting a war against this deadly monster without enough bow and arrows to attack it. There are more than 10 lakh active cases reported around the world. But the most essential medical supplies like ventilators, masks, sanitizers, ICU wards, etc are not sufficient to meet the growing numbers.

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How can Indian mobile companies overtake Chinese smartphone brands?

The latest statistics reveal that India stands as the second-largest mobile market, a notch ahead of the US with over 400 million smartphone users. While our neighbor China stands as the leader in terms of the number of users. These statistics are enough to give us an estimate of what a huge market India poses to all Mobile phone manufacturers. It is with this background that we have seen the influx of global brands making a mark in the Indian market. The Chinese smartphone brands were quick to infuse the Indian market with their smartphone brands like Huawei, Xiaomi, Vivo, Oppo, Realme, Oneplus.

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How to Manage a Product cost effectively?

We all hear the word “COST” frequently in our day to day life. But have you ever heard the term “TARGET COSTING”? Here’s all you need to know about target costing which will help you to keep yourself updated.

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Crude Oil Price : Why Prices are Falling

The 3 basic needs of humankind that include food, shelter and clothes have evolved over time and now, few more things have been added to this list like electricity, internet etc. This is at an individual level. However, if you consider an entire nation then fulfilling these needs is almost impossible without one thing and that’s crude oil. Crude oil doesn’t affect our life directly but it’s an indirect basic need of our life. This basic need was controlled by a global cartel called OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) along with Russia & US till now. Whenever a government was questioned about rising oil prices, it blamed the international oil prices. But, the nation never questioned that why can’t these prices be controlled at an international level? But now the things have changed with Saudi Arabia breaking the cartel and engaging in a price war.

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Sovereign Gold Bonds Series X: Should you Invest?

It’s the start of the month, the time when your salary gets credited in your wallet. After paying off your bills, you might tend to look out for avenues to invest a chunk of your income and save some for other expenses.

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How is Coronavirus Impacting the World's Economy?

"An apple a day keeps the doctor away". But in today's scenario, nothing could help you stay away from the deadly pandemic or its impact. Mainland China has reported a death toll of over 2800 and more than 78000 cases are said to be affected.

Jio Silver Lake deal: A Deal with a Private Equity Giant

What is the economic cost of covid-19 lockdown in india

How coronavirus shattered the dreams of Studying abroad?

What are the Reasons Behind the Downfall of Air India?

Impact of lockdown on the shadow economy

Effect of lockdown regulations on landlords and tenants

Reliance-Facebook might team-up to create Super App Like We Chat

Covid-19: India Extends a Helping Hand to Neighbours with Medicine

Oil war triggered by Saudi: Boon to Indian Economy

Why Oyo is sending thousands of employees on furlough?

If IPL is cancelled, what would be the Financial Impact?

How regional streaming apps is challenging global Player?

How the countries are managing ventilators to fight the virus?

How can Indian mobile companies overtake Chinese smartphone brands?

How to Manage a Product cost effectively?

Crude Oil Price : Why Prices are Falling

Sovereign Gold Bonds Series X: Should you Invest?

How is Coronavirus Impacting the World's Economy?

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