Today's News in Media: 20.02.2016

February 20, 2016   Top story   GST rollout: challenge is to get all on board, says Amit Mitra Main role will be to build consensus among State FMs, says new GST panel chief Read more » Related:  Bengal Finance Minister Amit Mitra to chair GST panel Alcatel-Lucent merger won't affect India staff: Nokia Telecom equipment manufacturer Nokia has said that there will be a minimal impact on employees in India after its merger with Alcatel-Lucent. The combined entity will have about 20,000 employees and there are... Read more » More Articles »   Editor's Pick   Intuition plays a big part in making the right move: Kasparov Grandmaster tells entrepreneurs not to go overboard on big data Read more » Grounded for 5 years, 'Made in India' plane awaits DGCA nod Bureaucratic tangles prevent six-seater from taking off Read more » More Articles »   Most Popular   Freedom 251 bookings open, buyers unable to place orders Irate customers vent ire on social media Read more » Related:  Freedom 251's buzz and alarm bells Related:  At ₹251, the world's cheapest smartphone is here At ₹251, the world's cheapest smartphone is here Domestic handset co Ringing Bells unveils 'Freedom 251' Read more » More Articles »   Portfolio   Tax without the tears That's what tax payers can look forward to if the Budget acts on the Justice Easwar Committee recommendations Read more » ICICI Bank: Fundamentally strong - Buy Despite asset quality concerns, the bank's core performance is healthy Read more » More Articles »   Companies   Renault India eyes 5% market share in 2016 The French automaker also hints at price hike Read more » HBO gets content, branding revamp To attract advertisers as well as young audience Read more » More Articles »   Markets   Markets end the week 3% higher on value buying Bouts of volatility seen next week on Budget session and expiry of derivative contracts Read more » Ujjivan Fin mops up ₹300 cr in pre-IPO placement Small finance banks of the future – Ujjivan Financial Services and Equitas Holdings — are all set to tap the equity markets with initial public offerings. Among the 10 entities that were granted 'in-princip... Read more » More Articles »   Blink   Dead girl walking In Delhi's seedy underbelly, an Uzbeki dancer goes missing. Her mother and sisters arrive in the country to try and find her. Through a trail of 'kidnappings' and half-burned corpses, they pry open the world of human trafficking of 'Russian girls' right in the centre of the Capital Read more » Cover from the predator An enterprising NGO provides villagers in the Spiti Valley with insurance for their livestock against snow leopard attacks Read more » More Articles »   Economy   Pushing GDP over fiscal discipline to be counter-productive: HSBC The government's likely approach of giving priority to growth numbers at the expense of fiscal consolidation could prove "counter-productive", says HSBC.Underweight on India, the global brokerage firm today sa... Read more » Scrapping 5/20 rule will bring India in sync with US, Canada New aviation policy is likely to do away with this rule Read more » More Articles »