Telecom operator Reliance Jio will host India Digital Open Summit 2018 on January 19 with focus on opportunities and building digital ecosystem. The January 19th, 2018 event marks the inaugural India Digital Open Summit, a meeting of the top technologists, academia, startups, and industry leaders focused on how open source networking systems and platforms would transform and foster innovation and leadership across the entire digital ecosystem,the company said in a statement. The company is organising the event in partnership with Linux Foundation and supported by Cisco Systems. ... Read More

Rakesh Jhunjhunwalas personal holding in pharma major Lupin rose to highest ever at the end of December quarter, even as he cut his stake in a couple of other stocks such as Rallis India, reports The Economic Times. He kept his stakes in NCC and VIP Industries, among others, unchanged. The ace investor held 86,98,605 shares, or 1.92% stake, in Lupin as of December-end, which was worth Rs 790 crore at Mondays trading price. The ace investor has been holding the stock at least since the December quarter of 2015. Jhunjhunwala cut his holding in Rallis India to 9.67% in December quarter from 9.93 ... Read More

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu today announced joint research and development projects under the India-Israel Industrial R and D and Technological Innovation Fund (I4F). The I4Fund Call for Proposal was announced with the launch of a website as well as the unveiling of a brochure by the two prime ministers at the India-Israel Business Summit here. The fund was announced in July, 2017 during Modis visit to Israel. Under this, the Department of Science and Technology, India and the National Innovation Authority of Israel have established a USD 40 mi ... Read More

India and Israel signed a memorandum of understanding to enhance cooperation and boost research in homoeopathy, a system of alternative medicine. The pact was signed between Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy, Ministry of AYUSH, and Centre for Integrative Complementary Medicine, Shaare Zedek Medical Centre, Jerusalem. The MoU is a part of the nine agreements signed between the two countries after talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu. The MoU envisages cooperation in the field of research in homoeopathic medicine. It included esta ... Read More

The British arm of Amazon has dropped sale of a circumcision training kit from its website after concerns were raised.The kit had been offered by a third party seller and offered instructions and instruments that could be used to practice circumcision on a model of male genitals.Circumcision consists of removing part of the foreskin of the penis and is typically done for religious or medical purposes on very young boys.The National Secular Society in Britain complained to Amazon that the training kit violated Amazons standards policy.The group said it feared the sale of the kit would encourage ... Read More

The Edelweiss Group on Wednesday announced the acquisition of Religare Enterprises Ltds securities business, which includes securities and commodities broking, and depository participant services. As part of the deal, Edelweiss Wealth Management will take on pan-India distribution of around 1,250 points of presence, including over 90 branches, over 1 million clients and the employees of Religare. Earlier in 2001, Edelweiss Wealth Managements acquired Rooshnil Securities and Anagram Capital Ltd in 2010. ... Read More