Twitter has launched music on Vine to create and discover short looping videos, for Android and iOS users. “Music has been part of Vine’s culture since the beginning,” the company wrote on its new website. Now, we’re connecting you to the music you love, starting with new ways to discover and create with music on Vine.”

Vine allows users to share six second-long looping video clips. It was acquired in 2012 by Twitter for $30 million, and now has grown to $200 million monthly active user base.

The benchmark BSE Sensex rallied over 350 points to 26,582.13 in early trade on Friday on continued buying by investors as the September series in the derivatives segment began on a strong note.

The Nifty of National of Stock Exchange regained the 8,000-mark by rising 113 points.

There is a better than even chance that the Reserve Bank of India will cut interest rates at its policy meeting on Sept 29 thanks to inflation striking a record low, according to a Reuters poll, marking a shift in expectations from earlier.

The median from survey of 21 economists showed a 60 per cent chance that the central bank would cut its policy repo rate from 7.25 per cent at the next meeting, whereas a previous poll in July had shown a move was more likely in the final three months of the year.

Infosys has appointed Krishnamurthy Shankar as the new HR head. Shankar, who has over 30 years of experience, currenty heads the HRD role for Philips (south Asia). He has also worked with Bharti Airtel and Unilever.

In an internal mail to the employees, Infosys COO Pravin Rao said, “Krishnamurthy Shankar (Krish, as he is called) is a passionate leader who has headed the human resources function at some of the most distinguished organisations we know today.”

NEW DELHI: In what will be music to the ears of long suffering highway users, the Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and concessionaires cannot collect toll from commuters if the road is in bad shape.

Road users have had a long-standing grouse that they were fleeced by concessionaires who charged hefty toll on stretches of dilapidated national highways. They also believed that private contractors were enriching themselves while the NHAI looked the other way.

Shares of oil exploration companies such as Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), Oil India and Cairn India are trading higher by over 5% each after oil prices jumped by more than 10% on Thursday, posting their biggest one-day rally in over six years.

Cairn India rallied 6% to Rs 148, ONGC surged 5% to Rs 243, while Oil India was up 4% at Rs 472 on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) in early morning trades.

Tata Motors will have a wider presence in the pick-up segment in the next three years, as demand for the lighter, quicker and faster commercial vehicles gathers pace in India.

The Mumbai-based company, which has a market share of 12 per cent in the pick-up segment, is working on a variety of projects. At least three pick-ups will be launched by the company in the next two-three years, said a senior official of the company.

Reliance Communications (RCom), part of the Anil Ambani-led group, has partnered with global Internet of Things (IoT) platform leader Jasper to enable enterprises throughout India to launch, manage and monetise next-generation IoT businesses, the company said in a filing in the Bombay Stock Exchange on Thursday.

RCom is Jasper's sole telecom partner in India.

To ramp up its 4G presence in the country, Bharti Airtel has acquired wireless broadband firm, Augere’s India operations, which holds 4G spectrum in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. The company has signed a definitive agreement to acquire 100% equity stake in Augere. The deal amount is still undisclosed by both companies.

With this acquisition, Augere will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Airtel, and Bharti’s 4G services will now be available in over 300 cities and towns.

Infosys chief executive Vishal Sikka bought 10 per cent of the blue chip shares granted to him as restricted stock option units, the global software major said on Wednesday.

In a regulatory filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), the company said the 10 per cent or 2,279 shares Sikka bought were equivalent to 9,116 shares post-two bonus issues, granted to all investors last fiscal (2014-15).

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