Mobile telecoms and retail are two platforms on which Mukesh Ambani intends to remodel Reliance Industries (Nikkei Montage/Source photo by AFP/Jiji, EPA/Jiji and Ken Kobayashi)

Ambani reshapes Reliance for digital India with Jio deals

Investments led by Facebook herald spinoffs that will shift conglomerate's focus

KEN KOYANAGI, Nikkei Asian Review editor-at-large

June 5, 2020 04:04 JST

Updated on June 5, 2020 12:45 JST

TOKYO -- India's struggle against the coronavirus pandemic has not stopped a dealmaking whirlwind at Reliance Industries. As the country has slowed down, its biggest corporation by sales and market capitalization has only seemed to speed up.