TikTok dials RIL\, asking if it wants to tango in India

RIL is engaged in an early-stage exercise to evaluate the possibility of investing in TikTok’s India operations, according to at least six people aware of the matter. The development comes even as the clock is ticking on Microsoft’s fast-tracked negotiations to buy large swathes of the Chinese short-video platform’s global operations ahead of the September 15 deadline set by the Donald Trump administration.Kevin A Mayer, CEO of TikTok and COO of