India
Vai alla Scheda Paese »Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.
— Mahatma Gandhi
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NALCO share buyback delayed to 2016/17, official says
Aluminium company NALCO's plan to buy back up to 32.5 billion rupees ($483 million) of government shares will be delayed to the next fiscal year because of procedural delays, mines secretary Balvinder Kumar said on Tuesday.
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Mukesh Ambani’s telecom bet may rekindle family rivalry
India's richest man, Mukesh Ambani, is muscling into the cable TV sector as part of a media and telecoms offensive that pits him against his once-estranged younger brother Anil and threatens to shake up both industries.
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US industry body says India agreed to not issue ‘compulsory’ drug licences
India has given private assurances that it will not grant licences allowing local firms to override patents and make cheap copies of drugs by big western drugmakers, a US business advocacy group said. The comments were made in a report by the US-India Business Council to the US Trade Representative.
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Long road for new centres of excellence in India
The long-term sustainability of these new centres is a challenge. India needs at least 600 such institutes to stop 200,000 students migrating to foreign universities each year
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Govt to speed up port clearances
The government is lining up a series of steps to cut the time for clearing export and import consignments by half and help reduce the transaction time for Indian traders.
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5 PEs vie for IFCI’s 26% stake in SHCIL
At least five private equity investors, including Carlyle, Standard Chartered PE, NewQuest, Tata Opportunities Fund and Blackstone, are in the fray to buy IFCI’s 26% stake in Stock Holding Corporation of India (SHCIL), the largest custodian of securities.
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Sensex logs gains for 5th day in choppy trade, up 13 points
After registering its best weekly performance in over four years, the benchmark sensex on Tuesday closed in the positive territory for the fifth straight day by edging up 13 points as investors bolstered their bets amid inflows by foreign funds
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CBI probes Rs 1000 crore alleged fraud in Syndicate Bank
The CBI conducted raids at 10 locations in connection with alleged fraud of Rs 1000 crore in Syndicate Bank. The fraud includes the use of fake bills and providing overdraft limits against non-existent life insurance policies.
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Banks petition Supreme Court to stop Vijay Mallya from leaving India
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Banks petition Supreme Court to prevent Vijay Mallya from leaving India
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Sensex climbs 64 points on foreign fund inflows
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Rupee sinks 19 paise vs dollar in early trade
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Mukesh Ambani's $20 billion bet on TV, telecoms may rekindle brothers' rivalry
India's richest man, Mukesh Ambani, is muscling into the cable TV sector as part of a media and telecoms offensive that pits him against his once-estranged younger brother and threatens to shake up both industries.
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Jat violence cloud on investor meet
Barely a fortnight after the violent protests by Jats, Japanese ambassador Kenji Hiramatsu and Mahindra & Mahindra chief Anand Mahindra flagged safety as a key concern at an investor meet organised by the Haryana government, after several factories were forced to down their shutters during the agitation demanding reservation in ...
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Working on converting red tape into red carpet: DIPP secy
The dept wants to cut down legal, regulatory & procedural complexity associated with doing business in India.
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What ails India's public sector insurance firms
In Budget, FM announced plans for listing of four PSU general insurance firms; except for New India Assurance, none of the other three is in position to get Sebi nod unless Irdai steps in
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ICICI deploys tech, allows women staffers to log in to work @home
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Apollo Tyres forays into two-wheeler segment
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Mallya faces laundering case, bar on Rs 515 crore from Diageo
The $75 million deal with Diageo was struck last month to get Mallya to relinquish the chairmanship of United Spirits Ltd (USL), which the British spirits maker now owns.
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Third-party motor cover may cost you 30% more
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Untimely rain hits winter-sown crops, delay harvest
The untimely rain and hail over the past week could reduce the yield of the crops as they ripen and force the govt to raise imports of edible oils, pulses and wheat. The wheat crop was hit in Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh.