Naga chilli, army's revolutionary new weapon

The Defence Research and Development Organisation offers intellectual challenges, but not an adventurous image. A DRDO director is perceived as a man in a white coat working in a laboratory or......

Why Dr Singh is in Brazil

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived in Brazil, the world's fifth largest country, on Monday evening. Some eyebrows were raised over Dr Singh's decision to visit Brazil and then Cuba for the......

Jindal Steel buys Omani company for $464 million

Jindal Steel and Power on Thrusday said it has acquired Oman-based Shadeed Iron & Steel for $464 million. "We have acquired Shadeed Iron & Steel (Shadeed) which has 1.5 MT Hot Briquetted Iron (HBI)......

India Inc M&A deals touch $1.7 bn in April

Corporate India's merger and acquisition deal activity stood at $1.74 billion in April taking the total M&A kitty so far this year to $21 billion. According to the monthly deal report of VCCEdge,......

Q1 results may be a mixed bag

The first quarter of FY07 has come to an end, just as the south west monsoon has made its presence felt (rather harshly at some places).Over the next few weeks, June quarter (Q1) results for FY07......

India 'story' a hit, but problems linger

The economy never had it so good as in the year gone by, but chronic problems of poverty, hunger, unemployment, regional disparities and inequalities among citizens continued to plague India,......