Global expansion to drive the company's fortunes
Another important early decision of Birla was to get into the wireless telephony business in association with AT&T and another revered Indian business house, the Tatas.
The total valuation of Tata Teleservices, according to the valuer, was only Rs 11,000 crore (Rs 110 billion), against the pre-agreed valuation of Rs 27,000 crore (Rs 270 billion).
None of the top five start-ups launched by IITians - Flipkart, Zomato, Ola Cabs, Housing.com and Inmobi - were incubated at IITs
The Swachh Bharat Abhiyan -- or Clean India Mission -- was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on October 2.
Drug maker Cipla always fought a lone battle to make drugs affordable in India.
Ril's shale gas may be impacted due to fracking ban
The total investment at risk is $930 billion and oil companies will need to cut their expenses by 30 per cent to make their projects viable provided oil remains around $70 a barrel.
Russia's central bank early on Tuesday raised interest rates to 17 per cent to counter the 50 per cent rouble fall in six months.
Corporate lawyers say the fine on independent directors will make them more cautious and some will be wary of taking assignments from companies with low corporate governance standards.
International pay packages have soared 10-30 per cent at IITs.
Kolkata-based United Bank of India, which had earlier declared Kingfisher Airlines and its four directors, including Mallya as wilful defaulters, on Tuesday identified UBHL, the guarantor of the grounded Kingfisher Airlines, also a wilful defaulter.
At Rs 20,000 crore (Rs 200 billion), e-commerce has seen one of the fastest rates of growth in investment activity this year.
The US has already eased the procedure for issuing visa to attract a million Indian tourists by 2015
Experts say it's not only important to get due-diligence done by an independent firm but it needs to be cross-checked, too.
Bankers say it's a question of survival for debt-heavy companies.
Reliance Retail follows Future Group in online foray
Samvat 2070 was a great year for top Indian conglomerates in the stock markets.
China has cast a long shadow on India's economy.
Banking and IT lead; see September hiring rise 52%, 34% y-o-y, respectively.