Korean multinational, Samsung said it has decided to focus on tier II and tier III markets in India by introducing customisation in products for the Indian market with an aim of driving 26 per cent of its revenues this year to come from these markets.
La Nina, a weather pattern arising in the Pacific Ocean that causes heavy rain in South Asia, is assuming a neutral condition, senior India Meteorological Department officials have said. This suggests the country will have a near-normal southwest monsoon.
German automobile giant Volkswagen Group has found in John Chacko a natural successor to Joerg Mueller as the new chief representative for India as well as president & managing director, Volkswagen India. The 58-year-old BTech from Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (Class of '73) has been a part of the Volkswagen Group since 1978.
Websites that appeal to every taste and hobby help create virtual hang-outs for the young.
Whoever said only adults can be entrepreneurs? SIES Clinic, founded by two professors, is out to prove them wrong. SIES Clinic encourages children to throw up ideas that can be turned into successful business ventures.
Aditya Verma, Chief Operating Officer, Makaan.com speaks to Business Standard about the findings of its latest survey Pune's real estate market and the way ahead.
Wilfried Aulbur, MD & CEO of Mercedes-Benz India speaks about his plans for India
Pune Open Coffee Club or POCC is a free-form organisation which exists on the web and helps budding entrepreneurs realise their dreams.
This year, the date falls on a Sunday, which is a holiday for most companies. But it has not deterred BPO firms from celebrating in advance.
Things are beginning to look better for the hospitality industry across the country, with an increase in occupancy levels to 10-30 per cent and hotel rates getting closer to the pre-recession ones.
The company estimates its saving from such activities as Rs 17 lakhs (Rs 1.7 million) in 2006-07, rising to Rs 56 lakhs (Rs 5.6 million) in 2007-08 and Rs 82 lakhs (Rs 8.2 million) in 2008-09.
If an entrepreneur has any problem, query, questions or anything s/he would like to know, the clinic will help address it
The growing fear among software professionals is of getting infected while travelling to work in buses or cabs. And so, many IT-BPO firms have allowed their people to work from home if it fits their job profile. Some are planning to hire laptops to encourage employees to stay at home and work.
Shopping malls, multiplexes and top retailers in Pune are seeing as much as a 70 per cent drop in business owing to the swine flu outbreak in the city.
Several companies have hit on the idea of offering college freshers pre-job training to make them more employable.
These Blackberrys will be connected to a server back in the office of the department. Through this communication mechanism, a traffic police will have access to an entire database of vehicles registered in the city. The move is aimed at introducing traffic discipline and better equipping traffic officers on the field.
Blogging is one of the most popular methods of communication for the tech-savvy. The form that most of us are familiar with is text blogging. However, technological advances have given rise to another off-shoot of text blogging, voice blogging.
Currently, STAT 24X7 offers X-Ray, ECG, USG, Pathology and Stress test services, among others.
Located at Manngaon , a small village near Hinjewadi in Pune, AFC is a group of 138 farmers. Set up in 2004, it has emerged as a platform to share information. Farmer-members share their knowledge on all the aspects of farming -- what to farm, what to grow, seeds, fertilisers, pesticides and marketing of produce.
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