Rajendra Jadhav And Sumeet Chatterjee

Stories by Rajendra Jadhav And Sumeet Chatterjee

Rural India slowdown threatens Modi's achche din promise

Rural India slowdown threatens Modi's achche din promise

Rediff.com   15 Jan 2015

Rural slowdown may delay growth in the economy.

Xiaomi's India smartphone ban exposes wider patent risk

Xiaomi's India smartphone ban exposes wider patent risk

Rediff.com   14 Dec 2014

Xiaomi said in a statement that "it isn't easy" to build up a patent portfolio as a start-up company, but it aims to have filed 8,000 applications by 2016.

Can Snapdeal become India's Alibaba?

Can Snapdeal become India's Alibaba?

Rediff.com   30 Oct 2014

The 24-hour delivery offer applies only to select postal codes and is not available across the country.

With seizures up, gold smuggling into India loses shine

With seizures up, gold smuggling into India loses shine

Rediff.com   17 Oct 2014

Based on the estimate, a courier bringing in 1 kg of gold currently worth around $40,000 at world prices could earn $470 if not caught.

Banks pile pressure on Mallya over airline loans

Banks pile pressure on Mallya over airline loans

Rediff.com   6 Sep 2014

Mallya, once known as the "King of Good Times" for his flamboyant lifestyle, has until Friday to appear before an IDBI committee to explain why he should not be declared a "wilful defaulter".

Piramal, Dutch fund tie up for $1 bn infra investment

Piramal, Dutch fund tie up for $1 bn infra investment

Rediff.com   30 Jul 2014

Piramal, controlled by billionaire Ajay Piramal, and APG will invest in local infrastructure companies through rupee-denominated mezzanine instruments.

Onion crisis: Shortages after the best-ever harvest

Onion crisis: Shortages after the best-ever harvest

Rediff.com   9 Jul 2014

The country has produced a record harvest, but many farmers in the onion bowl of Maharashtra have lost a large share of their crop damaged in storage, adding to the country's inflation woes.

Riding on Modinomics hopes, indebted cos rush to lock in funds

Riding on Modinomics hopes, indebted cos rush to lock in funds

Rediff.com   7 Jul 2014

A sluggish economy and stalled bureaucratic decision-making for the past two years thwarted capital investment and dented earnings, making it tough for the companies to raise funds.

Rajasthan block: Cairn India gets nod for raising oil output

Rajasthan block: Cairn India gets nod for raising oil output

Rediff.com   17 Jun 2014

The panel, however, set some conditions for the company, including that Cairn India will have to upload the status of environment compliance, including results of monitored data, on its website and update it periodically.

Modi's landslide win may bring IPOs back to table

Modi's landslide win may bring IPOs back to table

Rediff.com   21 May 2014

Several brokerages lifted their outlooks for the BSE Sensex and companies were queuing to ride the wave of political euphoria

Vodafone begins arbitration against India in tax dispute

Vodafone begins arbitration against India in tax dispute

Rediff.com   8 May 2014

The British mobile phone operator was widely expected to go for an international arbitration after its talks with the Indian government failed to find a solution last year.

India's drug inspectors hard-pressed to scrutinise factories

India's drug inspectors hard-pressed to scrutinise factories

Rediff.com   7 Apr 2014

There are just 1,500 drug inspectors responsible for more than 10,000 factories in India

Investors in Indian commodity exchanges jump ship

Investors in Indian commodity exchanges jump ship

Rediff.com   7 Feb 2014

It will be the first to go, in what has become an overcrowded segment since India first allowed futures trading in commodities in 2003.

3 banks to help govt sell Axis shares

3 banks to help govt sell Axis shares

Rediff.com   21 Jan 2014

At the bank's current market price, the stake on offer is worth about Rs 5,700 crore

USFDA raises concerns about Ranbaxy's Toansa plant

USFDA raises concerns about Ranbaxy's Toansa plant

Rediff.com   13 Jan 2014

All of Ranbaxy's India-based factories are currently banned by the FDA from exporting medicines to the United States, the company's largest market, after the regulator's inspection found violation of its so-called good manufacturing practices.

Wockhardt hit by FDA alert on another plant

Wockhardt hit by FDA alert on another plant

Rediff.com   27 Nov 2013

Its factory in Chikalthana in western India was last month hit by the British drug regulator's curb on imports from the plant over manufacturing deficiencies.

2013 monsoon delivers 6% more rains than normal

2013 monsoon delivers 6% more rains than normal

Rediff.com   1 Oct 2013

Monsoon rains are vital for 55 per cent of the country's farmlands that lack irrigation facilities.

Suspected human hair in tablet cited in Ranbaxy ban

Suspected human hair in tablet cited in Ranbaxy ban

Rediff.com   18 Sep 2013

Ranbaxy, which is 63.5 per cent-owned by Japan's Daiichi Sankyo Co and gets more than 40 per cent of its sales from the United States, did not immediately respond to a request on Wednesday for comment on the FDA observations.

Drugmakers draw more FDA scrutiny as US imports rise

Drugmakers draw more FDA scrutiny as US imports rise

Rediff.com   13 Sep 2013

And when an inspector asked about the contents of unlabelled vials in the laboratory glassware washing area, a plant worker dumped them down a sink and said the contents could not be determined, according to a July 18 letter from the US Food and Drug Administration to Wockhardt, which makes sterile injectable drugs and various forms of insulin.

Sugar imports set to stop after import duty hike

Sugar imports set to stop after import duty hike

Rediff.com   5 Jul 2013

The govt is increasing the duty to 15 per cent from the existing 10 per cent.