Milk powder Exports of 65,000 tonnes threatened, milk prices fall Re 1 a litre.
A passenger travelling in a cycle rickshaw can now have the luxury of sipping a Coke or Pepsi apart from listening to music via a headphone while he travels.
With more than 60 per cent of the country's 109 crore population concentrated in rural areas, companies do not want to miss the growing business opportunity.
A day after the finance ministry cut import duties on a variety of product categories, top manufacturers of zinc -- Hindustan Zinc and Binani Zinc -- slashed prices.
Domestic oil companies have been invited by countries like Yemen, Nigeria and Saudi Arabia to pick up stake in existing refineries and also set up greenfield units.
The sugar industry is now awaiting a subsidy from the government to make exports viable, as prices have fallen in the international market.
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, through its consortium partner in the Sakhalin-1 field in Russia Exxon Mobil, is in talks with Royal Dutch Shell for liquefying the gas from the fields before it is exported to China.
The recent tie-up between ITC and Japanese trading company Marubeni would focus on China, Vietnam and the Philippines apart from Japanese and the domestic market.
Low-to-negative margins on sale of petroleum products have forced some companies to scrap their retail expansion plan, while others have chosen to go slow.
After the euphoria over the recent oil and gas discoveries made by upstream behemoth Oil and Natural Gas Corporation
Discounted schemes withdrawn on days when load is heavy; Trai not happy.
While the India-Myanmar gas pipeline continues to hang fire, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation may push for a gas-based power project in Myanmar to bring power to the power-starved north-eastern states
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation and Mukesh Ambani-controlled Reliance Industries may tie up to build a common gas processing unit as the two firms have discovered huge reserves in the Krishna-Godavari basin
Reliance Industries, the country's largest private oil company, is seeking oil and gas fields in Kurdistan.
In an attempt to hold on to its exploration blocks in the Krishna-Godavari basin, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation is in talks with British Gas (BG) and British Petroleum (BP) for joint exploration in four offshore blocks in the region.
Oil marketing companies together would have to make investments of a few hundred crores of rupees to create the facilities that would enable them to blend ethanol in petrol.
While the 5 per cent ethanol blended petrol programme has missed three deadlines
The Denmark-based Widex Aps, a leader in digital hearing aids, has big plans for India through its joint venture called Widex India.
© 2026 Rediff.com - Investor Information - Advertise with us - Disclaimer - Privacy Policy - Sitemap - Feedback - About us - Terms of use - Grievances