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'India: Success abroad, domestic challenges manifold'

'India: Success abroad, domestic challenges manifold'

Rediff.com   12 Sep 2012

Jayanthi Natarajan's tough stand ensures recognition abroad, but red-tapism & bureaucracy continue to delay approvals in India.

Saregama to exit film production

Saregama to exit film production

Rediff.com   17 Aug 2012

"We will come up with a new brand identity next month and have already assigned one agency for this. It will be a new branding for Saregama, with a more youthful and uncluttered logo. We have chalked out the future road map. While there are plans to enter the television space more aggressively, we are exiting the films business," said Sanjiv Goenka, chairman of the Group.

Inflation, poor monsoon hit consumption in E India

Inflation, poor monsoon hit consumption in E India

Rediff.com   1 Aug 2012

Last year, Ashok Das, a farmer-cum-fisherman from the small industrial town of Rishra in the Hooghly district of West Bengal, had promised his younger son a branded television.

Facebook, Ficci to campaign in six cities to woo SMEs

Facebook, Ficci to campaign in six cities to woo SMEs

Rediff.com   10 Jul 2012

The social media giant is planning to launch roadshows in these locations as part of its 'SMB Boost' programme.

Emami adds 5 sports icons to its team of 60 brand endorsers

Emami adds 5 sports icons to its team of 60 brand endorsers

Rediff.com   5 Jun 2012

After cashing in on the Munni campaign to market the Zandu Balm brand in 2010, the company has now roped in five sporting icons -- cricketer Gautam Gambhir, Olympic medal winning boxer Vijender Singh, badminton champion Saina Nehwal, five-time world boxing champion Mary Kom and wrestler Sushil Kumar -- for its Fast Relief brand.

Mamata nods power tariff hike, mulls VRS for transport staff

Mamata nods power tariff hike, mulls VRS for transport staff

Rediff.com   23 Apr 2012

According to an official in the state power department, the government has given nod to the West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company to approach the West Bengal Electricity Regulatory Commission for a further tariff hike and a proposal has been moved in this regard

India, the new supply giant for global retailers

India, the new supply giant for global retailers

Rediff.com   18 Apr 2012

Designco's sprint from brass mill to mass supplier in high-quality home decor to the likes of Walmart and IKEA showcases the transformational scale of a sourcing shift

Indian suppliers survive in rough global scene

Indian suppliers survive in rough global scene

Rediff.com   18 Apr 2012

When set up in 1993 by the Ranka family's Modern Group, this was the first terry towel manufacturing unit in the whole of Asia, to be followed by Welspun and Trident.

Despite rate cut, the low morale spills over

Despite rate cut, the low morale spills over

Rediff.com   18 Apr 2012

The crowd at the Confederation of Indian Industry's annual general meeting and national conference 2012 merely issued a round of half-hearted applause, though finance minister Pranab Mukherjee had earlier hinted a rate cut was in the offing in the next 'half an hour'.

CIL board gives in, to sign supply pacts with 50 power companies

CIL board gives in, to sign supply pacts with 50 power companies

Rediff.com   10 Apr 2012

The board, on the urging of six independent members, had earlier turned down a government directive to commit at least 80 per cent supply to power companies.

Coal India may take U-turn on imports in new regime

Coal India may take U-turn on imports in new regime

Rediff.com   6 Apr 2012

CMD designate says company will do everything to meet the presidential directive.

Haldia Petro scouts for equity partners

Haldia Petro scouts for equity partners

Rediff.com   29 Feb 2012

Petrochemicals major in talks with rubber producer from Europe, two Western technology providers.

Asia will drive growth for Shell, says CEO

Asia will drive growth for Shell, says CEO

Rediff.com   1 Nov 2011

Shell's major projects in the region include the deep-water Gumusut field in Malaysia and the Shell Eastern Petrochemicals project in Singapore.

Vietnam makes Tata Steel wait for Vung Ang facility

Vietnam makes Tata Steel wait for Vung Ang facility

Rediff.com   11 Oct 2011

Although two-way trade has grown 10-fold since 2000 and is expected to exceed $3 billion this year, according to the Ministry of External Affairs, India's flagship foreign direct investment project in Vietnam -- Tata Steel's proposed $5 billion facility -- remains stalled, largely owing to pending governmental approvals.

Mahindra Satyam seeks JV in China

Mahindra Satyam seeks JV in China

Rediff.com   20 Sep 2011

Move aims at getting good market access.

Mahindra Satyam seeks JV in China

Mahindra Satyam seeks JV in China

Rediff.com   20 Sep 2011

Move aims at getting good market access.

'Food Bill could unleash new wave of inflation'

'Food Bill could unleash new wave of inflation'

Rediff.com   16 Jun 2011

India's fiscal policy is not supportive of monetary measures that the country's central bank is employing to fight rampant inflation, the prime minister's honorary economic advisor and former International Monetary Fund chief economist Raghuram Rajan said, while singling out the proposed Food Security Bill as a particular cause for concern.

Hard policy choices ahead for India

Hard policy choices ahead for India

Rediff.com   14 Jun 2011

Economist who predicted global crash says India needs to both spend and tighten and it won't be easy.

Mamata's Singur stand may hurt NTPC project

Mamata's Singur stand may hurt NTPC project

Rediff.com   13 Jun 2011

The new Bengal government is not ready to give over even half the required land.

IATA to make airports' security check hassle-free

IATA to make airports' security check hassle-free

Rediff.com   8 Jun 2011

The existing system where all airline passengers, barring VVIPs, have to undergo rigorous frisking, the IATA model proposes different levels of screening for passengers based on the level of risk associated with each one of them.