The capital city of Delhi is set to shed its old and ugly skin to give way to a shiny new world-class avatar for the Commonwealth Games.
Nishita Shah of Indian origin creates a place for herself amongst the high and mighty of Thai business.
The initial purchase cost for an electric car may be high, but savings on fuel will help it pay back for itself in just a couple of years, if not faster.
In a bid to promote tourism, India may allow issuance of visa on arrival, sometime in 2009. Infrastructure for such a provision is also likely to be ready only by next year, when the airports in Delhi and Mumbai will be upgraded. About 5 million tourists came to India last year (2007) against 4.45 million in 2006. The foreign exchange earnings from tourists are estimated at about $12 billion in 2007 against about $9 billion last year.
On the first day of the new financial year, there was a sense of dj vu in the power sector. As has been the case for the last many years, the capacity addition during the year, of 9,263 Mw, is a little over half the target of about 17,000 Mw.
Gurgaon, the erstwhile model city, is facing heavy power and infrastructure crisis. Governance and management delays are having their effect on the city's productivity and living.
Tata Power, GMR Energy and GVK Power are eyeing the capital's Rs 175-cr first waste-to-energy project.
The new year promises to be a busy year with brand new airports in Hyderabad and Bangalore, the launch of the Rs 1-lakh-car, unlocking of the gas riches in the Krishna-Godavari basin, and Jamnagar housing the world's biggest refinery complex.
The companies that have signed these pacts with the India chapter of the Berlin-based Transparency International include PSU majors such as GAIL (India), Coal India, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, Steel, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation, Steel Authority of India, National Mineral Development Corporation and Rashtriya Ispat Nigam. In fact, 12 of the 14 companies that signed the pact, did so in the last six months.
R A Mashelkar handed over charge of CSIR recently but continues to be the 'face' of Indian science.
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.
The company, ranked 153rd on the Fortune list, is appointing a consultant to explore the possibilities, as part of an internal due-diligence followed for any new business.
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