The Tata Motors-owned Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has signed a fresh deal with China to sell 40,000 cars in 2011.The deal, said to be worth more than 1 billion, comes on the back of an order the company had bagged in 2009 for 13,000 cars valued at that time at 850 million.
Paytm plans to launch mutual funds, insurance and banking services and s also providing the option to transact offline with a physical debit card
Japanese two-wheeler major Suzuki on Monday launched its superbike GSX-R1000 at Rs 12.75 lakh (Rs 1.28 million) (ex-showroom, Delhi) making it the costliest product from the company's stable in the country.
Over 100 people were killed and 893 injured in hundreds of accidents during the first two days of the Songkran festival that Thai people celebrate to welcome the arrival of spring.
Late on Monday night, in a last-minute revision of schedule, ISRO announced that the launch of India's second lunar mission 'Chandrayaan-2' has been called off due to a technical snag.
The current Explorer and Explorer Sport Trac models are built at the companys Louisville assembly plant in Kentucky.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday announced a time-frame for infrastructural schemes under the massive Rs 24,000 crore package he had announced for the state last year. The prime minister said a Congress win in Arunachal Pradesh assembly will ensure better coordination with the United Progressive Alliance government at the Centre for speedy implementation of important schemes in the state.
Besides foreign flows, corporate earnings and US Federal Reserve chief Janet Yellen's testimony to the nation's legislature are also likely to impact investor sentiment.
On August 6 and August 9 of 1945, warfare changed forever when the United States dropped two atomic bombs on Japan, devastating the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and killing more than 100,000 people. The attack on the people of Hiroshima at 8:15 a.m. on August 6, 1945, and the second attack on the city of Nagasaki at 11:02 am on August 9 killed and wounded hundreds of thousands of unsuspecting men, women, and children in a horrible blast of fire and radiation, followed by deadly fallout. In years that followed, those who survived -- the hibakusha -- suffered from the trauma of the experience and from the long-term effects of their exposure to radiation from the weapons. Before the blast, they were thriving cities. In a flash, they became desolate wastelands. Seventy-five years later, take a glimpse at the destruction.
Clashes were reported from Kharagpur in West Midnapore district, Narayanpur in North 24 Parganas, and Alipurduar town in north Bengal, among others.
'This is the first time that active PLA army personnel would be reduced to below one million,' PLA Daily said.
Onion has become costlier by over 33 per cent in the last one week and over 70 per cent in September so far, reports Dilip Kumar Jha.
SBI is the third state-run lender to lower the lending rates after Indian Overseas Bank Tuesday and Bank of Maharashtra which also lowered their loan prices by 5 bps on loan tenors of one year and above, effective April 10.
The government has also extended duty free import of wheat till December 31, 2007.
Traders said some buying activity by jewellers and retailers mainly kept gold prices steady.
'This allows opportunities for (Chinese) entry into the domestic politics of Nepal, something that is also encouraged by Nepali politicians's willingness to play the China card (vis-a-vis India).'
Major realty firms, including Emaar MGF and Sahara, on Tuesday approached market regulator Sebi for public offerings to raise collectively an over Rs 11,000 crore (Rs 110 billion), reflecting that sector has emerged from the worst of the global financial crisis.
These incredible photos show some of the spectacular scenes captured by photographers as part of the annual Landscape Photographer of the Year competition. Photographers from across the United Kingdom submitted images from wildlife to stormy waves, as well as cityscapes and 'winter wonderland' style scenes. The overall winner of the 2020 competition, whose photo stands in pride of place on the first page of the book, was Chris Frost, whose early-morning shot of Woolland Woods in Dorset shows a blanket of mist rolling over a bank of white wild garlic.
Electronic devices installed along tracks provide train signals to a computer fitted in the locomotive. If a driver goes over the designated speed, a dashboard in front of him gives a red alert sign at first. Even after this, if the train continues its journey, the train's brake is automatically applied.
Credit rating agency Moody's changed Formula One's outlook to negative from positive on Thursday to reflect the impact of the coronavirus crisis on a global sport that has yet to race in 2020.
The holy grail of all motorcycles, the M V Agusta Turismo Veloce 800, finds its way to India.
The total headcount of Infosys and its subsidiaries stood at 104,850 employees as on March 31, 2009, the company said in a statement. 'During the quarter, Infosys and its subsidiaries added 4,935 employees (gross). The net addition during the quarter was 1,772,' it stated. In the entire financial year ended March 31, 2009, the company took on board 28,231 employees, but the net additions for the year were just 13,663.
The first quarter of the financial year 2009-10 was exceptional for Wipro's consumer care business. Santoor, its flagship soap brand, which contributed close to Rs 850 crore in 2008-09 to the company's coffers, became the number one brand in South India in its category.
Gold prices plunged by Rs 200 to trade at Rs 27,000 per 10 grams at the bullion market on Thursday.
In the first two years, we spent Rs 15,000 crore, which was more than our target, says S K Chaturvedi, CMD, Power Grid Corp.
Gold gained Rs 50 and touched a new peak of Rs 16,850 per 10 gram.
The company is also going in for a major facelift and as part of this ongoing effort, CCD has unveiled a new logo to represent the chain. The new change also entails CCD's all new 'smart' menu card that are designed to facilitate an interactive and enhanced customer service.
Among Indian cars Vizag-based Stephen Panchigalla clocked 13.366s in his Skoda Octavia in the same J Class, which was run jointly for both Foreign and Indian cars, to ended up as the 'Fastest Indian Car.' Of the day.
The buyback, if successful, will surpass RIL's 2012 share repurchase of Rs 10,400 cr
From a poor farmer's family to IIT-IIM to the tallest peaks in the world, Malli Mastan Babu's story is the stuff movies are made of, discovers Chandrima Pal.
The bid price for the Delhi circle continued to increase, as the highest bid reached Rs 850.42 crore (Rs 8.5 billion), from a base price of Rs 320 crore. Mumbai witnessed the second highest bid of Rs 752.38 crore (Rs 7.52 billion)with five bidders.
Strong response from institutional buyers has prompted the promoter family of India's largest real estate company DLF to raise the shareholding it had put up for sale from 100 million shares or 6 per cent to 168 million shares or nearly 10 per cent to raise Rs 3,850 crore from qualified institutional investors, including foreign investors.
Gold extended its slump for the second day and shed another ₹ 350 to hit a six-month low of ₹ 29,000 per 10 grams in the bullion market.
Canara Bank, the Bangalore-based public sector bank, has slashed interest rates on vehicle loans and home loans, which will be effective for all loans taken after August 1, 2009.
The divestment department has lined up a host of companies.
Silver held steady at Rs 37,300 per kg.
Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu announced new initiatives.
More than 90 per cent of India's population belongs to the base tier (less than $10,000, or about Rs 730,000) when it comes to the distribution of wealth.
While the top players of the over Rs 85,000 crore (Rs 850 billion) pharmaceutical business are up in arms over what they call rampant spread of counterfeit drugs (allegedly 20 to 25 per cent of total pharma sales) in the country, enforcement agencies and some pharma associations say the situation is not that alarming.
The NSE Nifty ended at 4231, down 2 points. The market breadth was fairly positive - out of 2,689 shares traded, 1,465 advanced while 1,131 declined.
