Panacea Biotec Ltd said on Wednesday it has received pre-qualification accreditation from the World Health Organisation for the supply of recombinant Hepatitis B vaccine to UN agencies.
The Reserve Bank's of India's (RBI's) decision to increase the key short-term interest rates by 25 basis points has been termed as in-line with the street expectations by marketmen.
Some analysts say it is too early to say anything about the prospects.
The Bombay Stock Exchange's benchmark Sensex is likely to hit the much awaited psychological level of 21,000 this week, driven by the smart Reliance numbers and expectations of robust listing of the Coal India IPO, say analysts.
The Sensex has dropped 141 points (1.7%) to 8,346.
The yellow metal dropped Rs 400 at Rs 11,550 per 10 gram, a level last seen on Sept 11, on brisk selling by stockists and investors after the Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex recorded a second steepest fall in its history. The stock markets nosedived and bullion prices collapsed after the Reserve Bank of India kept interest rates unchanged and downgraded the national economic growth to 7.5 per cent.
The market always reacts to news, but India's capital market strangely seems to be ignoring a series of warnings against the rise in the country's key share index.
IT major Satyam Computer Services Ltd on Monday said it would consider bonus issue and financial results for the quarter and year ended March 31 on April 21.
IT and BPO services provider MphasiS on Wednesday said it is set to acquire AIG Systems Solutions (AIGSS), part of the troubled insurance giant American International Group Inc, for an undisclosed amount.
Mature markets globally have either become saturated or have slowed down. The emerging markets have therefore become strategically important for these companies. The contribution of Indian operations to the global sales of these multinational behemoths is still small -- 1.5 to 3 per cent -- but this share is bound to grow given the buoyancy in the Indian market.
Through Micro Lost Mobile Tracking System, Micro Technologies would provide security to the mobile handsets of Airtel subscribers, the firm informed the Bombay Stock Exchange. The application would have a software in the GSM enabled mobile handsets that would inform the user about the new mobile number, which replaced the original number, through an e-mail, Micro Technologies said.
Reliance comm results keep telecom flag flying, FMCG majors slip.
The issue comprising 'A' ordinary shares aggregating $550 million and ordinary shares aggregating $200 million has been subscribed 3.4 times, Tata Motors said in a filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange.
The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex has declined 17 per cent in this calendar year and has underperformed the US and European markets.
Infosys has opened its first Latin American developmental centre in Mexico.
Indian Oil Corporation Ltd is to submit an expression of interest to acquire the marketing assets of an oil company in Thailand.
As per the outsourcing partnership agreement, Firstsource would manage Barclays' operations center in Colorado Springs and would provide customer care and collection support to its US cardholders, Firstsource Solutions said in a filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange.
Wockhardt Chairman Habil Khorakiwala can breathe easy, as bankers have approved the debt restructuring package he had sought three months ago.
Banks and financial institutions have proved to be the only ones in corporate India's otherwise dismal gender diversity performance, according to a report published by Standard Chartered Bank.
Satyam Computer Services Ltd said on Monday it has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Denmark-based NNIT, a leading consultancy firm in IT operations.
The primary market is loosing its sheen with the money raised from the initial public offers going down eight times in the first seven months of this year compared to the same period last year.
On June 27, the boards of GTL, RCom and its subsidiary Reliance Infratel Ltd had given in-principle approvals to the Rs 50,000-crore ($11 billion) merger deal to create the world's largest independent telecom infrastructure company, neither owned nor controlled by any telecom operator.
Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd has acquired the narrowband and broadband businesses of Dishnet's Internet service provider division for Rs 270 crore.
There are some companies in the sector that have seen a decline in revenues but their performance is not sufficient to cause such a decline in industrial production data.
Auto major Mahindra & Mahindra on Monday said it has entered into an agreement to acquire a majority stake in beleaguered South Korean vehicle maker SsangYong Motor Company. In a filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange, Mahindra & Mahindra said that it has "signed a memorandum of understanding with SsangYong Motor to acquire a majority stake in the South Korean SUV maker."
Satyam Computer on Monday said it has appointed Venki Prathivadi as the country manager for its Australia and New Zealand operations.