According to the estimates prepared by CASBAA, India will require about $12-15 billion investments to upgrade its analogue cable set to digital. At present, India's digital cable reach is less than 20%. Currently, there are about 71 million cable homes in the country out of a total of about 130 million television homes. But only about 6% cable homes are digital. With only 3% broadband penetration, India ranks very low in comparison to countries like Brazil, China & Thailand.
Citibank has regained its top position after slipping to the second slot behind Bank of America in the previous rankings released in December 2007, compiled by global mobile and internet performance solutions provider Keynote Systems. Bank of America has slipped to the second position in the latest rankings released late last night and is followed by Wells Fargo and Chase at third and fourth ranks, respectively.
Andy Murray knows what he must do to stretch his winning streak over 13-times grand slam champion Roger Federer -- the Swiss, though, is still unsure how to stop his nemesis.
Reflecting the coalition-era politics, Uttar Pradesh witnessed a tight political race in which votes were split in many ways while Tamil Nadu saw a bi-polar situation with candidates getting a clear mandate in the last Lok Sabha elections.
For the first time since the sector was opened up in 2000, the life insurance industry is expected to see a drop in premiums from the sale of new policies. Companies are, however, seeing a growth in overall premium income as policyholders are paying their premium to keep policies active before the current financial year concludes.
In its bi-annual report 'Food Outlook', FAO noted that much of the boost in cereal production took place in developed countries, where farmers were in a better position to respond to high prices. Concepcion Calpe, one of the main authors of the report, said this year's record cereal harvest and the recent fall in food prices should not create a false sense of security.
RBI said more monetary transmission to support growth continues to be critical.
In April, RBI had projected retail inflation to be around 5 per cent.
"We are responding to all queries from US FDA and will emerge as a stronger player in the world's biggest pharmaceutical market," Ranbaxy Chairman and Managing Director Malvinder Singh said. The US, which accounts for 20 per cent of Ranbaxy's $1.5-billion annual turnover, has an import restriction on 30 of its medicines by the US Food and Drugs Authority.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed the proceedings in a trial court over the killing of Sohrabuddin Sheikh in a fake encounter by the Gujarat police
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At least two persons were killed and over 10 injured when suspected ULFA militants triggered a blast at a market area near the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) headquarters at Maligaon at around 6:30pm on Friday.
Dark chocolate contained no flavanols but was rich in fat and sugar, both potentially harmful to heart and arteries
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The Reserve Bank released a report on 'Banking Structure in India -- The Way Forward' in August 2013, which covered issues such as consolidation of large-sized banks with a view to have a few global-sized banks and the desirability and practicality of having small, localised banks as preferred vehicles for financial inclusion.
"We have to constantly upgrade our military and economic capabilities," the minister told army commanders while referring to relations with China as he opened the five-day top army commanders bi-annual conference in Delhi. His remarks are significant as the minister has just undertaken a major tour of the Sino-Indian frontier in Arunachal Pradesh.
India's exports remained in the negative territory for the 11th month in a row.
The RBI projection of 6.9 per cent GVA growth for the current fiscal comes on the back of the Economic Survey last week forecasting economic growth of 6.5 per cent.
For years, critics termed Tata's vehicle business as a millstone around the neck. But Group chairman Ratan Tata on Wednesday flattened their theory by taking the automobile venture to a new plane with the acquisition of British luxury brands Jaguar and Land Rover.
The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and the opposition Congress are likely to face stiff challenges to reduce their losses and gains, respectively, for the first time from various political forces in the state.
A major disaster was averted in Assam on Saturday with the recovery of a powerful plastic bomb near Rangiya wholesale market, on the eve of the bi-weekly market in Kamrup district.An anonymous caller rang up the army's 107 engineering regiment around 6.30 am and informed that a bomb had been planted in the market, defence sources said.A search operation was launched by the Army with the help of the police and the improvised explosive devise was recovered.
Rajan has ignored pressure to loosen policy.
Regarding employment, the manufacturing sector hiring remained broadly unchanged.
Unlike most management graduates for whom the sky is the limit in corporate matters, Kaushalendra with a management degree from IIM Ahmedabad chose to sell vegetables on city streets and still dreamt of making it big.
Karenjit Kaur: The Untold Story of Sunny Leoneis too boring to celebrate her, too dull to criticise, says Sukanya Verma.
The Berman Bill H R 7081, named after Howard Berman, a Democrat strongly opposed to the deal on non-proliferation grounds and who converted only a couple of days back, was adopted with 298 voting for and 117 against. One lawmaker merely voted present. In a house of 435 members, 416 were represent in which one did not vote. While 120 Democrats voted for the Bill, 107 Democrats voted against. Of the Republicans, 178 voted for and 10 voted against
Security has been beefed up across the country in the wake of the twin blasts in Hyderabad, with special vigil being maintained on shrines, public places and communally-sensitive areas
Kamal Nath has written a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh seeking his intervention to resolve over 50 issues which, because of the finance minister's hurdles, have posed many a problem. Nath has stressed that if these issues were resolved in time, "we can achieve growth targets set for industrial production and exports in the remaining months."
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti expressed anguish over the loss of lives and stressed the need for peace "if we want to save the people of the state".
Kevin Keegan resigned as manager of Newcastle United on Thursday, less than eight months after taking charge of the Premier League club for the second time. In a statement issued through the League Managers Association, Keegan said he had been left with "no choice" other than to leave because of the way the club was being run.
The special Central Bureau of Investigation court on Wednesday adjourned the hearing in the discharge application of Bharatiya Janata Party leader Amit Shah, in connection with the alleged fake encounter cases of Shorabbuddin Sheikh and Tulsiram Prajapati, till July 14.
A higher intake of Short Service Commissioned officers, picking up potential recruits who have just passed out from schools and payment of monthly stipends to cadets in military academies are some of the suggestions made to government to make up the shortage of officers in the army.
According to sources in the BJP, raking up the Soharbuddin case is just a "trailer" in the election-eve madness
China on Thursday said its joint military exercise with India next month is not targeted at any "third party" and expressed the hope that it would enhance mutual trust between the two neighbours.
The 100-strong intelligentsia sang We shall Overcome and a Bengali version of Bob Dylan's Blowing in the wind, when they were arrested. Incidentally, the Communist government in West Bengal has always promoted mass songs and revolutionary songs.
The central bank had in July last year imposed curbs such as doubling of margin requirement and a ceiling on position limits on exchange-traded currency derivatives.
While the Centre and Sohrabuddin's brother Rubbabuddin Sheikh had sought a CBI probe, the Gujarat government has strongly opposed the same.
Johri met Balwinder Singh for about 15 minutes. She also met Trivedi for over two hours. When mediapersons waiting at Trivedi's office literally mobbed her, she left the venue without answering their queries.
All policy planners want low interest rate, says Jaitley
Welspun USA's e-commerce plans comes at a time when only 3-5 per cent of home textile sales in the US is ordered over the Internet. The New York-based company is targeting the mid to upper end of the American home textile market, pegged around $15-17 billion. A couple of established retailers such as JC Penny have built the online retail model over the last decade.
Sales of PCs are likely to reach 72.5 lakh units this fiscal following a steady demand from various industries.
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