Indian professor, Oprah honoured at Harvard

Partha Dasgupta, an Indian-origin economics professor at Cambridge, and famed talk show queen Oprah Winfrey were among nine people conferred with honorary degrees at the annual convocation of......

Two more NRIs in House of Lords

Diljit Rana and Sir Kumar Bhattacharyya have joined the roster of NRIs appointed to the House of Lords by British Prime Minister Tony Blair. Rana, founder of Andras House, Belfast's leading......

Govt approves Rs 357 crore for Foxconn under PLI for mobile phones

The government has approved Rs 357.17 crore for Apple's vendor Foxconn India and Rs 58.29 crore for Dixon Technologies subsidiary Padget Electronics under the Production-Linked Incentive scheme for......

Pharma, consumer durables sectors likely to feel China curb heat

The pharmaceutical and the consumer durables sectors, which depend on China for imports, have not been impacted yet due to unrest in China with people protesting against lockdowns. Illustration:......

From Dixon to Lava, Indian firms in JV talks with Chinese players

Home-grown companies, including electronics manufacturing services (EMS) firm Dixon Technologies and mobile device maker Lava International, have started exploratory talks with Chinese......

China's zero-Covid move could hit India's white goods

Consumer durable companies will again start to face a supply issue of components as China extends lockdown due to its zero Covid strategy. This will impact the flow of finished products into the......