On an average 75 per cent of their total revenues come from international operations and they hold 57 per cent of their total assets overseas.
Despite being hailed as one of India's most progressive and most developed states, it is witnessing the fallout of lopsided progress.
The soul of India resides in pluralism and tolerance. This plurality of our society has come through assimilation of ideas over centuries. Secularism and inclusion are a matter of faith for us. It is our composite culture which makes us into one nation.
He made his mark in diverse businesses, ranging from tyre to music.
Leader of Opposition in the Legislative Council K S Eshwarappa alleged that the government has 'misused' the office of the President by getting Tipu's name mentioned in the speech.
'It would be nice if we could all just take a deep breath and focus on the only feeling that really matters, and for which previous generations worked a very long time at great cost: Freedom,' says Mitali Saran.
Bhaskar Menon explains why for India it cannot be business as usual with the British.
Move spurred by misuse of the existing system.
Unlike the Germans, Britons began to face the hard truths about their colonial empire only recently.
After his articles on the Chitradurga Fort, Daulatabad Fort and the Bada Imambara, Rediff reader Nirdesh K Singh sends in this story of Lucknow's famed Residency.
'It is not happening in the same manner as it was happening during the time of the Peshwas.' 'Whatever happened during the Peshwas cannot happen now.'
Sale of India's specialty tea varieties from exclusive estates in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh are on the rise in the domestic market, and sought after in overseas markets too.
Disposing of a plea seeking directions to bring the treasured diamond back to India, a bench headed by Chief Justice J S Khehar said it could not ask a foreign government not to auction a property.
In Odisha and Kerala, the BJP is being accused of engineering splits in the BJD and the Congress
There is a section in the Muslim community in West Bengal that believes that the ruling TMC has not quite delivered on the promises it made.
While Agarwal said the government was trying to change character of the country, his other party colleagues said the names of persons 'who have made no contribution to the freedom struggle' are being given.
DDT is levied at the rate of 20% on dividend paid by cos to shareholders.
The rising popularity of Heritage Walks is uncovering forgotten historic sites all over India.
Namrata Acharya finds out more about a movement aimed at preserving not only the mansions of north Calcutta and the grand colonial buildings of central Calcutta, but also the architecturally modest, yet unique, houses of south Kolkata.
Narendra Modi might on Saturday ask the Apple CEO to make in India instead of importing and selling refurbished phones
How do Indians react to the political soap operas enacted daily on television screens? Filmmaker Suparn Verma likes to believe he's politically challenged, but in the last two decades, even he has picked up a thing or two about the Indian political system.
Beyond welfare politics, the BJP has assiduously worked to appropriate regional icons.
The push for FDI in retail by foreign interests smacks of the East India Company syndrome and Indians have the right to protest any attempt by a class of corporate cronies to rule India by proxy, says A Faizur Rahman.
Ranking is based on latest sales and gross revenue figures.
'It is a reassertion of their lost martial stride, of a history that is papered over by turning it into a memory largely of the upper castes.'
John Lang represented Rani Laxmibai in her legal battle against the East India Company to prevent the British from annexing her kingdom of Jhansi. Rediff.com's Archana Masih on a maverick Aussie who spent 22 years in India and became a friend in its dark days of bondage.
Oracle plans to hire 3,500 people by may 2012. Merril Diniz of Careers360 tells you what you need to know to land a job at Oracle India.
Most successful and ambitious business leaders feel persuaded that they have no competent successor, says R G Vilakudi.
'It is vital that objects such as the Harihara -- and collections from South Asia generally -- remain here,' the British Museum tells Vaihayasi Pande Daniel.
It is still "discounts" that e-commerce players have to rely on to bring in customers, though they might claim otherwise.
'Flush with funds, lending became a cash management exercise.' 'Road projects, power generation plants, airports etc were financed left and right with apparently no regard for the projects' ability to repay,' explains S Muralidharan, former managing director, BNP Paribas.
'A rockstar!' 'Absolutely fantastic' ... That's how media outlets in Australia have been describing Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he traversed through the continent, charming people and political leadership along the way.
HUL, the country's largest FMCG company, saw sales volume fall by 4% for the December quarter.
The use of these bulbs is estimated to save 3,900 Mw of power, leading to an annual saving of Rs 7,990 crore
India's still male-dominated corporate environment wittingly and unwittingly contrives to put women employees on the back foot.
Facebook will now directly compete with Slack, HipChat, Yammer and a few others in this space.
A number of popular rock bands including Indian Ocean and famed singers like Daler Mehndi and Hariharan are likely to spice up the excitement at the Delhi Games with a series of dazzling performances for over a week.
India had its own battle over gauges.
Top no-frills carrier IndiGo on Tuesday approached capital markets regulator Sebi with Initial Public Offer.
Aadhaar architect becomes most visible face to oppose Facebook plan
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