United States Defence Secretary Leon Panetta, who places much importance to America's relationship with India, is looking forward to his maiden visit to India in his capacity as head of the Pentagon, a senior US official has said.
High performance computing company Silicon Graphics Inc on Friday said it will look at setting up a development centre in India and double its market share to 20 per cent.
Currencies Direct, a UK-based commercial foreign exchange company, which claims to be one of the fastest growing such outfits this year, plans to enter India in a strategic way.
Describing India as one of the key emerging markets in South Asia, Hitachi Data Systems on Tuesday said it would set up a wholly-owned subsidiary in the country in 2004 to strengthen its operations.
Country's apex business chambers -- CII, Ficci and Assocham -- have said the WTO draft on Non-Agriculture Market Access under the Doha Round of trade talks was in complete disregard to the mandate of the round, which had to revolve around lesser obligation on the developing countries for duty reduction.
Earlier on Tuesday, Aam Aadmi Party had demanded that the Indian cricket team should opt-out of its match against Pakistan in ICC T20 World Cup in Dubai.
One of China's leading household appliance suppliers is mapping out a new blueprint for foreign direct investment in India, a senior company official has said.
Ananjan Mitter, partner at ALMT Legal, a law firm, has represented Air Charter Service in the venture's application to the Foreign Investment Promotion Board, a key wing in the finance ministry that vets foreign direct investments proposals of companies.
Global magazine Fortune on Friday said it is exploring possibilities to start an Indian edition.
At 182 metres (392 ft), the proposed Sardar Patel Monument, coined as 'Statue of Unity', will be double the height of New York city's famed 'Statue of Liberty' (93 metres), five times the height of the statue of 'Christ The Redeemer' in Rio de Janeiro (39.6 metres) and one and a half times of the Sardar Sarovar Dam (122 metres) itself.
Indian cellular customers can soon look forward to a new range of handsets, with Taiwanese telecom company DBTEL announcing on Thursday its plans to launch 10-11 mobile phones
Close on the heels of mega corporates and other financial sector players heading for India, Hong Kong-based Planet Yoga has firmed up plans to set up shop in the country.
Indian government officials declined to comment on whether India had fallen in line with the US prescription, which was likely to be made part of the G-20 declaration at the end of the Summit that began in Pittsburgh on Friday.
The Indian energy sector may soon get a Scottish boost, with a number of companies from the European country planning to establish offices and manufacturing units in the country to tap growing opportunities.
Ontario, a leading province in Canada has evinced interest in building economic bridges with India and encouraging investments from the emerging south Asian superpower in different sectors including diamond mining.
Taiwan-based technology firm Winstron Group is exploring the feasibility of setting up a manufacturing base in India, a top official said on Saturday.
The world's largest spirits company Diageo is upping its play in India, even as the home-grown UB Group sets out to conquer mature global markets.
Buoyed by the success of Louis Vuitton and Christian Dior among upper circuit Indian consumers, other French luxury lifestyle majors Estee Lauder Companies Inc and Jean Paul Gaultier have also announced plans to set shop in India.
Eyeing a share in the growing value-added services market in India's telecom sector, US-based communications company Telenity will set up an R&D centre in New Delhi with an initial investment of Rs 30 crore (Rs 300 million).\n\n
Celebrities are taking a stand on gender equality.
Former opener Gautam Gambhir picked India as the firm favourites for the upcoming Test series against England. He believes India will register an emphatic 3-0 or 3-1 victory in the four-Test series, starting in Chennai on February 5.
Whether the third wave will ravage us depends on the pace of vaccinations, careful and calibrated opening up of establishments, and a strategy to contain the spread in specific states or pockets.
Head coach Chris Silverwood feels his team has learnt valuable lessons from the tour of India that will come in handy
The chapters were dropped by the Assam Higher Secondary Education Council (AHSEC) for the 2020-21 session, as part of the 30 per cent reduction of the syllabus, keeping in mind the loss of academic schedule that the students had to face because of the pandemic.
Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju, in a virtual meet with representatives of various National Sports Federations (NSFs) last week, said competitive sporting events can start without spectators from August.
Tudu's free tuition classes are sought after. She has 45 students who come to her every day to study. Geetanjali Krishna meets the young teacher in one of India's poorest villages, winner of the Plan India Youth Champion Award.
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