In a circular, the DGCA said, "Crew should be well aware of the aircraft limitations and of takeoff/landing performance calculations during the adverse weather operations." The regulator also said that the airlines must "make available sufficiently experienced crew in the cockpit".
The crowded beer market in the country is poised to welcome two more established labels. Singapore-based Asia Pacific Breweries (APB) has decided to brew its international brands, Tiger and Heineken, in India and is looking for suitable locations.
Hundreds of pilots are staring at a long wait to get the job of their dreams after completing the course, the cost of which runs to Rs 1 crore.
Thirteen Indian technology firms have been named among the top 100 in the Asia-Pacific region by global media company Red Herring, even as China dominates with 37 names.
Banks in India and some other Asia-Pacific countries should improve skills of their staff to curb money laundering activities as training programmes are relatively unsophisticated and laws outdated, global consultancy firm KPMG has said in a report.
As per a report by the Hong Kong based compensation firm HR Business Solutions pay increases in the Asia-Pacific region are likely grow even as the economies are expected to be impacted by the global slowdown. The HRBS 2009 pay increase forecast is based primarily on four economic factors -- GDP growth, inflation, unemployment, manpower demand and past pay increase trends.
HCL Technologies on Monday said its founder Shiv Nadar will take on the role of Chairman Emeritus and Strategic Advisor to the company's board. Nadar, chief strategy officer and managing director of the company, on completing 76 years of age, has tendered his resignation as the MD as well as the Director with effect from close of business hours on July 19, according to a regulatory filing. "In order to continue to benefit from his vast knowledge, experience, and wisdom in an advisory role, the Board of Directors in its meeting held today, after considering the recommendations of the Nomination & Remuneration Committee, has approved the appointment of Shri Shiv Nadar as the 'Chairman Emeritus and Strategic Advisor to the Board' for a term of five years with effect from July 20, 2021," it added.
Only 18 per cent of Indian companies have implemented regulatory compliance programmes, which is lower than the Asia Pacific average of 42 per cent, according to a recent survey.
Global rating agency Standard & Poors (S&P) has said that despite the outlook for Indian corporates being stable, a negative bias persists with corporate entities pursuing rapid inorganic growth with leveraged buyouts and debt-supported expansion.
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said that India is in for joint military exercise but not for joint patrolling.
In the survey conducted by anti-graft group Transparency International, only 14 per cent Indians said none of the religious leaders were involved in corruption, while another 15 per cent did not know about their corrupt practices.
In Asia-Pacific's public eye, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is below Chinese President Xi Jinping and Japan's Shinzo Abe, according a survey
Getting a ringside view of the action were Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi and Indian Premier League commissioner Rajiv Shukla, Olympic champion boxer MC Mary Kom, star wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt, cricketers Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh and Suresh Raina.
French IT firm Atos is planning to hire 15,000 people in the next 12-18 months in India, including climate experts, as it moves towards decarbonisation by 2028, chief operating officer (COO) Nourdine Bihmane said. "India is a strategic market for Atos. "We have been present here for the last 30 years, and we have grown organically since. "People and innovation are our two key drivers to build momentum. "India represents one-third of our total workforce," Bihmane said. Atos has around 40,000 employees in India.
Indian employees received an average salary hike of 15.1 per cent in 2007, the highest increase across 14 Asia Pacific countries, global human resources services company Hewitt Associates said.
The comprehensive average of all the international offers, including those from the US, Europe, Asia Pacific and West Asia stood at $1,44,812. According to ISB's report, the international averages of the US stood at $1,38,614, Europe at $1,56,658, Asia Pacific at $1,45,607 and West Asia at $1,25,389. The number of international companies visiting the ISB has doubled this year with 41 new foreign firms visiting the campus for the first time.
Piyush Pandey was elected the vice chairman of Ogilvy & Mather Asia Pacific by the agency's regional board on Friday.
The Doha-based airline operates across 145 business and leisure destinations spanning over the Middle East, Asia Pacific, Africa, North America and South America with a fleet of 139 aircraft.
A study has revealed that demand for hotel rooms will outstrip supply in 2008, in the Asia Pacific region. Bangalore is rated on top of the list of cities running short of hotel rooms.
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India-Maldives ties came under strain under Yameen who was perceived to be close to China.
The company, which is part of tech giant Microsoft, has about 1,200 employees in India. It, however, did not comment on the impact of the job cuts on its India operations.
Compared with the last round, there is a sharp rise in Indians' concern over the economy, with 46 per cent citing it as a major worry.
India has been ranked second in the global M&A deals this year so far in the Asia-Pacific region, with a total outbound deal value of $13.5 billion, a latest report says.
This was largely due to continued economic growth despite high energy prices, civil conflict and high inflationary pressures in Sri Lanka, the survey said. India was ranked at the top in last year's survey with a salary hike of 14.4 per cent. In this year's survey, Vietnam was ranked third with a hike of 10.3 per cent, followed by China (8.6 per cent) and Philippines (8.2 per cent).
'I hope that the incoming Biden-Harris Administration works with India to address some of the most profound geopolitical transboundary challenges.'
Obama joked comfortably with the eccentric founder and executive chairman of Alibaba Group.
72 per cent of the revenue of Indian firms (India Inc) is derived from the domestic / home market - the sixth highest in percentage terms in the emerging market (EM) and the Asian region, said a recent report by Morgan Stanley. The balance, according to the report titled 'Global Exposure Guide 2021' co-authored by analysts led by Jonathan F Garner, their chief Asia and emerging market strategist, is split between the developed markets (DMs) and other EMs. The report is based on an analysis of 3,300 companies globally that have revenue exposure in 17 different regions.
S&P Global Ratings on Monday retained its forecast of 9 per cent contraction in the Indian economy for the current fiscal, saying even though there are now upside risks to growth but it will wait for more signs that COVID infections have stabilised or fallen. S&P, in its report on Asia Pacific, projected the Indian economy to grow at 10 per cent in the next fiscal.
The report, "Smartphone forecasts and assumptions, 2007-2020", prepared by GSMA Intelligence, finds that smartphones presently account for one in every three mobile connections, representing more than two billion connections.
India ranks second in capital market inflows and fourth in merger and acquisition deals in Asia Pacific (including Japan), as deals worth $65.033 billion were reported in the first eight months of calendar 2007.
Meanwhile, cross-border M&As touched 23.8 billion dollars in 69 deals in 2007 so far.
The estimated 10 per cent average hike in 2019 is at par with the actual rate of increase in the previous three calendar years in India
The 'Missing link in India's Act East Policy', as India's former foreign secretary Shyam Saran calls it, needs to be filled sooner rather than later, says Dr Rahul Mishra.
India has become the largest market for Visa debit and pre-paid cards in Asia-Pacific with about 3.39 crore card-holders in 2006, accounting for about 34 per cent of the company's total customer-base of 10 crore in the region.
The Indian market on Tuesday displaced its South Korean counterpart to attain the fourth position in the market cap rankings for the Asia Pacific region, with a total market cap of $821 billion.
'While we note the very strong cyclical recovery in the economy, we believe there is still uncertainty over medium-term prospects.'
'Washington senses that the anchor sheet of India's strategic autonomy lies in its longstanding partnership with Russia, which remains firm and immutable despite the changes in world politics in the post-Cold War era,' notes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.<
Growth in the Asia-Pacific region will be low, the aqency said
Employees in India were found to be more eager than employees across the region to adopt new workplace technologies
