Tata group company Videsh Sanchar Nigam and global networking major Cisco Systems Inc on Tuesday signed a Rs 500 crore (Rs 5 billion) agreement to deploy broadband metro Ethernet solution, that will offer broadband services at less than Rs 1,000 per
Telecommunication services provider Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd and global microprocessor manufacturer Advanced Micro Devices on Thursday launched personal Internet communicator, a consumer device that offers managed Internet access to end-users.
The Cabinet, scheduled to meet on Thursday, may reduce petrol price by Rs 5 a litre, diesel by Rs 3 per litre and domestic LPG by Rs 25 per cylinder, giving relief to the common man and further easing inflationary pressures.
Makemytrip.com, a travel-related portal, remained inaccessible for a large part of the day owing to an unprecedented surge in traffic, after Air India and JetLite slashed fares.
Volatility in lending and deposit rates witnessed during the year is expected to end in 2009 with interest rates seen to be going down, due primarily to an easy monetary stance being pursued by the Reserve Bank of India to push growth.
A group of realty players have urged the government to reduce various taxes saying that governments should play the role of facilitator to push affordable housing in the country.
When one applies for a loan, he/she is almost immediately offered an insurance policy to cover it. These are called Mortgage Redemption Schemes or Loan Protection Covers.
Once customs duties are slashed, your dream to own a luxury car may become a reality.
With major tweaks -- and at 29k -- Samsung Galaxy A5 2017 ticks all the right boxes, says Kakoli Chakraborty.
Interconnect user charges are paid by one telecom service provider to another for enabling calls from one network to the other. The present interconnect charge of 30 paise per incoming minute was fixed in 2003. The price was considered high even then. Now, with equipment prices falling, a revision was called for, said industry analysts.
India may see a structural shift in supplies of crude oil with Russia emerging as a key source of fuels, a development that reduces New Delhi's dependence on West Asian oil, gives Indian refiners better bargaining power with price-setter Saudi Arabia, and improves overall energy security. The unexpected surge in supplies of Russian crude in the last few months, unthinkable until the war in Ukraine, may also deliver other unforeseen gains such as boosting exports of refined fuels to Europe, which historically has counted on Russian shipments. India has jumped on to the bandwagon of opportunistic buying of Russian crude but if calibrated carefully, Urals crude can be a long-term asset for India refiners.
Earlier, the minister faced ire of Opposition members in Rajya Sabha as they accused him of not giving specific replies to questions on Aadhaar-based direct subsidy transfer to domestic cooking gas consumers.
The increase in petrol prices from Saturday midnight has made the fuel more expensive than aircraft turbine fuel, used to power planes.
The Corosure Kit has received ICMR approval with the highest score and DCGI approved with a very high sensitivity and specificity.
But in the case of a few banks, special savings accounts for women require a higher minimum balance.
The Reserve Bank has paved the path for increasing the liquidity for banks, enabling several positive steps in the real estate sector.
This is probably the best time for consumers to take a home loan. Interest rates have hit rock bottom and fierce competition among housing finance companies has ensured that consumers are being offered loans at very attractive rates.
The country's largest lender, SBI, has reduced marginal cost of funds based lending rate by 0.9 per cent from 8.90 per cent to 8 per cent for one-year tenure, the bank said in a statement.
As it firms up its telecom re-entry strategy, Reliance Industries subsidiary Infotel Broadband has told telecom tower companies that it will pay only half the prevailing rental for towers taken on lease.
Having a single point KYC that is automatically used across all financial and non-financial entities is a single piece of reform that should be an easy win to achieve, points out Harsh Roongta.
It brought more drugs under control, cracked foreign firms' patents and introduced new regulations when MNCs acquire Indian cos.
"I used to say 'jab tak davai nahi dhilai nahi' but now our mantra for 2021 should be: Davai bhi, kadaai bhi (yes to medicine and yes to caution)," Modi said.
Asserting that the situation in Kuwait was "absolutely normal" despite the ongoing US-led war in Iraq, civil aviation secretary K Roy Paul hinted on Wednesday a reduction in fares of flights from and to India
The Pune-based company sells the Platina and CT brands in the entry-level - 100-110cc - segment.
The government is actively considering bringing 355 life saving drugs under price control and take a few additional measures to help the poor and below poverty line (BPL) families, once the Union Cabinet approves National Pharmaceutical Policy.
Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) will keep consolidating its existing product line-up, including hatchbacks, while bolstering presence in the fast growing SUV segment to power its way back to 50 per cent market share in the domestic passenger vehicle market, as per a senior company official. The country's largest carmaker, which has seen its market share drop to 43.38 per cent in FY22 from 47.7 per cent in FY21, aims to bring in multiple SUV products with focus on new technologies like hybrid powertrains in order to enhance fuel efficiency, making them comparable or better than diesel-powered models that are currently being sold in the market, especially by its Korean rivals. With no intention of making a comeback in the diesel segment, MSI is also focusing on increasing its play in the CNG segment to bring in additional volumes.
Budget airline SpiceJet has launched the best offer this summer.
'As we grew up in service and became seniors ourselves, our commanders advised us to graduate to whiskey since rum did not suit the stature and 'shaan' of a senior officer.' Nitin Sathe recalls his encounters with whiskey on World Whiskey Day.
'The guys were really clinical, and I think the way Dean led with the bat was phenomenal. He made sure he stayed in to a built partnerships with the other batters around him.'
A new satellite, which the space agency plans to launch in the next three years, will be able to provide a direct satellite communication link to mobile phone handsets --a technology that will work on the lines of the direct-to-home technology.
The medicines whose prices have been reduced belong to therapeutic categories, like dexametozone, betamethazone, ampicillin and ranitidine. The prices of some multi-vitamins and antibiotics would rise a bit.
India's jugalbandhi with coal and clean energy is coming unstuck, neither achieving adequate renewable generation nor ensuring sufficient coal-fired power in the quest to become a $5-trillion economy. Six months have elapsed since Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced an ambitious climate agenda for India at COP26 at Glasgow. The net zero emissions target by 2070 is a distant one, but there are nearer-term plans to meet 50 per cent of energy demand with renewables by 2030 by increasing capacity to 450 Gw. A cursory look at the balance sheet of India's climate progress since November reveals ponderous progress towards meeting the renewables target even as the country is scrambling to expand coal-fired generation in the face of a power crisis.
The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority, which regulates the prices of medicines, has identified around 70 anti-cancer drugs, including anti-breast cancer medication Letrozole and anti-blood cancer drug Imatinib, for detailed price analysis.
Since home-delivered meals from five-stars are cheaper by 15 to 20 per cent as compared to eating at the destination outside, food delivery has emerged as an important part of every restaurant's service portfolio.
Game streaming is becoming a serious professional choice for youth, as it allows them to make good money.
There is a prospect of a 5-10 per cent drop in fares.
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