Besides the manufacturing industry, voices in favouring the need for protectionism have also been heard from local start-ups, which at times find it tough to compete with global players that entered India with deep pockets.
Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg launched a free Internet application in Colombia on Wednesday as part of a drive to bring developing markets online, but remained mute on when and if the company would look to move into China.
Paving way for iPhone maker Apple to open its own stores India, the government on Monday relaxed FDI norms by giving a three-year exemption from local sourcing to foreign players in single-brand retail and a further five-year relaxation for 'state-of-art' and 'cutting-edge' technology.
Foxconn has said it is aiming to develop 10-12 facilities in India, including factories and data centres, by 2020
Mid-cap information technology (IT) stocks dominate the list of companies that are trading significantly above their 200-DMA
Apart from digital advertising revenue, both companies want to reach out to the 'next billion' Indian customers. After all, around half of the 1.3 billion population is still not on the net and this represents a challenge as well as an opportunity.
State-owned National Thermal Power Corporation said on Tuesday that it received 13 bids, including 11 from overseas companies, for constructing the main dam for its 800 MW hydropower project.
The acquisition will allow Lenovo to diversify revenue away from the shrinking PC business.
Oracle Corp, world's number two software company, plans to hire about 2,000 lower-paid software developers in India in the next two years.
US construction equipment major Caterpillar Inc plans to source products from India for its overseas markets as part of strategies to make the local subsidiary a global sourcing hub, a top company official said.
India has been placed among the top 10 most attractive destinations for foreign direct investment, ahead of Britain and Brazil, at the sixth position in the AT Kearney FDI Confidence Index 2003.
Cyber espionage operations dated back to at least 2005
High-networth individuals and domestic funds from India are eyeing a slice of the much-touted mega IPO of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, which looking to raise an eye-popping $21.1 billion.
The trip was more about understanding the Indian market, but was also about signaling to the world that Apple has arrived in India
With an aim of expanding the party's base, Congress on Monday launched an online and application-based membership drive.
Arora will resign less than two years since he joined the Japanese Internet conglomerate
Yum reduced the number of restaurants in India by 14 in the September quarter from the preceding quarter to 811.
'The current crisis is one of incomes, driven by poor job growth, agrarian distress and poor investment sentiment,' notes Harsh Pati Singhania, director, JK Organisation.
You will be part of fastest growing major global economy, India's ambassador to the US Harsh Vardhan Shringala told young American students.
Like China, India needs to encourage 'hacker clubs' in view of the challenges of virtual terrorism, says Lieutenant General Prakash Katoch (retd)
Apple Inc is preparing for the largest initial production run for its next iPhones by the end of the year.
The deal will provide Suzlon with much needed liquidity.
According to an Assocham survey, the industry expects the Obama-Modi personal chemistry to be a high point of the forthcoming visit
Did you know that India is among the top five countries in food processing?
Apple Inc unveiled a watch, two larger iPhones and a mobile payments service on Tuesday as Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook seeks to revive the technology company's reputation as a wellspring of innovation.
It might give Apple a boost in the fast-growing Indian, Middle East and African markets but also risks cutting its average phone prices and profit margins
The Korean electronics giant says it will get more aggressive on pricing and focus on a narrower set of products for its mid-to-low tier products.
Increments in 2017 would be less than in 2016, says survey.
The US president-elect met Silicon Valley's most powerful executives -- CEO of Microsoft Satya Nadella, Jeff Bezos of Amazon, Tim Cook of Apple, Elon Musk from Tesla, Larry Page and Eric Schmidt of Alphabet -- parent company of Google among others.
The move is a show of faith from three of the world's biggest technology companies in fast-growing Snapdeal
The Indian Air Force has asked its personnel and their families not to use Chinese 'Xiaomi Redmi 1s' phones, as it believes these phones could be transferring data to their servers in China and hence be a security risk.
The online strategy cuts down on marketing and distribution costs, allowing Xiaomi to sell feature-rich phones at low prices.
The NYSE accounts for more than 60 percent of S&P 500 volume at the close of the market
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On June 27, the Cabinet approved a new formula that uses weighted average of the price of LNG into India and average price at major gas hubs.
'It's the brazen corruption involving politicians that makes you sit up years after the event,' notes Nivedita Mookerji after reading B K Syngal's Telecom Man.
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