Faced with rising input costs and increasing competition, Steel Authority of India Ltd has embarked on a Rs 400 crore (Rs 4 billion) cost-reduction exercise in the current fiscal in areas of raw material usage, energy and refractory consumption.
Have committed themselves to investing Rs 1,85,000 crore since last year.
Large chains like the Marriott and Taj that are estimated to consume two million plastic bottles a year have taken a conscious decision to first eliminate PET bottles on their premises and then reduce the use of single-use plastic altogether, saying they are all for a sustainably environment-friendly tomorrow.
Experts question Nestle's silence over Maggi controversy.
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Health goals should be for life, not event-centric, says Aayushi Lakhapati.
Following price hike of Rs 500 per tonne by Steel Authority of India Ltd, other private producers on Monday announced hike in prices of hot rolled coils by the same amount.
The band was launched last month to mark Rahman's 48th birthday
'We will have a well-designed product, and not a compromise.' 'We will make a completely contemporary vehicle, in keeping with consumers' aspirations, not like the Nano, which disappointed them,' Sajjan Jindal tells Shreekant Sambrani.
Britannia Industries, the bakery and dairy major, has tied up with e-tailer Amazon India for a pilot launch of Good Day Chunkies, a new chocolate chip cookie, for 15 days. The offer is currently on and closes on December 5, after which the product goes to offline (normal retail) stores.
To keep competitors at bay, GCMMF has drawn up an expansion blueprint worth Rs 800 crores for the domestic market.
With RIL supplying about 47 per cent of the domestic petcoke production, current dynamics are bound to change.
The new push is being driven primarily by over 170,000 villages where household income is over Rs 1 lakh a year.
Coal India was the biggest gainer on both Sensex and Nifty
As we prepare to return to the land of silver screens and samosa, Sukanya Verma looks at notable theatre moments in Hindi films.
PepsiCo bets on value-added water by launching vitamin-fortified drinks in a segment that is growing rapidly in India.
The Maggi controversy is likely to be a stepping stone in the evolution of country's packaged and processed food industry.
'George Fernandes was an innocent among the cut-throats and pickpockets who infest the political jungle.' 'He was too good a man to achieve spectacular success in the game of thrones,' notes Sunanda K Datta Ray.
He urged every investor to follow his steps and invest in Gujarat.
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Parle Agro had sold its popular and iconic soft drink brands namely Thums Up, Limca, Gold Spot and Citra, to Coca-Cola in 1993 and had also signed a non-compete agreement for 10 years.
'In the next five years both online and TV viewership will grow and complement each other.'
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday arrived in Ulan Bator on his historic visit to Mongolia to hold talks with the country's leadership to bolster economic and trade cooperation, including in transport, highways and energy sectors.
These three blocks figure in the 'Schedule I' list of those coal mines, which are being auctioned afresh
Mumbai-born Veena Sahajwalla has developed a microfactory in Australia to upcycle electronic waste.
The firm has set its eyes on emerging categories such as juices and plans to develop a stronger total portfolio, participating across multiple categories.
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