Former captain Kapil Dev doffed his hat at the rise of cricket as a career option for youngsters, saying that parents now encourage their children to take up the game to earn a living.
US-based textile retail major JC Penny is planning to source textile material worth $800 million in next four years from India.
Russia on Friday sought increased Indian investment in various sectors including energy and information technology and made a strong case for its recognition as a market economy.
State-owned HPCL will set up a 100 MW wind park and launch pilot projects for bio-diesel production - moves that could deliver significant cost advantages to the company.
Several big budget movies, including one for Rs 300 crore on Karna and another Rs 1,000 crore movie based on Bhima, have been launched on the same model.
Mauritius on Monday said it would soon adopt the open sky policy and allow private airlines from India to use its air space.
The target is called Intended Nationally Determined Contributions.
The new Patents Law, which was passed by Parliament in the third week of March, came into force on Tuesday with President A P J Abdul Kalam giving his assent.
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Babulal Gaur is leading a five member delegation to Chicago, New York via London from 25th September 2005 to attract foreign investment in Madhya Pradesh.
Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi has called a meeting of chief ministers of party-ruled states to chalk out the party's strategy in the run-up to the general election. The leaders would focus on setting up of Lokayuktas in a time-bound manner in states and curbing food inflation.
The London Stock Exchange plans to conduct road shows in India from July for attracting technology and other high growth companies to list on its Alternate Investment Market segment.
Cisco, a global major in networking for the Internet, is aggressively looking at the Indian automotive sector, as it opens up to exponential growth and challenges from global auto markets.
Planning commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia on Tuesday said the government should consider general lowering of duty rates across sectors to avoid creating arbitrage under free trade agreements.
HDFC Bank is planning to float a NBFC outfit and start fund-based activity, to take advantage of new RBI guidelines, its chairman Jagdish Capoor said.
The four southern languages and the Marathi regional industry have found success, but regional cinema, in general, still grapples with basic issues.
The Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana scheme will help eradicate poverty and curb corruption at the grassroot level, industry said.
The DMK parliamentary party appears to be a house divided, reports R Rajagopalan.
The Centre has decided to set up the first mega food park in West Bengal, Minister for Food Processing Subodh Kant Sahai said.
The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority on Monday mooted ways to allow consumers to switch over from one company to another for Mediclaim policies and prevent rejection of claim by insurers.
Opposing the government's move to merge the country's oldest financial institution with Punjab National Bank, IFCI's employees union on Wednesday proposed a mega merger of IFCI, IDBI, IIBI and IDFC.
Jamshed Zaffar, a Pakistani film producer, who is marking out plans to co-produce a film with Shyam Shroff, entitled Ehsan, says he is looking rope in Sonali.
Information and Broadcasting Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Monday favoured a memorandum of understanding between the entertainment industries of Pakistan and India.
The IOA president feels a good showing in the 2010 Commonwealth Games will win India the bid to host the 2016 Olympics.
The stakeholders' sentiments for a shorter period fell from 63 in Q3 2014 to 48 in Q3 2015.
10 million out of 51 million small and medium businesses have presence on Google Search
'Perhaps there is a greater understanding of small town India amongst our stars today than earlier.'
Ahead of the Budget, India Inc has asked Centre to up divestment target to at least Rs 25,000 crore (Rs 250 billion).
The shareholders of Bata India on Wednesday the proposed rights issue of the company in addition to hike in authorised capital from Rs 60 crore to Rs 70 crore (Rs 600-700 million).
The government on Monday said it was open to suggestions on fine-tuning amendments to patent laws.
Two months ahead of the Budget for 2005-06, Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Monday promised to make tax structure simpler for petroleum, telecom, sugar and textiles sectors.
