The Business Process Industry Association of India, an affiliated association of the Confederation of Indian Industry, in its pre-budget memorandum, has also demanded the extension for tax sops from the Software Technology Parks of India for at least 20 years.
The defence ministry has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology under which the armed forces will immediately release 10 MHz of 3G spectrum and 5 MHz of 2G spectrum.
Japan could soon be the second country after the US with which India has a logistics support agreement. Besides the LSA, India and Japan may also sign a maritime domain awareness agreement which would enable the two navies to share information. For example, if a Japanese P-1 maritime patrol aircraft detects a Chinese submarine in the Indian Ocean, it would pass on the information to the Indian Navy, reveals Ajai Shukla.
Haryana Governor Kaptan Singh Solanki has sought response from Bhupinder Singh Hooda government on the Bharatiya Janata Party's demand for cancellation of recent controversial appointments by the chief minister.
On Tuesday, Pompeo and Esper will hold the 2+2 talks with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, covering the entire expanse of defence and security ties as well as key regional and global issues.
Gupta began serving a two-year prison term on insider trading charges in June 2014.
3i Infotech is planning a JV with Chinese firm Yucheng Technologies to enter into the Chinese market.
To begin with, the service will be available in 30 places across the country. The postal department would issue railway tickets through the computerised Passenger Reservation System (PRS) counters provided by the railway ministry.
Bringing ticket booking facilities to the doorsteps of passengers, Indian Railways will from now allow selling of reserved tickets through post offices.
PCB chief wants ICC to pursue India on bilateral playing ties
A three-judge bench presided by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and comprising of Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and K M Joseph said that it was not their job to go into the issue of pricing of the fighter planes.
'It was Parrikar's sharp insights into finance and international systems that stood out when India --at his suggestion -- decided to procure the Rafale combat jets from France.'
The extension has been given as the government wanted to ensure that genuine beneficiaries who do not have an Aadhaar number are not denied benefits for the lack of the biometric identifier
The Indian Space Research Organisation has bagged commercial contracts to build two communication satellites for European customers.
Pakistani star cricketer Wasim Akram said he was anxiously hoping for a 'yes' result as fans wait to hear if a planned series between arch-rivals Pakistan and India will go ahead.
Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Shahryar Khan said that he is hoping for the Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj to come out with a response soon on the proposed bilateral cricket series between India and Pakistan. "For last 2-3 days, Indian High Commissioner was here for a farewell visit. He did not have much information relating to this (proposed tour).
GMR Energy, the holding company of GMR group's power business, said on Tuesday it will set up a 1,000 MW coal-based power project in Chhattisgarh.
Seeking a stay on the BMC's move, former minister and Congress MLA from Kurla Naseem Khan met Deshmukh on Wednesday and submitted a memorandum.
Pantaloon Retail India Ltd said on Monday it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Manipal Health Systems Pvt Ltd to form a joint venture healthcare company.
Raymond Ltd said on Thursday it has entered into a definitive agreement with Belgium-based UCO NV, for combining the denim business in a proposed 50:50 joint venture company to be located in India.
An MoU has been signed between Home Minister Shivraj Patil and China's Ministry of Public Security.
Microsoft Research on Wednesday launched its operations in India and signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the ministry of science and technology and ocean development to partner in research projects.
Industrial Development Bank of India Ltd on Monday said it will enter into a memorandum of understanding with Netherlands-based Fortis Insurance International NV for setting up a joint venture company. \n
Two days after assuming the charge of the companies demerged from the Reliance conglomerate, Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Friday announced his first project -- Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information Technology.
Indian Coast Guard officials and their counterparts in Pakistan's Maritime Security Agency, after two-days of talks, finalised a Memorandum of Understanding that would be signed after endorsement by the respective governments.
The National assembly's Standing Committee on Sports in Pakistan observed that in recent months, India had been trying to isolate Pakistani sportspersons by depriving them a chance to compete in international events.
The Bihar government on Sunday vowed to punish those responsible for "lapses" that led to the stampede at the historic Gandhi Maidan in Patna on October 3, leaving 33 people dead and 29 injured.
In a bid to expand its presence in the global market, textile and chemicals company GHCL Ltd has said it will acquire UK's leading retail home textile chain, Rosebys.
Australia's ground curators have been gagged as cricket authorities to clamp down any possibilities of match-fixing during the 50-overs World Cup in Australia and New Zealand next month.
The Indian Premier League chairman, Rajeev Shukla, on Monday, questioned the delay behind the resumption of the much-awaited bilateral series between India and Pakistan, and called on the government to take a firm stand on the matter.
The MoU will be signed during Home Minister Shivraj Patil's 5-day visit to China.
The Congress requested the President to remind the central government of its 'raj dharma', Singh said.
The Indian government had in January 2010 launched VoA scheme to attract more foreign tourists to India.
Gupta began serving a two-year prison term on insider trading charges
The board of directors of Mahindra & Mahindra on Tuesday approved the transfer of the transport solutions group and light commercial vehicles businesses to a separate company.