ICICI Bank has reported a decline in its quarterly net profit for the first time since its merger with ICICI.
Indian scientist Dr Sunil Kochhar along with a team from Imperial College London has found that probiotics, such as yoghurt drinks, containing live bacteria, can have a significant effect on the metabolism. Probiotics are dietary supplements containing potentially beneficial bacteria or yeasts, which play an important part in a person's metabolism. This study is the first of its kind to look into how probiotics change the biochemistry of bugs known as gut microbes.
Anand Mahindra, vice-chairman and managing director of Mahindra & Mahindra, has been selected for Business India's Businessman of the Year 2007 award. Anand Mahindra was selected for the award by an eminent jury chaired by Baba Kalyani, chairman and managing director, Bharat Forge.
The ICICI board is looking to the retired petroleum secretary to provide 'maturity and sagacity'.
Even though inflation in India may not seem too high now, it is imperative that New Delhi deals with it immediately before it spills over into other areas, says a senior International Monetary Fund official.
An essential ingredient in chocolate is cocoa which is rich in flavonoids. By eating chocolate, catechin and epicatechin can reach the bloodstream where they can be transported around the body, helping to prevent oxidation so the body can stay healthier.
On a standalone basis, the bank posted 17 per cent rise in net profit at Rs 2,655 crore.
Special Judge I K Kochhar sent Akhand Pratap Singh to the custody of the agency till October 8
"Besides looking at providing financial assistance to Indian corporates who have set up business in Sri Lanka, we are keen on becoming a major player in the retail sector," the bank's Deputy Managing Director Chanda Kochhar told reporters in Colombo
American technology giant Apple's chief executive Tim Cook on Wednesday met ICICI Bank's top brass at the country's largest private sector lender's corporate headquarters in Mumbai.
"Clearly there is a slowdown in the number of deals. . . interest rates have gone up from eight per cent in the past to now 12 per cent and prices too have gone up but an asset bubble is not there," ICICI Bank Joint Managing Director Chanda Kochhar told PTI. She said that a correction was expected as the present slowdown was in number of deals and not so much in prices.
Issues related with intellectual property rights, including piracy of films and software, figured prominently during the India-US CEO Forum in New Delhi attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Barack Obama.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley who is in Davos to showcase India as an investment destination at the World Economic Forum (WEF), on Wednesday promised India has a "lot in the pipeline" for global investors even as he plans to take up with Switzerland the issue of black money stashed in banks there.
The IMF has said the fall in inflation rate and slowdown in credit growth were positive signs but the RBI must remain vigilant to prevent overheating of the India economy.
Sanjeev Nanda, an accused in the BMW hit and run case, who got his passport recently after a 18-month legal battle following an order of the CBI court is cooling his heels in CBI custody in an Income Tax case. The CBI court on Tuesday remanded him to the custody of the premier investigating agency till March 14 for alleged manipulation of evidence in the Income Tax case.
Such is her faith in ICICI Bank, its joint MD continues to invest all her savings in the bank's stock and remains unfazed by the hammering it has taken.
Singh, once voted the most corrupt officer by the UP IAS Association, was arrested on September 25 in connection with a corruption case lodged against him in 2005. The investigation revealed that he owned around 92 immovable properties and more than 100 bank accounts, it had claimed.
The major task in emerging economies now is how best to tackle high or rising food prices.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's maiden visit to the financial capital Mumbai drew an enthusiastic response from India Inc with industry captains queuing up to attend the meeting called by her.
The CBI says it has 79 witnesses in this case.
Special Judge I K Kochhar allowed regular bail to Laxman on furnishing a surety and personal bond of Rs 2 lakh.
Despite the Finance Minister asking public sector banks not to hike home loan rates, top private sector lender ICICI Bank, accounting for 30 per cent of home loans, has said all lenders would have to increase rates for their own survival.
Tax sleuths have detected over Rs 52 crore of unexplained cash in jewellers' bank accounts
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The minister, who will also be meeting foreign institutional investors whose money is key to funding CAD in the afternoon, did not speak to reporters waiting outside.
ICICI Bank edged past foreign banking majors Citibank and Standard Chartered Bank to emerge as the best retail bank in India, according to the latest issue of 'Asian Banker Journal'.
Investment on technology by the Indian financial services sector is likely to grow by 20 per cent on an average and the industry is likely to spend Rs 8,000 crore (Rs 80 billion) in the next three years.
ICICI Bank on Wednesday said its credit card base has crossed the 2 million mark, making it the largest credit card issuer in the country.
The RBI left the policy rates unchanged in Tuesday''s sixth bi-monthly monetary policy review.
Sebi found that on average, the remuneration paid to CEOs in certain Indian companies are far higher than the remuneration received by their foreign counterparts.
Leading up to the International Women's Day on March 8, this is the first of a four-part series that talks about how women can invest to achieve their long-term financial goals.
Take a look at some of the cutest moments from India Kids Fashion Week 2016.
The Indian Navy is fully capable of defending the nation against any form of threat, Sitharaman said.
A look at some interesting moments from the 10-day fashion gala in New York.
Wipro Lighting, the consumer products division of Wipro Ltd., has tied up with Concord of UK to sell its architectural range of lighting products in India.
ICICI Bank on Saturday launched the Visa 'mini card', India's first miniature-sized payment card.
ICICI Bank plans to grow aggressively by opening 60 more branches this fiscal and aims to increase its retail assets to Rs 33,000 crore in 2004-05.
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