Business leaders world over reflected on the legacy of Nelson Mandela, who passed away on Friday.
The take by the Economic Survey 2024-25 on work hour week had come weeks after Larsen & Toubro Ltd Chairman and Managing Director SN Subrahmanyan sparked off a raging debate on social media when he said employees should work 90-hour a week, including on Sundays rather than sit at home.
For Tech Mahindra, the successful bidder for Satyam Computer Services, it was "a game-changing day," according to Anand Mahindra, vice-chairman & MD of Mahindra & Mahindra.
American inventor's thoughts about India is not being well received.
Days before US President Barack Obama's high-powered visit here, the US-India CEO Forum has been reconstituted with Cyrus Mistry replacing Ratan Tata as its co-chairman
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday that the combination of technology and talent will be a guarantee for a bright future for the world.
Mukesh Ambani, who is in talks with Saudi Arabian oil giant Aramco to sell one-fifth of his oil-to-chemicals business in India for $ 15 billion, said the two countries have all factors to drive growth - technology, young demography, and leadership.
Veteran industrialist Ratan Tata, who headed Tata group whose iconic hotel in Mumbai was one of the sites of the 26/11 terror attacks, on Thursday penned a heartfelt tribute saying the wanton destruction that took place 12 years ago will never be forgotten.
Industry leaders, including Mahindra Group chairman Anand Mahindra, RPG Enterprises chairman Harsh Goenka and Biocon Ltd chairperson Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw on Monday came out in support of the Agnipath scheme, saying it has large potential for employment of youth in the corporate sector. Mahindra also expressed dismay over the violence against the scheme while asserting that the farm equipment to aerospace conglomerate welcomes the opportunity to recruit trained, capable and young people under the programme. The Agnipath scheme, announced on June 14, provides for the recruitment of youths between the age bracket of 17-and-half years to 21 for only four years with a provision to retain 25 per cent of them for 15 more years.
For all those auto enthusiasts who thought Mahindra have only been manufacturing Jeeps and trucks in the '90s, Timeless Mahindra offers plenty of interesting surprises, discovers Rajesh Kareka/Rediff.com.
While about 8,000 people are in the long list of invitees, the select list features just a few hundred people, including prominent politicians, leading industrialists, top film stars, sportspersons, bureaucrats and diplomats.
The summit would be held from November 4-6.
While Modi was given this t-shirt by Biden, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Chairman of Mahindra Group, Anand Mahindra, Apple CEO Tim Cook and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar could be seen at the event, amongst many others.
Further stimulus measures are expected in the upcoming Budget where the focus is likely to be on reforms, including some structural measures such as reducing red tape and boosting foreign direct investment. The meeting with industrialists is in the series of discussions that Modi has had during the last couple of weeks to seek suggestions to revive growth.
Nanda will also continue as the chairman of Club Mahindra and Mahindra Consulting Engineers and take over from Anand Mahindra as the chairman of Mahindra Lifespaces, M&M said.
Mahindra & Mahindra is planning to invest Rs 250 crore (Rs 2.50 billion) in the aerospace business. It plans to set up component and aircraft manufacturing facilities in India, Mahindra Group vice chairman & managing director Anand Mahindra said in Bengaluru.
The Indian team were labelled "clueless" and "out of their depth" following the 10-wicket defeat by England in the T20 World Cup semi-finals.
'In terms of incentives, if you think about it, hybrids are a 20-year-old technology.'
Maruti Suzuki India may have taken pride in its 'Gypsy' model with defence forces as its main customers but Mahindra & Mahindra Vice-Chairman and MD Anand Mahindra has likened it to a rabbit compared to the company's cheetah-inspired 'XUV500'.
Several leading industrialists, including Reliance Industries CMD Mukesh Ambani, Vedanta Resources Limited executive chairman Anil Agarwal, chairman emeritus of Tata Sons Ratan Tata, Mahindra Group chairman Anand Mahindra, Paytm Founder and CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma, Welspun Group chairman and Assocham president B K Goenka, attended the swearing-in ceremony.
Mahindra & Mahindra has decided to dismandle its recently acquired Boeing plant in Melbourne, Australia, which makes machinery for aircraft, and shift it to Bangalore.
India's fifth largest software services firm Tech Mahindra will acquire global network services firm Lightbridge Communications Corporation (LCC) in an all-cash deal worth $240 million (over Rs 1,486 crore).
Trade and economic issues, including visa, totalisation pact and impediments hampering investments, are likely to figure at Monday's US-India CEO Forum meeting, which will be jointly addressed by visiting US President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Mahindra joins hands with Robert Redford's Sundance Institute.
Mahindra and Mahindra on Thursday forged a 51:49 joint venture with International Truck and Engine Corporation of US to manufacture trucks and buses in India.
'Sport is such a great teacher, we can write someone off, but we can't erase them!
Nadella was in India last December.
The award was given to Oberoi for his 'daring to be different', Mahindra said at the ceremony on Friday, adding the 79-year-old had built a culture where nothing short of perfection was tolerated. Accepting the award, Oberoi said, "Our biggest asset is our people. The award is a recognition that we have the best employees in the hospitality industry."
The Indian auto major will have 51 per cent in the JV, Mahindra Yueda Yancheng Tractor, with the rest held by the Chinese partner. M&M, which already has a presence in the Chinese tractor market through Mahindra China Tractor Co after acquiring 80 per cent stake in Jiangling Tractors in 2004, will now become the third largest tractor maker in the world after John Deere and New Holland.
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M&M has a joint venture with Renault -- Mahindra Renault Pvt Ltd -- which manufacture the only product Logan in India.
Easily the biggest high-power gathering and by far the starriest event staged in Gujarat, concluded at the Reliance petro township in Jamnagar on Sunday.
The XUV300, Mahindra's second compact SUV, is so packed with segment-firsts that it is sure to send shockwaves among competitors.
'It was beautifully played by an American band.'
"Three acquisitions are underway in India and another two abroad," M&M vice-chairman and managing director Anand Mahindra said at the Tenth Asia Pacific Automotive Industry Roundtable.
India needs another shot of difficult reform, of the kind only possible at gunpoint. Mr Trump holds that gun to our heads now. A drastic reduction in tariff protection, other elements of sarkari wet-nursing will force entrepreneurial India to become competitive again, argues Shekhar Gupta.
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