Cyclone Nisarga slammed Maharashtra coast with wind speeds of up to 120 kmph, making landfall at 12.30 pm at Alibaug near Mumbai. The process was completed by 2.30 pm, a senior India Meteorological Department official said. Alibaug witnessed wind speeds of up to 120 kilometres per hour. It weakened into a 'deep depression' late on Wednesday evening, the IMD said.
Enterprise data management will be a USD 105 bn business by 2020.
The aspirations, energy, enterprise and skills of the youth will be the force for India's economic transformation
The Modi government has ambitious plas to achieve 10% growth, but there is no assessment of how much money is needed for the whole package of measures, and where it will come from. In short, there is no plan for how to get from here to there, points out T N Ninan.
Describing information technology as a change-agent, Modi said IT has the power to transform the country in several ways.
Filipino Manny Pacquiao has sparked criticism in his country after describing gay couples as 'worse than animals'.
Nokia is one of the leading telecom equipment manufacturing companies in India
Smaller cities like Pune and Noida score better than 'Vibrant' Gujarat's Ahmedabad.
Ola commits to invest $100 mn in Vogo, to bring scooter-sharing to its app, reports Alnoor Peermohamed.
Road builders have been asking for one to resolve various contract disputes and renegotiate others.
KVIC is keen to build an international footprint and is hopeful about signing up B2B agreements with at least 40 countries, to which end it has even registered a GI (geographical indicator) tag in the UK, Germany and Russia.
Nearly six out of 10 post-millennial respondents own a smart phone, but what is remarkable is that the difference in ownership patterns between metros (58.50 per cent) and mini metros (59.36 per cent) is not much with the smaller cities scoring over the larger ones, TCS said in a statement.
'The telecom companies are our lifeline now, despite having nearly collapsed under debt because of ill-advised policies.' 'Perhaps our obvious dependence on telecom services will spark well-conceived policies for this sector,' says Shyam Ponappa.
The award committee recognised his contribution to the growth of Indian and global economies, crediting 'Modinomics' for reducing social and economic disparity between the rich and the poor.
Dr Rekha Shetty, who consults several corporations on long-term innovation initiatives, draws up a list.
While Unilever has been aggressive, both organically and inorganically in the country, P&G's approach has been about achieving 'balanced growth' in terms of top line and bottom line.
Make in India has seen an overwhelming response on its digital platforms like Facebook and Twitter since its launch just 3 months ago.
E-commerce buyouts: Mahindra, Godrej to leverage on physical stores.
A resurgent SpiceJet is spreading its wings and Vistara is set to challenge Jet on long-haul routes in the coming years.
For the new millennium generation, slowly and at an accelerating pace, it is attractive to harbour a start-up ambition, says R Gopalakrishnan.
So, how does Pompeo's check list look like? In a broad sense, he is coming here 'to make sure that we have economic openness'; to ensure that 'we have to deliver'; to understand that 'we have to execute' what we promised to do; and, to 'broach some tough topics', points out Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
Is it a boon or a curse?
It will carry out most banking operations like accepting deposits but can't advance loans or issue credit cards.
The Indian market is highly competitive, and tariffs here are amongst the lowest in the world.
The inititiave will see the partners collaborate on developing lower-cost, higher-quality smartphones and deploying Internet access in underserved communities.
Young people have an abundance of choice today. Yet finding purpose is an altogether different challenge for them.
Chanda Kochhar is among the three Indians in Time's Most Influential list.
Ten memorable recent transformations where actors show such commitment to the craft that Robert De Niro, who owns this category for his bulked up look in Raging Bull, would be proud.
Branch additions for most major banks in the current financial year do not correspond to the number of the past two years.
Veer Arjun Singh visits Quorum, an upscale club in an equally upscale setting in Gurugram, and comes away impressed.
Ambani brothers on Wednesday showered lavish praises on Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying, India has now got a decisive and visionary leader.
The Right to Read programme hopes to cover 100,000 schools, covering 15 million students.
Cars like the Land Rover Evoque, endorsed by Victoria Beckham, have more women customers than men.
Terming infrastructure as the "backbone" of any nation's development, Goyal while presenting the interim Budget for 2019-20 in the Lok Sabha said India aspires to be a USD 10 trillion economy in the next eight years, and on the anvil is next generation infrastructure of roads, railways, seaports, airports, urban transport, gas and electric transmission and inland waterways.
'As they come in contact with more people in their professional life, they will need to uncover even more opportunities for growth.'
In many ways, the 68th Republic Day parade was unique.
The accident data would be taken up at the next Kaya Kalp meeting.
'The 24x7 power for all vision is inspiring, because as we've so often seen, where India leads, the world follows,' says Rajiv J Shah, President, The Rockefeller Foundation.
To inspire change and emerge as a leader, you need to have a higher sense of purpose and inspire teams to work for the larger good.
Nearly $120 bn will come from private sector
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