Vardhan stated the government is taking full precautions in human trials of vaccines and the National Expert Group on Vaccine Administration for COVID-19 under the chairmanship of Dr V K Paul, member-health, NITI Aayog, is drawing up a detailed strategy on how to immunize the majority of the population.
After a meeting of banks on Friday on ways to make funds available immediately, a source in the know said lenders other than SBI and Punjab National Bank had not come on board so far to chip in with their funds.
The ban on taxi aggregators can put at risk investments of at least Rs 2,000 crore (Rs 20 billion), made by private equity (PE) and venture capital (VC) investors.
It is likely he will rope in an international ATM manufacturer as a strategic partner with equity stake.
"We humbly request to you to alleviate some of the hardships that we and engineers have been facing, by ensuring that the new Jet management does not further delay our pending salaries dues at the earliest," NAG general secretary Tej Sood said in an e-mail to SBI chairman Rajnish Kumar.
The latest deal would give Facebook deeper access to India, the second largest internet market after China.
Analysts say that Jio's substantial slowing down in net additions is possibly because the company has dramatically reduced its bundled 4G feature phone offering, which contributed an average 30-40 per cent of its net additions.
A day after Vodafone announced its $11.1 billion acquisition of Hutchison's equity holding in Hutch-Essar, India's fourth largest mobile service provider, it received an unsolicited advice from the Egyptian CEO of Orascom, Naguib Sawiris.
With scrutiny that comes with a public listing, Deepinder Goyal's leadership could face its sternest test yet.
The sector faces many challenges and calls for prompt corrective action.
It has been also revealed that V G Siddhartha had written a letter to the Board of Directors and employees of Coffee Day Enterprises, saying he had 'failed as an entrepreneur'.
National carrier Air India is running in losses and needs government's attention.
Banks are allowed to invest up to 10 per cent of the paid-up or unit capital in Category-I or Category-II Alternative Investment Funds
Private equity and VC investments declined by 50 per cent. E-commerce deals lowest in value, volume in over 24 months. T E Narasimhan decodes the new EY report.
The regulations will only apply to the share purchases that have been done after October 1, 2004
Infinite Computer Solutions, on Monday announced it has secured $6 million in funding led by the Singapore-based equity investment firm WhiteRock Partners, and said it planned to recruit 600 IT professionals in India before March end.
''None of the existing vaccines have 100% efficacy.' 'Each vaccine will work openly on a certain percentage of the population.'
In the January-March period of last year, an amount worth $1,179 million was invested across 103 transactions.
Insurance firms want more clarity before increasing foreign partner's stake.
Default in payment of royalties to McDonald's India for nearly two years was the key reason behind the fast-food chain's decision to terminate franchise agreement
India may adopt norms similar to the US Federal Reserve model, which regulates conglomerate-led banks in the country.
'Both have a very nationalistic view of foreign policy.' 'They think they are shrewd and clever diplomats.'
Minacs will be integrated it into SYNNEX's BPO business, Concentrix.
Sunil Bharti Mittal promoted Bharti group is planning to list in the US market to access capital and expand visibility overseas.
In 5 years, the AMC has clocked a growth rate of 40% with its AUM up nearly 4 times.
Reliance announced energy asset sales worth around $ 16 billion; end of the investment cycle in telecom; bringing net-debt to zero in 18 months; value-unlocking options for real estate and financial assets; listing of telecom and retail in five years; and focus on dividends.
Venture capitalists Adam Wolfensohn and Ameya Bijoor tell Anjuli Bhargava about the kind of investments and companies they are looking to invest in.
In MArch PE investment continued to show an uptrend.
The $306-million investment in Ola Electric Mobility by SoftBank Corp, Arun Sarin Family, Ratan Tata and Matrix has been the biggest funding in this space in value terms this year.
The transformational reforms like GST, Bankruptcy Code and recapitalisation of banks, Black Money Act, demonetisation, flexible inflation targeting and adoption of fiscal discipline (FRBMA), etc, have temporarily and purposefully pulled us back only to propel us forward with greater velocity, Rajiv Memani.
The joint venture will look at long-term, patient investments on solutions that don't lend to an IPO or exit on valuation basis.
Over 5 million alumni from the Indian Institutes of Technology, Mumbai University and Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai, plan to raise Rs 21,000 crore to start the world's largest infection testing lab in Mumbai.
Decision to build or buy a platform is a function of price but buyouts are helping large investors create a medium and influence outcomes.
In the first six months of the year, the average number of deals a month stood at 1,264, against 1,484 in the six months ended December 2012
Titan's sarees will ride on the parent brand's immense equity and deep penetration to crack open the potential Rs 550 billion market.