The labour ministry on Friday appointed Tata Sons, promoter of the major operating companies of the Tata group, a knowledge partner for enhancing employability and entrepreneurship among the youth.
SoftBank's investments in the past two years include $627 million in online-retailing marketplace Snapdeal and leading a $210 million funding round in taxi-hailing app Ola Cabs.
The Chinese currency too is expected to continue its fall.
Ice climbing, especially in Spiti, has now become the holy grail of mountaineering in India.
Sterlite Industries, the flagship firm of London-listed Vedanta, may get the support of rival bidder Harbinger Capital Partners in its takeover plan for the bankrupt US copper mining firm, Asarco. Harbinger has decided to withdraw from the race, informing the bankruptcy court that its plan to restructure Asarco should not be considered.
In what could be one of the largest outsourcing deals in the Indian telecom space, Reliance Communications is close to awarding a $500-600 million (Rs 2,500-3,000 crore) operations and maintenance contract to Foprench telecom infrastructure provider Alactel-Lucent.
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Two projects in Iran, which India is to execute involving major financial commitments on its part, are of particular significance for Indian steel.
The European Commission said this month that EU member states should only ban "sharing economy" services as a last resort.
Wipro BPO, the business process outsourcing arm of soaps-to-IT services player Wipro Ltd, plans to expand its operations in China and the Philippines by opening two more centres in these countries by the end of this year.
Performance counts more than populist slogans when you are in power, says N Sathiya Moorthy.
Last year, Ranbaxy had paid around $4,20,000 to the US state of Idaho as part of a $500-million settlement that the drug firm had signed with US authorities.
Sensex to hit record high in 2015, but analysts cut forecast
Thirty-two people were killed and 21 injured in a stampede that broke out on Friday evening at the Gandhi Maidan in Patna, shortly after the Dussehra celebrations there had ended.
'Dalvi, you are saying you asked a question, but don't remember the answer?' asks Pasbola incredulously. 'Yes.' 'You are lying.'
Extreme sports legend Dean Potter died attempting parachute jump in Yosemite.
Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi met Thai businessman Bee Taechaubol on Wednesday to discuss the sale of a stake in Serie A football club AC Milan, which he has owned for almost 30 years.
The company will also make a $500 million (Rs 2,000 crore) investment through the acquired company in the next 2-3 years to build and acquire WiMax networks across 50 countries. Worldwide interoperability for microwave access or WiMax is a telecommunications technology that provides wireless data over long distances through various mediums. This is the third acquisition by the company as it had acquired US-based ethernet services provider Yipes Holdings for $300 million.
Police informed that the grenade went off amid a 500-strong crowd that was celebrating the spring festival of the Mising tribe inside the premises of a local cultural centre. In a statement issued on Sunday, ULFA denied its hands behind the blast and stated that it was the handiwork of 'forces' that were out to defame the image of the ULFA and trigger conflicts between different groups of people in the state.
'Pyongyang's strategy seems to be a cry to be treated as equal with the US and Beijing and this aspiration is premised on equipping itself with weapons as devastating as theirs,' says Rajaram Panda.
As all airlines have raised carriage charges, private couriers have increased their tariffs 8-20 per cent. India Post, on the other hand, has not tinkered with its tariffs at all. As a result, India Post's tariff is 70 per cent cheaper for domestic destinations and 30 per cent cheaper for international destinations.
US carmaker Ford Motor Co, which aims to enter the Indian small car market by 2010, plans to make the country a regional hub for exports, both for the cars and engines.
The move has come a fortnight after Ranbaxy pleaded guilty in the US to making fraudulent statements to the US drug regulator about testing drugs.
The total market capitalisation of all the listed Indian firms had first crossed the one trillion dollar mark more than a year ago on May 28, 2007 and had grown to near $1.9 trillion early this year in January. However, a sharp plunge since the Sensex peaked at its all-time high of 21,206.77 points on January 10, coupled with a significant depreciation in the Indian currency versus the dollar, pulled back the total market capitalisation to below $1-trillion mark.
Shah had pleaded guilty in 2012 to securities fraud in a parallel civil insider trading case case.
The American Association of Physicians of Indian origin will host its Silver Jubilee Convention May 9 to May 13 at the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown.
The Gurgaon-headquartered drug maker, set to be acquired by another leading domestic company, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, reported a consolidated net loss of Rs 186 crore for the quarter ended June.
India on Saturday extended $500 million (Rs 3,328 crore) Line of Credit to Vietnam for facilitating deeper defence cooperation with the south east Asian nation, as the two countries elevated their ties to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership to respond to emerging regional challenges.
The Essar group firm is in talks with 7-10 companies for a "strategic fit", as it races to become a $500 million company by 2010. In some of these cases the due diligence process is in progress. Aegis is looking at firms in the US, South America and the Philippines.
Old low-rise residential buildings and shantytown shacks portray the disparity in living conditions and incomes.
The lowest bid earlier had come for Madhya Pradesh at Rs 5.05/unit.
Heavyweight mobike maker Royal Enfield on Friday launched a 500 cc variant of its popular cruiser bike Machismo priced at Rs 1.05 lakh (on road in Chennai).
Global investment major AMP Capital Investors is launching a $500 million equity fund sometime soon this year to invest in infrastructure in India and China. This will be the third such fund from AMP.
The FDA actions eventually led to a $500-million fine for Ranbaxy as well as the effective mothballing of many of its Indian factories.
The all-new bikes with a 500 cc engine will target exports, while the 350 cc engine bikes will be marketed in the domestic market from the current financial year.
India's $100 billion push into solar energy over the next decade will be driven by foreign players as uncompetitive local manufacturers fall by the wayside, no longer protected by government restrictions on the sector.
Tamil Nadu edged out last edition's runners-up Maharashtra by virtue of first innings lead in a drawn encounter, to set up a summit clash with their southern rivals and reigning champions Karnataka in the Ranji Trophy cricket tournament.
Creative Choice Group plans to create a world-class research centre that will leverage the lower costs in India.
Modi govt must take measures to prevent widening of fiscal deficit.
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