Having established its licensing business for a decade, it is tapping real estate to build on its themes.
For nine years, Narayanan Krishnan has served millions of meals to the mentally ill in Madurai. And he now dreams of providing a shelter to them. However, due to lack of funds the project has hit a roadblock. Ganesh Nadar reports
Fundraisers held in New York, San Francisco and Atlanta for India-based non-government organisation Akshaya Patra that strives for wholesome school kitchens is expected to raise a whopping Rs 5 crore in charities this year. Arthur J Pais reports
Trend may slow down the growth in investment demand of the yellow metal in the short term.
Vodafone m-pesa was one of the 11 firms that was given payments bank licence by the Reserve Bank of India in 2015.
Indians love affair with gold will never end. Despite a lull, there is heavy demand in the market.
Akshaya Patra, the largest non-governmental organisation of its kind in the world whose motto is 'No child in India shall be deprived of education because of hunger', runs on subsidies by state governments and donations generated by thousands in India and America.
US President Bill Clinton made an impassioned plea to them to continue their work in making the innovative technology create a better world.
Reports had suggested that the construction major had asked Ravanan to step down as the new owners were preparing the grounds for a top management overhaul at the Bengaluru-based company.
Kerala has about 1,400 villages and 999 panchayats, and this initiative is expected to provide a major boost to the Akshaya scheme.
While schemes like 'Akshaya' have been able to impart basic knowledge of computers to a large number of people down the rungs of society, at the government level several projects to create inter-departmental as well as government-public linkage are under way.
Gold is back in favour with consumers shifting their focus on the precious metal on the back of moderation in prices.
'I don't feed beggars. They can look after themselves. The mentally ill won't ask anyone for food or money,' says N Krishnan who has been feeding them thrice a day for the past seven years. We proudly launch our Independence Day special series: Extraordinary Indians.
India's largest telecom operator in terms of subscriber numbers has been struggling to raise its share of subscribers in the market for fourth-generation technology services.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Wednesday
State Bank of India (Maharashtra and Goa), Bank of Baroda, IDBI and Allahabad Bank have cut rates in the range of 25-50 basis points. Lenders would like to see the RBI come up with some measures so that sentiments improve further.
The commercial real estate sector has been booming in the last few years, driven by the high demand from corporates, especially IT and ITeS companies.
Interestingly, all 10 batters were dismissed in a similar fashion as they were all bowled with Wayanad's VJ Joshitha picking up a hat-trick.
Addressing his monthly 'Mann ki Baat' programme, he also said that India's fight against the novel coronavirus has become people-driven wherein every citizen is playing his or her part.
"We are looking at setting up a near shore delivery centre in either in Europe or the US or both. We would also set up a centre in China to service global orders," Progeon managing director and CEO Akshaya Bhargava said.
Govt has so far refused to bring down the import duty to 2% from the current 10%.
Deputy Chief Minister N China Rajappa and a host of other ministers also took a holy dip on the occasion.
Exports rise for 8th month, albeit at lower pace
With the new entity coming in force, Bharti Airtel will lose the tag of India's biggest telecom service provider to the new entity.
In a letter to the Business School community on Wednesday, Nohria said he will step down from the position of dean of the Harvard Business School (HBS) on June 30, 2020, after a decade in the role.
March was the worst month for gold imports because of a strike by jewellers over the imposition of an excise duty.
After demonetisation, demand jumped as many people with unaccounted money bought the yellow metal.
Despite various challenges, the past year was a good one, says Bruce Cleaver, chief executive officer of the De Beers Group, the global corporation that has been the leading one in all aspects of the diamond trade for over a century.
'With the largest number of malnourished people on the planet, India is poised to be a nation that significantly under-performs as an economy.'
In August 2013, import duties on gold, silver and platinum were hiked to 10 per cent in order to curb the surging imports and also to check CAD.
Gold demand will go up in the second half of this year.
Gold bullion purchases across Asia slowed this week as a long rally in prices discouraged buyers.
Concern would kick in if imports stay at or over 100 tonnes a month.
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