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The pilot's decision and professional competence to bring flight AI 144 safely back to Newark Liberty International Airport after an engine fire, saved the lives of 300 passengers and 15 crew members. George Joseph/Rediff.com reports
Buoyed by a significant increase in offshore business, IT company Birlasoft on Tuesday announced ramping up of its India operations and increasing its headcount by 400 by August this year.
DaimlerChrysler India, on Thursday, handed over the keys to the first Rs 5-crore (Rs 50 million) Maybach, the country's most expensive car to Pan masala tycoon Rasiklal Manikchand Dhariwal.
Deutsche Bank could be the next to trim its retail operations.
These risks would be significantly reduced if the cars had to comply with the UN test regulation for frontal and side impact.
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Ltd on Thursday announced several top-level executive moves and new assignments for its India operations.
Singapore Airlines on Thursday announced that it will start thrice a week direct flight between Amritsar and Singapore from October 1, the Airlines' general manager, India operations, B K Ong said.
Buoyed by the second quarter results, the Nasdaq-listed Cognizant Technology Solutions has announced its plans to hire 5,000 people by the year-end, thus taking the company's total headcount to 14,000.
'The Indian cement sector is the most energy-efficient worldwide, mainly due to modern technology used in the plants but also because of efficient monitoring of a plant's performance on a daily basis, focusing on energy savings and carbon dioxide emission reductions.'
The transformer factory in Canada contributes about three per cent to the company's total sales.
Expanding its India operations, leading United Kingdom-based global software product company, Misys on Friday announced the opening of its third development centre in Bangalore for its risk management systems business.
According to rating agency Fitch, India can in the long run support five-six profitable telecom operators.
VCs have been especially bullish about India.
Investments are at risk if operators are unable to resolve concerns of authorities and customers after the rape accusation.
The one-year extension would give Walmart and its Indian joint venture partner in the cash and carry business, Bharti Group, more time to sort things out and decide on a retail foray together, people in the know said.
In its first acquisition in India, the American online retail giant is planning to buy out the fashion portal
US retail major is in talks with Flipkart, Snapdeal, ShopClues and Grofers for partnership.
Continuing with the leads provided by the arrested people, National Investigation Agency on Tuesday arrested two more persons from Uttar Pradesh in connection with the blasts outside the rally of the Bharatiya Janata Party's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi on October 7.
Air-India operated 4 of its scheduled international flights from Mumbai while the management sent letters to the Indian Pilots Guild asking it to withdraw all directives about operations to the SARS-affected regions.
Within a year of Gopal Vittal becoming the joint MD and CEO of Bharti Airtel's India operations, the company has elevated him as the MD and CEO for Bharti Airtel's operations in India and South Asia.
China's smartphone giant Xiaomi on Thursday launched its new flagship phones to rival iPhone 6 at virtually half the prices and vowed to expand its India operations, brushing aside the legal challenges it faced over patent issues.
Global consultancy firm Cedar on Thursday announced plans to make India the next hub of activities for its consultancy operations along with the Middle East.
Diageo, the world's largest distiller, has been focusing on compliance at United Spirits Ltd (USL) after its acquisition of a controlling stake in India's largest spirits maker.
Fiat on Friday denied a magazine report, which said it would close a plant in India as part of a sweeping restructuring of the loss-making Italian industrial giant.
Sources estimated the number of employees asked to leave because of downsizing stands at about 100.
Talks between senior officials of civil aviation ministry and the Indian Pilots Guild began in Mumbai on Saturday shortly after noon to resolve the issue of operating in SARS-affected regions by the unions.
A weekend in the beautiful sleepy town of Mukteshwar is just what you need to bust your stress, says Suchismita Banerjee.
Top Indian Mujahideen operative Tehsin Akhtar alias Monu, one of the alleged masterminds of a string of terror attacks in India, was on Wednesday remanded to police custody till April 2 by a Delhi court.
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