Non-Resident Indian steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal has won this year's Asian Achievers Award for entrepreneurship for his outstanding achievement in the global steel industry where his company has taken the top spot.
It is the duty of the Indian government to help all Indians, never mind the nature of the help they need.
Over 100 Indian institutions offer semiconductor design curricula, but hardly any of them focuses on manufacturing and process technology, a top official from global memory and storage major Micron Technology said on Thursday. There is significant global demand for such chip engineers, its president and chief executive Sanjay Mehrotra said at the 10th Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit in Gandhinagar. "While more than 100 Indian institutions provide a semiconductor design curriculum, hardly any focus on semiconductor manufacturing and process technology.
A fresh date for Wresting Federation of India's (WFI) long-pending elections is likely to be announced on Wednesday after the Supreme Court set aside the stay imposed by Punjab and Haryana High Court, a member of the IOA-appointed ad hoc committee said.
Under the scorching economic recession, houses have become cheaper by an average of about five million pounds in the 'billionaire's row', but the tag of UK's costliest street still remains with this tree-lined avenue where Lakshmi Mittal and his family owns three houses.
The company was earlier hopeful of bringing the projects onstream by 2012. "Production will not start before 2014. The top reason is the economic downturn. The second reason is procedural delays," Vijay Kumar Bhatnagar, CEO, India operations, said. The ongoing economic slowdown has prompted steel producers worldwide to shelve new projects and scale down output as demand weakens from housing, automobiles and consumer durable sectors.
Future Gaming and Hotel Services whose director is the lottery magnate Santiago Martin is the top purchaser of electoral bonds having purchased bonds worth Rs 1,368, according to data uploaded by the Election Commission of India on its website on Thursday.
Reliance Jio has suggested an alternative plan to the The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) under which spectrum required by non-geostationary orbit satellite (NGSO) operators to run their gateway terminals should be auctioned geographically, based on districts, rather than circles as done for mobile services. For spectrum which would be required to connect user terminals (like individual homes), Jio has suggested it should be auctioned frequency-wise and exclusively to an operator at a pan-India level. The move is significant as the auctioning of satellite space spectrum has been vehemently opposed by low earth orbit satellite operators (satellites which circle at low altitudes of 200-2000 km).
The government has threatened to cancel the coal block alloted jointly to ArcelorMittal and GVK Power in Jharkhand for the inordinate delay in developing the property.
Luxembourg on Tuesday said a takeover law that it planned to enact in May was in no way aimed at creating impediments to steel tycoon L N Mittal's bid to takeover Arcelor.
The chairman and group managing director of Bharti Enterprises, Sunil Bharti Mittal, was chosen the best Asian Telecom CEO
Bharti Group chairman Sunil Mittal on Tuesday said the unified licensing regime proposed by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India could not be pursued in its present form, as it was in contradiction of the TDSAT judgement.
The NRI billionaire also asserted that the steel maker is bullish on India plans and committed to the investments there. ArcelorMittal is committed to its proposed Rs 1-lakh crore (Rs 1 trillion) investment in India, to set up two 12-million tonnes per annum steel mills in the state of Jharkhand and Orissa.
Telecom giant Bharti Airtel on Monday proposed an annual pay package of up to Rs 70 crore (Rs 700 million) for its chief Sunil Mittal, besides other benefits, while seeking its shareholders' nod for his remuneration.
It's a neat three-in-one for steelmaker extraordinaire Lakshmi Mittal. In one fell swoop he has become the globe's biggest steelmaker -- an Andrew Carnegie for the 21st century.
ArcelorMittal announced on Wednesday a new leadership for India, where Vijay Bhatnagar will spearhead the company's operations and proposed steel projects in the country. Bhatnagar will take up the new position of Country CEO, India and will have ultimate responsibility for the company's operations and projects in the country, a statement from ArcelorMittal said.
Wardens and staff members of hostels in Kota will be given professional training in mess management, psychological and behavioural counselling, and other aspects of students' care to equip them to battle the rising number of suicides by aspirants in the coaching hub.
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The 20 contenders for the title, short-listed by the BusinessWeek magazine, also included Apple Computer CEO Steve Jobs, media baron Rupert Murdoch and Google CEO Eric Schmidt.
Could it be about clout? Given its size and influence, RIL doesn't need the media for that, notes Vanita Kohli-Khandekhar.
As Ambani plumped for the CDMA technology to carry his data-driven business plan, he found himself going eyeball-to-eyeball with Sunil Mittal, the leader of the GSM pack.
Carlsen, whose form has been up and down in the preliminary phase, took the fifth place with 26 points. He tripped Duda in the final round after settling for draws in rounds 13 and 14 against Daniel Naroditsky and Giri.
Steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal has lost the world record for the most expensive home purchase to an anonymous Russian billionaire, who has forked out $750 million for a French villa, built by a Belgian king and once frequented by the likes of Frank Sinatra and Ronald Reagan.
"Police are trying to cover up the matter because one of the culprits is a BJP member. The DCP is covering up the case saying the music in the car was so loud that the perpetrators didn't notice a girl was stuck in their car.
TATA Group Chairman Ratan Tata and India-born steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal will be among seven international business leaders to attend the three-day International Investment Council to be hosted by President Thabo Mbeki this weekend in South Africa.
Bharti Enterprises, which has announced join ventures with US giant Wal-Mart for its retail foray, said that the rising real estate prices could hamper the growth of the organised retail industry in the country.
The second richest Indian said he felt bad about the delays his projects faced in India.
The LN Mittal-owned Arcelor-Mittal, the largest producer of steel in the world, is set to sign a memorandum of understanding with the Orissa government for its proposed 12 million tonne steel plant this week.
The world's largest steel maker ArcelorMittal may cut 10,000 jobs globally next year and plans to reduce costs in order to regain its lost market share particularly in Europe, a media report says.
China's largest steel producer, Shanghai Baosteel, has set its eyes on Baotou Iron & Steel Group after global steel baron, Lakshmi Mittal's bid for a 50 per cent stake in the Chinese company faltered.
ArcelorMittal, Anglo Australian major Rio Tinto, Hyderabad-based GVK Power & Infrastructure, Essar Mineral Resources and JSW Steel are among 10 prominent corporations in a shortlist to develop 18 abandoned coal mines owned by state-owned Coal India Ltd and its eight subsidiaries.
Sunil Mittal's Bharti, in which British telecom firm Vodafone has 10 per cent stake, said on Thursday it is yet to hear a final word from the UK-based operator on its plans to buyout Hutchison Telecom's stake in Indian joint venture Hutch-Essar.
Dr Vijay Haribhakti, oncologist, Sir HN Reliance Hospital, Mumbai, offers expert guidance on how to perform a self breast examination at home.
