Chairman Emeritus of Tata Sons Ratan Tata said shifting the Nano car plant from Singur in West Bengal was a prudent move in hindsight but gave the group a high negative cost.
She faced off against former disciple-turned-defector Suvendu Adhikari in a very different contest. It's not land acquisition, but an ego clash that has acquired, tragically, communal overtones, explains Kanika Datta.
The changing residential demand and the increasing awareness about energy efficiency has prompted durable companies to introduce air conditioners with newer capacities. Though the 1.5 tonne air conditioners are expected to be the conventional volume drivers, the models with capacity of one tonne and below are estimated to grow at a faster pace.
Deep in Tata Motors' largest factory, engineers don 3D glasses to play with car designs and prototypes projected from a 10-metre wide computer screen. Their quest? The automaker's next blockbuster car model.
Most of the portion of the Nano car shed has been razed to the ground. Only a small structure is left which will also be demolished in next few days
Big Bazaar stores have sold 900 Nano cars since February, when Tata Motors made the arrangement.
The actress, who just recently posted, 'Google walo ab toh meri umar kam karke likh do,' has been looking trendier ever since she got herself that slick hairstyle.
All civilian drone operations will be restricted only during day time and flying will be restricted within visual line of sight which usually would be 450 metres, the regulation says.
Few people know Ratan Tata as well as R K Krishna Kumar does. Widely perceived to be among the managers closest to Tata, Krishna Kumar assesses Ratan Tata, the man and business leader, in this exclusive interview to Rediff.com's Vaihayasi Pande Daniel.
The phone is available for pre-order starting July 31, beginning at USD 610 for a 16GB model.
'Wherever in the world there is political instability, those countries are beset with severe crises today. But India is in a much better position than the rest of the world due to the decisions taken by my government in the national interest,' President Droupadi Murmu said in her address to both Houses of Parliament.
It has recorded the highest levels among eight countries.
The number of forms to be filled to operate drones in the country have been reduced to six in draft 'Drone Rules, 2021' in comparison to 25 forms mentioned in the Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Rules, 2021, it said.
For the longest time the Polo GT had no real competition in terms of its build quality and product positioning. Until now, says Pavan Lall.
Adar Poonawalla said he was hopeful that Covovax, the Novavax vaccine made by SII, will be launched around October this year for adults and for children by the first quarter of next year, depending on DCGI approvals.
The start-up mentors debated if they could drive the price further down, but feared an even lower price would raise doubts about its quality, as was the case with the Tata Nano, reports Amrita Singh.
With the Nano's sales stuck in a low gear, firm drives hope on product variants and the base of hopefully satisfied customers.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said she had suggested to the Congress that an advisory council comprising prominent personalities from civil society be set up to give a direction to the opposition, but rued that the plan did not materialise.
The company had started test runs for engines at its Pune facility in September after it work was stopped indefinitely at its Singur plant from August 29, leading to the abandoning of the Singur project site on October 3.
The Trinamool Congress on Tuesday demanded from the West Bengal government that 300 acres of land should be given from within the Tata Motors project area in Singur to "unwilling farmers".
The Qute infant of the four-wheel world is Bajaj Auto's quadricycle. The Qute infant of the four-wheel world is Bajaj Auto's quadricycle. It is finally set to hit the India roads but the challenge of creating a new category in the competitive automobile market has only just begun.
In power, Mamata Banerjee has tried to bury the ghost of the past, but it might still be work-in-progress. Big-ticket and eye-grabbing (in terms of investment size) projects are still few and far between, reports Ishita Ayan Dutt.
Five small cars in the Indian market failed in the first-ever independent crash tests.
Nanotechnology is appearing in all sorts of places you might not expect.
The car gives a mileage of 24 km per kg of CNG.
Excerpt from The Nanologues by Vanessa Able.
The Covid-19 vaccine demonstrated an overall 90.4 per cent efficacy in phase 3 clinical trials, reports Sohini Das
After witnessing a historic launch, the Nano could prove to be a flagship brand for Tata Motors' fortunes.
Also said that the slowing demand for Tata's Nano shows consumers aren't looking for low-cost cars.
With an industry at the abandoned site of Tata's Nano car project at Singur yet to come up, most of the landowners who had willingly parted with their fields are now back to what they had been doing - cultivation.
There is a flicker of hope for Tata Motors' abandoned Singur site. A team from government-owned Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) visited the place, along with state government officials, for a possible project with the West Bengal Power Development Corporation.
First it was called content-led commerce. Then it came to be known as influencer-led commerce. And its latest iteration is creator economy. This evolution of the terminology for online personas impacting buying decisions -- through blogs, memes, bite-sized videos, and podcasts -- has happened over the past five to seven years.
"The inspiration to develop smaller and cheaper apartments comes from the Nano car, which is eliciting a tremendous response. I am sure our project will see a similar response, given the fact that we will come up with such low-cost apartments in metro cities," said R Nagaraju, general manager, corporate planning, Unitech. It plans to launch mid-segment residential projects in metro and suburban cities over the next few months.
Ossian Agro Automation Private Limited, a Pune-based manufacturer of rural wireless automation systems, is in dialogue with Nokia to offer 'Nano Ganesh', a product which allows farmers to use mobile phones to remotely monitor and switch on or off their irrigation pumps, bundled with the Finnish company's handsets.
Cars like the Land Rover Evoque, endorsed by Victoria Beckham, have more women customers than men.
How exciting is the Samsung Galaxy Fold? Ashish Narsale/Rediff.com finds out.
Apple recently launched the latest version of the mp3 player complete with video camera, mic and speaker.
Car makers are trying hard to boost sales in India.
The space agency launched 104 satellites, breaking the previous record of 37 by Russia.
