A California commission -- mandated with recommendation and revision of school text books -- has rejected demands of replacing India with South Asia for pre-1947 references
The Confederation of Indian Industry has entered into an agreement with the Chinese city of Sheynag to promote long-term cooperation in the area of information technology.
These ambitious projects are littered with every possible acronyms and include proposed road links, air connectivity plans, electricity grids and special economic zones on coasts, says Subhomoy Bhattacharjee.
The George Institute for Global Health has launched a nutrition application in India for this, called FoodSwitch.
The rupee's fall against the dollar is bad news for companies which have increased their exposure to foreign currency loans in recent years.
At the same time, Tier II and III cities are expected to have a faster adoption rate with greater sales margins derived directly from online channels.
Crisil said a complete phase out of CST is necessary.
This make it the first domestic firm to sell such a long-tenure rupee debt instrument.
Executives in the segment say some top European, Japanese and Korean retailers are seriously interested.
Currently the average expected time of arrival for Ola vehicles is five minutes.
IT body Nasscom has helped four start-ups raise funding of Rs 40 lakh as part of its programme to help entrepreneurs turn their ideas into successful businesses.
Dollar debt and higher import cost might impact earnings by up to 30%.
Companies are innovating with tech tools to ensure that you spend less time at the cash counter.
Gold is currently trading at Rs 25,200 for 10 grams.
Mainstream American media and yoga experts have mourned the loss of B K S Iyengar, calling him as one of the greatest yoga gurus who was instrumental in bringing the physical and spritual exercise to West.
The Confederation of Indian Industry will start its Shanghai office in July, a senior official of the chamber said.\n\n\n\n
Such investments come with their own share of risks and buyers may need to hold on for at least 5 to 10 years.
With the recent proliferation of cyberattacks, corporate executives need to devote increasing attention to protecting information assets and on-line operations, said a report released on Monday by the World Economic Forum.
After the Union comptroller and auditor-general saying there'd been a loss of Rs 10.67 lakh crore in allotment of coal blocks, the draft Request For Proposal (RFP) for new allocations has strong clauses for cancellation for breaches on this count.
Google will build its largest campus outside the Unites States in Hyderabad.
On the profitability front, Crisil foresees a 0.5 per cent basis points y-o-y jump in EBITDA (operating profit) margins in Q2 FY15.
The government has made employers responsible for verifying whether the claims filed are according to the law. Earlier, companies went only by self-declaration of employees.
The survey was based on the survey of 44 banks.
If the sum assured is less than 10 times premium, the proceeds will be taxed.
India's rural employment guarantee programme MNREGA has been ranked as the world's largest public works programme, providing social security net to almost 15 per cent of the country's population, the World Bank has said.
Engineering product firms were among the first to embrace AI and machine learning. And the early adopters are reaping gains.
For supply rules, the location decides where goods or services will be taxed.
The sector is witnessing weak tendering.
The report contains 58 case studies of alleged excesses by the armed forces in the state.
The main issues confronting CFOs currently, according to Deloitte, are the current economic slowdown, a depreciating rupee and inflation.
According to World Gold Council (WGC), gold jewellery demand in India, the world's largest consumer, touched record 662.1 tonnes in 2014.
At a time when the asset quality of state-owned banks is deteriorating, the Reserve Bank of India is also planning harsher penalties for wealthy promoters of wilful defaulters.
Indian companies struggle to escape debt burden as profit slows.
According to the report, export-oriented sectors like IT services, pharmaceuticals and textiles will, in aggregate, report EBITDA margin expansion of nearly 100 bps, while margin is likely to decline by about 50 bps for other sectors during this period.
There is continued shift by passengers from rail to other modes of travel, thanks to improvement in road connectivity and the shrinking differential in high-end rail and low-end air travel.
Microsoft, responding to the rights group's allegations, said a system fault had removed some search results for users outside China.
India also saw a decline in piracy level to 60 per cent in 2013 from 63 per cent in 2011.
Given the stability of the rupee over the last 10 months, many companies have been tempted not to hedge their foreign currency risk.
India is set to sign an agreement with the US to resolve transfer pricing disputes, which will then serve as a template for settling such rows with multinational companies based in the UK, France and other European countries.
Sanjay Kumar Singh tells you what to watch out for when buying insurance and investing in MFs online.
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