Auto makers Tata Motors and General Motors India on Monday announced they will cut prices of their products after Finance Minister P Chidambaram decided to reduce excise on automobiles in the interim Budget 2014-15.
The plan also envisages manpower cost rationalisation, fuel management, route profitability enhancement and non-traffic revenue enhancement.
Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi and state Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu, who have not been on the same page over certain appointments, Tuesday said they will work with each other and fight the upcoming polls together, according to party MLAs.
The loss making airline would be reducing the number of employees in the first half of 2010.
Sanjukta Dutta showed off the beauty of Assamese textiles on the ramp.
Close on the heels of offering its tablet PC, PlayBook, at discounted prices, Canada-based Research in Motion in its bid to increase market share and take on the Nokias and Samsungs of the world, has slashesd the prices of its top-selling phones by almost 26 per cent.
SBI reduced interest rates for minor irrigation loans upto Rs 25 lakhs to eight per cent in the first one year and nine per cent in the second and third years. The existing rates in this category is 10.5 per cent-13,25 per cent.
Bharat Sanchar Nigam on Tuesday announced a major reduction in the international long distance call rates for Australia, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, Africa, Gulf and SAARC countries to Rs 12 per minute from the existing Rs 18 a minute.
England were spared the ignominy of the follow-on but Australia appeared on course for victory after dominating day three of the day-night second Ashes Test at the Adelaide Oval on Saturday.
What are these models up to in this pandemic enforced lockdown, when fashion shows have dried up, when advertising budgets have been slashed and when photo shoots have become difficult?
'United Health Interface is in line with UPI. UPI is a language of money transfer, similarly, UHI is a set of protocols, which is going to create a language of health service delivery'
Needing 16 off the final over, Pollard hit Ngidi for two fours, a six off the fifth and two off the last delivery to seal victory. 16 runs came from the over as Pollard was unbeaten on a memorable 87 off 34 balls.
The government on Tuesday announced Rs 900-crore allocation in the Budget for the newly set up Ministry of Cooperation for the 2022-23 fiscal, besides slashing Alternate Minimum Tax (AMT) on cooperative societies to 15 per cent and surcharge to 7 per cent, which nodal minister Amit Shah hailed saying it will boost the sector. Of the total allocation for the next fiscal, a significant amount of Rs 350 crore has been provided for digitisation of Primary Agriculture Cooperative Societies (PACs), while Rs 274 crore for an umbrella scheme 'Prosperity through Cooperatives' which would have a number of sub-components with the aim of all-round development of cooperatives in the country. For the first time, a separate budget of Rs 11 crore has been provided to Vaikunth Mehta National Institute of Cooperative Management (VAMNICON).
It is bonanza time for international travellers yet again, with foreign carriers like Singapore Airlines, British Airways and Cathay Pacific cutting fares almost 50 per cent.
Content streaming platform Netflix on Tuesday said it is slashing its monthly subscription rates by up to 60 per cent in India, as it looks to woo viewers amid growing competition in the OTT space in the country. Under the new rates that roll out from Tuesday, Netflix's Mobile will now be available at Rs 149 a month (from Rs 199 earlier), while the Basic plan will be priced at Rs 199 a month, instead of Rs 499. The Standard plan will be charged at Rs 499 per month, while Premium will be available at Rs 649 a month.
Global travel and payment services firm American Express will be trimming another 4,000 jobs representing nearly 6 per cent of its global workforce, as the firm continues its efforts to cut down costs.
The 32 GB tablet will come for Rs 15,990 and the top end tablet of 64 GB will be sold at Rs 24,490.
Expect fast-moving consumer goods makers (FMCG) to raise prices again next month owing to raw materials, transport, labour and packaging material costs remaining high or becoming even costlier. Whether it is packaged wheat flour and basmati rice or biscuits and shampoos, these products will become 2-10 per cent more expensive. Adani Wilmar will hike the price of its packaged wheat flour by 5-8 per cent and of its basmati rice by 8-10 per cent next month.
The response to the sale has been overwhelming.
Team India will don its first ever 'away kit' in the World Cup match against England, in Birmingham, on June 30.
The incident took place after the spikes were activated as the car accidentally touched the boom barrier at the gate.
Formula One world champion Max Verstappen won the inaugural Miami Grand Prix for Red Bull on Sunday, slashing Ferrari rival Charles Leclerc's overall lead from 27 to 19 points after five races.
Apollo Tyres on Thursday said it is looking at laying off about 1,500 of its workforce.
The United Stated deducted $55 million under its reimbursement programme -- for expenses incurred by Pakistan on the war on terror -- after American auditors raised objections to a claim submitted by the country.US authorities deducted the amount, while releasing only $101 million out of Pakistan's claim of $156 million for expenses incurred on the campaign against terrorism till April 2008. The move was the outcome of objections from American auditors.
Indian industry snubbed Google Play's decision to cut by half its commission for developers when they make $1 million in annual revenue for in-app purchases, saying the US tech giant may continue its "abrasive & monopolistic abuse" as it owns the Android system. Google Play said Tuesday that beginning July 1 it would slash its 30 per cent billing fee to 15 per cent for developers globally when they make the first $1 million of their annual revenue.
Bromell runs fastest 100 meters this year
Despite the ongoing rift in the Punjab Congress, party leader Harish Rawat on Tuesday said that all is well in the state and expressed confidence in its victory in the forthcoming assembly polls.
Oil marketing companies have approached the government to reduce tariffs since they will continue to lose around Rs 210 crore (Rs 2.10 billion) due to a Rs 1.20 per litre under-recovery on diesel.
DLF, Unitech and other real estate developers may lower prices up to 30 per cent by mid-2009 to nudge buyers out of their "wait and watch" stance, according to experts.
IndiGo has confirmed the delivery of the next set of 25 ATR-72 jets and will be inducting around 10 planes by the end of this calendar year, making it the largest regional fleet operator in the country.
Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII) is sitting on 200 million doses of Covishield that were manufactured in December and are set to expire in September. The company is likely to destroy these vaccines if nothing works out, Sohini Das reports.
'The BJP talks about prosperity, but it doesn't want anybody to prosper.'
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India on Friday indicated that prices of international bandwidth could come down by as much as 70 per cent, which would give major boost to the spread of broadband services in the country.
After the Ukraine war, coke prices just soared and most units don't have money left to buy raw material. Customers are not absorbing the price escalation'
However, domestic carriers said they are not looking at a decrease in airfares. The cut of Rs 11,784 per kilolitre will come into effect from September 1. They also said that the industry would be able to curtail 30 per cent of its monthly losses. Indian carriers are expected to make a cumulative loss of $2 billion in 2008-09.
World champion Max Verstappen took maximum points from Formula One's Imola sprint weekend, leading a Red Bull one-two on Sunday as Ferrari's homecoming turned sour for overall leader Charles Leclerc and his Italian team.
The car will now be available between Rs 7.49 lakh (Rs 749,000) and Rs 9.89 lakh (Rs 989,000) -- ex-showroom, Delhi, a statement from Honda Siel Cars India said.
