Logistics data start-up company LogiNext has got support from mobile commerce platform Paytm, which will invest $10 million in the first round of institutional funding for the firm. The move is in line with Paytm’s […]
SEOUL (TIP): Oil prices pared some losses on Thursday after sharp falls overnight on an unexpectedly large buildup in US gasoline stocks and seasonally tepid demand. The global benchmark November Brent contract had climbed 44 […]
MUMBAI: Despite the two-wheeler industry de-growing from many months in a row, Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India has set new record by selling over 1 million of its flagship scooter Activa during the first five […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Introducing the revamped version of its hatchback, Ford India launched the Ford Figo hatchback at a starting price of Rs 4.29 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi). While the petrol version prices go up to […]
Five years ago, the book world was seized by collective panic over the un certain future of print. As readers migrated to new digital devices, e-book sales soared, up 1,260% between 2008 and 2010. Print sales […]
BENGALURU (TIP): The Reserve Bank of India is likely to cut interest rates for the fourth time this year at a policy review next week, as falling energy prices have cooled inflation and the economy […]
Two Presidents have rejected the Gujarat Control of Terrorism and Organized Crime Bill, including APJ Abdul Kalam whom the BJP claims to revere. The Union Home Ministry has cleared the Gujarat Bill, which now awaits […]
To merit UN permanent membership India needs to demonstrate that it has the gravitas to play a bigger role. Countering IS through its vast Islamic scholarship, and offering Europe help in dealing with the refugee […]
MUMBAI (TIP): India is looking to step up the pedal over its ambitious Chabahar port project in Iran by signing an international transit corridor agreement with Iran and Afghanistan. One of the reasons why the […]
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES: PepsiCo Chairman Indra Nooyi and Hindustan Times Group chairperson Shobhana Bharatia have been presented with the 2015 Global Leadership Award of the US India Business Council, for their commitment to driving a more […]
Mumbai: Swiss banking group Julius Baer has finally set up shop in India, almost three years after acquiring DSP Merrill Lynch’s domestic wealth management business. The launch was deferred on account of a delay in approvals […]
By declaring a ceasefire with effect from 3.30 a.m. on 23 September 1965, did India miss an opportunity to attain decisive victory over Pakistan? Yes, according to the existing narrative, which attributes the ceasefire decision […]
KOLKATA (TIP): BCCI president Jagmohan Dalmiya died, Sunday, September 20, of cardiac arrest, at the age of 75. Dalmiya was admitted to the BM Birla Heart Research Institute on September 17 night after he complained of […]
Japanese electronics giant Sony Corp has hitched itself on to the Make in India bandwagon. The company is getting back to manufacturing in India, after nearly a decade with plans firmed up for two models […]
Come September, and we have been used to expecting to come across an announcement of the annual gala of Nargis Dutt Memorial Foundation. A much awaited signature event of the Foundation for 31 years, it […]
MUMBAI (TIP): Reserve Bank relaxed norms for banks to grant certain loans to their CEOs and directors by doing away with the prior approval requirement. Section 20 of Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (B.R. Act, 1949) […]
KOLKATA (TIP): Lenovo India Pvt. is eyeing the top position in the Indian PC market by March, its Marketing Director – India & South Asia, Bhaskar Choudhuri said. The company also aims to grab the […]
MUMBAI (TIP): The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) wants to make it easier to pay taxes in India. And the measures to be introduced in the near future, after obtaining an internal committee’s report, […]
SURAT (TIP: Like De Beers, Rio Tinto and other mining companies, the world’s largest diamond mining company Alrosa too has decided to lower its rough diamond prices by 8-10 per cent for its September sale. […]
NEW YORK (TIP): In a relief to Sahara, a US court has rejected a plea seeking to attach the Indian group’s prized Plaza and Dream Downtown hotels here. Hong Kong-based JTS Trading had approached the […]
10 entities, including Ujjivan Financial Services and Equitas Holdings, on Wednesday got RBI’s approval to set up Small Finance Banks to provide basic banking services to small farmers and micro indus-tries. Other entities to get the […]
New Delhi, 17th September 2015: Hero Cycles, world’s largest bicycle manufacturer by volume, today announced its acquisition of Firefox Bikes in an all-cash transaction, India’s largest premium bicycle brand, as part of its strategy to further cement its […]
Sun Pharmaceutical has acquired InSite Vision, a US-based specialty ophthalmic product maker, in a $48 million (about Rs 320 crore) deal. The acquisition will enable Sun Pharma, India’s largest drug maker by revenue, to grow […]
Ahmedabad: Mr Chen Yuehua, Guangdong’s Deputy Director General of Department of Commerce, has announced that Indian and Chinese firms have signed 15 Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) worth US$ 590 million at the China-India (Gujarat) Economic […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Eight years after changing the way we use mobile phones with the first iPhone, Apple has once again heralded a big change in world’s best-selling gadget iPhone. The new iPhones, named iPhone […]
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