Mumbai, Feb 18 (IANS) US agency Moody’s Investors Service on Thursday forecast for India a “stable GDP growth at around 7.5 percent in 2016 and 2017”, saying the country is relatively less exposed to external…
Caracas, Feb 18 (IANS) Venezuela has hiked gasoline prices for the first time in 20 years following plummeting revenues from crude exports, the media reported on Thursday. The price hike came as a shock to…
Mumbai, Feb 18 (IANS) Drug major Cipla has acquired two US-based firms — InvaGen Pharmaceuticals and Exelan Pharmaceuticals — for $550 million, the company said in a regulatory filing here on Thursday. “The acquisition was…
(150508) — TOKYO, May 8, 2015 (Xinhua) — Japan’s auto giant Toyota’s president Akio Toyoda speaks during a press conference to announce its financial report for 2014 in the headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, May 8,…
Mumbai: Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses at the inauguration of the Make in India Week, in Mumbai, on Feb 13, 2016. (Photo: IANS/PIB) Mumbai, Feb 17 (IANS) Karnataka received Rs.9,700 crore of investment proposals on…
New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) Establishing connectivity through the country’s northeast will help India bolster trade with the southeast Asian markets, experts here said on Wednesday. There was a wrong hegemonic discourse that the northeast…
New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) Britain-based global defence major BAE Systems on Wednesday said it has selected the Mahindra group as its partner for the proposed assembly, integration and testing unit for the ultra-lightweight howitzers….
New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) Leading Aircraft manufacturer Boeing and Kalyani Group company Bharat Forge Limited (BFL) on Wednesday announced the first shipment of BFL-made titanium flaptrack forgings for Boeing’s Next-Generation 737 aircraft. “Shipment of…
Havana, Feb 17 (IANS) In a message apparently designed to allay fears in Cuba of an imminent US corporate invasion, a top business figure said foreign investment was welcome as long as it respected sovereignty….
New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) Talent, recruitment and health solutions player Aon Hewitt on Wednesday said e-commerce industry leads its annual salary increase survey in India by forecasting a projected salary hike of 15.6 percent…
New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) Taking the world by surprise with the world’s cheapest smartphone, a little known Noida-based start-up on Wednesday launched a Rs.251 (less than $4) “Made in India” smartphone that -…
Beijing, Feb 17 (IANS) Alibaba, China’s biggest online trader, on Wednesday reached an agreement with the top economic planner to expand e-commerce in rural areas. The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) will work with…
Shimla, Feb 17 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh has decided to make it mandatory for all shops to have a licence for sale of tobacco products, including cigarettes, an official said on Wednesday. “The cabinet at its…
File picture of the first unit of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant which was synchronised with the southern power grid marking a major milestone in power generation of the ambitious Indo-Russian nuclear collaboration at Tirunelveli…
Rio de Janeiro, Feb 17 (IANS/EFE) State-controlled oil giant Petrobras said on Tuesday it brought a new offshore platform with the capacity to produce 150,000 barrels per day (bpd) of oil and 6 million cubic…
Doha, Feb 17 (IANS) Four top global oil producers agreed on Tuesday to freeze oil production in order to boost the slumping oil prices. The agreement followed a meeting in Doha between the energy ministers…
Mumbai, Feb 16 (IANS) A tax regime receptive to the needs of foreign investors and the passage of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill can work wonders for the Make in India initiative, said…
By Francis Kokutse Accra, Feb 16 (IANS) As India’s pharmaceutical companies continue to look for greener pastures for growth, the 70 participants in the two-day IPHEX Africa trade exhibition in the Nigerian commercial capital of…
(Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) The Supreme court on Wednesday asked the Reserve Bank of India to furnish a list of the companies which are in default of loans by the banks and…
Chennai, Feb 16 (IANS) Japanese automobile major Nissan Motor Company has sent a notice to Ashok Leyland Ltd terminating its technology development joint venture Nissan Ashok Leyland Technologies Pvt. Ltd over non-payment of royalty said a…