New Delhi: The government on Sunday announced a board to help operationalise the national manufacturing policy that aims to create 100 million additional jobs and boost the share of manufacturing in the country's GDP to 25 per cent in the next 10 years from the current around 16 per cent. The new board called Manufacturing Industry Promotion Board (MIPB), will be headed by Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma. The...
02:17 AM, Jun 04, 2012
Paris: Victoria Azarenka was back to her top-ranked self at the French Open on Wednesday. The Australian Open champion from Belarus easily advanced to the third round at Roland Garros by beating Dinah Pfizenmaier of Germany 6-1, 6-1 on Court Philippe Chatrier. In the first round, Azarenka struggled early before winning 12 of the final 14 games to advance. She committed 60 unforced errors in that opening match, but brought...
04:59 PM, May 30, 2012
Berlin: German solar power plants produced a world record 22 gigawatts of electricity per hour - equal to 20 nuclear power stations at full capacity - through the midday hours on Friday and Saturday, the head of a renewable energy think tank said. The German government decided to abandon nuclear power after the Fukushima nuclear disaster last year, closing eight plants immediately and shutting down the remaining nine by 2022....
07:18 AM, May 27, 2012
Dileep, the matinee idol of Malayalis all over the world, speaks on how films happened to him and how during 2002 - 2003, a year when Malayalam film industry was eager to see a hit, he delivered not one but three blockbusters. He also speaks extensively about his forthcoming flick 'Mayamohini' which will introduce audience to a new avatar of his. A must watch interview for Malayalam film patrons. ...
02:03 PM, May 25, 2012
San Francisco: Hewlett-Packard Co plans to lay off roughly 27,000 employees or about 8 per cent of its workforce over the next couple of years to jumpstart growth and save up to $3.5 billion annually, sending its shares 11 per cent higher. The company said the layoffs would be made mainly through early retirement and would generate annual savings of $3 billion to $3.5 billion as it exits fiscal year...
09:13 AM, May 24, 2012
Mumbai: In the wake of the over Rs 7 increase in petrol prices by the government, CNBC-TV18 spoke to executives from leading auto companies for their reaction on the hike in petrol prices, its impact on the rupee and the economy as a whole. Maruti Suzuki chairman RC Bhargava says that the price hike was not a shocker given the speed with which the rupee has depreciated. He also added...
10:37 PM, May 23, 2012
New Delhi: The automobile industry has hit out at the petrol price hike saying the increase will hurt the sector which is already reeling under a slump. "Petrol cars are not selling as such already. With this record hike, the situation will go from bad to worse," Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) Senior Director Sugato Sen said. In the short-term, sales will be further impacted while in the long...
08:21 PM, May 23, 2012
Ahmedabad: Outlining various facets of development in Gujarat, Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the state has struck a balance between agricultural and industrial growth. "At a time when India's agriculture is not growing beyond 3 per cent, Gujarat's agriculture is growing at 11 per cent, despite the fact that unlike the rest of the country, the state is not blessed with perennial rivers," Modi said addressing NRIs across...
01:39 AM, May 21, 2012
Sydney: A 73-year-old Japanese woman on Saturday broke her own record to again become the oldest woman to scale Mount Everest, the world's highest mountain, a media report said. Tamae Watanabe reached Everest's 8,848-metre-high summit from the northern side of the mountain with four other team members, the Australian Associated Press (AAP) quoted Ang Tshering of the China Tibet Mountaineering Association as saying. Watanabe and the other team members were...
09:32 PM, May 19, 2012
HYDERABAD/GUNTUR: The state government is understood to be contemplating cancellation of the MoU with the promoters of the Vodarevu and Nizampatnam Port Industrial Corridor (VANPIC) and resume the land allotted to it.Officials are said to be gearing up to obtain legal opinion on the move, and are likely to issue notices to the project management over the next couple of weeks.Giving credence to these moves, rural development minister D Manikya...
10:18 AM, May 18, 2012
New Delhi: The Standing Committee's report on land acquisition has been slammed by India Incorporate. This came after the committee insisted that land acquisition by the government can only be done for infrastructure and social projects and not for private profit. Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) President Adi Godrej said, "The Standing Committee report on land will adversely affect the manufacturing sector as it doesn't factor in industry needs. The...
07:33 AM, May 18, 2012
The Standing Committee report is being seen as bad news for industrialists while it insists on public welfare as a yardstick for land acquisition. ...
10:35 PM, May 17, 2012
On this video we give you all the information of the Pakistan film industry. ...
06:27 PM, May 17, 2012
Even ten days after the strike by the Air India's pilots began there appears to be no resolution in sight. With civil aviation minister Ajit ...
10:53 AM, May 16, 2012
New Delhi: The Rs 600 crore Ayurveda industry in Kerala is facing its biggest challenge. The state government is clamping down on what it considers dubious claims by three companies that promise magical remedies. Products worth almost Rs 2 crore have been seized and the three major companies may lose their licences. The Drugs Controller of Kerala is set to cancel the licenses of the Ayurvedic giants for violating provisions...
07:42 AM, May 16, 2012
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