Investments
Kohli, Shastri join IPTL bandwagon
NEW DELHI (TIP): Test captain Virat Kohli is becoming quite the entrepreneur when it comes to sports leagues. After his maiden venture in partnering with the Indian Soccer League (ISL) franchise FC Goa last year, […]
Sheena Bora murder: Indrani ‘confesses’ to crime, Siddharth Das joins probe
MUMBAI (TIP): Indrani Mukerjea, the prime accused in the murder of her daughter Sheena Bora, has “confessed” to her role in it, while her former live-in partner Siddharth Das joined the investigation in the sensational […]
CENTRAL GOVT ANNOUNCES 98 SMART CITIES
NEW DELHI (TIP): The union government on August 27 released the list of 98 cities that will be developed under the Smart Cities mission. These cities together have a population of 13 crore, accounting for […]
Birla to buy two Lafarge India cement units
Birla Corp. Ltd on Monday said it had agreed to acquire two cement assets from the local arm of Lafarge SA with a combined production capacity of around 5.15 million tonnes (mt) for a total […]
Indian Consul General Mulay Rings Nasdaq Closing Bell on Independence Day
NEW YORK: India‘s Consul General Dnyaneshwar Mulay invited American individuals and companies to join Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s flagship projects ‘Make in India‘ and ‘Digital India’ as he, accompanied by Bollywood star Arjun Rampal, rang the […]
BOEING INKS PACT TO ‘MAKE IN INDIA’ WITH TATAS
HYDERABAD (TIP): Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL) and US-based aircraft maker Boeing on Wednesday signed a strategic framework agreement here to collaborate in the sphere of aerospace and defence manufacturing as well as explore the […]
Work force from India
Prime Minister Narendra Modi ‘s emphasis on India having a huge and young work force and his assertions that India can provide work force to the whole world, clearly reveal his mind. He realizes that […]
Companies in India create thousands of US jobs
“The 100 Indian-based companies surveyed for the study have made an aggregate $15.3 billion investment in their U.S. operations. That, in turn, has created 91,000 jobs in the U.S., which by any measure is a […]
FDI in equity jumped 48% after launch of ‘Make in India’: Commerce and industry ministry
New Delhi: Foreign direct investment (FDI) into equity jumped 48 per cent after the launch of the ‘Make in India‘ programme, the commerce and industry ministry said on Tuesday, July 14. The ‘Make in India’ […]
FIPB clears Bandhan, 22 other FDI proposals
New Delhi (TIP) July 14: The foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) today cleared 23 FDI proposals out of the 47 proposals which were considered in the meeting. The proposals cleared includes Bandhan, Catholic Syrian Bank, […]
Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis creates vision of his State as a top destination for investments
NEW YORK (TIP): Maharashtra Chief Minister, Devendra Phadnavis was given a rousing welcome, June 29, by the Indian American community at a Community Reception, appropriately named ‘Maharashtra meets Manhattan’. The reception in his honor was […]
OZ FIRMS TO INVEST US$100 MILLION
VADODARA (TIP): Australian firms will invest US $100 million in Vadodara region between Surat and Ahmedabad. This investment will generate close to 10,000 jobs. This was claimed by New South Wales (NSW) Labour Party secretary […]
Centre keen on evolving political consensus on labour reforms
NEW DELHI (TIP): After burning its fingers with the land bill, the NDA government has signalled it will try to build a wide political consensus instead of rushing through the much-awaited labour reforms that will […]
Harvard and hedge fund tycoon hammered for $400 million donation
WASHINGTON (TIP): The world’s wealthiest university just added $400 million to it kitty by way of the largest donation in its history, but the gift from a hedge fund tycoon is being shredded by critics […]
Why Bill Gates doesn’t want students to be like him
WASHINGTON (TIP): Bill Gates is something of a model for education skeptics. Gates — like Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg and Oprah Winfrey — dropped out of college. If they didn’t need a college degree, the […]
India is home to the highest number of hungry people in the world
India is home to the highest number of hungry people in the world, at 194 million, surpassing China, according to United Nations annual hunger report. At the global level, the corresponding figure dropped to 795 […]