By Vishal Gulati, Bad Kreuznach (Germany) : Tapping renewable energy is a major economic opportunity for developing economies like India. There is a master plan to clean up cities and this would lead to more jobs. But we need to invest, says German environmental and...
New Delhi/ Gurugram : The decision by the Fortis Healthcare board to recommend the offer of the Hero and Burman Family consortium for sale of its business was primarily guided by the certainty of liquidity flowing in to enable greater efficiency, Fortis Director Brian...
Chennai : Over 10 lakh bankers in government and private banks will go on a 48-hour strike starting on May 30, said an All India Bank Employees Association (AIBEA) leader. The United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU) proposed the strike beginning 6 a.m. on May 30, till 6...
Kolkata : India's small farmers and street vendors are exhibiting far more entrepreneurship than the country's corporate sector, Bibek Debroy, Chairman of the Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council, said here on Friday. "Entrepreneurship cannot be taught but...
New Delhi : Amid growing impact of digitisation on the media and entertainment industry, a two-day Asia Media Summit will be held here from Thursday that will discuss an array of issues including media business models in new era and emerging technologies in...
Bengaluru : In a mega deal in India's e-commerce space, global retail giant Walmart Inc on Wednesday announced it was buying 77 per cent equity stake in the country's largest e-tailer Flipkart for $16 billion. "Subject to regulatory approval in India, Walmart will pay...
By K.S. Jayaraman, Bengaluru : Thanks to government funding, Indian physicists are preparing for a deep dive into the quantum world that holds the secrets for developing exciting technologies for computing, communication, cryptography and many more. Schemes for making...
By Vishal Gulati, New Delhi : People in Germany's small towns and rural areas are turning to renewable energy in a process that has special lessons for countries like India. Learning how Germany's citizen-owned, highly-decentralised energy transition, named...
By Rituraj Baruah, New Delhi : Almost a year after the Real Estate Regulatory Act (RERA) was enacted, its implementation is still patchy, with a permanent regulator missing in most states. The result is that buyers still have not got a clear roadmap and builders...
New Delhi : Nearly 57 percent Indian IT managers can't identify network traffic while 61 per cent dont know how their bandwidth is consumed, a new report said on Wednesday, adding that the majority of Indian IT managers have legal liabilities when it comes to...