 | NDTV - Business |
| |
Current Headlines | Most Read | Archives |
|
| |
 |
India gets USD 1 bn to improve education (19 March 06:24) |
| World Bank has approved 2 education projects worth USD 1.05 bn for India, designed to boost number of children enrolling in and completing elementary school, and to improve quality of engine... |
| |
|
GM to launch electric Spark by year-end (19 March 06:24) |
| General Motor said it would launch the electric version of its small car 'Spark' in the Indian markt by the end of this year.It will be an electric version of our small car Spark.Considering... |
| |
|
All schools in India to have an IT teacher Sibal (19 March 06:24) |
| All secondary schools in India will have a computer teacher each and the central government will bear the related expenses, Kapil Sibal said. We will pay their salary, which is Rs.10,000 per... |
| |
|
Obama signs USD 18-bn jobs bill (19 March 06:24) |
| Obama signed a nearly USD 18-bn jobs bill into law, hoping measure will be first of many to bring labour market out of a long slump. HIRE act contains about $13 billion worth of tax incenti... |
| |
|
EGoM clears draft food security Bill (19 March 06:24) |
| The Empowered Group of Ministers (eGoM) today cleared the draft Food Security Bill that seeks to give legal right to the poor to get 25 kgs of foodgrain at Rs 3 per kg. The draft Food Securi... |
| |
|
Oil stalls month-long rally drifts below $82 (19 March 06:24) |
| Oil prices drifted below USD 82 a barrel in Asia, pulling back from a monthlong rally that was fueled by mostly positive news about US economy.Benchmark crude for April delivery was down 26 ... |
| |
|
Mercedes-Benz launches GL-Class (19 March 02:23) |
| Mercedes on Thursday launched its luxury sports utility vehicle GL-Class in the country, priced between Rs 63.57 lakh and Rs 68.48 lakh (ex-showroom, Mumbai). The new SUV GL350 CDI is po... |
| |
|
3G bidding begins auction on April 9 (19 March 12:17) |
| Bharti Airtel has submitted its application for the auction of 3G spectrum, and RCom, Tata Teleservices, Aircel and Vodafone are likely to submit their bids soon. The auction will take place... |
| |
|
Apollo plans 32 new hospitals in two years (19 March 12:17) |
| While 11 new hospitals will come up in the next fiscal year, 20 more centres will open in 2011-12, Apollo chairman Prathap C. Reddy told reporters. The chain, which plans to add 1,500 beds i... |
| |
|
Pepsi denies charges of water extraction (19 March 12:17) |
| Cola major Pepsico today denied the charge that its plant in Pudussery in Palakkad district has been causing depletion of ground water in the arid area by over extraction of water. |
| |
|
Vindi Banga to leave Unilever by May (19 March 12:17) |
| After 33 years of service in Unilever, Manvinder Singh Banga, better known as Vindi Banga, will leave the company by May this year. He has been responsible for Unilever's food, home and pers... |
| |
|
Finmin to meet RBI on financial inclusion on Friday (18 March 10:21) |
| Finmin and RBI officials will meet on Friday in Mumbai to finalise new technological models for spreading banking activities in unbanked areas.Financial services secretary R Gopalansaid the ... |
| |
|
Oil falls to near USD 82 after 2-day rally (18 March 10:21) |
| Oil prices fell to near USD 82 a barrel in Asia, paring two days of gains that were fueled by signs US crude demand may be improving.Benchmark crude for April delivery was down 75 cents to U... |
| |
|
SAIL NTPC seek Maharatna status (18 March 10:21) |
| SAIL and NTPC have approached the government seeking the coveted Maharatna status that will give them greater financial autonomy. The Union Cabinet had cleared the Maharatna scheme in Decemb... |
| |
|
Food inflation falls to 16 (18 March 08:17) |
| Food inflation for the week ended March 6 is at 16.3 per cent vs 17.81 per cent. (week-on-week). WPI primary articles index is down 0.9 per cent (wow) and primary articles inflation at 14.16... |
| |
|
SpiceJet introduces two new direct sectors (18 March 08:17) |
| SpiceJet has introduced two direct sectors -- Ahmedabad-Kolkata and Kolkata-Hyderabad -- in its summer schedule for this year. It would also increase its operations in the northeast by comme... |
| |
|
Google teams with Intel Sony on new TV platform (18 March 06:16) |
| Google team up with Intel,Sony to develop a new TV platform that company hopes will extend its dominance from computers and cellphones to TV.Reports said that Google service will run on set-... |
| |
|
Toyota faces criminal charges in Canada (18 March 06:16) |
| Toyota may be slapped with criminal charges in Canada for hiding accelerator problems from motorists even as it was trying to fix it. Toyota recalled more than 2.3 mn vehicles in US and Cana... |
| |
|
Rupee falls by 9 paise against USD in early trade (18 March 06:16) |
| The Indian rupee depreciated by 9 paise at 45.43 in early trade today as dollar gained overseas.At the Interbank Foreign Exchange (Forex) market, the rupee fell by 9 paise to 45.43 a dollar.... |
| |
|
BMW to start used car business in India by April (18 March 04:17) |
| German luxury carmaker BMW today said it will start its used car business, 'BMW Premium Selection', in India by April this year aiming for at least 30 per cent of its total sales in the coun... |
| |
|
Sensex takes pause on profit-booking (18 March 04:17) |
| After showing strong rally in last two straight sessions, the key equity indices took a pause amid profit-booking on Thursday. The 30-share index Sensex was marginally up by 0.15 per cent at... |
| |
|
UBI lists with 17 premium on BSE (18 March 04:17) |
| State-run United Bank of India listed with a premium of 17 per cent on the BSE, over its issue price.Fuelled by positive sentiments, the stock listed with a premium on the bourses. However, ... |
| |
|
GM India may launch SUV by 2011 focuses on localisation (18 March 04:17) |
| Sources say over the next one year the company is focused on launching variants of Beat, Cruze and Spark. After that comes the launch of an all new sedan which may replace AVEO and an all ne... |
| |
|
Inflation in worrying zone admits Montek (18 March 12:21) |
| With inflation near the double-digit mark, Planning Commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia on Wednesday said it has entered the worrying area. However, he hoped that the soaring p... |
| |
|
Govt buys 24279 lakh tonnes of rice (18 March 12:21) |
| Govt has procured 242.79 lakh tonne of rice for the central pool so far in the 2009-10 season ending September, about 2.37 pc lower than last season. Rice procurement stood at 248.69 lakh to... |
| |
|
Facebook beats Google for visitors Tracker (17 March 10:23) |
| Facebook surpassed Google to become the most visited website in the United States for the first time last week, industry analysts showed.Facebook's homepage finished the week ending March 13... |
| |
|
India Incs hiring activity up 17 in Feb (17 March 10:23) |
| India Inc's hiring activity was up 17 pc in Feb with telecom and auto sectors leading the rebound, a report by leading job portal Naukri.com said.The naukri.com's monthly Job Speak survey re... |
| |
|
Unique ID number will help bring in transparency Nilekani (17 March 08:15) |
| Unique Identification Number will bring in mobility, choice, transparency and accountability at the doorsteps of the common man.The Infosys co-founder, who now heads the govt's ambitious Uni... |
| |
|
L and T bags Rs 1000 cr project from ONGC (17 March 08:15) |
| Engineering major Larsen and Toubro today said it has bagged a project worth Rs 1,013 crore from Oil and Natural Gas Corporation.he company has bagged the contract for four well platforms ... |
| |
|
Decision on capital infusion in PSBs by April-end (17 March 08:15) |
| The government on Wednesday said it will take a decision to infuse around Rs 16,500 crore capital in the public sector banks by the end of next month.The government is expected to take view ... |
| |
|
Bernanke to wage fresh battle for Fed powers (17 March 08:15) |
| Fed chariman Bernanke plans to wage a fresh battle against Senate efforts to scale back the Fed's role in supervising the nation's banks.In testimony prepared for a House hearing,Bernanke ar... |
| |
|
Champagne bottles get lighter to go green (17 March 06:23) |
| The champagne industry is launching a new standard bottle that looks the same as ever but weighs 835 grams instead of 900 grams. That means vehicles transporting it will require less fuel. T... |
| |
|
Dotcom celebrates 25th birthday (17 March 04:15) |
| 25 years ago this week a computer maker registered the first .com address on what would eventually become known as the WWW . 10 years later there were 120,000 dotcoms and "today we ... |
| |
|
Inflation could be in double digit in March Pranab (17 March 04:15) |
| Pranab Mukherjee said he will not be surprised if we have a double-digit inflation by March. We are primarily concerned with food inflation. It has to be tackled, Mukherjee told the Rajya Sa... |
| |
|
Reliance eyes gas venture in US (17 March 04:15) |
| Reliance Industries Ltd. is nearing a deal to buy a big stake in a large US natural-gas field, according to the Wall Street Journal. Under the deal as considered, Reliance would pay between ... |
| |
|
Honda recalls more than 400000 cars in US (17 March 04:15) |
| Honda is recalling 412,000 vehicles in the US over a problem with brake pedals, the Japanese carmaker announced Tuesday. Honda said it would recall 344,000 Odyssey and 68,000 Element models ... |
| |
|
Renault-Nissan in talks with Ashok Leyland for making cars (17 March 04:15) |
| Renault-Nissan chief executive Carlos Ghosn confirmed that alliance is in talks with Ashok Leyland for making small cars.There is a sizeable market for cars in the sub-B segment in all devel... |
| |
|
Boeing 777s must get new software FAA (17 March 04:15) |
| Federal Aviation Administration wants new software installed on Boeing 777s to prevent crews from inadvertently engaging the autopilot before takeoff. The problem can result in a high-speed ... |
| |
|
ArcelorMittal to set up USD 130 mn steel mill in Iraq (16 March 10:12) |
| Global steel giant ArcelorMittal said it will set up a USD 130 mn steel plant in war-torn Iraq in collaboration with Turkish firm Dayen. Mill would annually produce in its initial phase up t... |
| |
|
Silver rises by Rs 200 on strong global cues (16 March 10:12) |
| Silver prices rose by Rs 206 to Rs 27,235 per kg in futures market on Tuesday on emergence of buying influenced by firming global trend. Pick up in demand following beginning of 'Navratra' f... |
| |
|
Indian-American businessman charged by SEC with fraud (16 March 08:22) |
| Vinod Gupta, former CEO and Chairman of Omaha-based info USA Inc allegedly used corporate funds to pay almost USD 9.5 mn in personal expenses. He additionally caused the company to enter int... |
| |
|
Eurozone agrees on bailout plan for Greece (16 March 08:22) |
| 16 eurozone nations of EU agreed on an emergency plan to rescue heavily indebted Greece from bankruptcy. Finance ministers of eurozone nations at a meetingexpressed their readiness to provid... |
| |
|
Godrej Consumer buys Nigerias Tura (16 March 08:22) |
| Godrej Group has finally acquired Nigerian based personal care company Tura International a company which were also in talks with Wipro and Dabur for a sell out. Sources say Godrej has spe... |
| |
|
Pressure on food prices coming down Pranab (16 March 06:27) |
| Pranab Mukherjee said that pressure on food prices is easing, even as overall wholesale price-based inflation is almost in double digits. Wholesale price-based inflation rose to 9.89pc in Fe... |
| |
|
DaimlerRenault in talks over equity stakes (16 March 06:27) |
| Daimler and its French rival Renault are in discussion for acquiring equity stakes in each other as part of a possible alliance. "The stakes to be bought or swapped were likely to ... |
| |
|
MM to double equity with a 12 split (16 March 06:27) |
| The leading SUV and commercial vehicles maker Mahindra & Mahindra today sad it has got the approval of its shareholders go in for stock split. The shareholders passed a resolution to thi... |
| |
|
Govt removes import duty on dairy products (16 March 06:27) |
| Concerned over the rising prices of milk, the government has removed the duty on skimmed milk powder and other dairy products.In a notification issued by the revenue department, the dairy ... |
| |
|
RBI action expected on inflation experts (16 March 06:27) |
| Inflation is likely to rise over 10 pc in Mar from 9.89 pc in Feb and could prompt the RBI to signal hike in interest rates in the April policy.It expects the RBI to begin withdrawing liquid... |
| |
|
Sensex flat on eighth straight session (16 March 04:25) |
| 30-share index Sensex was up by near 0.25 per cent while the broad-based index Nifty advanced by a slender margin of 0.2 per cent. More than 20 out of 30 shares at Sensex were in green zone ... |
| |
|
BHEL bags Rs 3348 cr contract from IOC (15 March 10:44) |
| BHEL has won a Rs 3,348 crore contract to set up 376 MW captive power plant at the upcoming Paradip Refinery Project of Indian Oil Corp in Orissa. The equiment for the project will be suppli... |
|
