News – Biz@India
Tata Sons sacks Cyrus Mistry, Ratan Tata at the he...
October 25, 2016
After the board of Tata Sons Ltd replaced Cyrus Mistry as the chairman of the Tata Group on Monday, with his emblematic predecessor Ratan Tata, as an interim chairman, key questions are raised about the future of the multinational group ; from its governance to its strategy and f...
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International airlines desire to fly on domestic I...
October 24, 2016
As major foreign players in the airline industry show increasing interest in India's regional air connectivity, the aim of the present government to make flying affordable looks achievable; however, the essential need is still to pass the litmus test.
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Indian IT giant Wipro acquires American firm Appir...
October 22, 2016
Wipro Limited, a major IT company announced earlier this week that it has acquired Appirio Inc., a US-based cloud services firm, for an approximate EUR 450 million. However, declining revenue rates, revealed yesterday, remains a concern.
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Interview with Pawan Agarwal, CEO, Food Safety and...
October 21, 2016
Media India Group interviewed Pawan Agarwal, Additional Secretary and Chief Executive Officer, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI). The FSSAI is a key Indian public organisation that has the huge responsibility of ensuring that the food available in the country i...
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WebEngage, an Indian specialist in the promising a...
October 20, 2016
As online engagement is increasingly playing a key role in the current paradigm of web-based enterprises, a seamless multi-channel communication platform has become very crucial.
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Four-tier GST bill structure proposed in India
October 19, 2016
The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council headed by the Indian Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley, proposed a four-tier GST bill structure and rates on the first day of the GST meeting that is scheduled to run from October 18-20.
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India joins the Nuclear Triad club
October 19, 2016
India's first indigenously-built nuclear submarine INS Arihant will begin its operations soon. With this development, India has joined the elite Nuclear Triad club of superpowers who can launch nukes from air, land and water.
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BRICS 2016 Summit sees modest results
October 18, 2016
The 8th BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) summit, organised this weekend in Goa, India, has not recorded any significant results in order to develop the political and economic cohesion of this group of countries that is still very disparate and often having diver...
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Revisions in Montreal Protocol to reduce HFCs
October 17, 2016
Days after many countries joined hands to mitigate the increase in global climate issues, new revisions in the Montreal Protocol are now focusing towards reducing the use of Hydro Fluorocarbons (HFCs) contributing in the increase of global warming.
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MSF calls for caution ahead of RCEP negotiations i...
October 14, 2016
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) or Doctors Without Borders have called the negotiating countries for upcoming Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) trade agreement to reject terms that could potentially harm access to medicines for its citizens.
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