▼ FIIs and FPIs can invest 49% in Gammon Infrastructure Project [05-17-15]
The RBI in a statement issued on 27th May’15 said that the purchases could be made through primary market and stock exchanges. The board of Gammon has passed resolutions and the shareholders have passed a special resolution, agreeing for enhancing the limit for the purchase of its equity shares and convertible debentures by Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs)/RFPIs.
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▼ 15% wage raise for bank employees as per agreement between Unions and IBA [05-17-15]
The latest wage revision is effective from November 1, 2012. The Reserve Bank of India has given an in-principle approval to banks for allowing holidays on every second and fourth Saturdays of a month.
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▼ Gujarat enters into agreement with Chinese firm for developing smart cities in state [05-17-15]
ZTEsoft is a subsidiary of ZTE Corporation, the largest public telecom equipment manufacturer in China. ZTEsoft and the Gujarat Government will work jointly to find the target city/area to be converted into a smart city.
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▼ Snapdeal signs MoU with SBI [05-17-15]
The strategy to tie-up with e-commerce sites also highlights the bank’s new strategy to keep in check the non-performing assets (NPA) in the SME sector by giving loans to sellers with good market access.
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▼ TATA Power to be replaced by Lupin on bourses [05-17-15]
Private sector electricity producer Tata Power will move out of the stock market benchmark index Sensex and will be replaced by drugmaker Lupin.
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▼ New Ammonia Urea complex to be set up in Assam [05-17-15]
In the proposed Joint Venture, a PSU of Department of Fertilizers namely Brahmaputra Valley Fertilizer Corporation Limited (BVFCL), Government of Assam and Oil India Limited (another PSU) shall have 11%, 11% and 26% equity holding respectively and balance 52% by private/public sector entity(ies) which would be inducted through a competitive bidding process.
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▼ Huawaei and Reliance Jio sign agreement for sourcing 4G devices [05-17-15]
Various devices include Wifi dongles, Tablets and Smartphones.
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▼ 30 cold chains sanctioned for setting up in the country [05-17-15]
These projects will help in reducing the wastage of food and the Ministry will also provide grant of Rs 274 crore on these projects.
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▼ Infosys to open first overseas campaign in China [05-17-15]
A MoU in this regard was signed between Infosys and the local Chinese provincial government at the India-China Business Forum, which was addressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Shanghai during his visit to China.
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▼ Doordarshan signs agreement with CCTV [05-14-15]
Prasar Bharathi CEO Jawhar Sircar, who signed the agreement on behalf of India in Beijing on 15th May’15, said that the agreement enables both Doordarshn and CCTV to share programmes on their networks free of cost.
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▼ India and China sign 24 agreements for bilateral cooperation [05-14-15]
These agreements include enhancing cooperation in Railways, mineral and mining sectors, space, tourism, trade, vocational education and skill development. Both the countries will also establish Additional Consulate General. Both the countries have also agreed to establish China-India think tank forum and three sister cities.
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▼ SC dismisses spectrum extension petitions by corporate groups [05-14-15]
Petitioners were seeking extension of their 20-year spectrum licenses by another 10 years. The telecom operators had also challenged the government's decision to reject their applications for extension of their licenses and auction the spectrum surrendered by them.
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▼ 56 Indian companies figure in Forbes list of 100 most powerful public companies [05-14-15]
United States is on top with its share of 579 companies. .Japan slid to the third spot. Reliance Industries, the topmost India company is ranked 142 on the list, down from last year's 135th spot. Reliance is followed by State Bank of India. Major banks ICICI Bank, Axis Bank and HDFC Bank, PSUs like Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, Indian Oil, Bharat Petroleum, NTPC and others like Tata Motors, Tata Consultancy Services ,Bharti Airtel ,Infosys, Wipro ,Tata Steel and Adani Enterprises make it to the 'Global 2000'list.
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▼ Bharti Retail Ltd and Futures Group merge to create one of the largest retail chains [05-13-15]
Kishore Biyani-promoted Future Retail will merge its retail operations with Bharti Retail to create one of India's largest retail networks with 570 stores across the country.
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▼ BHEL commissions KBUNL unit in Bihar [05-13-15]
In a statement in New Delhi today BHEL said, this is the first 195 MW unit to be commissioned by it. The second 195 MW unit is expected to be commissioned in the current financial year, the statement added.
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▼ Microsoft launches new browser Edge [05-13-15]
Edge is lighter and faster and will come with many new features like distraction free reading mode, built in notation tool and so on. Earlier we browser of Microsoft was Internet Explorer launched in 1995.
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▼ Broadcast Audience Research Council, new system for TV viewership devised [05-13-15]
The data released by BARC, a joint venture between the TV and advertising industry, shows Star Plus as the leading Hindi general entertainment channel in the country (Hindi-speaking markets), Zee as strong in regional channels like Telugu and Marathi, Aaj Tak leading in Hindi news (Hindi-speaking markets) and Times Now on top in English news category (All India).
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