Lenovo launches news smartphone A6000
Jan 22, 2015, at 02:07 am
New Delhi, Jan 21 (IBNS): Lenovo on Wednesday introduced in India the Lenovo A6000, an affordable 4G smartphone.
Honda joins hands with Shriram Automall
Jan 22, 2015, at 01:52 am
New Delhi, Jan 21 (IBNS): Two-wheeler industry Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India Pvt. Ltd. (HMSI) has announced exclusive tie-up with Shriram Automall India Limited (SAMIL), a wholly owned subsidiary of Shriram Transport Finance Company (STFC) to cater to the pre-owned 2-wheeler segment.
High-level committee for restructuring of FCI submits report to PM
Jan 21, 2015, at 11:13 pm
New Delhi, Jan 21 (IBNS) A high-level committee for restructuring of Food Corporation of India, ton Wednesday submitted its report to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, officials said.
Indian market ends at record highs
Jan 21, 2015, at 11:05 pm
Mumbai, Jan 21 (IBNS): The Indian market continued its positive run and ended at record highs on Wednesday.
Lapcare powers up the external battery market with latest and innovative product
Jan 21, 2015, at 09:23 pm
New Delhi, January 21 (IBNS)In a bid to feed today's power hungry devices, Lapcare, a leading brand in smartphone, tablet and laptop accessories and peripherals, has introduced a first of it's kind power bank, which also functions as a hard disk the Lapcare Yo! M-25.
Bourbon Offshore expands business foothold
Jan 21, 2015, at 09:12 pm
New Delhi, Jan 21 (IBNS): Bourbon Offshore Ltd., a leading French offshore major, has expanded the business foothold with two strategic partnerships.
International Monetary Fund downgrades global growth forecast, despite cheaper oil
Jan 21, 2015, at 04:17 pm
New York, Jan 21 (IBNS) Despite a sharp decline in oil prices, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in its latest economic outlook on Tuesday lowered growth expectations for this year and the next for most countries due to slowdown in investment, and urged governments and central banks to pursue economic stimulation policies and structural reforms to boost growth.
World Bank: Worst-affected countries 'crippled' by economic impact of Ebola
Jan 21, 2015, at 04:12 pm
New York, Jan 21 (IBNS): While the Ebola epidemic shows its first signs of slowing and confidence grows about stopping the outbreak and reaching the target of zero new cases, a new World Bank Group report on economic impacts of the disease says its effects will continue to cripple the economies of hard-hit Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone.
Jan 21, 2015, at 04:05 pm
Mumbai, Jan 21 (IBNS): The Indian market opened on a strong note on Wednesday with both the BSE Sensex and the Nifty gaining points.
UN study predicts rising global unemployment due to slower growth, inequality, turbulence
Jan 21, 2015, at 03:52 pm
New York, Jan 21 (IBNS)An extra 10 million people worldwide are likely to be unemployed by 2019, a new United Nations report has said on Tuesday , pointing to slower growth, widening inequalities and economic turbulence as reasons behind the trend.
Twitter buys India's startup ZipDial
Jan 21, 2015, at 04:33 am
Bangalore, Jan 20 (IBNS): Micro-blogging site Twitter on Tuesday said it has acquired Bangalore-based mobile value added services startup ZipDial.
Virgin Atlantic Airways selects TCS to support Digital Transformation Programme
Jan 21, 2015, at 04:30 am
London/Kolkata/Mumbai, Jan 20 (IBNS): Tata Consultancy Services, the leading IT services, consulting and business solutions organization, on Tuesday announced that it has been selected by Virgin Atlantic Airways (VAA), one of the UK's leading airlines, to provide fully managed services to transform and optimize its IT processes, applications and infrastructure.
Crowdfunding platform Wishberry secures Rs. 4 cr seed funding
Jan 21, 2015, at 04:17 am
New Delhi, Jan 20 (IBNS): Indian crowdfunding platform Wishberry, founded by ex-McKinsey consultants Priyanka Agarwal (CEO) and Anshulika Dubey (COO) in 2012 has secured four crores in seed funding.
Guinness book of World Records recognises achievements made under PMJDY: FM
Jan 21, 2015, at 04:14 am
New Delhi, Jan 20 (IBNS): Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday said that the financial Inclusion is one of the top most priorities of the government.
Tata Communications announces investment for capacity purchase in Seaborn Networks' US-Brazil cable
Jan 21, 2015, at 03:45 am
New Jersey /Kolkata, Jan 20 (IBNS): Tata Communications, a provider of A New World of Communications, and Seaborn Networks, the developer and operator of the first express submarine cable between the United States and Sao Paulo, Brazil, announced Tata Communications' investment for purchase of significant capacity in Seaborn Networks' cable system between Brazil and US.
Vodafone India announces appStar global contest winner
Jan 21, 2015, at 03:09 am
Mumbai, Jan 20 (IBNS): Telecommunications service providers Vodafone India on Tuesday announced the winners of second edition of the global 'Vodafone appStar' event held in Bangalore recently.
Strides Arcolab signs agreement with Gilead Sciences
Jan 21, 2015, at 02:38 am
Bangalore/Kolkata, Jan 20 (IBNS): Strides Arcolab Limited (Strides) on Tuesday announced that it has entered into a licensing agreement with Gilead Sciences, Inc. under which Gilead has extended non-exclusive rights to Strides to manufacture and distribute Tenofovir Alafenamide (TAF), both as a single agent product and in combination with other drugs.
Mamata inaugurates Keventer's two projects in North Bengal
Jan 20, 2015, at 11:23 pm
Siliguri, Jan 20 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee formally inaugurated two projects of the Keventer Group in North Bengal.
Info Edge registers net sales at Rs 145.7 cr Q3 FY15
Jan 20, 2015, at 04:41 am
New Delhi, Jan 19 (IBNS): Info Edge (India) Limited on Monday announced results for the 3rd quarter ended Dec 31, 2014.
Domestic air passengers grow by 9.7pct during 2014
Jan 20, 2015, at 04:18 am
New Delhi, Jan 19 (IBNS) The government on Monday said the domestic air passengers have grown by 9.7 percent in 2014.
1st Mobility Excellence Awards ceremony held in New Delhi
Jan 20, 2015, at 03:44 am
New Delhi, Jan 19 (IBNS) Mobility, India's leading mobile technology magazine, organized grandly their 1st Mobility Excellence Awards Night in New Delhi, to felicitate the achievers of mobility industry for their outstanding performances in 2014 in different segments of mobility industry - covering mobile handsets, apps and accessories.
Wipro's profit jumps to 8 percent in Q3
Jan 19, 2015, at 04:35 pm
Mumbai, Jan 19 (IBNS): India’s third largest outsourcer Wipro reported a consolidated profit of Rs 2,193 crore on consolidated sales of Rs 12,085 crore for the three months ended December 31, 2014, media reports said.
Jan 18, 2015, at 05:07 am
Zaragoza, Spain, Jan 17 (IBNS) The three day session of 2015 UN-Water Annual International Conference comes to an end in Zaragoza, Spain, on Saturday.
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GreatWhite Global introduces home and building automation system in Kolkata
Jan 18, 2015, at 05:07 am
Kolkata, Jan 17 (IBNS): Taking forward its strategic partnership with Italian major VIMAR S.p.A, GreatWhite Global Pvt Ltd, one of India’s pioneers in the electrical sector, today introduces new range of innovative and intuitive technology of the home and building automation systems in Kolkata.
Government has no Intention to Privatise Either Railways or Coal India: FM
Jan 18, 2015, at 05:05 am
New Delhi, Jan 17 (IBNS) Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley assured the representatives of various Trade Unions that the Government has no intention to privatise either railways or Coal India.
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GP Tronics inaugurates new solar power plant
Jan 17, 2015, at 06:08 am
Kolkata, Jan 16 (IBNS): Solar power manufacturer and the channel partner of Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), GP Tronics on Friday inaugurated their new semi-automatic solar inverter manufacturing plant in Kolkata.
Datsun Go+ Compact Family Wagon launched
Jan 17, 2015, at 05:38 am
Kolkata, Jan 16 (IBNS): Datsun India has launched its new offering Datsun GO+, a sub-4 meter Compact Family Wagon with a spacious interior and flexible three-row seating.
Electrosteel leverages Microsoft Cloud to reduce IT cost by more than 50%
Jan 17, 2015, at 05:36 am
New Delhi /Kolkata, Jan 16 (IBNS): Pipeline solutions provider Electrosteel Limited has reduced their IT cost by more than 50 percent and improved collaboration amongst its 1,200-strong workforce across two group companies (Electrosteel Castings Ltd. and Electrosteel Steels Ltd.) by deploying Microsoft Office 365.
Jan 17, 2015, at 05:09 am
Nifty Future opened on a positive note and saw some intraday correction in earlier part of the week but mid week Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) surprise announcement of a cut in its main lending rate viz. the repo rate by 25 basis points helped it to attain its highest closing level in more than six weeks getting help from factors like RBI’s surprise announcement of a rate cut which led to rally in rate sensitive sectors like realty, auto and bank stocks which helped Maruti, Yes bank, Axis bank scaled fresh new highs and good third quarter numbers declared from Yes bank and TCS.
BALCO to start new power plant in Chhattisgarh
Jan 17, 2015, at 04:43 am
Raipur, Jan 16 (IBNS): Bharat Aluminium Company Limited (BALCO), a subsidiary of Vedanta's SSLT announced that it has received approval from the state government of Chhattisgarh, to start a 1,200 megawatts (MW) captive power plant (4 units of 300 MW each).