Industry
Cabinet refuses to peg pharma sector FDI at 49%
29 Nov 2013
Despite an alarming rate of rejection of Indian pharmaceutical manufacturing and R&D facilities by foreign acquirers, the union cabinet has refused to revisit the pharma sector FDI policy
Iran to allow IAEA inspectors into Arak nuclear facility
29 Nov 2013
India’s economy grew at 4.8 per cent in the July-September quarter, against the 4.4 per cent growth recorded in the previous quarter of the current fiscal
ZTE targeting $800 million revenue for 2014
28 Nov 2013
TRAI issues fresh norms to spread mobile banking
28 Nov 2013
NSA snooping confounds experts at Google, Yahoo
27 Nov 2013
Pakistan building 2200 MW nuclear power project
27 Nov 2013
Power-starved Pakistan has started construction of a 2200 megawatt atomic power plant, at an estimated cost of $10 billion
Wi-Fi sites across globe wide open to abuse, finds survey
27 Nov 2013
The international Wi-Fi market is expected to be worth more than $93 billion by 2018
Diageo to sell bulk of Whyte & Mackay to salvage United Spirits deal
26 Nov 2013
The sale is intended to satisfy the UK’s fair trade watchdog's concerns that Diageo's acquisition of United Spirits may lead to higher whisky prices in the UK
2G auction likely in Jan as EGoM agrees on pricing formula
23 Nov 2013
An empowered group of ministers on telecom pricing has decided to accept the reserve price for auction of spectrum for the 900 and 1800 Mhz bands suggested by the Telecom Commission
Government to review FDI policy in pharma, realty
23 Nov 2013
The union cabinet is expected to initiate the process of reducing FDI limits to 49 per cent in existing pharmaceutical companies producing critical medicines
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