Wednesday, 17 April 2013

HCL Tech outperformed despite fewer staff

HCL Tech outperformed despite fewer staff

HCL Tech outperformed despite fewer staff

HCL Technologies reported steady growth in the third quarter (Q3). Growth of its infrastructure management services (IMS) vertical made up for continued sluggish IT services growth. Higher utilisation and more deal wins led to strong operating margins.
Apex court cancels 49 mine leases in Karnataka

Apex court cancels 49 mine leases in Karnataka

THE HINDU View of a mining area in Vittalapur village in Sandur taluk on the inter-State border between Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. Related. NEWS. Illegal mining case: Gali Janardhana Reddy files bail plea IAS officer Srilakshmi gets interim bail Iron ...
Odisha gram sabhas to submit report on bauxite mining issues in 3 months: SC

Odisha gram sabhas to submit report on bauxite mining issues in 3 months: SC

The Supreme Court today said that the gram sabhas of Rayagada and Kalahandi districts of Odisha will decide upon the issues arising out of bauxite mining project in Niyamgiri Hills in three months. The apex court said that the Environment Ministry will take ...
India

India's exports down 1.8 per cent to $300.6 in FY13: Trade Minister Anand Sharma

Vladimir Kramnik, former world chess champion and one of the Candidates who was in race to challenge Viswanathan Anand for the world title, believes the Indian Grandmaster has a chance to beat Magnus Carlsen in the world championship match later this ...
Dearness allowance to be hiked to 80% today

Dearness allowance to be hiked to 80% today

New Delhi: Union Cabinet is likely to approve on Thursday a proposal to increase dearness allowance (DA) to 80 percent from existing 72 percent benefiting about 50 lakh employees and 30 lakh pensioners of the central government. The hike would be ...
Jet Air- Etihad deal likely this month, shares up 4%

Jet Air- Etihad deal likely this month, shares up 4%

Jet Airways' shares rose around 4 percent to Rs 516.55 as its much-awaited deal with Etihad Airways is likely to finalise within a month, according to CNBC-TV18. The deal was earlier pushed to August due to delay in finalising the Bilateral Investment ...
How Voda

How Voda's M-Pesa can be linked to govt's direct transfer scheme

Vodafone India in association with ICICI Bank on Wednesday announced the launch of a unique mobile money transfer and payment service, M-Pesa. With the aim of targeting 700 million unbanked people, the moblile wallet service allows money transfer to ...
Keep calm and carry on in India

Keep calm and carry on in India's slumping car market

Don't tell Hironori Kanayama that investing almost $500 million in a market enduring its worst slump for 12 years is a questionable business decision. Honda Motor Co's India head sees only one way forward: Keep calm and carry on. Global carmakers such ...
Puravankara slips 3.3% despite strong Q4 earnings

Puravankara slips 3.3% despite strong Q4 earnings

Strong fourth quarter earnings failed to enthuse investors holding Puravankara Projects as it announced an interim dividend of 50 percent on paid up share value of Rs 5 to non-promoters ahead of its institutional placement programme (IPP). The company will ...
Don

Don't allow mining in Western Ghats: Panel

NEW DELHI/PANAJI: Around 60,000 sq km of Western Ghats, spread across six states, should be turned into a no-go area for commercial activities like mining, thermal power plants, polluting industries and large housing plans, the high-level working group ...