BUSINESS

Awareness Session on Green Buildings at Hindustan Zinc – Yashad Bhawan – The only CII-IGBC Platinum Green Rated Building in Rajasthan Hindustan Zinc, a Vedanta group company, is India’s only and the World’s second Largest Integrated Producer of Zinc-Lead-Silver. An environment friendly company, Hindustan Zinc is the key initiator in …

Looking beautiful takes work, and more importantly, it takes time. For some, it takes a lot of time, and if you’re like me, you’ll get frustrated when all that time you put in rewards you with a pimple, blotchiness or an oily t-zone. It’s maddening. Well, I decided to get …

Thai listed property developer JAS Asset Plc has bought over the trademark food and cafe chain Casa Lapin from Coffee Project Co Ltd for a price tag of 42 million baht (about US$1.27 million). The company concluded the agreement earlier last month, whereby the high-end coffee house chain will enter …

Indonesia’s economics and business online media firm Katadata has recently completed its second phase of funding with investment coming from Emerging Media Opportunity Fund I, L.P. (EMOF) and leading financial analyst Lin Che Wei. EMOF is managed by Media Development Investment Fund (MDIF), a New York-based non-profit organization that has …

Philippines’ nickel miner Marcventures Holding Inc is merging with two miners Asia Pilot Mining Philippines Corp. (APMPC) and BrightGreen Resources Holding Inc. (BHI) in a deal valued at US$22.1 million (P1.125 billion). The company plans to issue a total of 1.125 billion shares priced at P1.00 apiece, comprising of 675 …

Manila Innovation Hub Launchgarage is planning to take on the role of a venture capital as it is looking to raise a US$5 to US$10 million investment by the third quarter of 2018. Fam Alonto, the Advisory Head of Launchgarage Ventures said the new vehicle is a strategy to address …

 Udaipur : In a shocking incident, a 60-year-old businessman was kidnapped by four-five identified men in SarvraRitu Vilas area under Surajpole police station of the city. What has shocked the police is that the incident took place in broad day light during peak traffic hours in a densely populated commercial area …

New Delhi: Konkan Railway in co-ordination with the Central Railway will run special trains between Mumbai CST/Dadar/Lokmanya Tilak/Pune and Ratnagiri/Sawantwadi Road/Karmali to clear extra rush of passengers during Ganpati Festival 2017. Konkan Railway will run 142 special trains on the above mentioned route. Here are the details: 01445 CST Mumbai …

NEW DELHI: New registrations under the goods & services tax+ (GST) crossed the 10 lakh mark on Saturday, a milestone that brings cheer to policymakers who have been hoping for an increase in the tax base after the rollout of the new tax measure. “The figure of new registrations approved in GST …

Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) and the government’s emphasis on resolution provide opportunity for asset reconstruction companies as stressed assets still have inherent value, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said. During discussions with Asset Reconstruction Companies (ARCs) and Private Equity firms (PE) today, he said these non-performing assets (NPAs) were essentially …

NEW DELHI: Two days before the deadline for filing income tax (I-T) returns ends, the online filing system of the tax department developed a technical snag on Saturday affecting taxpayers’ efforts to upload their annual statements. “For the last two hours, the system has stopped functioning. It is showing a glitch. We now have …

NEW DELHI: Faced with criticism that it gives dirty blankets to passengers, the railways is working on a pilot project to discontinue providing them in AC coaches in some trains. Recently, the CAG, in its report tabled in Parliament, criticised the railways on cleanliness and hygiene in trains and stations. On a trial basis, the …

Equity benchmark NSE Nifty touched the psychological mark of 10,000 for the first time in Tuesday’s opening trade. The broader index opened at 10,010.55, gaining 44.15 points. Here are some of the key points which contributed to the surge: Optimism among investors The policies introduced by the Narendra Modi-government have provided a …

Bajaj Auto is reportedly planning to increase its market share to 26% from the current 15%. In this regard, the company is taking corrective measures including launch of more than half a dozen products. With the help of new launches under the brands V, Avenger, Dominar and Pulsar Bajaj Auto …

Tata Power Delhi Distribution (TPDDL), a joint venture (JV) of Tata Power and the Government of Delhi, has been assigned Solar Power 1A (SP 1A) rating by ICRA, one of India’s leading rating agencies, for the second time in a row. The acknowledgement has been credited to TPDDL as the …

Karnataka Bank aims to achieve an export credit target of Rs 2,500 crore during the current financial year. Besides, the Bank will be proactive in extending all the required banking facilities to the forex sector by giving preferential treatment. Karnataka Bank operates as a private sector bank. Its products and …

Nucleus Software Exports has extended digitization capability of its lending mobility solution (FinnOne Neo mCollect) which can now be used for Unified Payments interface (UPI) based direct fund transfers. With this capability in FinnOne Neo mCollect, the loan collection agents can initiate a UPI based payment request to the customer …

Bank of Baroda has entered into an agreement with Directorate General of Supplies & Disposal (DGS&D) for extending various banking services to Government e-Marketplace (GeM). DGS&D has been mandated to set up GeM, an initiative intended to bring greater transparency and efficiency in public procurements. The relationship of the bank …

Reserve Bank of India has said it will shortly issue Rs. 20 banknotes in the Mahatma Gandhi Series. The new Rs. 20 notes have the inset letter ‘S’ in both the number panels and the signature of RBI Governor Urjit Patel, the central bank said. “All the banknotes in the …