Walt Disney has laid off about 250 employees and replaced them with Indians holding H1-B visas.
'Visiting my friend in his affluent locality, I realised that the Delhi weather had become the great equaliser.' 'Pollution was always in the air, everywhere, and had become the primary subject of all conversations,' notes Ambassador B S Prakash.
'The 5.7% growth in the April-June period is an aberration because of GST.' 'Business activity in the last 15 days of the quarter was minimal or zero.'
In the first of a two-part series, Tamal Bandyopadhyay explains why the ICICI Bank's board first rushed to deny all allegations against Kochhar and then took the extreme steps against her.
Top Congress sources said they would not hold up the Bill.
Uneasy calm prevailed in Ayodhya, which on Saturday looked like a fortress, with deployment of more than 10,000 cops on the 22nd anniversary of the demolition of the Babri Mosque.
Normal life was affected in Manipur on Thursday because of an 18-hour general strike called by some major social organistions to protest against kidnapping of a businessman by suspected Naga militants.
The move is aimed at making it easier to do business in India.
There is a case for analysing the fiscal deficit, separately for expenditure and investment.
Vashu Bhagnani is ready to launch his son Jaccky in Kal Kissne Dekha, opposite another newcomer Vaishali Desai. He tells us about his journey to stardom.
If a holiday, banks will have to report the details on the next working day.
As China begins rejuvenation of its military power, there is an urgent need for transformation of the Indian military, says Lieutenant General Anil Chait (retd).
FinMin plans tougher targets for bad loans, Casa and others in performance-linked pay for senior management.
The proposed exchange is likely to be almost as big as Mumbai's Bharat Diamond Bourse, now said to be fully occupied.
Government looking at cushioning slowdown due to demonetisation with sops and higher outlay for micro, small and medium enterprises, agriculture, and affordable housing.
The delegation, comprising leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj, her counterpart in Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley and others, said Mukherjee had assured them that DTC was only at the drafting stage and discussions were still on.
It makes it mandatory for companies to spend on social welfare and seeks to bring in greater transparency.
Say will take up the issue with the HUL management.
Sources said the major criteria for review will be the minimum paid-up capital of the bank, nature of new entities to be allowed in the banking sector, promoters' contribution in the paid-up capital, nature of promoters and corporate governance norms in the current scenario.
Agreeing to a $633.3 billion defence authorisation bill for the fiscal 2013, a conference committee of the United States Congress has sought from the authorities a "review and report" regarding defence ties with India.
Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation, which is the designated agency for the formation of the bank, will have 11 per cent stake in the proposed banking company.
A senior official with Muthoot Finance said the group would also want to apply for a universal licence.
Economists expect Modi to announce big-bang reforms.
'We'll certainly have Hollywood productions, so why wouldn't we have Bollywood?'
This follows a letter written by eight US Congressmen to that country's Export-Import Bank (Exim Bank) asking it to immediately suspend all financial assistance to RIL until the company agrees to stop selling gasoline to Iran.
Yet another young Indian American Democratic Party activist has been named for United States President-elect Barack Obama's transition team.Parag Mehta, 31, has been named the deputy director of inter-governmental affairs and public liaison of the Obama-Biden transition team, charged with outreach to Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and other minority groups.His appointment follows close on the heels of the appointments of two Indian Americans.
The Malaysian government has said that the plight of the minority ethnic Indians in the country was being seriously looked into by a special cabinet committee to ensure that the community had participation in the national economy and equity.
'National assets, created over the years through tax-payers's money, should not be handed over to business houses at throwaway prices.'
Opposition led by Congress on Thursday upped the ante against the government on the bugging issue demanding a judicial probe and a statement by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the matter which, they said, has put NDA's credibility at stake.
Fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar on Friday filed an appeal against the five-year ban slapped on him by the Pakistan Cricket Board.
The 37-year-old labourer Srikanta Shee hanged himself from a guava tree in the compound of his house at Gopalnagar-Sonapara at around 2 am, Officer-in-Charge of Singur police station Priyabrata Bakshi said.
India Inc was, perhaps, watching out for a repeat of the dot-com bubble burst of the early 2000s.
Contract finally given for Rs 2,400-cr project, with GIFT City-like features
The Mutual Fund Identification Number (MIN), mandatory for investments above Rs 50,000 in mutual funds, is likely to stay, even though the month-old confusion over it continues.
Accusing the Congress of creating obstacles in the path of growth and economy, he declared that the government would try to get the bill passed with the help of parties
"Our government does not delay decisions. We neither nurse problems nor keep them pending," Modi said.
Legislation with respect to outsourcing were introduced in nearly all the 50 US states as well as in the Congress and there is little to indicate that this legislative trend is going to stop, a new study has indicated.
Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das tells Anup Roy, Raghu Mohan and Niraj Bhatt that it is time for banks to lower interest rates and start lending to cash-starved finance companies after due credit appraisal and proper risk assessment.
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