India's National Small Industries Corporation (NSIC) and Local Enterprise Authority (LEA), a statutory authority of the government of Botswana, both of which support micro, small & medium enterprises (MSMEs) in the corresponding countries, signed an agreement of mutual cooperation for the development MSME sectors in the two countries.
Software and services exports from the country are likely to register a growth of 5.5 percent to USD 49.7 billion in fiscal 2009-10, reports a news agency citing on Thursday citing the National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM).
The government Thursday approved the setting up of a $1.3 billion (Rs.5,990 crore) integrated hi-speed data network, which will connect over 1,500 educational institutions and help scale up research capabilities of universities.
The national plan for industrial disaster management, which will also provide incentives to chemical units that put in place a proper mechanism for disaster management, will be unveiled June-end, a top official said in Gandhinagar on Tuesday.
"Unleash your creativity against poverty" is the theme of a Europe-wide advertising competition launched today by the United Nations Regional Information Centre in Brussels (UNRIC) and the Amsterdam office of Euro RSCG 4D. The heart of the campaign is a competition that invites citizens of 48 European countries (including professionals) to design an ad, which will be used to promote the campaign.
The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) on Thursday welcomed the discussion paper that was recently brought out by DIPP (Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion) on National Manufacturing Policy.
The feasibility study conducted between India and Australia recently is a significant step towards inking a free trade agreement (FTA) between the two nations, said the Trade Minister of Australia, Simon Crean on a six-day visit to India in New Delhi on Monday.
Four state-owned non-life insurers - National Insurance Company, New India Assurance Company, Oriental Insurance Company and United India Insurance Company - are moving towards floating a common health insurance claims settlement agency or third party administrator (TPA).
Nanoscience and nanotechnology can be used to ensure precise supply of water and nutrients to crops, thereby increasing the yield and reducing wastage," P. Somasundaran, a well known name in the field of nanotechnology, said at a meeting at the National
European Union finance ministers have agreed on a bailout package of nearly USD 1 trillion (750 billion euro) for Greece, as part of their concentrated efforts to prevent the debt crisis contagion from spreading to other nations.
US President Barack Obama will urge nations to agree to steps to ensure nuclear-related material is safe and inaccessible to terrorists when he hosts an unprecedented international summit next week in Washington, advisers said Friday.
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has suggested that as nations recovering from global recession undertake fiscal consolidation, fiscal exits could be staggered and be country specific, depending on market conditions in each country.
British Airways (BA) has inched closer to a merger with Spanish national carrier Iberia after striking a deal with its pension trustees to neutralise its pensions deficit of £3.7 billion.
Heads of eight South Asian countries, including Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, will on Wednesday seek a joint initiative to tackle climate change threats and also boost trade and regional cooperation among SAARC nations that more often than not do not see eye to eye with each other on most issues.
Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in India are research-averse and uncomfortable to spend much on research and development activities, said the Chairman and Managing Director, National Research Development Corporation (NRDC), Somenath Ghosh to SME Times in New Delhi on Tuesday.
India on Monday concluded 16 rounds of auctions to award radio frequency spectrum for third generation telecom services in the country, with a provisional winning price of Rs.4,324.19 crore for a single nation-wide licence.
In view of lowering international prices of aluminium products, the state-owned National Aluminium Co. Ltd has reduced the price of its products for the domestic market by Rs.7,000 per tonne, a senior company official said on Thursday.
A new study by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) has expressed concern that the sovereign debt crisis of Greece may spread over to other European nations which could have catastrophic impact on Indian exports.
Speaking at the CII National Conference and Annual Session 2010, P Chidambaram, Minister of Home Affairs, said that government and industry must find a way to bridge the trust of the people.