It may be banned in India, but that has not prevented India’s neighbour Bangladesh from going online in a big way with Google’s Street View. The service allows users to virtually walk along any street using their computer or mobile phone using the Google Maps app. Globally, 65 countries are on Google Street View. Google […]
Honda CB Unicorn, Yamaha FZ and TVS Apache RTR 180 owners reported the highest satisfaction levels with their bikes, according to the latest J.D. Power Asia Pacific 2015 India Two-Wheeler Study released today. The study classified scooters and motorcycles into seven categories and ranked them in terms of the satisfaction of their owners. The 2015 […]
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has achieved one more milestone by successfully commissioning another 270 MW coal based thermal power plant in Maharashtra. The unit was commissioned at RattanIndia Power Limited’s (formerly Indiabulls Power Ltd) upcoming thermal power project located at village Nandgaonpeth in Amravati district of Maharashtra. This is the third 270 MW unit […]
Honda Motorcycle today revealed its roadmap for India in 2015. It disclosed details about 6 of the 15 new models planned for 2015 — including new variants of Activa (already shipping), and new Honda Shine, Unicorn and Yuga (Feb and March). “Honda will surprise Indian customers across scooter and motorcycle segments in 2015. Starting with […]
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation (NASDAQ: CTSH), a leading provider of information technology, consulting, and business process outsourcing services, said Q4 revenue rose to $2.74 billion, up 16.4% from the year-ago quarter and 6.2% sequentially. In comparison, Infosys and TCS have reported sequential growth in the range of 1% for the same quarter. Adjusted for acquisitions, […]
Infosys has appointed Roopa Kudva, CEO of ratings and analytics company CRISIL, as an Independent Member of its Board of Directors. Kudva has “led CRISIL’s evolution from India’s leading credit rating agency to a diversified analytical company with clients ranging from the largest investment banks of the world to tens of thousands of small firms […]
Bharti Airtel Limited today announced its audited consolidated IFRS results for the third quarter ended December 31, 2014. The consolidated revenues for Q3’15 at Rs 23,217 crore grew by 5.8% over the corresponding quarter last year. Consolidated Mobile data revenues at Rs 2,872 crore grew by 61.9% Y-o-Y, uplifted by higher data usage. Mobile Data […]
According to a recent survey revealed by travel site Skyscanner, 59% of women travelers in India prefer spending more on food in preference to sight-seeing and adventure sports (18%), or even shopping (35%). “Skyscanner’s ‘Food and Spending’ survey discloses the habits of Indian travellers on the go. The survey also revealed that even though Matthi […]
SpiceJet is offering tickets for Valentine’s day travel starting from Rs 1,599 including taxes. Under the special Valentine’s Day Offer titled “We Love You With All Our Heart”, flyers can book one-way tickets from February 04 to February 06, 2015. The Valentine Day offer is for travel between the periods February 14 to April 15, […]
The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum, the apex body of consumer courts in India, cancelled the compensation of over Rs 1.3 lakhs awarded to a student who had been ejected by Air India over transit visa problems. The student, daughter of Sushil Kumar of Amritsar, had booked an Air India flight from Amritsar to Pittsburgh […]
Reserve Bank of India governor Raghuram Rajan today kept key interest rates unchanged, even as he reduced mandatory cash-reserve requirements for banks in an effort to make more money available for lending. The broad reaction from the market – whether from corporates or financial services industry – was that the development was on expected lines. […]
Intel has always been held up as the maker of the most powerful processors, but with yesterday’s announcement that nearly 60 phones with the Snapdragon 810 processor are in the works, the Chipzilla has lost the status in the mobile world. According to a statement from Qualcomm yesterday, Motorola, Oppo, Sony, Nokia, LG and Xiaomi […]
Honda Motorcycle & Scooter said domestic sales jumped 14% in January 2015 over the same month last year, in stark contrast to the slow growth reported by other motorcycle companies. Exports too grew by 14% in the month. Total sales, including exports, was 393,787 units, up from 3,44,750 units sold in January’14. In comparison, Honda […]
US-based pharma company Mylan Inc said it was buying “certain female health care businesses” from Famy Care Ltd of India. Famy is largely into generic oral contraceptive products (OCPs) for women. The acquisition will be for $750 million (Rs 4,600 cr) in cash plus additional contingent payments of up to $50 million. The deal makes […]
Almost no one in the analyst community expects Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan to cut key interest rates during his monetary policy review tomorrow. Rajan was widely expected to cut the repo rate, at which RBI lends to the banks, tomorrow, but the governor caught the market by surprise two weeks ago with […]
Close on the heels of Airtel tying up with Kotak Mahindra Bank, Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries Ltd has announced that government-controlled State Bank of India will be its partner in its payment bank venture. The day also saw Future Group, which runs Big Bazaar, and Idea Cellular, announcing that they too have applied for payments […]
It looks like the fight for India’s top mid-range sedan is not over yet, with Maruti Suzuki Ciaz back with a bang in the reckoning, according to January numbers. The company sold a total of around 6,000 Ciaz in January, close to the record hit in the first month of 6,345 units sold in October. […]
SpiceJet said booking volumes quadrupled on the first day of its latest Super sale offer, its first such sale in 2015. This indicates “continuing pent up demand in the market despite other airlines having held sales earlier this month,” the airline said. SpiceJet on Wednesday launched its first Super Sale Offer for 2015, with 5,00,000 […]
HP has released India’s first Broadwell, or fifth-generation Core processor, powered laptop, priced at Rs 39,990. The Core M powered laptop, called 11-n108TU x360, is available on HP’s Online store in India, as well as on Flipkart, where it is priced Rs 42,990. The HP Pavilion 11-n108TU x360 is not only India’s first laptop, but […]
India is likely to see the launch of an updated version of the Samsung Galaxy S5 before the launch of the Samsung Galaxy S6, according to sources. The S6 is supposed to be unveiled in the Mobile World Congress in March, and to hit markets like India in late April or early May. One of […]
