Initiatives

News: LG is looking to start manufacturing of smartphones in India once it gets to a 10% market share, which it estimates could be achieved by December 2015 on the back of the just-launched G4 model. it is also planning to invest Rs 1,000 crore in 2015 on research and ...

News: The National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom) and cyber security firm Symantec, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for ‘Building cyber security skills. The MoU was signed between R. Chandrashekhar, president, Nasscom and Michael Brown, president and CEO, Symantec. Nasscom stated that the Sector Skill Council, Nasscom ...

News: Goa Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) has declared that the state would do well to tap crop, post-harvest technologies and water management from a nation known for world class agri-technology. While former chief minister Manohar Parrikar’s has made a Make in India contract to a central government-operated shipyard ...

News: New project, e Basta and DigiLocker portal to be launched by PM Narendra Modi on July 1, 2015. Government of India is planning to launch under ‘Digital India’ a number of ambitious projects like eBasta on which all NCERT text books as well as some State Boards’ textbooks will ...

News: US technology giant Cisco today met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad to discuss the company’s manufacturing and business commitment for India under ‘Digital India’ programme. Cisco Systems Chairman and CEO John T Chambers said that they will invest big, about $1.74 billion, in the country ...

News: Maharashtra government will soon appoint a regulatory body to safeguard interests of home buyers after the centre gave a go ahead to the state to frame rules to implement the Housing Regulatory Bill passed by the legislature and approved by the President. The Maharashtra Housing (Regulation and development) 2012 was passed two years ago ...

News: Maharashtra cabinet has amended a provision of the Criminal Procedure Code to prevent filing of an FIR against a ‘public representative’ without the sanction of a competent authority. With the amendments to the CrPC (156) (3) and 190 provisions, police won’t be able to file an FIR against an MLA ...

News: Diversified conglomerate ITC Ltd will invest Rs 8,000 crore in greenfield and brownfield projects in the country’s newest state of Telangana. Half of the said investment would go to the ITC Bhadrachlam Paper Board’s expansion. Rs 1,000 crore will be invested in a second-star hotel in the city’s information ...

News: The country’s industrial output grew 4.1 per cent in April, compared with 2.5 per cent in March, which is a  good news for the government’s ‘Make in India’ programme and a good start to financial year 2015-16. In April, the rate of manufacturing growth rose to 5.1 per cent, against ...

News:  Mercedes Benz has decided to manufacture the GLA entry SUV in India, the first market after Germany. German automaker Mercedes-Benz plans to increase the number of cars it makes in India, hoping to trim retail prices to help grab a bigger share of a luxury car market where competition ...