Investment

Multiple format opportunities for insurance Insurance as a "very significant" sector in India, with 15% growth over the next 10-15 years and seen among the top five industry sectors, according to a panel. "About seven to eight of the top...

Israeli to focus on Asian-African markets Prime Ministers, Narendra Modi and Benjamin Netanyahu, launching the Brochure of India-Israel Industrial R&D and Technological Innovation Fund (I4F). The Israeli Government would be on exploring the possibility of re-starting negotiations on the India–Israel...

Goyal gets list of project implementation concerns The Indian constractors and consultants have expressed strong concerns about railway projects during a meeting with Minister Piyush Goyal, according to a 18 Jan 2018 press note. Top management of 400 construction and...

e-bidding portal launched for the industry Minister for Petroleum & Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan (file picture). India is offer 55 bidder selected blocks for hydrocarbon prospecting, the largest offering in eight years. Each block is carved out by prospective bidders...

Sitharaman lauches Defence Investor Cell Sitharaman addressing the gathering at the inauguration of the Defence Industry Development Meet for Forging New Partnership with Industry for Defence Production in Chennai on 18 Jan 2018. India will host its popular defence exhibiton,...

Maha state creates eco-system for technologies Fadnavis cutting ribbon at MTECH. Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said Blockchain can transform the e-governance and the governments must start interacting with technology providers to find solution to put them to the best...

Interlinking river projects to tap foreign funding Gadkari addressing the Interlinking River Water meeting. The state governments have been urged to explore new financing models including low-interest loans from foreign agencies for interlinking river projects. Making the call, Water Resources,...

Tenders called for Rs.16,000 crore projects   More than Rs.1 lakh crore worth of projects are being readied for tendering as part of India's mega urbanization programme, said Minister of State for Housing & Urban Affairs, Hardeep S. Puri in...

US$5M invested in Spiral Ventures AOI TYO Holdings Inc. (TOKYO:3975), which provides a wide variety of creative services for advertising and video, is expanding mainly IT companies in the early to growth stage in Southeast Asia and India. It has...

ASSOCHAM sees US$20bn savings by 2018 Adoption of Corporate wellness program can save India Inc. income up to US$20 billion by 2018 through a reduction in absenteeism rate by 1% and at the same time improve chronic and lifestyle diseases...