Investment

GAIL's new PE GAIL starts PE production. GAIL (India) Limited has started its first UNIPOL™ PE Process line with the capacity to produce 400,000 tons of polyethylene (PE) per annum at the 810,000 tons per annum petrochemical plant at Pata...

India: PEs/VCs' hotspot India received the bulk of the US$16 billion South Asian investments by Venture Capitalists and Private Equities in 2015, according to data from the Singapore Venture Capital & Private Equity Association (SVCA). The investment comprised US$9 billion...

Tata Communications' two new centres Singapore-headquartered Tata Communications is set up two new centres in Malaysia and the Middle East for cloud data centres infrastructure, responding to strong demand from Internet of Things (IoTs) services. “We continue to expand the...

Emerald Media's stake in YuppTV Emerald Media, a Pan-Asian platform established by leading global investment firm KKR for investing in the media and entertainment sector, has acquired a minority stake in YuppTV for US$50 million. YuppTV is one of the...

Railways need innovative financing Rai: Railways needs - an innovative forms of financing. The Indian Railways (IR) needs to adopt an innovative forms of financing and more positive collaboration with the private sector to improve its infrastructure, says Vinod Rai,...

ETNs subject to regulations   Barclays Bank PLC said the iPath® MSCI India IndexSM Exchange-Traded Notes (ETNs) have been determined to be subject to certain regulations and recent circulars issued by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) relating...

4th SED Some 16 agreements of cooperation were be exchanged between industry players representing India and China at the fourth India-China Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED). Announcing this in New Delhi on Oct 7, Xu Shaoshi, Chairman of China’s National Development...

Open for more trade     Singapore PM Lee calls on the President, Pranab Mukherjee, in New Delhi on October 5, 2016. India must make a "strategic decision" to encourage interdependence, more openness and a more trade-based economy for its trade to...

Arkema expands France’s Arkema plans to construct a new leading class polyester powder resin manufacturing facility, the first of its kind in India, on its existing resin platform in Navi Mumbai. The US$15 million project, targeted for completion in 2018,...

Telecom demand Sinha at Telecom Equipment & Services Export Council meet, in New Delhi on October 3, 2016. India’s demand for telecom equipment including mobile phones is estimated at US$30 billion by 2020, up from about US$20 billion in 2015-16, said Union...