By James Jose New Delhi, Nov 15 (IANS) The $60-billion information technology industry in India will continue to attract overseas business, despite competition from other emerging markets that also offer lower costs, says ...

Kolkata, Nov 14 (IANS) The steel ministry is in talks with a financial institutions to promote a venture capital fund for funding the prospecting of iron ore mining, Steel Secretary Atul Chaturvedi ...

Bangalore, Nov 5 (IANS) Sudha Murthy, wife of Infosys' Technologies co-founder N.R. Narayana Murthy, sold two million shares of her holding in the IT bellwether for over Rs.430 crore (Rs.4.3 billion/$91.5 million), ...

Bangalore, Nov 5 (IANS) Sudha Murthy, wife of Infosys Technologies co-founder N.R. Narayana Murthy, sold 1.6 million shares of her holding in the IT bellwether for over Rs.430 crore (Rs.4.3 billion/$91.5 million), ...

Bangalore, Oct 22 (IANS) Infosys Technologies chief mentor and chairman N.R. Narayana Murthy has sold 800,000 shares, valued at Rs.177 crore (Rs.1.77 billion/$37.9 million), from his holding in the company to fund ...

Bangalore, Oct 22 (IANS) Infosys Technologies chief mentor and chairman N.R. Narayana Murthy has sold 800,000 shares from his holding in the IT bellwether to set up a venture capital fund, the ...

New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) The government is setting up a risk guarantee facility and a venture capital fund to improve energy efficiency in India as part of the National Mission ...

Indo-Asian News Service Chennai, Aug 24 (IANS) Life Insurance Corp of India (LIC) and its associates will hold a majority stake in the real estate venture capital fund to be floated by LIC ...

NATIONAL 16th swine flu case; India says no need to worry - Roundup moved by 1916 It's official: Manmohan to meet Zardari in Russia - Moved at 1824 No nuke secrets with missing Kaiga ...

NATIONAL Another swine flu case; No need to worry, says minister - Lead moved at 1638, Roundup to move by 1845 Karnataka police clueless about missing scientist - Moved at 1227, Lead to move ...

New Delhi, June 12 (IANS) Agreeing to industry's demand for access to more credit at competitive rates, the government is examining a proposal to set up a venture capital fund or a ...

New Delhi, March 4 (IANS) A proposal from global hospitality major Accor to set up budget hotels in India is among the 28 foreign direct investment (FDI) proposals worth Rs.6.16 billion (Rs.616.08 ...

Mumbai, Sep 1 (ANI/Business Wire India ): The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) Mumbai today announced the launch of their new Special Interest Group (SIG) focused on building a Clean Technology ecosystem in ...

Dubai, June 23 (IANS) The Oman government has entered into a joint venture agreement with an Indian company to set up an aluminium plant in that Gulf nation. Takamul Investment, a venture ...

Chennai, May 7 (IANS) A multinational venture capital fund has invested "sizeably" in New Horizon Media (NHM), a closely held corporation having published over 650 books that have sold 250,000 copies, its ...

Dubai, April 22 (IANS) Investment projects in Saudi Arabia so far are estimated to have touched a total of 3.2 trillion Saudi riyals (SR) ($854.4 billion). Civil sector tops the list with ...

Ahmedabad, March 29 (IANS) Gujarat Venture Fund Limited (GVFL) has raised Rs.600 million for its SME (small and medium enterprises) Technology Venture Fund. "The fund would be used for investing in various ...

New Delhi, Mar 21 (ANI): Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has urged India to exercise leadership in the global concerns on climate change. "I think India got to play a role ...

New Delhi, Mar 14 (ANI): Former US Vice President and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize Al Gore today met Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh here. Gore, a campaigner for action to ...

New Delhi, Jan 20 : Visiting British Prime Minister Gordon Brown today backed India's bid for permanent membership of the United Nations Security Council. Speaking at the UK-India Entrepreneurship Summit at the IIT, ...