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The latest survey by Centre for Science and Environment has found that junk foods have enough trans fats, salt and sugar to lead us to an early onset of diseases in the young. Neither the companies, nor the government is bothering to tell us what these foods contain, says a new Centre for Science and […]

Global rating agency Standard & Poor’s has raised its rating and estimates on India’s number 4 IT services firm, Wipro. The better rating and estimates reflect an improvement in Wipro’s performance since a new management team under the leadership of TK Kurien took over in early 2011. S&P now expects Wipro’s revenue in the last […]

Hero MotoCorp (HMCL) reported a 2.4% increase in its motorcycle shipments in March, well below the growth seen in the full year. Hero, which split from its joint venture partner Honda last year, sold 5.28 lakh vehicles in March, up from 5.16 lakh in March 2011. In comparison, Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India (HMSI) saw […]

Sun Direct will offer IPL (Indian Premier League) matches in high definition (HD). Previously, Sony Max HD, the channel on which IPL is being telecast, was being offered by cable operator Hathway. However, subscribers will need to have HD enabled set top boxes to enjoy the broadcast. “All existing HD customers of Sun Direct as […]

The noose is gradually tightening around Suresh Kalmadi, the former Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the Common Wealth Games (CWG). With the arrest of his deputy, Lalit Bhanot , a former Secretary General of the CWG by the CBI today it is now speculated that very soon Kalmdi would also be behind bars . […]

Private Equity investment in India continued to see year-on-year decline for the third consecutive quarter, as they fell nearly 50% to $1.89 billion in the quarter ended March 2012. However, the number was higher than the $1.47 billion recorded in the December quarter. “There were six reported PE investments worth over $100 million during the […]

LG beat Samsung and others in computer monitor sales in India even as overall sales fell 59% in the last quarter of 2011, new numbers from CyberMedia Research revealed. LG had a market share of 27% in the overall LCD and LED monitor market in India during the quarter, the numbers said. The quarter was […]

India PC shipments will rise 17 percent this year, after a 6.5% fall in numbers in the last quarter of 2011, Gartner said. The prediction is despite a recent increase in excise duty on computers and the overall slowing down of economic growth in India. The news is likely to be welcomed by the PC […]

The government today claimed that the widely reported case of polio in West Bengal was not, in fact, one. Media reports had claimed that India’s multi-year effort to wipe out polio from the country had failed, with the case of Sumi Naskar 18-month old girl from from Baruipur, 24-Parganas South. India has not reported any […]

Air India’s losses has increased by around 20% this year, going by the numbers for the first half, the government told the Rajya Sabha yesterday. India’s national carrier has recorded a loss of Rs 4,100 crore in the first six months of the year. On an annualized basis, the carrier may suffer a loss of […]

India’s trade deficit could be in excess of $180 billion this year and could rise to an alarming $428.3 billion by 2015-16, creating a payments crisis, industry body ASSOCHAM said today. India had a target of keeping its goods-trade deficit in the $120-130 range this year, but has failed miserably to stick to the estimates, […]

The Central Vigilance Commission recommended major penalty proceedings against over 1600 central government officers in the last three years, according to data from the ministry of personnel, pensions and public grievances. The ministry, headed by V Narayanasamy, however, did not give the details of how many of these recommendations were heeded. Instead, the ministry redirected […]

Overruling environmentalists’ protests, the Forest Advisory Committee — the final experts body under the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) — has recommended clearance for Mayawati’s ambitious eight-lane expressway from Greater Noida to Saharanpur along the Upper Ganges Canal. The project, which will involved cutting down 42,100 trees in five districts, will however have to […]

If you are wondering what is the best way to save tax, mutual funds are the way to go, according to an analysis by Crisil Research, part of the CRISIL rating agency. According a study of the tax saving mutual funds, called ‘equity linked savings scheme’ or ELSS in India, showed that they offered more […]