World Bank unveils new conditions for loans

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 5, 2015, 17:42

The World Bank unveiled Tuesday a set of new social and environmental rules for its 188 member nations to receive financial assistance.

Flipkart launches financial assistance programme for sellers

Last Updated: Thursday, July 16, 2015, 20:35

Under the 'Growth Capital Initiative', Flipkart has partnered Bajaj Finserv, Axis bank, NeoGrowth, Lendingkart and Capital First to enable entrepreneurs fulfill their business aspirations.

India highest recipient of US economic assistance: USAID

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 14, 2015, 15:11

The US provided USD 65.1 billion as economic assistance to India between 1946 and 2012, according to the US Agency for International Development (USAID) statistics.

ECB keeps emergency liquidity for Greek banks at current level

Last Updated: Monday, July 13, 2015, 20:02

The European Central Bank decided Monday to leave its stop-gap credit facility for Greece, known as Emergency Liquidity Assistance (ELA), unchanged at around 89 billion euros ($99 billion), an ECB spokeswoman said.

ECB puts no fresh cash into Greek banks

Last Updated: Sunday, June 28, 2015, 20:13

The ECB Governing Board board said it "decided to maintain the ceiling to the provision of emergency liquidity assistance (ELA) to Greek banks at the level decided on Friday".

Flipkart launches online business campaign to educate sellers

Last Updated: Saturday, June 27, 2015, 19:36

"With the launch of this campaign, we want to educate sellers and help them understand the dynamics of taking their business online. In 2015, our focus is to make the Flipkart selling experience more exciting, seamless and beneficial for sellers," he said.

Goyal assures Centre's push to develop energy sources in J&K

Last Updated: Monday, June 15, 2015, 14:14

During the meeting, a joint venture agreement between NTPC, JKSPC was assigned for development of thermal power for the state and MoU between J&K government and JKPDD-BEE (Bureau of Energy Efficiency) was signed to bring out energy efficiency in power transmission and distribution in the state.

Investment advisory registration moves at a snail's pace

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 9, 2015, 14:17

"Somebody who is distributing a financial product, he has a commercial interest. He might recommend a product, where he is likely to get a better commission. Our guidelines say there has to be an investment adviser who has to be unbiased and should not have any conflict of interest. A distributor can sell his product, but he can not offer advice," Sinha added.

Need to address cyber security at smart cities: Ramadorai

Last Updated: Sunday, June 7, 2015, 16:45

"A large number of our youth especially those in the 15-20 age group are digitally savvy. These are the people who never go to a railway station or a bus terminal or a cinema all to book a ticket but through their smartphones...Thus, smart cities will need an ideal environment to meet the expectation of the internet savvy youth," Ramadorai said.

Vedanta unveils Young Achievers' Scholarship Programme

Last Updated: Friday, June 5, 2015, 13:42

Students opting for Graduate courses in Medical or Engineering will be awarded an amount of Rs 30,000/- per year for 5 and 4 years respectively. Similarly, students opting for Bachelor's Degree in Science will be awarded Rs 20,000/- per year for three years.

UK firm backs India's renewable energy mission

Last Updated: Monday, June 1, 2015, 18:55

A 3.5 billion pound market capitalised company which designs, delivers and maintains strategic and complex assets for energy customers around the world, Amec Foster Wheeler has close to 1,000 personnel located in India.