RB appoints McCann World Group for projects on Dettol in India

Sep 11, 2014, at 03:33 am

New Delhi, Sept 10 (IBNS): RB (formerly called Reckitt Benckiser), a consumer health, hygiene and home company, has appointed McCann World Group, India as the creative agency for Dettol in India on a project basis.

ICICI Bank launches 'Cardless Cash Withdrawal'

Sep 11, 2014, at 03:32 am

Mumbai, Sept 10 (IBNS): Private sector bank ICICI Bank has launched 'Cardless Cash Withdrawal', a service that allows its customers to transfer money from their account to anyone in India with a mobile number.

Mosti launches India's First Super Kids Tab: 'Chhota Bheem Tab'

Sep 10, 2014, at 09:34 pm

Mumbai, Sept 10 (IBNS) MOSTI, the product line of Fusion Dynamics, a manufacturer and designer of innovative and individualistic electronic products for niche audiences and brand conscious youngsters recently launched a unique new lifestyle product called the Chhota Bheem Tab.

Spice & Flipkart join hands to launch flagship products

Sep 10, 2014, at 09:27 pm

New Delhi, Sept 10 (IBNS): Spice Retail Limited, India’s leading mobile internet company, has joined hands with Flipkart, India’s largest e-commerce marketplace, wherein select Flagship smartphones from Spice will be made exclusively available on the e-commerce major’s portal for launch.

Flipkart launches new private label Citron

Sep 10, 2014, at 05:11 am

Bangalore, Sept 9 (IBNS): E-commerce marketplace Flipkart on Tuesday launched its in house home appliances and personal healthcare brand-Citron.

TCS and SMU announce extension of SMU-TCS iCity Lab Partnership

Sep 10, 2014, at 03:53 am

Singapore/Kolkata, Sept 9 (IBNS): The SMU-TCS iCity Lab, a Singapore Management University (SMU) and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) joint venture focused on research and development of intelligent city solutions, on Tuesday announced that SMU and TCS have agreed to continue the partnership for another three years to undertake a number of research initiatives and projects.

L&T acquires Ramboll's Stake in L&T-Ramboll Consulting Engineers Limited

Sep 09, 2014, at 06:28 pm

Mumbai, Sept 09 (IBNS): Larsen & Toubro Limited, in a strategic move to strengthen its design base in the Infrastructure space, has acquired 50% of the stake in L&T-Ramboll Consulting Engineers Limited (LTR) hitherto held by Ramboll Denmark AS. With this acquisition, LTR now becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of L&T.

Videocon launches 4K UHD LED TV

Sep 09, 2014, at 05:36 am

New Delhi, Sept 8 (IBNS): Household Consumer Goods provider Videocon on Monday announced that with its growing market share in FPD segment, the Group is all set to woo the customers with their latest offering, Videocon 4K UHD LED.

Flipkart launches MSI GS60 Ghost Pro series laptops

Sep 09, 2014, at 05:34 am

Bangalore, Sept 8 (IBNS): E-commerce marketplace Flipkart on Monday announced the launch of MSI GS60 Ghost Pro series laptops.

L'Oreal signs agreement to acquire Niely Cosmeticos

Sep 09, 2014, at 05:29 am

Clichy, Sept 8 (IBNS): Cosmetics brand L'Oreal on Monday announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire Niely Cosmeticos in Brazil.

Tata Docomo launches 'SimplySwap'

Sep 09, 2014, at 04:05 am

Hyderabad, Sept 8 (IBNS): Tata Docomo, the unified telecom brand of Tata Teleservices Ltd., on Monday announced the launch of 'SimplySwap', an industry's mobile handset protection service exclusively for its postpay customers in Hyderabad.

L&T Hydrocarbon bags orders worth over Rs 1920 Crore

Sep 08, 2014, at 07:44 pm

Mumbai, Sept 08, (IBNS): L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering (LTHE), a fully-owned subsidiary of Larsen & Toubro has secured new orders in the offshore and onshore segments worth Rs. 1,920 crore from domestic oil and gas majors.

Punj Lloyd wins Rs. 3,515 Crore Tank Farm Project in Malaysia

Sep 08, 2014, at 06:59 pm

New Delhi, Sept 8, (IBNS): Punj Lloyd Group, on Monday announced winning the mega Rs 3,515 crore (USD581 million) RAPID Tank Farm order from PRPC Refinery and Cracker Sdn. Bhd.; a subsidiary under the Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS) group, Malaysia’s national energy company.

Microsoft launches Nokia X2 in India

Sep 08, 2014, at 06:58 pm

New Delhi, Sept 8 (IBNS): Microsoft Devices Group has unveiled the Nokia X2, the newest addition to the Nokia X family of affordable smartphones designed to introduce the “next billion” people to the mobile Internet and cloud services.

Sensex, Nifty hit new record-high today

Sep 08, 2014, at 06:28 pm

Mumbai, Sep 8 (IBNS): The BSE Sensex on Monday rose over 200 points hitting a new record above 22,225, while the 50-share Nifty surged over 55 points to another all-time high of 8,143, reports said.

India is a vast untapped market for plastics: Industry

Sep 07, 2014, at 08:26 pm

Kolkata, Sept 7 (IBNS): India has a rather mini consumption of plastics and therefore there is a big potential for the application of downstream industries, said experts and industry honchos at PolyCon INDIA 2014 here on Saturday.

Jet Airways announces attractive domestic offers

Sep 07, 2014, at 07:24 am

Mumbai, Sept 6 (IBNS) : In view of the overwhelming response, Jet Airways, India's premier international airline, Saturday, announced attractive special fares for its guests travelling in Economy class on the airline’s domestic network.

Adfactors PR hosts Social Intelligence for Business Success conference

Sep 07, 2014, at 12:49 am

Mumbai, Sept 6 (IBNS): Adfactors PR organized a seminar on Social Intelligence on Friday – featuring experts such as Thomas Stoeckle of WCG, Sam Flemming of Kantar Media CIC, and Arvind Gupta of Bharatiya Janata Party.

GenNext Ventures, Microsoft partner to launch innovation hubs

Sep 06, 2014, at 04:18 am

Mumbai, Sept 5 (IBNS): GenNext Ventures, the venture investment management arm of Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL), on Friday signed a three-year partnership with Microsoft India, through Microsoft Ventures in India, to set up GenNext Innovation Hubs, a pan India initiative to catalyze the country's technology startup ecosystem.

GVK EMRI signs MoU with NTRI Australia

Sep 06, 2014, at 03:32 am

Hyderabad Sept 5 (IBNS): In a significant step to strengthen trauma care in India, GVK EMRI, an emergency services provider, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with National Trauma Research Institute, Australia.

AirAsia inaugurates flight from Bengaluru to Jaipur and Chandigarh

Sep 06, 2014, at 03:24 am

Jaipur, Sept 5 (IBNS): AirAsia India on Friday celebrated its entry into North India with a receiving ceremony for its inaugural flights from Bengaluru to Jaipur and Chandigarh.

IDBI Bank sets up 'Near DR Centre' in Mumbai

Sep 06, 2014, at 02:08 am

Mumbai, Sept 5 (IBNS): IDBI Bank operationalized its 'Near DR Centre' in Mumbai on Friday, thereby joining a select list of banks who have established three-way DR.

L&T wins Rs 5100 crore power plant order from MPGCL

Sep 05, 2014, at 05:45 pm

Mumbai, Sept 5 (IBNS): Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has secured a turnkey order for setting up a 2x660 MW Supercritical Thermal Power Project at Shree Singaji TPP (Stage-II) on a complete Engineering-Procurement-Construction basis from the state utility MP Power Generating Company Limited (MPPGCL).

Tata Power's Coastal Gujarat Power certified for Quality

Sep 05, 2014, at 04:20 am

Mumbai/ Kolkata, Sept 4 (IBNS): India's first Ultra Mega Power Plant, 4000 MW, Coastal Gujarat Power Limited, Mundra, a wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Power, on Thursday announced that it has been certified by the Indian Register Quality Systems (IRQS), Mumbai, with Certificates of Approval for successful implementation of QMS: ISO 9001:2008, EMS: ISO 14001:2004 and OHSAS: 18001:2007 systems on July 4, 2014.

Tata Steel participates at MMMM 2014-10th International Exhibition

Sep 05, 2014, at 04:09 am

New Delhi/ Kolkata, Sept 4 (IBNS): Tata Steel is participating in MMMM (Minerals, Metals, Metallurgy and Materials) 2014, 10th International Exhibition & Conference which is being held at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi from Sept 4-7.

ICICI Bank organizes Coin Exchange Mela in Maharashtra

Sep 05, 2014, at 03:46 am

Sangli, Sept 4 (IBNS): Private sector bank ICICI Bank Ltd organised Coin Exchange Mela at its Sangli Miraj branch in Maharashtra recently under the guidance of the Reserve Bank of India.

IDBI Bank inaugurates its first 'e-lounge'

Sep 05, 2014, at 02:39 am

Mumbai, Sept 4 (IBNS): Taking forward its endeavor to deploy cutting edge technology to offer a wide array of advanced financial services and products to its customers, IDBI Bankon Thursday launched its first 'e-lounge'.

Jubilant Life Sciences conferred with Golden Peacock Business Excellence Award

Sep 05, 2014, at 02:35 am

New Delhi, Sept 4 (IBNS): Jubilant Life Sciences Limited, an integrated global Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences Company has recently been awarded with the ‘Golden Peacock Business Excellence Award-2014’at the Global Summit 2014 held in Tamil Nadu.

FICCI-KPMG white paper stresses on the need to create large scale awareness among youths

Sep 05, 2014, at 02:20 am

New Delhi, Sept 4 (IBNS):A white paper launched by FICCI-KPMG in New Delhi on Wednesday said policy makers would need to recognize the structural strengthening of ecosystem by introducing enabling policies such as- Minimum Wages Act, Labor Laws, and Apprenticeship Act apart from proving required support to key stakeholders like NSDC, SSCs, State Skill Missions, Training Providers and others.

Future Group chooses hybris' OmniCommerce Solutions to support its India operations

Sep 04, 2014, at 04:39 am

Mumbai, Sept 3 (IBNS): SAP company and commerce platform provider hybris software on Wednesday announced that Future Group, a leading retailer in India, will use the hybris Commerce Suite to support its omni-channel retail operations.