The tablet shipments in India declined 3.1-percent year-on-year to 3.7 million units in 2016 as the demand for the category continued to shrink in the country, as per International Data Corporation (IDC) India. Notably, the data includes shipments for both slate and detachables for the year 2016. “Shipments decline as ... Read More »
A decade-long wait by India’s cash-hungry real estate and infrastructure developers may finally be nearing an end. Birla Sun Life Asset Management Co. estimates that real estate and infrastructure trusts will raise as much as 600 billion rupees ($9 billion) this year as India rolls out the much-anticipated investment ... Read More »
The desert and the icy Arctic landscape have an identical effect on people. An effect that cuts out the social subterfuge in conversations. I experienced that for years in north Sweden, and now in the Thar. The immediate, matter-of-fact dousing of pretences about casteism was unlikely in other places. Here ... Read More »
Sweden’s Saab has offered to build the world’s most modern fighter aircraft factory in India, it said on Friday, as it goes head-to-head with U.S. rival Lockheed Martin to supply hundreds of locally produced planes to India’s military. Saab’s pitch for its Gripen E aircraft comes a day after Lockheed ... Read More »
The Union Budget 2017 has proposed several positive measures to strengthen the edifice of the Indian real estate sector For instance; the facilitation of capital gains taxation norms has triggered a wave of happiness in realtors and property buyers alike. Given below are few key measures that will provide the ... Read More »
Shares of UPL Ltd, formerly United Phosphorus Ltd, gained 83% in the past one year as the company maintained the growth tempo despite the turbulence in its consumer markets. The December quarter (Q3) has been no different. Revenue and volume are up 18% from a year ago. As has been ... Read More »
NEW DELHI: Real estate consulting firm CBRE Group today released a report on the company’s findings of its survey on The Millennials. The survey provides an in-depth look at what defines Millennials as people (LIVE), employees (WORK) and as consumers (PLAY). The survey, conducted across 13 countries globally had India ... Read More »
As many as 82% of Indian millennials live with their parents and 25% of these have no intention of leaving the family home, according to a survey on millennials by CBRE Group Inc., the world’s largest real estate consulting firm. Millennials are people who became young adults around 2000. The ... Read More »
Crooks sabotaging the nation’s war on black money be warned. A series of investigative stories by India Today exposing the black-market trade of defunct currency has stimulated the Modi government to act tough on the rot. According to highly-placed official sources, the government has ordered a clampdown on touts, shadowy ... Read More »
Japan and India signed a civilian nuclear accord on Friday, opening the door for Tokyo to supply New Delhi with fuel, equipment and technology for nuclear power production, as India looks to atomic energy to sustain its rapid economic growth. (Narendra Modi in Japan, see pictures here) It was the ... Read More »
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to be the mascot of the “Incredible India” campaign with the Tourism Ministry finally deciding to do away with plans to rope in any Bollywood stars, including Amitabh Bachchan, for the role which was lying vacant after the ouster of Aamir Khan earlier this ... Read More »
Home renovation and design platform Houzz has launched in India. The entry into India marks the company’s fifteenth market, and alongside, it is also expanding its Pro+ service previously only available in the US to six other countries – excluding India. Apart from the website, Houzz is a popular app ... Read More »
