The bench has already reserved its order on the fate of 218 coal blocks allocations which were declared by it as illegal and arbitrary.<br />
Diageo had gone for merger given the fact that the Indian legal system gives mergers a better protection than it gives to takeovers. Amalgamation or merger has to have the High Court approval whereas takeover needs nobody's approval save compliance with the public offer mandate of SEBI takeover regulations at a price determined by the regulations.<br />
To make vacationing in a country still under martial law a little more attractive, Thailand's military junta is offering tourists from China free visas.
The Saradha Ponzi scheme, which went bust last year, is now alleged to have funnelled money to Bangladeshi fundamentalist forces and a Trinamool politician is being linked to this
Corporate defiance at a time when all institutions - from regulators to courts - are trying to re-establish their credibility is what has laid Vijay Mallya and Subrata Roy low. <br />
Fashion etailer Jabong just turned into a global giant with its investors German venture capital group Rocket Internet and with Swedish investor Kinnevik announcing a merger of five emerging market fashion start-ups.
Just because the matter was under police investigation it was no reason for the bank to let the customer be deprived of his rightful money.
The European Central Bank (ECB) led by Mario Draghi has decided to cut its main lending rate to 0.05% from the current 0.15%. It has also decided to cut the deposit rate to -0.2%.<br />
Sahara chief Subrata Roy has sought an extension of ten days from the Supreme Court to seal the deals for his hotels abroad. <br />
Gartner said it was encouraging to see companies had dramatically improved their position on the global ranking compared to last year, and that Samsung and Lenovo made the Top 25 Global Supply Chains list.
Four tech companies including Apple and Google appealed a US judge's rejection of a proposed $324.5 million settlement in a lawsuit over hiring practices in Silicon Valley, according to a court filing from the companies late on Thursday.<br />
IoT, context, instantaneous reach, privacy, security, technology readiness and wearables are identified as the seven key ingredients for Smart mGovt adoption.
Kriyate Design Solutions, a Delhi-based startup founded in 2012, has developed an app, SimplEye, to help bridge this gap between smartphones and the visually impaired, using sound, vibration and tactile accessories.<br />
Japan has also offered financial, technical and operational support to India for the Shinkansen system or the bullet trains.
Adani Power has shut down six generating units at its 4,620 MW plant at Mundra in Gujarat citing payment default by Haryana, while Tata Power has closed down two units of its 4,000-MW plant there due to technical snags.<br />
A spinach extract containing green leaf membranes called thylakoids decreases "hedonic hunger" - eating for pleasure rather than to satisfy a biological need - by up to 95 percent and increases weight loss by 43 percent, new research indicates.<br />
There is always a danger in offering freebies and if not handled properly, the yojana could be a major mistake in Modi's prime ministership
Malaysia Airlines launched the campaign asking Australian and New Zealand customers to describe "What and where would you like to tick off on your bucket list, and explain why?"
The drone Google showed in the video Thursday was equipped with rotors to allow for vertical takeoff and landing, as well as a fixed wing for plane-like flying. The drone flew about 40 meters above the treeline, Google said, and dropped a package of chocolate bars to a farmer in Queensland, Australia.
Apple uses its September events to showcase its most important products. The iPhone accounts for half its business and is gaining more prominence as tablet sales falter.<br />
The report comes as Apple struggles with declining sales of its 10-inch and 7.9-inch tablets, which are faltering as people replace iPads less frequently than expected
Snapchat, a so-called ephemeral messaging service popular with teenagers, turned down a $3 billion acquisition offer from Facebook Inc last year.
The 7-foot-long (2.13-meter-long) pack consists of three rows of 33 cans that tip the scales at 37 kg.
The 19,500 staff of Malaysia Airlines (MAS) now face a new ordeal - a quarter of them may lose their jobs at the unprofitable airline, hit by two jet disasters this year. Flight MH370 remains untraced since its disappearance en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing in March.<br />
Christine Lagarde made no comment to reporters as she entered the Court of Justice of the Republic, a special court that probes cases of ministerial misconduct, but has previously denied any wrongdoing.<br />
Goldman Sachs has agreed to a settlement worth $1.2 billion to resolve claims that it misled U.S. mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac about risky mortgage securities it sold them.
Yellen offered no clarity on the timing of the first interest rate increase, which most economists still expect by mid-2015.<br />
Amazon's system would resemble Google's AdWords, and is planned to make it easier for marketers to reach the company's users.
China, home to wonders like the Great Wall and Forbidden City, has seen an explosion in tourist numbers in recent years, both domestic and foreign, but infrastructure has struggled to keep up.<br />
World stocks fell on Wednesday as investors braced for the possibility that a major central bank could raise interest rates this year after Bank of England minutes showed two of the bank's nine rate-setters voted for a hike earlier this month.