Believe it or not, an average adult Indian eats more snacks than meals on a given day. (Photo: AP)

India is snacking nation, finds global survey

Hold your breath. The Mondelez study has many more interesting things to offer.

07 Dec 2019 1:53 AM

At least that’s what Skoda Auto India topbrass feels.

Skoda sees flat market ahead

Skoda Auto India’s own sales dropped from 17000 units in 2018 to 15,000 units in 2019.

05 Dec 2019 1:53 AM

The niche market having popular brands like Bira 91 and White Rhino will soon have competition from United Breweries in major beer consuming states.

United Breweries steps into craft beer market

Over the last five years, the number of microbreweries in India has jumped from 20 in 2013 to 120 now.

05 Dec 2019 1:33 AM

The phase-I is expected to be completed by March 2020. It will be followed by four more phases continuing year wise till March 2024. (Representational image/ Pixabay image)

Gandhi-giri comes full circle with bots and artificial intelligence

The books will be further used to reconstruct the social network of the Mahatma, including his influencers and people whom he inspired.

04 Dec 2019 2:30 AM

The company has facilities at Vadodara and Bengaluru.

India a R&D, sourcing hub for Xylem Inc

The company also sees India as a strategic market and has been investing in it for the last 5 years.

30 Nov 2019 1:58 AM

The soon-to-arrive 5G networks will only work as a shot in the arm for the market.

Netwood eyes a slice of OTT pie

Mind you that India’s homegrown Netwood is not only a talent aggregating and OTT platform, but it is a production house too.

30 Nov 2019 1:54 AM

This aspect is exploited and it promotes the generation of fake invoices to claim input tax credit.

Tax sleuths to go after GST dodgers

The basic framework of these cases have some common features, tax department officials said.

29 Nov 2019 2:43 AM

In 2017-18, UAE imported 21 per cent of India’s total cashew exports and became the largest importer of the nut.

Emirates offers Indian cashew delicacies to pax

Nearly 22 per cent of this revenue comes from cashew exports to the UAE, where Emirates is based.

27 Nov 2019 2:34 AM

Barriers for increased women’s workforce participation is found relatively more in semi-urban and rural areas.

Women’s employability sees uptick

But if that reflects or indicates closing the gender gap on a sustainable basis remains to be seen.

27 Nov 2019 2:29 AM

India fares well in attitude towards women leaders

Significantly, the 2019 index has been extended this year to also measure Brazil, China, India and Russia.

22 Nov 2019 2:11 AM

Jonty Rhodes to field for Boost, train young Indians

On the Boostcamp, Rhodes will be sharing his experience through training videos on ‘Fielding’, an integral feature of modern-day cricket.

21 Nov 2019 1:29 AM

In fact, the company is already in the process of investing in the new plant and commercial production would commence very soon, latest by the fourth quarter of the current fiscal, top company officials said.

Indian Wood Products to invest in Kashmir

At present, IWP has a market share of 35 per cent in the organised segment.

19 Nov 2019 3:56 AM

Indian real estate attracted nearly $14 bn of foreign private equity (PE) between 2015 and Q3 2019, says the latest Anarock data.

Realty space gets $14 bn foreign PE flows in five years

The commercial real estate segment, on the other hand, delivered a comparatively stellar performance in the last five years.

19 Nov 2019 3:50 AM

The move stems from the government’s concerns over the sale of spurious seeds and pesticides and the Pesticides Management Bill would seek to regulate the pesticide sector by fixing prices and setting up a regulatory authority.

Pesticide restrictions may benefit tea sector

Tea, having chemicals like Ethion, Tetradifon and Triazophos, are denied entry into the US as well.

18 Nov 2019 2:12 AM

The trial is nearly complete and the commercial launch is expected in the next two-to-three months, said Dr. Swati Dasgupta, Co-Founder and Joint Director (Clinical Operation), Clinimen Lifesciences.

Kolkata start-up develops plant-based thalassemia cure

Clinimen, she said, has a record of ‘screen failures’ of below 3.5 per cent on an average.

18 Nov 2019 2:08 AM

Future First Insurance Broking has teamed up with Arohan Financial Services, part of the Aavishkaar Group, eastern India’s largest NBFC MFI, to offer simple, customized and affordable insurance products in areas of major livelihood threats including health, accident, natural calamities, theft etc.

Future First, Arohan MFI plan to cover 3 million people

Future First, now has plans to cover 3 million people from the underserved segment over the next couple of years.

15 Nov 2019 2:40 AM

Rooftop solar installations accounted for 17 per cent of total solar installations in the first half of 2019, a decline of 45 per cent compared to H1 2018.

Solar installations drop 35 per cent in first half

However, between July 2019 and September 2019, India added more than 2.2 GW of solar energy capacity.

13 Nov 2019 3:29 AM

Anushka to endorse Godrej hair colour

Sunil Kataria CEO — India and SAARC, Godrej Consumer Products, said Godrej Expert Rich Creme has been an expert of accessible hair transformation.

06 Nov 2019 1:36 AM

The latest report by PropEquity, India’s leading real estate data research and analytics firm, attributed this sharp fall to fewer new launches and significant lack of buyer confidence.

Housing sales down 9 per cent, new units drop 24 per cent

The nine cities covered in the study included Gurgaon, Noida, Mumbai, Kolkata, Pune, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Thane and Chennai.

05 Nov 2019 1:20 AM

Over all tea exports from India during 2018 stood at 249.11 million kg.

Tea exports see double-digit increase in prices this year

Going by Tea Board data, tea exports from India remained nearly stagnant in the first 8 months of 2019 (from January to August).

04 Nov 2019 3:22 AM

Ritwik Mukherjee