The situation around the entry of women into Sabarimala temple has worsened into a major public relations and law and order challenge for the Kerala government, with fresh criticism from the Kerala High Court and the Congress Party. Kerala State Congress Chief Ramesh Chennithala today...
Consumers to benefit from new TRAI tariff scheme next month – Hathway
Hathway Cable & Datacom, one of India’s largest cable feed providers, said the implementation of a new TRAI tariff scheme for television from next month will empower consumers, even as it will be ‘not so good’ for broadcasting groups that make heavy use of bundling....
Trupti Desai to go back to Pune, promises to be back
Women’s rights activist Trupti Desai has decided to return, but has promised to come back, Malayalam media reported, quoting police sources. The decision comes after protesters at the Cochin International Airport refused to budge even after 14 hours. Desai had been holed up at the...
Mahindra Marazzo price to go up by Rs 30,000-40,000 from Jan 1
Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd, India’s second biggest SUV maker, said it was raising the price of its latest utility vehicle, Marazzo, by Rs 30,000-40,000 from January 1. The utility vehicle costs Rs 10-14 lakhs ex-showroom in Delhi, and has been one of the most successful...
Kerala minister sees Sangh ploy behind Trupti Desai’s visit
Kadakampally Surendran, the Kerala minister in charge of Devaswom affairs, called the move by Hindu groups to confine Trupti Desai to the Cochin Airport ‘barbaric’ and wondered if it was part of a conspiracy by the Sangh Parivar. He said Desai is close to both...
Zee Keralam launch date fixed for Nov 26
Zee Keralam, the Malayalam channel from India’s second biggest TV broadcasting company, will launch in exactly ten days on Nov 26, the company has revealed. Zee will compete with Malayalam offerings from Star India, Sun Network and local channels like Flowers and Amrita. The group,...
Trupti Desai unable to exit Cochin Airport as protesters swell
Bhumata Brigade head and women’s rights activist Trupti Desai has been blocked by protesters at the Cochin International Airport by protesters. The activist reached Cochin at around 4:40 AM, and quickly drew protesters. The number of protesters outside the airport has been increasing as news...
Fadnavis confirms Marathas to get reservation on Dec 1
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has dropped a hint that the Maratha community will get reservation in jobs and education on December 1. Speaking at a rally today, Fadnavis said that people who are preparing for demonstrations to demand reservations for the community should instead...
PHOTO GALLERY: Mahindra relaunches JAWA in India
Mahindra & Mahindra has taken a leaf out of its commercial vehicle rival Eicher Motors and brought back to life one of India’s most loved motorcycles – the Jawa, also known as Yezdi. It launched two models today — a classic that closely resembles the...
TREO: Mahindra launches electric auto with 170 km range, Rs 1.3 lakh price
Mahindra & Mahindra, the second largest Indian automaker, today announced the launch of Treo, a range of electric three-wheelers priced at Rs 1.36 lakh onwards with a range of 170 km per charge. Unlike other affordable electric vehicles such as bikes, the Treo uses the...
Lupin gets USFDA nod for blood treatment drug
Pharmaceutical manufacturer Lupin said it received approval from the US FDA for launching Decitabine injection for treating conditions caused by defective blood cells, known as myelodysplastic syndromes. Decitabine for Injection, 50 mg/vial, Single-Dose Vial had annual sales of approximately USD 135.9 million in the US....
JLR Woes: Moody’s changes Tata Motors’ outlook to negative from stable
Moody’s Investors Service has changed the outlook on Tata Motors Limited’s corporate family rating to ‘negative’ from ‘stable’, a day after it cut its rating on company’s UK unit by one notch. A negative outlook indicates that there is likelihood of a cut in the...
Havells India to launch temperature-sensitive ‘smart fans’ with IoT
Havells India, one of the fastest growing appliances and electrical gear makers in the country, said it will launch a wifi-enabled, temperature-sensitive smart fan next year. Named ‘Enticer Smart’ after its Enticer series, the fan would have smart capabilities, such as automatically adjusting its rotating...
Mindtree ties up with IISc for artificial intelligence research
Bangalore-based IT services company Mindtree has decided to collaborate with Indian Institute of Science Bangalore (IISc), one of India’s top higher education institutes, to design solutions using Artificial Intelligence or AI. It will do so by creating an endowment, Mindtree Associate Professor Chair on Artificial Intelligence,...
Kerala Govt says status quo will be maintained, after SC agrees to re-examine Sabarimala order
Supreme Court of India of India has agreed to hear the Sabarimala age-restriction matter once again, prompting the Kerala law minister to say that the state government will maintain status quo at the site. It will take up the matter on January 22, after the...
Lupin gets USFDA nod for asthma inhaler drug
Indian pharmaceutical manufacturer Lupin said it received regulatory approval to launch a generic version of AstraZeneca’s asthma inhalation medicine. Budesonide Inhalation Suspension is among medium-sized drugs sold in the United States, with annual sales of around $475 million. It is sold by AstraZeneca under the name...
Cipla agrees to buy US drug company for $215 million
Cipla said is US subsidiary has agreed to acquire a US company developing an intravenous formulation of the pain-relief medicine Tramadol for up to $215 million (Rs 1,500 cr). The transaction will be done in two phases, with a $35 million injection into the company, Avenue...
Jet Airways outlines more cost-cutting as Q2 sees Rs 1,297 cr loss
Jet Airways managed to sequentially bring down its pretax loss by a smidgen due to its recently started cost cutting measures during the second quarter, and announced further measures to reduce losses. Even as revenue rose sequentially by Rs 170 cr in Jul-Sep quarter, total...
Lupin launches pneumonia drug Atovaquone in the US
Pharma major Lupin said it has launched pneumonia suspension Atovaquone, a generic substitute for Glaxosmithkline’s Mepron oral suspension. The drug, in the dosage of 750 mg per 5 milliliter, had annual sales of approximately USD 119 million in the US. It is indicated for the prevention...
Reliance Industries to enlist local stores to fight Flipkart, Amazon
Mukesh Ambani, chairman of Reliance Industries group, today said that his company is working on creating a pan-India e-commerce platform that will help small, offline shops compete with players like Amazon and Flipkart. The platform will work by making the inventory of small shops available...