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Pramerica Mutual Fund has acquired Deutsche MF business in India

Mutual Fund sector witnessed fifth exit of foreign fund house in two years from India on 7 August, as Pramerica Mutual Fund (MF) a company affiliated to US...

August 8, 2015

Tendong Lho Rum Faat Festival of ethnic Lepcha tribe of Sikkim celebrated

An annual festival of Tendong Lho Rum Faat of the ethnic Lepcha tribe of Sikkim was celebrated with traditional devotion and fanfare across the state. About Tendong Lho...

August 8, 2015

Maharashtra Government inks MoU with Foxconn

Maharashtra government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Tiawan-based Foxconn to set up its manufacturing facility in the state. The MoU was signed in presence...

August 8, 2015

Ram Nath Kovind, Acharya Dev Vrat appointed as Governors of Bihar, HP

President Pranab Mukherjee has appointed Acharya Dev Vrat and Ram Nath Kovind as the governors of Himachal Pradesh and Bihar respectively. Their appointments will take into effect from...

August 8, 2015

Union Government to allow Aadhaar enrolments of NRIs, PIOs, OICs

Union Government has decided to allow Aadhaar enrollment of Persons of Indian Origin (PIOs), Overseas Citizen of India (OCIs) and Non-Resident Indians (NRIs). It was announced by Union...

August 8, 2015

Accenture appoints Rekha Menon as Chairperson of its India operations

Global software giant and consultancy Accenture has appointed Rekha Menon as the new chairperson for its India operations. She will succeed Avinash Vashistha who had resigned earlier in...

August 8, 2015

India to boycott Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference 2015 meeting

India has decided to boycott the 61st Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference (CPC) which is scheduled to be held in Islamabad in September 2015. India took this extreme step in...

August 8, 2015

Thomas Cook (India) Ltd acquires Kuoni’s travel business in India and Hong Kong

Thomas Cook (India) Ltd has acquired Zurich based Kuoni Group’s travel businesses in India and Hong Kong for 535 crore rupees. Kuoni entered India in 1996 by acquiring...

August 8, 2015

Maharashtra government declares Thane creek area as 'Flamingo Sanctuary'

Maharashtra government has declared the area along Thane Creek as Flamingo Sanctuary. In this regard State Revenue and Forest Department has issued notification to declare northern part of...

August 8, 2015

TurkmenGaz to head TAPI pipeline, Consortium to jointly own the project

TurkmenGaz, a company owned by Turkmenistan government will lead the consortium for the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) natural gas pipeline. This decision was collectively taken at the 22nd Steering Committee...

August 8, 2015

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