In what could be good news for foreign telecom companies wanting to invest in India, the Union Ministry of Law and Justice has suggested that the Communication Ministry may take the issue of following an open auction for third generation mobile servi ..
The finance ministry has relaxed the area-based excise duty exemption norms, entitling companies to seek higher refunds based on their value addition. Manufacturing units with 15 per cent value addition are now eligible to seek special rate of refund ..
The wait for rolling out mobile banking seems to be over, with the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) issuing draft operative norms for such payment system. Now, RBI said, it will be easier and safer to use mobile phones for carrying out a gamut of bankin ..
The fate of the famous Ponni variety of rice, nurtured in the fertile banks of Cauvery river across Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, now registered under the Malaysian Trademark Act by Malaysian commodities retail giant Syarikat Faiza, has once again expose ..
The World Customs Organisation (WCO), the intergovernmental body that aims at developing global standards for Customs departments, is planning to recommend stringent norms for enforcing the intellectual property rights of export consignments. However ..
Corporate India is in an innovation mode. And, it’s not IT companies, but manufacturing conglomerates that rule the roost, going by the maximum number of patents filed. That’s not all. A SundayET analysis of the latest intellectual property rights (I ..
Jharkhand HC Additional Judge Appointed New Delhi, Jun 12 The appointment of Ajit Kumar Sinha as an Additional Judge of the Jharkhand High Court by President Pratibha Patil was announced by the Law and Justice Ministry this afternoon.He will have a t ..
SC orders fresh hearing of SIFCL case New Delhi, Jun 9 The Supreme Court today set aside both Allahabad High Court and Reserve Bank of India (RBI) the rulings of debarring Sahara India Finance Corporation Limited (SIFCL) from accepting deposits from ..
Kerala HC directive on distribution of ration items Kochi, Jun 12 The Kerala High Court today observed it was desirable for the government to hand over wholesale distribution of ration articles to the Civil Supplies Corporation run by it.Mr Justice C ..
SC dismisses petition seeking ban on ''Dashavataram' New Delhi, Jun 12 The Supreme Court today dismissed a petition seeking a ban on the screening of a movie ''Dashavataram'' on the grounds that it hurt the religious sentiments of Hindus.A vacation b ..