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Monsanto settles GM cotton dispute with 3 Indian seed firms

The dispute sparked a series of government actions that prompted the world's biggest seed company to withdraw from some businesses in India, one of the world's most important seed markets

Oct 12, 2017

Dow Jones says Google was buying Apple, later apologises citing 'technical error'

The company further ensured that all erroneous headlines would be pulled out from the newswires with immediate effect.

Oct 11, 2017

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Travelling during Diwali? Take a flight as tickets get cheaper

Every festival season air fares go up and it unique ritual every year. This year it went the other way round. Due to lean season this year airlines forced to offer discount to make up for losses.

Oct 11, 2017

GIC Re IPO opens today; most brokerages give buy recommendations

The brokerages have given subscribe recommendations citing well-managed investment book and robust balance sheet.

Oct 11, 2017

You can always go home: Reliance Communications to re-absorb 4,000 staffers after Ericsson deal debacle

RCom and Ericsson decided to sever ties over non-payment of dues to the latter, amounting to approximately Rs 1,150 crore and now 4,000 employees are set to rejoin Reliance Communications.

Oct 11, 2017

Modi govt to bar homeopathy doctors from selling drugs

Complaints like commercial interests were influencing the behaviour against homoeopathic practitioners forced the government to made news rules.

Oct 10, 2017

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Mental health in the workplace - by the numbers

According to the World Federation For Mental Health, major mental health problems cost the US $193bn a year in lost earnings. The estimated global cost of mental health issues is $2.5 trillion.

Oct 10, 2017

Mahindra and Mahindra to hire 600-700 people this year with plans to focus on electric vehicle solutions

Mahindra and Mahindra is set to hire 300 class of 2018 graduates from various business and engineering colleges, a majority of whom will work on designs and new technologies.

Oct 10, 2017

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Paytm Mall net loss stands at Rs 13.63 crore for 2016-17

The Alibaba-backed company, which runs the online retail platform Paytm Mall, clocked Rs 7.3 crore in revenues with a loss of Rs 13.6 crore between August 2016 and March 2017.

Oct 10, 2017

SEBI files contempt petition in SC against Sahara and Subrata Roy for disrupting Aamby Valley auction process

The Apex Court of India has ordered to put Sahara Group's Rs 37,000-crore luxury township Aamby Valley up for auction, calling it "an abuser of process of law."

Oct 10, 2017

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Convicted firms cannot participate in PSU privatisation, says Centre

With the new guidelines, the government has decided to put emphasis on additional criteria for qualification or disqualification of parties seeking to acquire stakes in Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs).

Oct 9, 2017