The 100th mission proved to be a commercial success, , though it did not have an Indian payload. Isro is said to have earned over Rs 100 crore from the mission, though it refused to confirm the number.

Isro's mission proves to be commercially lucrative

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The traditional Indian drug makers are now a worried lot. An innocuous document revealed at a conference held in Singapore on June 29-30, 2012, threatens to jeopardise the export prospects of the whole Ayurveda industry.

Neem on ASEAN's negative list

The failure to implement the 74th Amendment to the Constitution, enacted in 1992, is directly responsible for the garbage mess in the city. That&rsquo;s the opinion of an expert on civic issues. The 74th Amendment sought to strengthen the urban local bodies.

Greens blame failure to act on time for garbage mess in city

The Indian Institute of Human Settlements (IIHS), an institution offering courses for betterment of settlements, is trying to continue its incubation programme for finding concrete ideas to improve urban centres.

IIHS trying to sow seeds of entrepreneurship too

Israel is planning to open a consulate in Bangalore by the year-end. This will be the second consulate after Mumbai. These are in addition to its embassy in New Delhi. As of now Israel&rsquo;s consulate in Mumbai manages its relationships with the south Indian states and has been building relationships with firms and educational institutions in the South.

Israel to open consulate in Bangalore

On Thursday evening, most of the 500-odd employees of Happiest Minds Technologies had converged in the courtyard of their newly-set-up office in Electronics City on the outskirts of Bangalore.

IT's year of happiness, and some serious businesses for Happiest Minds

Intelligent, ethically correct; very aware of the ways of the world; someone who considers all aspects before taking a decision. This is how someone who has worked with Shruti Shibulal, the daughter of Infosys co-founder and CEO S D Shibulal, describes Shruti.

BS People: Shruti Shibulal

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), the independent safety investigator of the US, has issued two urgent safety recommendations on General Electric GEnx engines, which power the latest generation of Boeing aircraft: Both the 787 Dreamliners and the Boeing 747-8s.

US engine concerns could botch AI plans

The Hyderabad-headquartered tertiary care healthcare chain - BGS Global, has put its expansion plans on the ice. Instead, it wants to focus on consolidating its business after having expanded quite rapidly from a 500-bed chain to a 2,100-bed chain in under five years.

BGS Global puts expansion on hold

A Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft meant for Air India has suffered a serious mishap during pre-flight testing in the United States. Investigation is on into the incident, Boeing said.

Dreamliner for AI suffers engine mishap probe on in the US 

The largest passenger aircraft can now touch down at the Benguluru International Airport (BIA). The airport, run by the Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL), will be able to receive the largest aircraft such as the Boeing 747-8i and A380 that need Code F-compliant airport. BIAL, has recently been certified by the Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) as being Code F compliant.

BIA can now handle biggest aircraft

Anthony R Tersigni hopes to learn a great deal from Narayana Hrudayalaya on providing medical care at an affordable price in the US. He would know best how important it is to find cost-effective means of providing quality healthcare, being the president and CEO of Ascension Health Alliance, the Catholic healthcare organisation and which is one of the major healthcare providers in the US.

Ascension to replicate low cost model of Narayana Hrudayalaya

Apollo Hospitals, the Chennai-based healthcare provider chain, is firming up plans for two new hospitals by next year-end with 200 beds each in Bangalore. &ldquo;These would be a kind of brownfield projects,&rdquo; said Dr Umapathy Panyala, CEO, Apollo Hospitals-Bangalore, adding &ldquo;we are scouting for buildings with each being at least 150,000 sq ft.

Apollo to add 2 more hospitals

Narayana Hrudayalaya (NH), the Bangalore-based healthcare provider along with its joint venture partner US-based Ascension Health, is planning to invest $60 million for a healthcare project in the Cayman Islands. The partners are setting up a 110-bed hospital spread over 10 acres. Ascension Health is one of US&rsquo;s largest non-profit heath system.

Narayana Hrudayalaya JV to invest $60 mn in Caymans

Essilor India, the wholly owned subsidiary of France-based Euro 2.4 billion Essilor International, is looking to expand its initiative targeting the bottom of the pyramid model where it is trying to reach the the lowest segments of the society. The company which has been at this effort for the past five years said that they are scaling this up and is looking to touch 5,000 villages over a period of time.

Essilor set to expand bottom of the pyramid model

The Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL), which runs the Bengaluru International Airport, hopes to start work on the second runway of the airport by Q1 of 2013. BIAL is now in the process of expanding the airport by doubling the capacity of the airport terminal building. The masterplan for expansion of the airport has been budgeted at Rs 1,200 crore.

BIAL to start work on runway-II in Q1 of 2013

Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) still haven&rsquo;t completely shed their image of being predatory lenders, led by slick CEOs with Harvard degrees who pocketed millions through IPOs. Then unsavoury lending practices caused the poor to rack up huge debts, some leading to a spate of suicides. Ultimately, the entire industry, mostly located in Andhra Pradesh, collapsed under the weight of its own hubris.

How Janalakshmi got to the top

Teamlease Services Pvt Ltd, a pan-India staffing company and which manages four employment exchanges in the state, has managed to place 7,398 candidates of the 15,000 candidates registered at the exchanges that it manages.

Private employment exchanges keep faith

The concept plane, Airbus&rsquo; vision of flight for 2050, was the centre of focus at the Bangalore leg of the Indo-German Urban Mela. Its concept cabin, which is recyclable, can be turned transparent with the flick of a switch. It also boasts of self-cleaning material, grown from sustainable plant fibres that reduce maintenance and wastage. To top it all, the cabin has an integrated neural network that recognises passengers, and adapts to their needs.

'Aircraft concepts to come from East'

The Wadhwani Foundation, the not-for-profit organisation founded by the US-based NRI billionaire, Romesh Wadhwani which aims to accelerate economic development in emerging economies, is now taking its entrepreneurship model that it has been experimenting with in India to Bangladesh. Wadhwani is also the founder, Chairman &amp; CEO of Symphony Technology Group. The Bangladesh foray is the next stop for the NGO after India. On the foray, Ajay Kela, president and CEO, Wadhwani Foundation, said: &ldquo;We have been in discussions with partners in Bangladesh this year and hope to establish the entrepreneurship programme there.&rdquo; in Bangladesh this year (itself). No targets have been set as yet as these will be based on a joint agreement with the partners there.

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Isro's mission proves to be commercially lucrative

Neem on ASEAN's negative list

Greens blame failure to act on time for garbage mess in city

IIHS trying to sow seeds of entrepreneurship too

Israel to open consulate in Bangalore

Neem on ASEAN's negative list

IT's year of happiness, and some serious businesses for Happiest Minds

BS People: Shruti Shibulal

US engine concerns could botch AI plans

BGS Global puts expansion on hold

Dreamliner for AI suffers engine mishap probe on in the US

BIA can now handle biggest aircraft

Ascension to replicate low cost model of Narayana Hrudayalaya

Apollo to add 2 more hospitals

Narayana Hrudayalaya JV to invest $60 mn in Caymans

Essilor set to expand bottom of the pyramid model

BIAL to start work on runway-II in Q1 of 2013

How Janalakshmi got to the top

Private employment exchanges keep faith

'Aircraft concepts to come from East'