The micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in India should pay special attention to technology up-gradation and brand building to expand growth avenues in the global markets, informed industry experts at the second global convention on MSMEs held here on Saturday.

Technology, branding must for MSME growth: Experts

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The Canadian economic hub of Toronto is inviting Indian investments in knowledge intensive sectors, offering itself as a gateway to the $16.5 trillion economy of the North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) area, which includes USA, Canada and Mexico.

Toronto invites Indian investments

As the labourers' strike at General Motors India (GM) Halol plant crosses a month, the company is all set to start making the light commercial vehicles (LCVs) at the plant that will roll out in 2012. In an e-mailed interview with Sohini Das, GM India president and managing director Karl Slym tells Business Standard that the strike at Halol is a temporary aberration and would not have any impact on their production plans.

Q&A: Karl Slym, President & MD, GM India

Giving conventional tourist destinations like Kashmir, Sikkim-Gangtok, and Shimla a run for their money, Ladakh seems to be emerging as one of the top summer domestic destinations in India this year.

Ladakh: The new hot tourist spot this summer

SunBorne Energy, a leading specialist in utility scale solar solutions, and Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd., one of the largest producers of solar panels, have entered into a framework agreement for the supply of 100 Mw of solar panels over the next two years for projects in India.

SunBorne, Suntech to partner on solar projects

Vadilal Industries, the second largest ice-cream maker in the country, today launched the 'Badabite' brand in the high-end candies segment. The company has lined up more product launches in the premium segment this summer, the 'Gourmet' and the 'Flingo' brands.

Vadilal launches 'Badabite' ice-creams

The State Bank of India (SBI) has said that deregulation of savings bank deposit rate may not be necessary, especially when the banks are offering options to swipe the savings bank deposits to fixed deposits.

SBI says freeing up savings rate may not be necessary

South Indian Bank has earned a net profit of Rs&nbsp;293 crore&nbsp;in 2010-11 as against&nbsp;Rs 234 crore in the previous year, registering a growth of 25.15 per cent. The bank has recommended a dividend of 50 per cent&nbsp;as against 40 per cent&nbsp;for the previous year, and plans to raise Rs 1,000 crore during the current fiscal.

SIB full year net up 25 pc, To raise Rs 1,000 cr

A day after the Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) granted Stage-II forest clearance for the Rs 54,000-crore Posco project in Orissa, the state government has decided to swing to action on the land acquisition front.

Orissa to restart land acquisition for Posco soon

Phase four of the six-phase polling in West Bengal passed largely peacefully as about 84 per cent voters in Howrah, Hooghly, East Midnapore and parts of Burdwan districts exercised their franchise on Tuesday in 63 of the total 294 constituencies of the state.

Bengal records 84% voting in fourth phase

RPG Group company Phillips Carbon Black Ltd (PCBL) will set up its new carbon black plant in Tamil Nadu. It would be PCBL&rsquo;s biggest plant with a capacity of above 1,40,000 tonne, with an investment of about Rs 500 crore.

PCBL to set up new carbon black unit in Tamil Nadu

The Andhra Pradesh Industrial Development Corporation (APIDC), the nodal agency and facilitator for medium and large industries, is all set to get a makeover by the year end.

APIDC all set for a makeover by year end

Birla Corporation Limited, the flagship company of the M P Birla Group, has achieved a turnover of Rs 2,415 crore, against Rs 2,387 crore in the previous year.

Birla Corp PAT at Rs 319.88 cr

Hyderabad Metro Rail authorities today said the first two stretches &mdash;Nagole-Mettuguda and Miyapur-Ameerpet &mdash; of the proposed metro rail corridor would be handed over to L&amp;T, the concessionaire of the Rs 14,000 crore project, in the next 15 days to start the construction work.

Work on metro to begin soon

The state tourism department is likely to build an indoor entertainment plaza in public-private-partnership at Lower Tank Bund in the city.

Indoor entertainment plaza planned in Hyderabad

Mobile services provider Uninor, the brand name of Unitech Wireless, a joint venture company between real estate major Unitech Limited and Norway-based mobile services provider Telenor Group, is planning to open 25 more branded stores in Andhra Pradesh, taking the total to 90 by June. Customers can walk into these stores and buy anything from a SIM card, recharge coupon, and even handsets and accessories, as well as for registering complaints and enquiring about VAS (value-added services) products, a company release said.

Uninor to open 25 more stores in AP

Indian agriculture may register an infrastructure revolution in the next few years as the committee constituted by the Department of Agriculture of the Indian government to suggest measures to minimise the post-harvest infrastructure loss is ready with first set of recommendations.

Role of pvt players may gain momentum in agri

About 25 automobile manufacturers including Hyundai Motors, General Motors, Maruti Suzuki, Ducati, Yamaha and Skoda Autos along with related products and services would participate in one of the largest upcountry automobile shows &lsquo;Auto Mall 2011&rsquo; in Chandigarh, organised by Relio Quick India Pvt Ltd. The show, scheduled to be held from May 6 - 8, 2011, will showcase luxury cars, SUVs, concept car, bikes, vintage cars and modified cars.

25 manufacturers to take part in Chandigarh auto expo

According to a senior official, the bank has recorded a quantum jump in its gross profit for the year ended March 31, 2011, at Rs 2,122.46 crore as against Rs 1,402.6 crore last year, registering a growth of 51.33 per cent.

State Bank of Patiala's gross profit up by 51.33%  

After the expiry of the state industrial policy last year, the Uttarakhand government appeared to be not in a hurry to fashion a new one.

Uttarakhand yet to prepare new industrial policy

Describing Karnataka as a state which seems to be in a &ldquo;state of coma&rdquo;, the Supreme Court today remarked the B S Yeddyurappa government has no business to be in power if it can&rsquo;t acquire land fearing law and order problems.

'State seems in coma govt has no biz to be in power'

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