Iran oil minister: French oil giant Total pulls out of Iran

Earlier this month, Iran said China's state-owned petroleum corporation took a majority 80 percent share of the project.CNPC originally had some 30 percent of shares in the project. Read more »

India’s tea industry is struggling to move up the value chain

While ventures like Teabox and Chai Point are harbingers of new ideas in the Indian tea industry, large sections of it are still stuck in the past. Read more »

Once deemed impossible, IITs and IISc are ushering in changes

IITs and the Indian Institute of Science are rethinking their approach to hiring faculty, interdisciplinary research, humanities and much else. Read more »

Meet AnantU: A design university mooted by billionaire Ajay Piramal and Pramath Sinha

AnantU wants to take a multi-disciplinary approach to harness the power of design to solve complex challenges facing society. Read more »

Can Naresh Goyal save Jet Airways?

Goyal's fight, which may be his biggest, is about saving his legacy and the airline that he has run for 25 years. Read more »

Xiaomi to expand its television range in India

The company will also start selling its Mi TV range through brick-and-mortar multi-brand stores by Diwali apart from the exclusive Mi Home stores and online. Read more »

Walmart is now the largest shareholder of Flipkart

Moving forward, Flipkart's financials will be reported as part of Walmart's International business segment. Read more »

Faculty cannot pursue full time course while teaching: Madras HC

"The university and the recognition authorities must ensure that no teacher is permitted to do the full time course without obtaining prior permission. Read more »

Take realistic view of loan losses: Govt tells banks

"The haircut has to be seen from the enterprise value angle and not from the claims angle," said Injeti Srinivas, Secretary, Ministry of Corporate Affairs. Read more »

Air India initiates probe into flight delay from Dhaka to Kolkata

While a report claimed that a pilot had a fracas with the security over carrying the hisla, sources said that an engineering snag was mentioned in the log book. Read more »