ESPN Software India Pvt. Ltd, the official broadcaster of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011, will stream all cricket world cup matches live on www.espnstar.com following a similar successful exercise on YouTube during the Indian Premier League (IPL) last year. The IPL matches, which were streamed live and available for viewing through archives, got...
International
Apple and BSNL tie up to bring IPAD to India
Apple is finally launching its much-awaited tablet iPad in India. The company has tied up with government-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited to launch the tablet in the country. Apple iPad is reportedly set to hit retail stores across the country on January 28. The tablet will be available in Wi-Fi or 3G+Wi-Fi versions. The...
Gujarat govt organizing B2B Gujarat Travel Mart in February
Gujarat government will organize a three-day exhibition in Ahmedabad from 8 February to provide a business platform for 1000 plus buyers from 26 countries in the tourism and hotel industry sector. Gujarat Travel Mart(GTM) 2011 with 120 stalls will be held at Gujarat University Exhibition hall in Ahmedabad between February 8 to 10. This...
An article on Gujarat, published on backpage of U.S. edition of WSJ
Rarely it happens that America’s mainstream daily takes note of something positive happening in India prominently. Last week, our Gujarati fellows in America found it amazing to see the ‘holy cow’ newspaper Wall Street Journal’s back page. There was a full report along with couple of photographs and graphic published about Gujarat and Narendra...
India’s first tidal power plant will be in Gujarat
India’s first tidal power plant will be in Gujarat. British marine energy company Atlantis Resources Corporation, and Gujarat Power Corporation Ltd inked an MoU during recently concluded Vibrant Gujarat Summit to start a 50-Mw tidal power project off the coast of Gujarat at an estimated cost of Rs. 750 crore in 2013. Read full...
South Korea’s Kia Motors to build an auto part in Gujarat:Report
South Korea’s Kia Motors Corp plans to build an auto plant in Gujarat with an annual production capacity of 300,000 cars, a media report said on Friday. Maeil Business Newspaper said the factory, whose construction will begin in the first half of this year in Gujarat, will start operations in early 2013, citing a...
Japan to invest 10 billion yen in smart city project in Gujarat
A Japanese government-affiliated fund will invest 10 billion yen in a smart-city project in Gujarat, India, to be built by firms including Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd., Mitsubishi Corp. and Electric Power Development Co., the Nikkei newspaper reported, without citing anyone. The report also said that a Japanese govt-affiliated fund will invest as much as...
This is why it makes sense to set up a textile mill in Gujarat
When Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi asked Tamil Nadu’s Textile industry people in Chennai to come and set up textile mill in Gujarat, the Textile tycoons found this offer worth taking, primarily because of the fact that cotton – the main row material for textile product comes from Gujarat. Now if somebody has textile...
Hyundai officials visit Dholera to scout the land to set up a car plant
Buzz is powerful this time about possible entry of Hyundai’s car manufacture plant in Gujarat. It is reported in several media publication that Hyundai team recently visited Gujarat’s Dholera to explore possibility of setting up a car plant there. Read three different articles telling the same story on this. After Nano, Modi to drive...
Jordan’s Hikma Pharma plans to buy 30% in Unimark Remedies
Jordan-based Hikma Pharmaceuticals is planning to buy 30% stake in Mumbai-based API maufacturing firm Unimark Remedies Limited according to DealCurry report. Unimark has two active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) plants at Vapi and Bavla, in Gujarat, both USFDA approved, and a third one in Khopoli, Maharashtra. The total investment on the units is approximately $66...
ADB considering loans for Gujarat’s 580-MW Solar Power Project
The Asian Development Bank may provide loans to a 580-megawatt solar power park in Charanka village of Gujarat, according to Bloomberg report. The project will use both solar photovoltaic and solar thermal power.For solar photovoltaic projects, energy from the sun is converted directly to electricity, while in solar thermal projects, the sun’s energy is...
5000 containers stuck at Mundra port due to transporters strike
Procedures at Mundra port are affected due to strike of transporters for last four days. Transporters connected with Mundra port have stopped loading for last four days opposing poor condition of Anjar bypass road. Yesterday Mundra Custom House Agent Association also joined the strike, due to which all custom clearance procedures at all 12...