At 47th International Kolkata Book Fair, January 18-31, British structural engineer Roma Agrawal talks about her new book ‘Nuts and Bolts’ on small inventions that made possible complex machines: nail, wheel, spring, magnet, lens, string, pump
Luxury vehicle manufacturers on Monday hit out at the move to hike cess on large cars and SUVs to 25 per cent.
Munich, home to carmaker BMW, has become the latest German city to consider banning some diesel vehicles amid "shocking" nitrogen oxide emissions in the Bavarian capital.
Though a bit cautious, most analysts are bullish on the stock but concerns over rural demand and monsoon still persist.
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said that efforts are on to change the JD(U) symbol from arrow to 'Chakra' (wheel) as the party lost many seats due to confusion among the voters over its symbol, which resembled to other parties.
Major dampener in the last quarter is likely to be volume growth, estimated to be around 5-7 percent. Volumes may be slightly higher due to price cuts in certain major categories. In Q3 FY15 itself, soaps and detergents saw price cuts. Shampoos, which comprise 10 percent of total sales, saw 20-30 percent price cuts in Q2.
Despite consumer demand continuing to remain slow, especially in the rural markets, HUL management reaffirmed its guidance of maintaining competitive volume growth and modest improvement in margins
Datsun GO, a hatchback that has been creating a lot of buzz since it was unveiled in the capital last year. Overdrive talked about its looks, its potential price points. Rohit Paradkar of Overdrive managed to get his hands on the wheel and here is his opinion on first drive.
With the Indian car market veering towards diesel, Honda has had its share of trouble in India over the past couple of years. But the company is finally ready to jump on the diesel bandwagon, with its first compact sedan. The Amaze will debut next week.
It's been more than half a century since some of the first concept cars boasting self-driving features were presented to the world and they're still not on the roads.
It's a time when most FMCG companies are increasing prices across portfolio. Can't blame the FMCG makers either- raw material prices have escalated quite a bit over the last few months. However at times like these P&G has slashed shampoo prices by 15%. This may negatively impact its biggest rival Hindustan Unilever.
Hindustan Unilever (HUL) has hiked prices of its laundry products Surf Excel, Rin and Wheel to offset raw material cost hike, reports The Times Of India. It touched an intraday high of Rs 289.90 and an intraday low of Rs 284.10. At 09:39 hrs the share was quoting at Rs 287.70, up Rs 3.10, or 1.09%.
