Navadisha Montessori Institute under the auspices of the Association of Montessori Internationale (AMI), in collaboration with SchoolScape Centre for Educators and Abacus Montessori School, is planning for the first time in India an AMI Montessori Elementary Diploma Course (6 – 12 age level). A journey began, one hundred years ago – in the slums of […]

Hotcourses, the United Kingdom’s largest publisher of guides to education, on Tuesday launched www.uniguru.com, a website for Indian students looking for courses in higher education institutes abroad. Uniguru is the first website to use web 2.0 technologies to offer peer-to-peer advice on over 100,000 courses at 808 institutions in the U.K, the U.S., Singapore and […]

The Government is planning to write in a trigger mechanism that will free foreign Institutional investors (FIIs) from hassles if their investments breach any sector-specific foreign direct investment (FDI) cap by less than 1 per cent. This means that FIIs will have to report to the RBI any violation of sectoral caps only when their […]

US Component maker Federal-Mogul Corporation, which has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy that allows a sick company to reorganise, is looking at setting up a greenfield facility in Chennai for manufacturing friction seals for brakes and clutches. Federal-Mogul Corporation (FMC) and two of its subsidiaries — Federal-Mogul Luxembourg and Federal-Mogul Holdings — are waiting for […]

STRAIGHT TALK – Pradeep Jain, Chairman, Parsvnath Developers Government is willing to give new licences and release new spectrum, phone penetration level is still low, and rural market remains largely untapped With projects in 48 cities, Parsvnath Developers Ltd (PDL) is on its way to becoming a pan-Indian real estate developer. In recent weeks, the […]

The world’s largest airline catering and in-flight solutions provider LSG Sky Chefs has decided to make India its major hub and is planning to open four new facilities in the country next year. “To meet growing demands of India’s booming aviation sector, we are planning new facilities at Hyderabad, Bangalore, Chennai and Kolkata,” Chief Operating […]

The GRT Hotels and Resorts chain is planning to build a four-star hotel each in Coimbatore and Hyderabad. GRT Hotels is part of the jewellery retail store G.R. Thangamaligai in Chennai. It has submitted hotel building plans to the concerned municipal authorities for approval. The company operates under three brands – GRT Grand (four-star hotels), […]

Soft drinks major Coca Cola India is mulling an expansion in the country’s over Rs 1,500 crore bottled water segment with introduction of global brands including ‘Bonaqua’, besides developing local flavoured products such as ‘pudina’ and mango water. “Our big focus is on water which is one of the fastest growing category. We are looking […]

A silver medal at the Asian Games in Doha last year and then stripped of it following a gender controversy. And now an alleged suicide attempt. Wind in her face, leaping forward across victory lines. That’s how Santhi Soundarajan, a promising athlete from Pudukottai district of Tamil Nadu battled for glory for long. But now, […]

Veteran music director M.S. Viswanathan launched ‘Confluence of elements’, a music album by Carnatic musician Bombay Jayashree Ramnath, here on Tuesday. Brought out by SaReGaMa and Bangalore-based Synergy Images, a company working in areas such as digital animation and game development, the album features five famous compositions in five different languages. Music director of the […]

Moment of honour: Recipients of the Param Acharya and Acharya awards with Sankara Nethralaya chairman emeritus S.S. Badrinath at the function held in Chennai on Wednesday. Fourteen doyens in their respective fields who inspired people with their teaching were honoured with ‘Param Acharya’ and ‘Acharya’ awards on Wednesday. Instituted by the ‘Call Teachers 25555555’ tele-information […]

The Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises is offering financial support to tiny and small-scale industries to participate in international fairs. Concessions include 60 per cent subsidy in exhibition space rent, 70 per cent reimbursement of economy class airfare and subsidy in freight charges for exhibits, according to a release. For further details, visit […]