Thailand and India to Enhance Strategic Partnership
Since Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra will join India’s Republic Day celebrations on 26 January 2012, she will also take this opportunity to pay an official visit to India from January 24 to 26. The visit is at the invitation of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, whose recent visit to Thailand…
Marriott International unveils plans for more Edition hotels
Bethesda-based Marriott International Inc. has announced plans for more Edition hotels, bolstering its bet on the boutique hotel category. Marriott said Thursday that it would open Editons in New York, Abu Dhabi and Bankgkok, Thailand, and had contracts signed for hotels in Los Angeles and Gurgaon, India. Marriott president…
BOI Fair Ready to Boost Flood Recovery and Investor Confidence
The Office of the Board of Investment (BOI) is gearing up for the BOI Fair to be held from 5 to 20 January 2012. The fair was earlier postponed from 10 to 25 November 2011 because of severe floods in Bangkok and adjacent provinces during the period. It will take…
IIJS jewellery event 2012 keenly awaited
SURAT: Diamantaires and jewellery manufacturers are eagerly waiting for the first major gems and jewellery trade event to be held in 2012 in Mumbai, considered an important indicator of how the diamond market will fare during the year. The four-day India International Jewellery Show ( IIJS-Signature), organized by Gems and…
World’s cheapest tablet put up for sale online @ a price of $35
India – Datawind, the maker of the world’s cheapest tablet has put up for sale about 30,000 tablets online at a price of Rs 2500 each, with a delivery period of seven days. The seven inch tablet with Android 2.2 is now available through its portal aakashtablet.com. “We have put…
Land of billion opportunities, not billion problems: Mukesh Ambani
India is a land of billion opportunities and not billion problems, according to Mr Mukesh Ambani, Chairman and Managing Director, Reliance Industries Ltd. “Lot of people think that India is a land of problems. I really think that India is a land of billion opportunities and not a billion problems,”…
Fixopan India Joins hands with Thai companies to manufacture and donate Flood relief Boats
Fixopan India Joins hands with Thai companies to manufacture and donate Flood relief Boats. Bangkok, Thailand – 31th October, 2011 – Fixopan Machines Pvt Ltd an Indian company joined hands with Srithai Superware PCL, SCG Chemicals and Thai National Shippers Council to manufacture and donate Flood relief Boats to assist…
India’s longest railway tunnel unveiled in Jammu & Kashmir
BANIHAL: The northern railways on Friday opened India’s longest railway tunnel piercing through the Pir Panjal range in Jammu & Kashmir. The tunnel is part of the ambitious Udhampur – Srinagar – Baramulla rail link project of Northern Railways. At 10.96km long, the Pir Panjal Railway Tunnel is India’s longest…
India’s best-known low-cost airline likes what it sees in Thailand and pursues more Asian markets
As Thailand becomes a hot destination for Indian tourists, Indian airlines are looking at the country in ways they have never done before. Some plan to use the country as their regional hub while also plotting routes now dominated by Thai Airways International. The latest to enter the skies in…
India’s finally got its much hyped ultra-low-cost tablet, Aakash
India’s finally got its much hyped ultra-low-cost tablet named “ Aakash”. The tablet runs onAndroid 2.2 (Froyo) and comes with a 7 inch resistive touch screen with 800×480 reolution and weighs 350 gm. Aakash is a collaboration between the government and a British-based company DataWind. The tablet has a 256…