HCL Infosystems has bagged a contract worth Rs.100 crore from Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board (HPSEB) for providing data and IT applications for energy accounting/auditing and consumer service centres in 14 towns.

Tata Teleservices Monday said it has crossed the 77 million wireless subscribers mark by adding 2.1 million new subscribers in August.

Malaysian low-cost airline AirAsia Monday said it will offer 20 percent discount on all seats on all flights for bookings made from Sep 14-19.

India is trying to sort out the hike in visa fee and outsourcing ban issues bilaterally with the United States and has no immediate plan to go to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) court.

Backed by global cues, Indian equity markets witnessed a bull run Monday, with a benchmark index gaining more than 408 points to zip past the 19,000 mark, the level last seen almost 32 months back in January 2008.

Economic growth in the second (July-September) quarter of this fiscal would be below 8.5 percent, the government's chief economic advisor, Kaushik Basu, said Monday.

Aparna Doshi, chief operating officer of Astonfield Renewable Resources, has been named Co-chair of the US-India Business Council (USIBC) Solar Power Task Force, a major new initiative to promote US-India trade and investment in the burgeoning solar power sector.

The Doha Round of Talks at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) s unlikely to happen in 2010 because of unwillingness of US to conclude the deal said Commerce Secretary Dr. Rahul Khullar on Monday.

Auto-component manufacturer Steel Strips Wheels Ltd (SSWL) Monday said that it is increasing the capacity of its plant at Oragadam near Chennai by four million wheel rims at a cost of Rs.60 crore.

The finance ministry Monday signed a tripartite agreement with the World Bank and the Small Industries Development Bank of India to help finance energy efficient projects of small industries.