16th OCTOBER 2014

Blosom, a 6-foot 4-inch cow owned by a U.S. woman, was recently dubbed the world’s tallest and will be included in the 2016 edition of the Guinness Book of World Records.

The World Wide Fund for Nature-India (WWF-I) has cracked the secret codes used for illegal online trade of animals, reptiles and mammals. The breakthrough was made by TRAFFIC, the wildlife crime control wing of the organisation.

Tata Steel has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Klesch Group of Switzerland to undertake a detailed due diligence for a potential sale of its Long Products Europe business and associated distribution activities.

In keeping with its stated plans of aggressive product roll-outs in India, automobile maker Fiat-Chrysler will launch its Avventura, a ‘contemporary urban vehicle’ (CUV), here later this month.

Mobile phone users will soon be able to change their telecom operators and retain their numbers even if they are relocating to areas outside the service providers’ operations. At present, mobile subscribers have restricted facility of changing their telcos while retaining their number within same service area using mobile number portability (MNP). For example, a subscriber in Delhi NCR can switch operators within Delhi NCR only. The Department of Telecom has set a target date of March 31, 2015, to implement the full mobile number portability (MNP), an official source said. The decision will be placed before Telecom Minister for final approval.

Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan has received the Euromoney’s Central Bank Governor of the Year Award 2014 in Washington on October 10, the central bank said in a press release on Wednesday