In a path-breaking move, Ratan Tata launched Nano at the Auto Expo in 2008. Dubbed as the cheapest car, Nano took Tata Motors to the world stage making it a case study in many business schools
At the age of 75, Ratan Tata stepped down in December 2012 after completing 50 years in the group. He came back briefly for two-and-a-half months in 2016 after Tata Sons sacked Cyrus Mistry and before N Chandrasekaran was appointed as Chairman.
His post-retirement investment includes buying stakes in over a dozen startups. He also continues to be involved with the Tata Trust, the charitable organisation of the Tata group founders which focuses on tackling child malnutrition, healthcare, literacy and social justice
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Size matters. So does substance. India’s biggest projects are in Gujarat. Five of our 13 Nobel Laureates are from Bengal December 21, 2020, 8:56 AM IST
A journalist who has lived all over India and is now based in Bangalore
The Covid-infested year 2020 began with the construction completed of the world’s biggest cricket stadium in Gujarat’s largest city of Ahmedabad with the capacity to seat 110,000 spectators. The end of the year saw the Indian team being bowled out by Australia at Adelaide for its lowest-ever score in Test cricket.
The foundation-stone for the world’s largest renewable energy park was laid in Gujarat’s district of Kutch by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on December 15, just five days before Team India set its dubious record at Adelaide. The hybrid renewable energy park, which will utilize both solar and wind power, will generate 38,000 megawatts of power and will come up within five year
At his speech today, PM Modi highlighted how people s mindset changed towards investing in India
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi today hard sold his government s reforms spanning from manufacturing to taxation to labour, saying they have changed the world perception about the country from why India to why not India and went on to quote record foreign investment during the pandemic as a testimony to that.
Speaking at industry association Assocham s Foundation Week event, PM Modi also said agriculture reforms brought by his government six months back have started benefiting farmers. There was a situation in the past when investors would question why India (for investing in the country). With reforms (of past six years) and their effects, its proposition has changed to why not India , he said.
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Home Minister Amit Shah arrives in Birbhum on Sunday. (ANI)
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