Corporate Organizations and Industry

Ushodaya Enterprises Private Limited is the parent company that publishes the Telugu daily newspaper Eenadu.

In the 2005 Brand Equity Survey, Colgate was ranked as the most trusted brand in India.

Hyundai Motor India Limited has consistently held the position of the second-largest car manufacturer in India after Maruti Suzuki.

Transgene Biotek Limited is an Indian biotechnology company primarily focused on drug discovery and manufacturing.

Wipro Technologies entered into a strategic partnership with Harman International in 2008 to provide R&D and engineering services.

In 2008, Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. (BCCL), the publisher of The Times of India, acquired a stake in Manhattan Communications (India) Pvt Ltd. This was a strategic move to expand their digital and media presence.

Delta Electronics, a Taiwanese company specializing in power management solutions, announced plans in 2008 to invest significantly in its Indian operations.

Satyam Computer Services was awarded the Golden Peacock Global Award for Excellence in Corporate Governance in 2008. This was shortly before the company was involved in a major accounting scandal.

Exxaro a South African firm has formed a joint venture with Tata Power.

The SBI General Insurance Company, the 74:26 joint venture between the State Bank of India and the Insurance Australia Group Limited (IAG), will start operations in full swing from August with an initial equity capital of Rs 150 crore, according to the SBI Chairman, O. P. Bhatt. Of the initial capital base, SBI will contribute Rs 111 crore while the foreign partner will contribute Rs 39 crore, in line with the stake holding ratio. IAG will also invest Rs 503 crore as premium to the equity share

Antrix Corporation Ltd., the commercial arm of the Indian Space Research Organisation has been conferred with the prestigious Globe Sustainability Research Award 2010 by the Globe Forum, Stockholm, Sweden. It is an international award founded by Globe Forum, with the purpose of fostering sustainable development in society. The award was conferred on Antrix for its outstanding contribution towards improving livelihoods among the rural poor while reducing their vulnerability to climate risks. Antrix had demonstrated the use of space technology and Information Technology (IT) solutions to reach out to grassroots through the Sujala Watershed Development programme in five districts in Karnataka in 2002-2009.

Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) will buy out its French partner Renault's 49 per cent stake in the five-year-old joint venture - Mahindra Renault Pvt Ltd - for an undisclosed amount. The joint venture manufactures the Logan, an entry level sedan at Nashik. In the process, Mahindra Renault will now become a wholly-owned arm of M & M.

Jagran Prakashan Ltd (JPL), the publisher of the country's most read newspaper, Dainik Jagran, on May 6, 2010, bought the print business of Mid-Day Multimedia Ltd (MML). MML was running its print business through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Mid-Day Infomedia Ltd (MIL), which publishes newspapers such as Mid-Day, Sunday Mid-Day, Gujarati Mid-Day and Inquilab.

MML, however, would retain its radio business and its shares would continue to be listed on the bourses. MML runs seven radio stations in the country. Dainik Jagran has a readership of 54.6 million across 11 states.

In addition to Dainik Jagran, Jagran publishes l-Next, India's first bilingual compact newspaper, and City Plus, a weekly English tabloid.

The film 'Road to Sangam' was released worldwide on January 29, 2010. The film is inspired by the event of discovery of Mahatma Gandhi's ashes in a bank locker some years ago. Directed by Amit Rai and starring the stalwarts like Om Puri, Paresh Rawal, Pavan Malhotra and Swati Chitnis, 'Road To Sangam' is a mix of reality with fiction to bring in the surreal influence of history with contemporary.

ns tax from the payment made to Hutchison for acquiring the latter's  stake in  an  Indian telecom venture. Vodafone had paid $11.2 billion to acquire Hutch's 67%.