Quadria Capital buys Samara's 14% stake in AIG HospitalsSet up in 1986, Asian Institute of Gastroenterology Hospitals is India’s foremost gastroenterology hospital.
- Samara buys majority in skin-care brand Nature’s Essence
Established in 1998, NEPL is among the leaders in the skin-whitening market, competing with companies such as Dabur, VLCC and Patanjali.
Madhya Pradesh’s basmati plea may delay India’s geographical indication battleThe country’s Geographical Indications Registry on Dec 31 allowed a plea by MP for its basmati producers to be covered under the GI tag.
Register your trademark or risk losing it altogetherOpting for a 'well-known' brand can have its pitfalls-particularly if it sounds similar to a big multinational brand.
- Need to focus on GI in fight to reverse Ponni trademark
The fate of the famous Ponni variety of rice, now registered under Malaysian Trademark Act by Malaysia's Syarikat Faiza, has once again exp...
- Ponni rice in patent row
Farmers in Tamil Nadu growing popular non-basmati rice 'Ponni' have protested vociferously over Malaysia being granted trademark rights for...
- Malaysian firm registers 'Ponni' rice trademark
Malaysia has granted trademark rights of a popular non-Basmati rice variety grown in south India to a local trading firm, reminiscent of th...
- Rights and tradition, the Indian lesson
In 1997, India valiantly fought the US Patent Office decision to grant patent for the discovery of wound-healing property of turmeric and g...
- Ministry can’t digest Badshah’s basmati promo fee
King Khan’s date with Basmati will have to wait. More than a month after the Basmati Development Fund (BDF) cleared a Rs 20-crore promotion...
- King khan may promote basmati
It has all the makings of a Brand India mega potboiler: Bollywood meets Basmati.