AstraZeneca opened a new corporate office in Mumbai, in western India, on October 16, 2026, according to a stock exchange filing by AstraZeneca Pharma India, the company's India unit. Devendra Fadnavis, Chief Minister of the state of Maharashtra, inaugurated the 25,600-square-foot office. The office will house the company's commercial operations,...
thyssenkrupp Opens a Global Capability Center in Pune for Auto Engineering
thyssenkrupp Automotive Technology, the automotive segment of Essen, Germany-based thyssenkrupp, has opened a global capability center in Pune, in western India. A global capability center is an in-house engineering and support hub that a foreign company runs for its worldwide work. ANI News carried the company's announcement this week. More...
France’s Technip Energies Wins Mumbai Refinery Upgrade Contract
Technip Energies, the engineering company based in Nanterre, France, has won a contract to modernize a refinery in Mumbai, in western India. Business Standard reported that Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited, the state-run refiner known as HPCL, awarded Technip Energies an engineering, procurement and construction contract, which the company announced on...
Scotch Whisky Prices Fall in India After UK Trade Deal
India is the largest consumer of whisky in the world and Scotch whisky has become less expensive in parts of India since the India-UK trade agreement took effect on July 15. Mint, called it the first price drop since the agreement and said prices fell 10% to 15% in states...
Tesla in Talks to Set Up India Venture
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has signaled that his electric vehicle company is preparing to enter the Indian market, both in terms of vehicle sales and potentially manufacturing. In a recent interview, Musk stated that like other major nations, India should have access to electric vehicles, implying it is a natural...
Pernod to Invest €200m to Set Up a New Distillery in India
The Indian subsidiary of French spirits company Pernod Ricard has signed a memorandum of understanding with the government of the western state of Maharashtra to set up a malt spirit distillery in the city of Nagpur. The distillery is expected to take three years to complete and will produce Pernod...