Google to set up Cloud Region in Mumbai

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Google will open a new ‘Cloud Region’ in Mumbai that will help the tech giant offer its cloud platform services to developers and enterprise customers in India. Expected to be live in 2017, the local region in India will help make Google cloud platform services even faster for Indian customers, Google said. PTI

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IOC to expand Barauni refinery with Rs 8,287 cr

Indian Oil Corp (IOC) will invest over Rs 9,800 crore in expanding its Barauni refinery in Bihar and setting up a petrochemical unit at Panipat refinery in Haryana. The “expansion of Barauni refinery from 6 MTPA capacity to 9 MTPA capacity along with downstream Polypropylene unit” will cost Rs 8,287 crore, the company said. PTI

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Kirron Kher launches app for “e-Grievances”

Chandigarh MP Kirron Kher on Friday launched a mobile application for “e-Grievances” as a part of “Digital India Campaign” for pensioners, employees of BSNL, Wireless Monitoring Station, Telecom Enforcement & Resource Monitoring Cell and Bharat Broad Band Nigam Ltd. TNS

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Hind Copper share sale fully subscribed

The government on Friday raised Rs 400 crore from stake sale in Hindustan Copper even as retail investors bid for less than a third of the shares reserved for them, while there was over-subscription by institutional investors to bridge the shortfall. PTI

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VW launches Ameo diesel at Rs 6.33 lakh

German automaker Volkswagen on Friday launched in India the diesel variant of its compact sedan Ameo, priced between Rs 6.33 lakh and Rs 9.31 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi). PTI