NEWS
Extended PLI scheme for AC, LED light components attract 38 investors
15 Oct 2024
The Production Linked Incentive (PLAI) scheme for white goods (air-conditioners and LED lights) received 38 responses in its third round of on-line application window.
India, Canada at diplomatic battle again as Treudeu renews anti-India rant
15 Oct 2024
India and Canada returned to diplomatic battle with the Government of India ordering six Canadian diplomats, including acting high commissioner Stewart Ross Wheeler, out of the country.
Maharashtra govt frees LMVs from toll at Mumbai's main entry points
14 Oct 2024
The Maharashtra government has decided to exempt light motor vehicles (LMVs) from payment of toll at Mumbai's main entry points, from midnight today (Monday)
India Post to deliver Amazon parcels
13 Oct 2024
E-commerce major Amazon has entered into a memorandum of understanding with the Department of Posts under which India Post will facilitate delivery of Amazon’s retail sales
Noel Tata appointed chairman of Tata Trusts
13 Oct 2024
Noel Naval Tata, half-brother of Ratan Tata has been appointed the new chairman of Tata Trusts, on the passing away of Ratan N Tata, ending all speculation about the succession at Tata Sons.
India’s industrial production declines 0.01% in August
12 Oct 2024
Industrial production in India, based on the Index of Industrial Production (IIP), registered a negative growth of (-) 0.1 per cent in August 2024
Nobel Peace Prize goes to Japan’s anti-nuke movement
12 Oct 2024
This year’s Nobel Price for Peace has been awarded to the Japanese organisation Nihon Hidankyo - a mass movement of atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Asean, India to promote strategic partnership
11 Oct 2024
A meeting of member states of the Association of South East Asian nations (Asean) and India in Vientaine, Laos, on Thursday reaffirmed
South Korean writer Han Kang awarded 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature
11 Oct 2024
The Nobel Prize in Literature 2024 has been awarded to South Korean author Han Kang, who used her intense poetic prose to expose the fragility of human life through a narrative of historical traumas.
US researcher to share Chemistry Nobel with UK duo
10 Oct 2024
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2024 to David Baker of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Adani Group in talks to acquire Heidelberg Cement India: report
10 Oct 2024
The Adani Group is reported to be in talks to acquire Heidelberg Cement India Limited, the German group’s Indian cement operations, which has a current valuation of about $1.2 billion.
RBI keeps policy repo rate unchanged at 6.5% with focus on inflation
10 Oct 2024
The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Reserve Bank of India, at its meeting on Wednesday, decided to keep the policy repo rate under the liquidity adjustment facility (LAF) unchanged at 6.50 per cent.