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Extended PLI scheme for AC, LED light components attract 38 investors

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.