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Govt sets up Rs1,000-cr venture fund for space sector projects
25 Oct 2024
The union cabinet on Thursday approved the setting up of a Rs1,000-crore venture capital fund exclusively for space sector initiatives.
PM Modi wants coordinated action against hoax bomb threats to airlines
25 Oct 2024
Ever since the fugitive founder of the banned terror group Sikhs for Justice, Gurupatwant Singh Pannun, circulated a video on Monday warning passengers against flying Air India
BSNL validates home-grown 5G RAN and Core
24 Oct 2024
State-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) has successfully tested locally developed 5G RAN (radio access network) and core using 3.6 GHz and 700 MHz spectrum bands.
Merck pays $30 million upfront to acquire cancer therapy developer Modifi Biosciences
24 Oct 2024
US pharma multinational Merck has acquired Modifi Biosciences, a developer of new oncology drug molecules, for $30 million upfront and up to $1.3 billion
Modi, Xi Jinping talk peace on the margins of BRICS summit
24 Oct 2024
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping met on the sidelines of the 16th BRICS Summit at Kazan on Wednesday
IMF sees India’s GDP growth slowing from 7% in 2024 to 6.5% in 2025
23 Oct 2024
India’s economy in terms of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is expected to grow at a slower pace of 7 per cent in the current year, ie, 2024 against the 8.2 per cent growth recorded in 2023.
The remarkable Ratan Tata
By Kiron Kasbekar | 23 Oct 2024
One newspaper report of Ratan Tata’s passing away showed an old photo of him climbing into the cockpit of a Lockheed Martin F-16 fighter.
Reliance to disrupt the Cola market with `Campa’
23 Oct 2024
Reliance Consumer Products Ltd (RCPL), the consumer goods arm of Reliance Industries, has revived the Campa Cola brand,
Reliance Infra plans Rs10,000-cr small arms project in Maharashtra’s Ratnagiri district
23 Oct 2024
Reliance Infrastructure Ltd, which recently attained debt-free status and announced plans to raise fresh funds to drive business,
Adani acquires Orient Cement for Rs8,100 crore
22 Oct 2024
Adani Group company Ambuja Cements has agreed to acquire 46.8 per cent shares of B K Birla Group’s Orient Cement Ltd (OCL) for Rs8,100 crore.
Reliance Infra to raise Rs6,000 cr through equity and debt issue
22 Oct 2024
Anil Ambani Group company Reliance Infrastructure plans to raise over Rs6,000 crore through a combination of preferential share issue and qualified institutional placement.
China turns on world’s largest offshore wind turbine with 20 MW capacity
22 Oct 2024
China, one of the largest emitters of pollutant gases, also now operates the world’s largest wind turbine that is capable of generating 20 Mega Watt of clean electricity, which is enough to power 96,000 homes.