New Delhi, Jan 23 (PTI) The office market in Delhi-NCR remained active last year despite the COVID-19 pandemic, with Gurugram witnessing a nearly two-fold jump in gross leasing to 4 million square feet, according to Colliers India. Gross leasing of office space in Gurugram stood at 2.1 million square feet during 2020. Noida saw a [...]
New Delhi, Jan 23 (PTI) The office market in Delhi-NCR remained active last year despite the COVID-19 pandemic, with Gurugram witnessing a nearly two-fold jump in gross leasing to 4 million square feet, according to Colliers India. Gross leasing of office space in Gurugram stood at 2.1 million square feet during 2020. Noida saw a [...]
New Delhi, Jan 23 (PTI) Industry body Assocham has urged the government to reduce the customs duty on copper concentrate from the present 2.5 per cent to zero to provide a level-playing field and help industry compete with imports of value-added copper products from free trade agreement (FTA) countries under nil duty. Copper concentrate is [...]
Ludhiana-based Vardhman Textiles on Saturday reported a consolidated profit-after-tax of Rs 431.51 for the third quarter ended December 2021. The group had reported a profit after tax of Rs 174.85 crore in the year-round period. Its total income for the quarter under review rose to Rs 2,666.8 crore as against Rs 1,806.85 crore in the [...]
New Delhi, Jan 22 (PTI) Power solution provider PTC India arm PTC India Financial Services (PFS) board could not hold its scheduled board meeting on Saturday in the absence of all independent directors, a source said. On Wednesday, the three independent directors -- Kamlesh Shivji Vikamsey, Santosh B Nayar and Thomas Mathew -- resigned enmasse [...]
New Delhi, Jan 22 (PTI) The government will provide grant of up to Rs 10 lakh to ICAR institutes, Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs) and state agriculture universities for purchase of drones, as part of its objective to promote precision farming. The move will also help in enhancing the domestic production of drones. The Union Ministry [...]
New Delhi, Jan 22 (PTI) A prominent organisation of traders on Saturday demanded that the Kejriwal government allow the opening of markets on all days of the week and relax COVID-19 restrictions.Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) Secretary General Praveen Khandelwal noted that the positivity rate in Delhi has come down to 18 percent on [...]
Mumbai, Jan 22 (PTI) Private sector lender ICICI Bank on Saturday reported a nearly 19 per cent jump in its consolidated profit to Rs 6,536 crore for the quarter ended in December 2021, helped by higher net interest income (NII) and lower provisions. The bank had posted a profit after tax of Rs 5,498 crore [...]
New Delhi, Jan 22 (PTI) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said Rs 50,000 crore investments will come to Jammu and Kashmir in the next few years and agreements have already been signed for Rs 12,000 crore.Virtually launching the District Good Governance Index (DGGI) in Jammu Kashmir, he said all investments together will generate [...]
