Landslide incidents in the vicinity of hydro projects are not related to the commissioned/under-construction hydropower projects, according to a study. Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS), Dehradun, has carried out a study on the incidents of landslides in the vicinity of hydro projects and has prepared a report on Landslide Studies in Commissioned / Under [...]
The Income Tax Department on Wednesday said employers will have to seek details from employees about their preference for tax regime in the current fiscal and deduct TDS accordingly. In case an employee does not intimate his/her employer about the preferred tax regime, then the employer would be required to deduct TDS from salary income [...]
Tata Steel on Wednesday said its consolidated steel production rose by around 3 per cent to 7.77 million tonne during the January-March quarter. The company's total steel output was at 7.55 MT in the year-ago period, Tata Steel said in a regulatory filing. Tata Steel's total sales were 7.59 MT, down 3.43 per cent over [...]
Financial services firm Religare Enterprises on Wednesday said it will acquire Indian Express Group's insurance web aggregator MyInsuranceClub in an all-cash deal. The company said in a statement that it has signed a share purchase agreement for the proposed acquisition of MyInsuranceClub (MIC) from iGear Holdings Private Limited, part of The Indian Express Group. Religare [...]
SunSource Energy on Wednesday announced commissioning of a 9 MW solar project for Varun Beverages, PepsiCo's largest franchise bottler, in Uttar Pradesh. The project commissioned is part of its 45 MW open access solar project in the state, SunSource Energy said in a statement. "SunSource Energy commissions 9 MW DC solar open access project for [...]
Jakson Green has secured an order to set up a methanol synthesis facility at the NTPC's Vindhyachal Thermal Power Plant (VTPP) in Madhya Pradesh. In a statement, Jakson Group said, it will be "world's first methanol production plant in partnership with NTPC Ltd." Group company Jakson Green has won a project from NTPC to establish [...]
The second Employment Working Group (EWG) under G20 Presidency developed consensus on the priority areas of addressing global skill gaps, gig and platform economy, social protection and sustainable financing of social security during its three-day meeting which concluded here on Wednesday. The meeting concluded on a positive note with G20 members moving towards consensus on [...]
Reliance Retail on Wednesday entered into the beauty space with the launch of Tira, an omnichannel beauty retail platform. The country's leading retailer will now compete with the brands like HUL's Lakme, Nykka, Tata and LVMH's Sephora in India's growing beauty and personal care marketplace. Reliance Retail announced the launch of Tira, an omnichannel beauty [...]
The government has no plan to use Aadhaar data for census, Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar told Lok Sabha on Wednesday. "The Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India has informed that there is no plan to use Aadhaar data for census," he said in a written reply. [...]
Pharma exporters body are conducting regular interactions with the authorities of African and Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries to build confidence and ensure continuity of trade, Parliament was informed on Wednesday. These interactions assume significance on the backdrop of two recent incidents of alleged cough syrup adulteration/sub-standard items found in products exported to Gambia [...]
