New Delhi, Mar 24 (PTI) The board of JSW Energy has approved the appointment of Rajeev Sharma as an additional and independent director, and Pritesh Vinay as an additional and whole-time director (finance), the company said on Thursday. The company's board, at its meeting held on Thursday, approved the appointment of Rajeev Sharma as an [...]
United Nations, Mar 23 (PTI) India's projected economic growth for 2022 has been downgraded by over two per cent to 4.6% by the United Nations, a decrease attributed to the ongoing war in Ukraine, with New Delhi expected to face restraints on energy access and prices, reflexes from trade sanctions, food inflation, tightening policies and [...]
New Delhi, Mar 24 (PTI) A parliamentary panel on Thursday said the Union Agriculture Ministry is far from ensuring doubling the income of farmers and pointed out that incomes have rather fallen in some states like Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Nagaland and Odisha between 2015-16 and 2018-19. The committee has recommend the ministry to form a [...]
New Delhi, Mar 24 (PTI) Union Minister of Coal, Mines and Parliamentary Affairs Pralhad Joshi on Thursday urged Geological Survey of India to reduce timeframe for the submission of mineral exploration reports. The minister asked Geological Survey of India (GSI) to complete survey and preparation of report in a year using latest technologies, the Mines [...]
New Delhi, Mar 24 (PTI) State-owned Energy Efficiency Services Ltd has inked a pact with Bureau of Energy Efficiency to demonstrate Energy Efficiency Projects (DEEP) in industrial units, under the PAT (Perform Achieve Trade) scheme. The agreement has been signed to improve energy efficiency in the industry through demonstration of energy efficient technologies. The Bureau [...]
Mumbai, Mar 24 (PTI) The rupee appreciated 6 paise to close at 76.33 against the US dollar in a restricted trade on Thursday, as investors assess the global economic impact of the Russia-Ukraine conflict amid elevated global crude oil prices to find a decisive direction.A weak trend in domestic equities and strengthening US dollar in [...]
Chennai, Mar 24 (PTI) Neuberg Diagnostics, a leading pathology lab chain, has been appointed as an official diagnostic partner for IPL teams Rajasthan Royals, Chennai Super Kings, and Punjab Kings for the forthcoming edition of the league. This is the second year the IPL has partnered with Neuberg Diagnostics as its diagnostic partner and has [...]
New Delhi, Mar 24 (PTI) The Lok Sabha on Thursday passed the Demands for Grants and Appropriation Bill 2022, authorising the government to withdraw funds from the Consolidated Fund of India for its working as well as implementation of programmes and schemes for the fiscal beginning April 1. This completes two-thirds of the budgetary exercise [...]
New Delhi, Mar 24 (PTI) Authorities have issued over 1.98 crore challans worth Rs 1,898.73 crore for traffic violations across the country in the 2021 calendar year, Parliament was informed on Thursday. In a written reply to the Lok Sabha, Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari said 2,15,328 cases of road rage and [...]
New Delhi, Mar 24 (PTI) Telecom operator Bharti Airtel on Monday showcased the possibilities of 5G era, as it harnessed immersive video technology using the next generation network, to recreate in-stadia experience of Kapil Dev's legendary 175-run inning from the 1983 cricket World Cup. Airtel also demonstrated a live 5G-powered hologram as the legendary cricketer's [...]
New Delhi, Mar 24 (PTI) Amid intense Opposition protests against the ambitious SilverLine semi-high speed rail project, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Thursday asserted that the project will be good for the state and will create thousands of job opportunities. Claiming that there are political conspiracies and fake narratives being spread against the project, [...]
Auto components major Motherson on Thursday said it has bagged an order from Boeing to manufacture and supply aftermarket molded polymer parts for commercial airplane interiors. This is the first order for Motherson from Boeing and will commence from the third quarter of FY23. It will be produced at a plant situated in Noida, the [...]
New Delhi, Mar 24 (PTI) PKH Ventures, a construction and hospitality firm, has filed preliminary papers with capital markets regulator Sebi to raise funds through an Initial Public Offering (IPO). The public issue comprises fresh issuance of 1.826 crore equity shares and an Offer For Sale (OFS) of 0.983 crore shares by its promoter, according [...]
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India (NewsVoir) State Bank of India’s Chairman, Shri Dinesh Khara flagged off “SBI Sanjeevani-Clinic on Wheels”, a mobile medical unit project at State Bank Bhavan, Mumbai. A batch of 5 such Mobile Medical Units were flagged off to provide primary healthcare services in the States of Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh & [...]
Veranda Learning Solutions on Thursday said it has fixed price band of Rs 130-137 per equity share of face value of Rs 10 each for its forthcoming initial public offering scheduled to begin from March 29. The offer consists of equity shares of face value of Rs 10 each of the issuer aggregating up to [...]
In 20-21, Vodafone Idea lost over ₹ 120 crores per day and had shown annual losses of Rs 46,000 crore. The company is expected to raise funds from its promoters — the Vodafone Group and the Aditya Birla Group.It is trying out avenues of monetization like Vi games that offer free as well as paid games. [...]
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New Delhi, Mar 24 (PTI) A parliamentary panel has welcomed the Centre's decision to create a separate Ministry of Cooperation to strengthen cooperative movement but cautioned that "utmost prudence" should be exercised while chalking out programmes at the national level so that federal features of the country are not "impinged upon".The Standing Committee on Agriculture, [...]
New Delhi, Mar 24 (PTI) India lost 3.8 million tonnes of crude oil worth Rs 11,276 crore in four years due to less than planned water injection by ONGC in its western offshore fields, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) said. Oil and Natural Gas Corporation's (ONGC) aging Mumbai High, Neelam and Heera [...]