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Stressing that technological interventions to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from agriculture sector would reduce the country’s total emissions, policy think tank ICRIER has suggested the PLI scheme to support manufacturing of PV solar panels should be extended to the manufacturers of agriculture-related products like feed additives for livestock, biofertilisers, nano fertilisers and climate resilient … Read more

(L to R): Julian Thomas, Informa Markets; Mohammed Rinas Chenangadan, Lagnuvo Energy; G Sivaramakrishnan, KREEPA: R Harikumar, EMC-Kerala; Narendra Nath Veluri, ANERT Kerala; Rajneesh Khattar, Informa Markets; Noushad Sharafudeen, PM Suryaghar scheme, KSEB, pose at a press conference in Thiruvananthapuram. Speakers at a round table held here on Tuesday on ‘Future of Renewable Energy in … Read more

The rate-setting six-member monetary policy committee (MPC) on Wednesday voted unanimously to cut the policy repo rate by 25 basis points (bps) from 6.25 per cent to 6 per cent to support growth, which could face headwinds from the ongoing global tariff war. This comes in the backdrop of the latest retail inflation reading coming … Read more

From sweetened breakfast cereals, cookies to deep fried chicken, packaged pastries, and flavoured yogurts, ultra processed foods (UPFs) have undeniably marked their formidable presence in everyday diet. NOVA Food classification system , categorises UPFs broadly as ready-to-eat products characterised as industrial formulations composed of substances extracted from food, along with additives for taste enhancing. These … Read more

IVPA has asked the Government to impose bank guarantees equivalent to the applicable duty differential from the importers to ensure compliance with Rule of Origin guideline. Even as India faces exorbitant tariffs from the United States, it faces another tariff challenge from an unlikely source – Nepal. The Indian Vegetable oil Producers’ Association (IVPA) said … Read more

Noida-based Dixon Technologies on Wednesday signed an MoU with the Tamil Nadu government (with Guidance) for setting up a new manufacturing facility at Oragadam near Chennai with an investment of ₹1,000 crore. The facility at IndoSpace Industrial Park will employ around 5,000 people and will manufacture laptops. Tamil Nadu Industries Minister TRB Rajaa in a … Read more

At present, the transaction amount for UPI, covering both Person to Person (P2P) and Person to Merchant payments (P2M), is capped at ₹1 lakh except for specific use cases of P2M payments which have higher limits, some at ₹2 lakh and others at ₹5 lakh.  The National Payment Corporation of India (NPCI), in consultation with … Read more

Gold loan company stocks partially recovered from their earlier steep losses on Wednesday after Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Sanjay Malhotra clarified that the central bank was not planning to tighten regulations on gold loans but rather to harmonise existing guidelines. At closing on the National Stock Exchange, Muthoot Finance had pared some losses … Read more

Vindhyagiri, the third stealth frigate for the Indian Navy built by defence PSU Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Limited (GRSE), in Kolkata, August 17, 2023 | Photo Credit: Swapan Mahapatra The shares of Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Limited (GRSE) were trading at ₹1,524.85 down by ₹40.95 or 2.62 per cent on the NSE today … Read more

Two courses will initially be launched at Coventry University GIFT City – a BSc Honours in International Business Management and BSc Honours in Business and Finance  | Photo Credit: Jacob Ammentorp Lund After Queen’s University Belfast, a second university from the United Kingdom — Coventry University — will be granted licence to open a campus … Read more