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Flying fox and one of its colonies in southern Assam’s Barak Valley. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT India’s largest species of bats, named after a canine fabled to be sly, spend 7% of their day-roosting time being environmentally vigilant, a new study has said. The nectar and fruit-eating flying fox (Pteropus giganteus) is generally considered…
Benchmark equity indices began the trade on a muted note on August 17 and fell further in line with weak trend in global markets. | Photo Credit: PTI Benchmark equity indices began the trade on a muted note on August 17 and fell further in line with weak trend in global markets. The 30-share BSE…
Watch | Is India’s ‘Make-at-home’ good industrial policy? The government of India introduced restrictions on the import of laptops and tablets. The restriction is that only on prior grant of licence can any import take place. This was with immediate effect. With some intense pushback from the industry, the effective date has been deferred to…
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Benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty pared early losses to close higher for a second straight session on Wednesday, supported by fag-end buying in index majors Infosys, L&T and M&M amid a mixed trend in global markets. In a volatile trade, the 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 137.50 points or 0.21% to settle at 65,539.42. During…
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The logo of the Adani group is seen on the facade of one of its buildings on the outskirts of Ahmedabad. File | Photo Credit: REUTERS U.S.-based boutique investment firm GQG Partners has invested $1.1 billion in Adani Power for an 8.1% stake, sources with knowledge of the matter said on Wednesday. GQG Partners bought…
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Bumblebee (Bombus festivus) specimens from high-altitude regions of Arunachal Pradesh in the NCBS museum in Bengaluru. A museum at National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS) in Bengaluru has started to put together a collection of bees from across India, particularly biodiversity hotspots such as Western Ghats and North-east India. According to NCBS, whose scientists are…
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Colours to dye threads which are used to make colourful threads for embroidering the Namda carpets. | Photo Credit: Nissar Ahmed/The Hindu Q: X is a dye named for a country, associated with the name of a revolt in that country in 1859, and whose colour is popularly associated today with denim jeans. Name X….
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Unsoo Kim, MD & CEO, Hyundai Motor India Ltd. File | Photo Credit: Kamal Narang Hyundai Motor India Limited (HMIL) said it has signed an Asset Purchase Agreement (APA) for the acquisition and assignment of identified assets related to General Motors India (GMI)’s Talegaon Plant in Maharashtra. Unsoo Kim, Managing Director and CEO of Hyundai…
Petrol sales fell 8 per cent to 1.19 million tonnes in the first fortnight of August 2023, when compared with the same period last year. File photo | Photo Credit: Nagara Gopal India’s petrol and diesel consumption fell in the first half of August from the previous month and a year ago, as monsoon rains…
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Pedestrians and shoppers walk past a branch of fashion retailer H&M. The brand is investigating cases of labour abuse at its factories in Myanmar | Photo Credit: Reuters H&M is following up on 20 alleged instances of labour abuse at Myanmar garment factories that supply the world’s second-largest fashion retailer, just weeks after top rival…
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