Breaking News

Blueprint for Vizag’s water security may emerge during CM’s September 19 visit

Posted on By admin
Blueprint for Vizag’s water security may emerge during CM’s September 19 visit

An aerial view of the Mudasarlova Reservoir in Visakhapatnam with receding water levels amid a prolonged rainfall deficit. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO The ongoing drinking water crisis is set to take centre-stage during Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu’s proposed visit to Visakhapatnam on September 19. Local leaders are preparing to seek a comprehensive, long-term…

Read More “Blueprint for Vizag’s water security may emerge during CM’s September 19 visit” »

Nation

Davis Cup | An even contest in the offing on the hard-courts of Seoul

Posted on By admin
Davis Cup | An even contest in the offing on the hard-courts of Seoul

The Indian team will strive to make it to the ultra-elite group of eight nations. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement India is not an elite tennis nation. Yet, it is among the elite 15 still remaining in this year’s Davis Cup, a position it last attained in 2011 as part of the 16-team World Group…

Read More “Davis Cup | An even contest in the offing on the hard-courts of Seoul” »

Sports

Harish seeks judicial probe into 22-A issue, welcomes SIT probe into KCR family lands

Posted on By admin
Harish seeks judicial probe into 22-A issue, welcomes SIT probe into KCR family lands

T. Harish Rao | Photo Credit: SIDDHANT THAKUR BRS Legislature Party Deputy Floor Leader T. Harish Rao said Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy had admitted to several concerns raised by the BRS over the Section 22-A issue and demanded an explanation for how so many families were affected. He also demanded that the State government…

Read More “Harish seeks judicial probe into 22-A issue, welcomes SIT probe into KCR family lands” »

Nation

Copper dazzle dull margins for EV, consumer and engineering goods

Posted on By admin
Copper dazzle dull margins for EV, consumer and engineering goods

Copper’s recent rally to record-highs has sent waves of concern reverberating through the makers of several consumer-focussed and industrial products such as electric vehicles (EVs), consumer gadgets and appliances, electric wires and engineering goods, among others. Futures of the metal on the London Metal Exchange (LME), the benchmark for global prices, hit an all-time-high of…

Read More “Copper dazzle dull margins for EV, consumer and engineering goods” »

Business

Rattlesnake blood could reinvent the fight against deadly venoms

Posted on By admin
Rattlesnake blood could reinvent the fight against deadly venoms

Herpetologists first discovered in 1933 that rattlesnakes are immune to their own venom. Native to the Americas, rattlesnakes are pit vipers, a family of vipers with a heat-sensing pit organ between each nostril and eye. Venom resistance in snakes comes in two forms: either the targets in their bodies have evolved such that the venom…

Read More “Rattlesnake blood could reinvent the fight against deadly venoms” »

Science

Keralam’s electricity regulatory commission to hold consultations on draft tariff norms on Sept. 29, 30

Posted on By admin
Keralam’s electricity regulatory commission to hold consultations on draft tariff norms on Sept. 29, 30

The Kerala State Electricity Regulatory Commission (KSERC) will hold stakeholder consultations on its draft multi-year tariff (MYT) regulations on September 29 and 30. The regulations, once finalised, will govern electricity tariff-related matters for the five-year ‘control period’ starting 2027-28. The consultations, planned in hybrid mode, will be held in morning and afternoon sessions on both…

Read More “Keralam’s electricity regulatory commission to hold consultations on draft tariff norms on Sept. 29, 30” »

Nation

FM urges industry to look beyond rate cuts to compliance and revenue; calls for robust tax policy research

Posted on By admin
FM urges industry to look beyond rate cuts to compliance and revenue; calls for robust tax policy research

Union Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sitharaman addresses the 8th International Tax Conference on ‘New Age Taxation’, organised by International Tax Research and Analysis Foundation (ITRAF), in Bengaluru | Photo Credit: ANI Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman urged industry stakeholders to ensure that tax policy recommendations submitted to the government address broader issues, including compliance…

Read More “FM urges industry to look beyond rate cuts to compliance and revenue; calls for robust tax policy research” »

Business