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Soon after a new Ministry to look after the cooperative sector was formed in 2021, the corridors of its old offices at Krishi Bhavan in Delhi’s Central Secretariat were filled with thousands of letters and postcards. Many handwritten, they had to be stuffed into gunny bags. All had the same request: a refund from the…
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The government’s biggest claim to success in aviation since 2014 is building “74 airports in seven years”, as opposed to the same number built in the seven decades since Independence. However, only 11 of these airports have actually been built from scratch, while 15 airports have fallen into disuse over this period, due to the…
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Image used for representative purpose onl. | Photo Credit: DEEPAK KR Students will have to shell out more for hostel accommodation as a 12% GST would be applicable on the rent paid, the Authority of Advance Ruling said in two separate cases. The Bengaluru bench of the Authority of Advance Ruling (AAR) said hostels are…
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. | Photo Credit: Kamal Narang Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on July 29 said the focus of the government is on four Is — infrastructure, investment, innovation and inclusiveness — to make India a developed nation by 2047. She said India has necessary wherewithal to meet the goal set by Prime…
Rice kept for sale at a retail outlet in Kochi, Kerala. | Photo Credit: K.K. Mustafah In the last couple of days, many panic-stricken Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) have thronged grocery stores and supermarkets in the United States to hoard bags of rice. Videos of people jostling to buy sona masuri rice (a lightweight and aromatic…
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FMCG major Nestle India has “strong commitments” for local manufacturing with plans to invest ₹4,200 crore by 2025, including in its 10th plant in the country at Odisha, its Chairman and Managing Director Suresh Narayanan said on Friday. Nestle India, the maker of popular Maggi noodles, KitKat chocolate and Nescafe, is investing to create capacity…
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Anil Agarwal, Chairman of Vedanta Resources Ltd, addresses the audience during the ‘SemiconIndia 2023’, India’s annual semiconductor conference, in Gandhinagar, India, July 28, 2023. | Photo Credit: Reuters Vedanta group chairman Anil Agarwal on July 28 said that first phase of its semiconductor project will involve $5 billion investment of the overall $20-billion outlay, and…
An IndiGo Airlines cabin baggage security check tag is pictured on a passenger’s luggage at Bengaluru International Airport in Bangalore. File | Photo Credit: Reuters IndiGo’s attempts to save about six kg of fuel per flight, by recommending soft landings using only three of an aircraft’s wing flaps, may be leading to an increase in…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks at the Semicon India 2023 event, in the presence of Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, Foxconn chairman Young Liu, Vedanta group chairman Anil Agarwal, Union IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnav, and Minister of State (Electronics and Information Technology) Rajeev Chandrasekhar, held at Mahatma Mandir, Gandhinagar, on Friday, July 28, 2023. |…
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The government’s 5.36% stake sale in Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd (RVNL) on Thursday got an enthusiastic response from institutional investors, who subscribed to the issue 2.73 times by putting in bids of over ₹2,000 crore. In the two-day offer-for-sale (OFS), the government is selling 11.17 crore shares, representing a 5.36% stake at a floor price…
