UP Government to start paddy procurement from October 1
The Uttar Pradesh government will commence paddy procurement across the state starting October 1 and payments to farmers will be processed within 48 hours of the sale. The process will roll out in phases, beginning in western Uttar Pradesh and extending to the eastern districts later in the month, according to...
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Coal will remain part of India’s energy mix for decades: Experts
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BharatPe, Ashneer Grover settle dispute, end months of legal battle
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Government extends I-T audit report filing date
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India’s consumer durables market to become global powerhouse: CII
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Govt extends I-T audit report filing date to Oct 7
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Ashneer Grover will not be associated with BharatPe in any capacity: Company statement
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30 September 2024 | Agencies
SBI plans combo product of recurring deposit, SIP to attract depositors: Chairman
In a bid to attract depositors, State Bank of India is contemplating to come out with innovative products including a combo product of recurring deposit and SIP, said the bank’s chairman C S Setty. With the economy progressing, he said, customers are becoming financially more aware and demanding, and have started...
Can the Tata’s pull off their aviation plan?
At midnight between 11-12, November Air Vistara will cease to function as an independent entity as the merger of Air India and Air Vistara will be solemnised. While it is certain that several of the 60-plus aircraft in Air Vistara’s fleet will continue to operate in the airlines’ famous aubergine...
Government seeks industry inputs on Income Tax simplification
The government has proposed to invite suggestions on Income Tax Act, 1961, from the private sector and tax experts beginning October, as part of an exercise to simplify the direct tax law, sources said. In a meeting with industry chambers earlier this month, the government said that a functionality will be...
India’s seven per cent growth fails to generate jobs: Raghuram Rajan
With 7 per cent economic growth, India is not creating enough jobs as reflected by the number of applicants for vacant posts in some states, Reserve Bank’s former governor Raghuram Rajan said and suggested the government needs to focus on promoting labour-intensive industries to generate employment. Rajan further said some Indians,...
Hospital clowns bring joy to young patients who survived Russian attack
Their costumes are put on with surgical precision: Floppy hats, foam noses, bright clothes, and a ukulele with multicolored nylon strings. Moments later, in a beige hospital ward normally filled with the beeping sounds of medical machinery, there are bursts of giggles and silly singing. As Ukraine’s medical facilities come under pressure...
Pope wraps troubled visit to Belgium by praising victims, demanding abusers be judged
Pope Francis demanded on Sunday that sexually abusive clergy be judged and their bishops stop covering up their crimes as he ended a troubled visit to Belgium by responding to the outrage over the scandal here that has devastated the church’s credibility. “Evil must not be hidden. Evil must be...
Reliance Infra wins Rs 780 cr arbitration case against Damodar Valley Corp
The Calcutta High Court has upheld a Rs 780 crore arbitration award in favour of Reliance Infrastructure Ltd in a dispute with West Bengal-based Damodar Valley Corporation, the Anil Ambani group firm said in a stock exchange filing. More than a decade back, Reliance Infrastructure had won a contract to set...
