• Monday, May 20, 2024

Adani Gas to invest Rs 90bn on distribution networks over…

Adani Gas Ltd will invest up to Rs 9,000 crore in setting up city gas distribution network over the next 10 years to retail CNG to automobiles and piped cooking gas to households in those areas where it won licences in the recent bidding round, its CEO Suresh Manglani said.…

JLR to cut 500 jobs at UK factory

Tata Motors-owned Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) on Wednesday (22) said that around 500 jobs will be affected as it cuts down on shifts to optimise car production at its Halewood factory in Merseyside. The factory, which builds the Range Rover Evoque and Land Rover Discovery Sport in the north west…

Malaysia to buy more Indian sugar to resolve palm oil…

MALAYSIA'S top sugar refiner said it will increase purchases of the commodity from India, which according to two sources is part of efforts to placate New Delhi amid an ongoing spat over palm oil imports. MSM Malaysia Holdings Berhad will buy 130,000 tonnes of raw sugar from India worth $49.20…

Indian state to test facial recognition amid privacy fears

THE southern Indian state of Telangana will use facial recognition software in local elections on Wednesday (21), authorities said, the first such use of the technology in the country despite growing concerns about privacy and surveillance. Facial recognition software will be used to verify voters in 10 polling stations in…

Mumbai to remain open 24×7 from next week: Aaditya Thackeray

Mumbai, known as the city that never sleeps, will now officially remain open round-the-clock with the Maharashtra Cabinet on Wednesday approving its Mumbai 24 hours policy allowing malls, multiplexes and shops to function day and night from the next Monday. In the first phase, shops, eateries and theatres in malls and mill compounds…

India Uber sells food delivery service

RIDE-SHARE giant Uber has sold its meal delivery business in India to Zomato, one of its local competitors, as it steps up efforts to achieve profitability. India is one of Uber's biggest markets for rides, but its UberEats meal delivery service has struggled to keep up with the two largest…

Despite protests, CAA will not be withdrawn: Amit Shah

Attacking the opposition for "misleading" people on the Citizenship Amendment Act, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said the law will not be scrapped despite the protests over it. Addressing a rally here in support of the CAA, Shah also declared that the construction of a Ram temple “touching…

Census data confidential; guaranteed under laws: RGI

Amid the ongoing row over the NPR exercise, the government on Tuesday asserted that census data is confidential and guaranteed under the law and those violating it will be punished. In a series of tweets, the Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India (RGI) also said the 2021 would be…

Three Hizbul Mujahideen militants killed in Shopian  

Three Hizbul Mujahideen militants, including a police deserter and a top-ranking commander, were killed in an encounter with security forces in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, police said. Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in Wacchi area of Shopian following information about presence of militants…

Difficult to predict war scenario with Pakistan: CDS Rawat 

Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat on Monday said it was very difficult to predict if a scenario of a war with Pakistan would emerge or not but all the defence services were prepared to take on any challenge. The top general, who inducted the Sukhoi-30 MKI squadron here,…

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