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Ginners across the country empowered to produce Kasturi Cotton Bharat brand: minister
08 Aug 2024
The ministry of textiles has empowered cotton ginners across the country to produce Kasturi Cotton Bharat brand, based on the QR code certification technology, as per stipulated protocol.
No-frills carrier IndiGo adds business class on 12 domestic routes
07 Aug 2024
Low-cost carrier IndiGo, which has been flying economy class for the past 18 years since its inception, has announced the introduction of business class on the domestic circuit as the airline plans to become a full service carrier.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise gets EU approval for $14 bn Juniper deal
06 Aug 2024
The EU Commission on Thursday announced its decision to grant blanket approval for Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s $14 billion acquisition of Juniper Networks
Dassault to set up MRO facility for Rafale, Mirage 2000 fighter jets in India
06 Aug 2024
French aerospace and defence major Dassault Aviation is expanding its presence in India with a maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility in Noida, Uttar Pradesh.
GoFirst’s creditors vote for liquidation of the airline report
06 Aug 2024
The Committee of Creditors (CoC) overseeing the debt resolution process of insolvent carrier Go First decided to vote for liquidation of the airline as the committee could not make any headway 15 months
BNP Paribas to acquire AXA’s fund business for $5.5bn
05 Aug 2024
French banking group BNP Paribas is in exclusive talks with insurer AXA to acquire AXA Investment Managers, in a deal worth €5.1 billion ($5.5 billion).
Tourism has a role in India emerging as third-largest economy: Shekhawat
05 Aug 2024
Tourism is the largest employment generator after the agriculture sector and has the potential to contribute in large measure to India achieving the status of the third-largest economy in the world
Tata’s semiconductor plant in Assam to be operational next year
05 Aug 2024
Tata Group on Saturday conducted the ground-breaking ceremony for its Rs27,000-crore semiconductor factory in Assam, marking the commencement of construction of the facility.
Cabinet approves Rs50,655-cr investment in 8 national high-speed road corridor projects
04 Aug 2024
The union cabinet at its meeting on Friday approved investment of around Rs50,655 crore across eight critical projects in the National High-speed Road Corridor, of a total length of 936 km.
Core sector output growth at a 20-month low of 4% in June
01 Aug 2024
Core sector industrial production in India, based on the Index of core industries (ICI), expanded by 4 per cent year-on-year in June 2024, the lowest in 20 months, due to a slowdown
NCLT orders liquidation of Future Retail as debt resolution fails
31 Jul 2024
The Mumbai bench of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) has ordered the liquidation of Future Retail Limited (FRL) as the committee of creditors (CoC) failed to arrive at a resolution plan
IPR reforms take patent awards in India to levels above 1 lakh a year
31 Jul 2024
Indian Patent Office has granted 1,03,057 patents in FY2023-24 thanks to various steps taken to strengthen the Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) ecosystem in the country through modernization of IP offices using advanced technologies and IT.
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