MINI India delivers 512 cars in 2020, grows 34% in Q4
NEW DELHI: BMW Group India’s premium small car brand MINI India has delivered a strong performance of 512 cars in the calendar year 2020. The company said withstanding the current market challenges and lockdown situation, MINI India regained momentum swiftly in the second half of the year. Accordingly, in Q4 2020 (October – December), MINI […]
Ola partners with Siemens for EV manufacturing facility
NEW DELHI: Ride-hailing major Ola on Wednesday said it has partnered with Siemens as it looks to rapidly build its upcoming electric vehicle manufacturing facility. This announcement comes on the heels of Ola’s Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Tamil Nadu government to invest nearly Rs 2,400 crore towards building this facility. Ola said that […]
Beijing’s GDP tops $558.5 billion in 2020
BEIJING: Beijing’s GDP reached over 3.6 trillion yuan (about $558.5 billion) in 2020, up 1.2 per cent over the previous year at comparable prices, according to the Beijing Municipal Statistics Bureau. The value-added of industrial enterprises above designated size in Beijing increased by 2.3 per cent during the period, with the manufacturing of computers, communications […]
Singapore-based firm to set up data centre in Noida
LUCKNOW: The Singapore-based ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC) India has proposed to develop a Greenfield Data Centre Campus in Uttar Pradesh’s Noida district. In a meeting with Additional Chief Secretary, Industrial Development, Alok Kumar, the STT GDC India representative informed that in the first phase, the company proposed to develop the data centre […]
Delhi-Meerut RRTS: NCRTC awards Rs 910 crore tender to Alstom
NEW DELHI: In a mega boost for the 82-km-long Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut Regional Rapid Transport System (RRTS), the National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) has awarded the contract worth Rs 910 crore to design, supply and install the signalling, train and telecommunication system to French railway giant Alstom. The NCRTC is implementing RRTS, a first-of-its-kind semi-high-speed rail […]
SEBI approves Future-Reliance deal
NEW DELHI: Despite exhortations by Amazon, markets regulator SEBI has approved the deal between Future Group and Reliance Industries. SEBI, in a letter issued on Wednesday, approved the deal subject to a number of conditions in the Composite Scheme of Arrangement. The BSE on its part said that it has no adverse observations on the […]
Modi government proposes to suspend farm laws for 1.5 years, set up panel for solution;next meeting on January 22
NEW DELHI: Yielding some ground to end the nearly two-month-long protest by thousands of farmers on the national capital borders, the Narendra Modi government on Wednesday (January 20) proposed to suspend the three contentious farm laws for 1-1.5 years and set up a joint committee to find an amicable solution in the interest of the […]
Won’t participate in meetings of court-appointed panel: Farmer unions to Supreme Court
NEW DELHI: Protesting farmer unions on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that they would not participate in meetings and deliberations to be held by the court-appointed committee to address their grievances and maintained they wanted the new farm laws repealed. The top court told the lawyers appearing for farmers unions that all it wanted is […]
Budget session:Narendra Modi to chair an all-party meeting on January 30
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair an all-party meeting on January 30 during which the government will put forth its legislative agenda for the Budget session of Parliament, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi said on Wednesday. He said the meeting will be held virtually and an invitation has been extended to floor leaders […]
Supreme Court rejects pleas seeking review of 2018 Aadhaar verdict
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has dismissed a batch of pleas seeking review of its 2018 verdict which had upheld the Centre’s flagship Aadhaar scheme as constitutionally valid but struck down some of its provisions, including its linking with bank accounts, mobile phones and school admissions. A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Justice A M […]
Vice President Kamala Harris : A new chapter opens in US politics
By KATHLEEN RONAYNE AND ALEXANDRA JAFFE WASHINGTON: Vice President Kamala Harris broke the barrier Wednesday that has kept men at the top ranks of American power for more than two centuries when she took the oath to hold the nation’s second-highest office. Harris was sworn in as the first female U.S. vice president — and […]
Joe Biden takes the helm as president: ‘Democracy has prevailed’
By JONATHAN LEMIRE, ZEKE MILLER and ALEXANDRA JAFFE WASHINGTON:Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States on Wednesday, summoning American resilience to confront a historic confluence of crises and urging people to come together to end an “uncivil war” in a nation deeply divided after four tumultuous years Declaring that […]
Maharashtra budget session likely from March 1
NEW DELHI :The Budget session of the Maharashtra legislature is likely to begin in Mumbai from March 1, sources said on Wednesday. The duration of the session will be finalised in the Business Advisory Committee (BAC) meeting scheduled to be held in February, they said. The monsoon session and the winter session of the state […]
Gujarat to spend Rs 100 crore to develop Shivrajpur beach
AHMEDABAD: Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani on Wednesday said his government would spend a total of Rs 100 crore in two phases to turn Shivrajpur beach in Devbhumi-Dwarka district into an international level beach. Shivrajpur, located around 10 kms from Dwarka city, is the only beach in Gujarat to have the prestigious ‘Blue Flag’ certification, […]
Power Grid signs agreement with Himachal Pradesh to improve telecom connectivity in hilly areas
NEW DELHI: To improve telecom connectivity in hilly areas, Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID), has recently signed an agreement with Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board Ltd. (HPSEBL) in Shimla (H.P.) for utilization of 500 Kms of OPGW Telecom network. This is in addition to the existing 350 Kms of OPGW laid on HPSEBL […]
Cabinet approves Rs. 5281.94 crore for 850 MW Ratle Hydro Power Project
NEW DELHI: The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given its approval for the investment of Rs.5281.94 crore for 850 MW Ratle Hydro Electric (HE) Project located on river Chenab, in Kishtwar district of Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, by a new Joint Venture Company (JVC) to be incorporated between […]