Lightweight tractor developed for small scale farmers
A lightweight frame weighing just 450kg tractor having compact 9 HP diesel has been developed by CSIR-Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute (CSIR-CMERI), specifically for small-scale farmers who have been mostly relying on bullock-driven carts or high-powered costly tractors for the cultivation. This tractor boasts practical front and rear wheel sizes, a...
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India, US extend digital tax on e-commerce supplies till June 30
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About 60% of MSMEs plan to digitise their business processes by 2025: Vi study
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Govt's gross liabilities rise by 3.4% to `171.78 lakh crore at March-end: Finance Ministry
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GAIL advances net zero emission target to 2035
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Gold climbs Rs 370; silver jumps Rs 600 amid strong global cues
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Fiscal deficit at 3% of full year Budget estimates at May-end 2024: CGA data
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FATF report hailing India's anti-money laundering drive exemplary, satisfying: Sources
29 June 2024 | PTI
Markets snap record-breaking rally
Market benchmarks Sensex and Nifty halted their three-day record-hitting rally to close with losses on Friday as investors booked profit in banking, finance and tech stocks despite a positive trend in global equities. Snapping a four-session winning run, equity indices succumbed to selling pressure after mid-session when profit-taking emerged on select...
Govt's gross liabilities rise by 3.4 pc to Rs 171.78 lakh crore at March-end: Finance Ministry
Total gross liabilities of the government increased to Rs 171.78 lakh crore at the end of March 2024 from Rs 166.14 lakh crore at December-end, the finance ministry has said. This represented a quarter-on-quarter increase of 3.4 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2023-24, said the public debt management quarterly...
25% of new hires are married women; nearly 70% of workforce are women: Foxconn
Apple iPhone maker Foxconn has informed the government that 25 per cent of its new hires are married women and its safety protocol, which requires all employees to avoid wearing metal irrespective of gender or religion, is not discriminatory, sources said. In an informal note shared with the government after reports...
Project to develop Film City in Noida speeds up
The project to develop Noida International Film City, led by filmmaker Boney Kapoor’s Bayview Projects LLP in collaboration with Bhutani Group, on Thursday advanced significantly. After winning the bid with a promising 18 per cent revenue share offer to the Uttar Pradesh Government, Kapoor and his team have signed a concession...
Video commerce offerings gain traction, Indians spent over 2 mn hours video shopping: Flipkart
Homegrown e-commerce platform Flipkart on Thursday said video as a format is rapidly gaining adoption and Indian customers have spent over 2 million hours on its video commerce offerings in the past one year. India is one of the top consumers of internet data, and with Indian consumers becoming increasingly tech-savvy...
Infosys’ CEO Parekh settles insider trading case with Sebi; pays `25 lakh
IT giant Infosys’ MD and CEO Salil Parekh has settled with markets regulator Sebi a case pertaining to alleged violation of insider trading norms after paying Rs 25 lakh. He allegedly failed to put in place “adequate and effective systems” of internal control to ensure compliance for preventing insider trading, according...
Budget to accelerate pace of reforms, take many historic steps: President
The first budget of the newly-formed NDA government next month will take “many historic steps” as well as accelerate the pace of economic reforms and lay a roadmap for ‘far-reaching policies’ and ‘futuristic vision’ of the government to make India the world’s third largest economy, President Droupadi Murmu said on...
