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New TV guidelines: Will take Rs 5-cr hit per event, say sports channels

I&B Ministry has not exempted sports channels from paying Rs 1 lakh processing fee for live telecast of events; broadcasters may petition govt for waiver

India in talks with other countries to export green hydrogen, official says

"We are in a position to make green hydrogen as our main source of energy in the future," Prabhat Kumar, an additional secretary of the external affairs ministry, said at an industry event.

Indian govt to sell 1.55% stake in Axis Bank via offer for sale: SUUTI

Floor price for the offer is 830.63 rupees per share, it added. The offer will be concluded over Thursday and Friday, with non-retail investors bidding on first day and retail investors on second day

Govt to finance green bond projects and initiatives under 9 categories

Proceeds will be deposited in the Consolidated Fund of India

Sobering reality: Three liquor firms served notices for surrogate ads

In its warning, the MCA had said that "during recent sports events that were televised globally", many instances of surrogate advertising had been noticed

Another lotus blooms

India prepares to take over the G20 presidency

Welcome write-off: Acknowledging failure of 116 projects is the first step

It is true that the government should not throw good money after bad, but failed projects should at least be used as lessons to improve the implementation of future infrastructure projects

Centre may axe 116 infra projects worth Rs 1.26 trn lagging for decades

Land issues, Centre-State tussles caused delay, roads and railways have the highest share

Rs 16K-crore green bond framework to cover funding across sectors

The framework is expected to cover funding of green and sustainable infrastructure across sectors such as roads, railways, urban transportation, and even agriculture and social sector

Centre likely to raise authorised fund in NSFDC by Rs 1,000 crore

The Department of Social Justice, the nodal authority, has floated a draft cabinet note for inter-ministerial consultation

Giving a thrust: Exports to account for 48% of nine PLI schemes

Data suggests bulk of the exports will come from largescale electronic manufacturing, which is dominated by mobiles

Coal pensioners to agitate for dearness relief in pay, pension body revamp

Retired Employees Association says nearly 270,000 pensioners are getting less than Rs 2,000 a month as pension

Govt notifies enhanced financial support for Central, state PPP projects

Funding under IIPDF Scheme is in addition to Viability Gap Funding Scheme notified in December 2020

Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra meets UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres

Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra met top UN leaders, including Secretary-General Antonio Guterres here and discussed issues of pressing concern. Kwatra also met with President of the 77th session of the UN General Assembly Csaba Korosi and they discussed the priorities of the PGA for the session and how India could partner in those. Foreign Secretary @AmbVMKwatra met with @UN Secretary General @antonioguterres. Issues of pressing concern were discussed, India's Permanent Mission to the UN tweeted on Thursday. On Thursday, Kwatra addressed the UN Security Council open debate held under Ghana's Presidency of the 15-nation Council on Peacebuilding and sustaining peace: Integrating effective resilience-building in peace operations for sustainable peace.' Later he met with Ghana's Minister of Foreign Affairs Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey. They expressed support for each other's priorities in the Security Council and discussed taking the - relationship forward, the Indian mission tweeted. At t

Govt identifying spectrum bands for machine communication and IoT

With an eye on leveraging IoT, machine to machine communications, and advanced cloud-based services, the government is looking to set aside select spectrum bands for use cases

Dixon to Lava, Indian firms in JV talks with Chinese electronics players

Eligible companies under the PLI scheme say they are unable to meet their production targets because of supply chain challenges

Loans worth Rs 20 trillion disbursed under MUDRA scheme, says PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said loans worth Rs 20 lakh crore have been disbursed so far under the Centre's MUDRA scheme to provide self-employment opportunities to the youth, and added that Maharashtra was one of its major beneficiaries. In a video message aired during an event here to distribute appointment letters as part of the Maharashtra government's aim to provide employment to 75,000 people, Modi said his government was providing assistance to start-ups and micro industries as well. The Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana (PMMY) scheme was launched by the Modi government in April 2015 to provide loans up to Rs 10 lakh to the non-corporate, non-farm small/micro enterprises. "Youths play an important role in making India a developed country. The Centre has started a programme to provide 10 lakh jobs and on the same lines, the Maharashtra government has launched a scheme to provide employment to 75,000 people. It is a matter of pride that maximum recruitment will be done i

India's taxes on crypto transactions may 'kill the industry': Binance CEO

Binance Holding CEO Zhao "CZ" Changpeng said India's onerous taxes on cryptocurrency transactions will probably "kill the industry"

Cabinet hikes ethanol prices, approves subsidy for non-urea fertilisers

The industry has on several occasions told the government the price of ethanol produced from sugar juice or syrup should be based on returns on equity

Enhancing mustard yields

Genetically tweaked variety can increase production. It would be unwise for India to deny its commercialisation