Mumbai: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said Indian companies can now go in for direct listing on foreign exchanges as well as on the International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) bourse in Ahmedabad. The nod, which came after three years of announcement as part of the Covid relief package, will enable domestic companies to access…
New Delhi: India is an “indispensable” partner in achieving a free and open Indo-Pacific and Japan intends to deepen cooperation with New Delhi in all areas to expand the special strategic and global partnership between the two sides, Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi said on Friday. Complimenting India’s focus on the Global South, Hayashi said the…
Gandhinagar/ New Delhi: Indian conglomerate Vedanta’s Anil Agarwal on Friday outlined ambitious semiconductor manufacturing plans for India, saying that the global mining company has identified a world-class technology partner and is in the process of tying up with them, its Chairman Anil Agarwal said on Friday. “Vedanta is fully committed to build semiconductor and display fab….
New Delhi: High performance adaptive computing major AMD on Friday announced an investment of USD 400 million (about Rs 3,300 crore) in India over five years, and opening of a 500,000-square-foot R&D campus in Bengaluru, which it said is its largest in the world. The new AMD campus is expected to open before the end…
Gandhinagar: Technology firms will be given 50 per cent financial assistance for setting up semiconductor manufacturing facility the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday, as he announced that his government has rolled out the red carpet for semiconductor industries. Speaking after inaugurating Semicon India 2023 conference in Gandhinagar, Modi said India is establishing an…
While the Centre’s request to reconsider its earlier decision on the extension of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) Director Sanjay Kumar Mishra’s tenure, the Supreme Court judges asked the Solicitor-General Tushar Mehta whether there are no other competent officers in the department to replace him. The poser is sharp and clear over the Lordship’s apprehensions on…
Bridgetown (Barbados): India captain Rohit Sharma didn’t expect the Kensington Oval track to deteriorate so much but defended his decision to promote ODI specialists ahead of him and Virat Kohli in the first match here on Thursday. India beat West Indies by five wickets in a game where spinners from either side picked up 10 out…
Bridgetown: Skipper Rohit Sharma and senior pro Virat Kohli, who have 76 international hundreds between them, decided to give game time to middle-order batters as India beat West Indies by five wickets in the opening ODI, riding on exploits from spinners Ravindra Jadeja and Kuldeep Yadav. After Jadeja (3/37 in 6 overs) and Kuldeep (4/6 in…
United Nations: The upcoming G20 Summit in New Delhi is among the “critical opportunities ahead” for accelerated action on climate change, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said, emphasising that the grouping’s success is a “basic precondition” for the success of the UN climate change conference. As the World Meteorological Organisation and the European Commission’s Copernicus…
New Delhi: The Centre on Thursday informed the Supreme Court that it has transferred to the CBI the probe into a case related to two women being paraded naked in strife-torn Manipur, saying the approach of the government was of “zero tolerance towards any crimes against women”. The Ministry of Home Affairs, in an affidavit filed…
