New Delhi: Britain’s Minister for Investment Lord Dominic Johnson on Wednesday arrived in Bengaluru to explore ways to strengthen the UK-India partnership in areas of trade, technology and life sciences. Lord Johnson is visiting Bengaluru and Pune to meet investors and leading Indian businesses, including Infosys and Zensar, to drum up investor interest in the…
Panama City: In a veiled attack on Pakistan, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said it is “very difficult” for India to engage with a neighbour who practises cross-border terrorism against the country. His blunt remarks came days after Pakistan confirmed that its Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari will visit India for a key meeting of…
New Delhi: The first batch of Indians stranded in violence-hit Sudan left the country onboard India’s naval ship INS Sumedha as part of the evacuation mission ‘Operation Kaveri’. External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said 278 people onboard the ship departed Port Sudan for the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah. “First batch of stranded Indians leave…
Bagalkote: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday defended the BJP government’s decision in Karnataka of scrapping the four per cent quota for Muslims saying the party never believed in ‘religion-based reservation’. The former BJP chief also took a dig at Congress for its stand that the quota would be restored if it is voted…
New Delhi: Realty firm Smartworld Developers on Tuesday said it achieved sales bookings of Rs 3,500 crore in the last fiscal. In a statement, Smartworld Developers said it has sold about 1,438 residential units and 2.87 million square feet of area in 2022-23. The company, which is part of real estate firm M3M Group, did…
New Delhi: Maruti Suzuki India on Tuesday said it has upgraded its entire range of vehicles to meet the stricter emission norms under the BSVI regime. All company hatchbacks, sedans, MPVs, SUVs and commercial vehicles are now compliant with the new BSVI Phase-II real driving emissions (RDE) regulations, alongside being compatible with E20 fuel as well,…
New Delhi: Presence of lead in cheap cookware, traditional medicines and in cosmetics is a problem and there is still a significant lack of awareness of this problem at the highest levels, health secretary Rajesh Bhushan said on Tuesday. Addressing a roundtable convened here by the Center for Global Development, in partnership with Pahle India Foundation,…
New Delhi: Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday said the government is not concerned about flash sales on online platforms but is against predatory pricing and other cheating methods used by e-retailers to restrict consumer choices. He also said that often consumers purchasing goods on the e-market place platform to avail benefits of flash…
New Delhi: IT services company Infosys on Tuesday announced a collaboration with digital workflow company ServiceNow to launch the Infosys ‘Live Operations’ platform to enhance customer experiences. Infosys leveraged ServiceNow technology to build Infosys Live Operations, a statement said, adding that it seamlessly integrates with legacy and digital environments to simplify business operations by application rationalisation…
New Delhi: The CBI has filed a fresh case against former GAIL director E S Ranganathan for allegedly amassing assets worth more than Rs 4.82 crore, disproportionate to his known sources of income, during 2017-22, officials said on Monday. Ranganathan, the then director (marketing) at the Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL), was arrested in…
