New Delhi: German luxury carmaker Mercedes-Benz is looking at around 20 per cent of its total sales this year to come from pre-owned car sales despite sourcing of used vehicles remaining a challenge, according to a senior company official. The company’s arm Mercedes-Benz India had sold over 3,000 pre-owned cars last year and is witnessing robust…
Washington: Internet giant Google is investing USD 10 billion in India’s digitisation fund, its CEO Sundar Pichai has told Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a step that will recognise India’s leadership on fintech and will support small and large businesses in India, the US and around the world. Pichai met Prime Minister Modi here on Friday and…
Kolkata: The Coal Ministry has said it approved a wage revision agreement that was reached with trade unions for non-executive employees of Coal India Limited. The agreement provides for a 19 per cent of minimum guaranteed benefit from July 1, 2021, on emoluments – basic, Variable Dearness Allowance (VDA), Special Dearness Allowance (SDA) and attendance…
London: One of British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s close allies and former deputy prime minister, Dominic Raab, on Saturday called on the British Indian leader to up the government’s game to reap the full dividends of a closer partnership with India. Dominic Raab, who led Sunak’s leadership campaign and served as his Foreign Secretary before being…
Washington: In a strong pitch to US entrepreneurs, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said “this is the moment” to invest in India as governments of both countries have done the groundwork for businesses and companies to take advantage of the opportunity and to “play and proposer”. Addressing business leaders and philanthropists from India and the US…
Srinagar: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday distributed appointment letters to the next of kin of eight Jammu and Kashmir Police personnel who lost their lives in the line of duty, officials said here. Shah met with the family members of slain police personnel on the second day of his two-day visit to the Union…
Bengaluru: Former Minister V Somanna who lost the Assembly election against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in Varuna constituency, on Friday appealed to the party leadership to make him the state president of the BJP. The BJP leader, who lost from both Varuna and Chamarajanagar constituencies, asked the top party brasses to give him at least 100 days….
Washington: Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised the stellar achievements of Indian-Americans in his remarks at the state dinner in which he had his high-profile guests often in laughter. Both President Joe Biden and Modi regaled their guests with some light moments while also being generous to each other, with the prime minister ending his speech with…
Colombo: Indian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Gopal Baglay has held a detailed discussion with Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena on the proposed roadmap for cooperation between India and Sri Lanka while assuring him of increasing passenger flight connectivity between the two nations. Baglay, referring to the increase in tourism, said India would take steps to increase…
New Delhi: Union Steel Minister Jyotiraditya M Scindia on Friday inaugurated a Rs 149-crore beneficiation project of Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) at Kanker in Chhattisgarh. The minister virtually inaugurated the SAIL’s Silica Reduction Plant set up at the company’s Dalli iron ore mines. In his address, Scindia said the new plant is an important…
