New Delhi: In a departure from global trends, India has recorded a substantial 76 per cent drop in solar module imports from China during the first half of 2023 which reflects New Delhi’s resolute shift towards self-sufficiency in solar manufacturing, a new report said on Thursday. Year-on-year, India’s solar module imports from China plummeted from…
Chennai: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday carried out searches at 30 places across Tamil Nadu in a case related to money laundering in sand mining, officials said. The searches were on at the premises of individuals in Chennai, Pudukottai and Dindigul, they said. The searches were being conducted against the sand mafia and contractors under…
Hyderabad: The city-based National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) won two awards on Monday at Hybiz Business Awards 2023 in two categories – Best Employee Engagement and Workplace Culture of the Year Award and Corporate Social Responsibility of the Year Award today in Hyderabad at HICC Novotel. Dr. KV Vara Prasad, Reddy, founder, and chairman, of…
Kolkata: The proposed ‘India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor’ announced during the just-concluded G20 Leaders’ Summit in Delhi will prove to be a game-changer project and provide huge impetus to global trade, Engineering Exports Promotion Council India (EEPC India) said on Monday. The corridor will also make the “global supply chain more resilient”, EEPC India chairman Arun Kumar…
New Delhi: The text of G20 leaders declaration on Ukraine conflict is a “convergent consensus” rather than a “divisive consensus” and it could show a path to resolution of the crisis, official sources said on Sunday, a day after India pulled of a breakthrough on the contentious issue. It was a combination of Prime Minister Narendra…
Washington/New Delhi: US President Joe Biden has rallied G20 nations to agree to collectively mobilise more headroom and concessional finance to boost the World Bank’s capacity to support low- and middle-income countries, the White House said on Saturday. Biden is currently in New Delhi to attend the annual G20 summit being hosted by India from…
Beijing/New Delhi: Chinese Premier Li Qiang on Saturday underlined the need for unity amongst the G20 members and called for cooperation, inclusion and resolute support for economic globalisation. Li, the number two ranked leader of the ruling Communist Party of China (CPC), is currently in New Delhi, deputing for President Xi Jinping, to attend the annual…
London/New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his British counterpart Rishi Sunak on Saturday agreed to continue to work at pace towards a “landmark” free trade agreement (FTA) during their bilateral meeting on the margins of the G20 Leaders’ Summit in New Delhi. A readout from 10 Downing Street of the meeting said that cooperation…
New Delhi: Ahead of the G20 summit, India on Friday said the New Delhi Leaders’ Declaration is “almost ready” and will be recommended to the leaders of the grouping during the conclave. India also said its presidency of the G20 has lived up to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of being inclusive, ambitious, action-oriented and very…
New Delhi: Aviation regulator DGCA has given a conditional approval to Air India for simulator training of pilots at the airline’s facilities in Hyderabad and Mumbai after certain deficiencies were rectified, according to officials. Last month, the watchdog had temporarily suspended simulator training activities at the two facilities due to certain lapses. A senior official at…
