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Business

America remains India’s biggest LPG supplier

NEW DELHI The United States kept its crown as India’s biggest supplier of cooking gas this June. India has been actively diversifying its energy imports to protect itself from ongoing political tensions and supply uncertainties across West Asia. According to data, India bro

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Business

Bangladesh’s electricity bills pile up, crisis looms

DHAKA Bangladesh is facing a severe energy crisis as the government delays massive payments to independent power companies. The state-run Bangladesh Power Development Board currently owes these private producers around Tk 25,000 crore. This massive delay has left electricity c

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Business

Tech alliance: Japan drives Indian job boom

NEW DELHI Japan has become the top contributor to India’s Global Capability Centre (GCC) ecosystem within the Asia-Pacific region. Reports reveals that Japanese companies have already set up more than 100 of these specialized hubs across the country to drive global corporate i

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Business

UIDAI launches free mobile email update feature

NEW DELHI Over 2.5 lakh citizens successfully updated their linked email addresses within just two days of a new mobile application launch. The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) introduced this feature to allow users to update their personal credentials directly

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Business

Commercial renewable energy to reach 100 gw, say reports

NEW DELHI India’s commercial and industrial renewable energy capacity is set to skyrocket from 32 gigawatts to 100 gigawatts by 2032. A new report reveals that green energy storage systems will also leap tenfold to 31 gigawatt-hours, driven by corporate green goals and rising

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Karnataka

Hackers via apps remotely freeze moving e-rickshaws

NEW DELHI The government has banned several dangerous mobile applications, including China's BAT-BMS, Lossigy, and Epoch i-ion, after shocking social media videos showed pranksters remotely shutting down moving e-rickshaws using smartphones. The Ministry of Electronics and

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Business

Housing stays affordable nationwide except Mumbai & Delhi

Recent home loan interest rate cuts have kept housing affordable in six of India's eight major cities. NEW DELHI Buying a home remains affordable in six out of eight major Indian cities, thanks to recent cuts in loan interest rates. New reports reveals that lower borrowing

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Karnataka

Big cash boost: NRIs flood Indian banks

An innovative RBI scheme has sparked a $3 billion NRI deposit surge, with banks offering up to 7.5% interest to boost India's foreign exchange reserves. MUMBAI Indian banks are seeing a big jump in overseas money, thanks to a clever new scheme by the Reserve Bank of India (

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Karnataka

India seeks US AI for Cyber Defenses

NEW DELHI India is talking with the United States to get its hands on Anthropic’s advanced AI program, Project Glasswing. The goal is to aggressively test and protect India's critical digital networks against sophisticated cyber threats. Government official S. Krishnan shared

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Karnataka

MeitY Secretary urges 15 % for IT Cybersecurity budget

MeitY Secretary S. Krishnan urged governments to allocate fifteen percent of IT budgets to cybersecurity for stronger digital defense. NEW DELHI The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) Secretary, S. Krishnan, stated that governments must allocate at l

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Karnataka

SEBI proposes simpler rupee fees for foreigners

NEW DELHI India’s market regulator, SEBI, wants foreign investors to pay their registration fees in Indian Rupees instead of US dollars. This smart move aims to simplify the system, cut down on paperwork, and stop money losses from currency exchange rates. Last year, SEBI coll

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Karnataka

Indian consumer goods sales set to explode

NEW DELHI India's consumer goods market is bracing for a massive boom, with revenues expected to jump over seventeen percent annually through 2030. Reports reveal that tax cuts, easy bank loans, and a growing desire for premium products are driving this shopping surge. Smaller

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Karnataka

Solo entrepreneurs lead India’s loan boom

NEW DELHI Independent business owners are borrowing money faster than big corporations, says a new reports. Total business debt reached nearly sixty-six lakh crore rupees, jumping fourteen percent this year. Surprisingly, individual entrepreneur loans grew nearly twice as fast

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Karnataka

India’s service sector shows steady growth

NEW DELHI India's service sector kept growing in June, hitting a solid score of 57.4 on the economic growth scale. A score above fifty means the economy is expanding. While local shopping slowed down slightly, a massive wave of online orders, busy tourist season, and heavy cus

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Karnataka

Australia clears Sportsbet after safety upgrades

CANBERRA Australia's financial crime watchdog, AUSTRAC, announced that online betting giant Sportsbet has successfully fixed its serious anti-money laundering flaws. The company faced heavy scrutiny two years ago for weak customer monitoring and poor risk checks. Following an

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Karnataka

Parents withdraw school protest after assurances

Guttal The sit-in protest staged by parents and students of Neralagi village near Guttal demanding the demolition of dilapidated classrooms and construction of new school buildings was withdrawn after assurances from the district administration. The agitation had been ongoi

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Karnataka

Software snags slow Gruha Jyoti re-verification drive

Ballari The ongoing re-verification exercise of beneficiaries under the state government’s flagship Gruha Jyoti scheme has picked up pace across Ballari district, but technical issues in the newly introduced software have created major hurdles for GESCOM staff carrying out doo

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Karnataka

Rahul Dravid visits Anjanadri Hills, offers special prayers

Koppal Former India cricket captain and legendary batsman Rahul Dravid visited the sacred Anjanadri Hills in Koppal district along with his family and offered special prayers to Lord Hanuman, drawing attention from devotees and visitors at the popular pilgrimage site. Dravi

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