Bhubaneswar/ Bolangir: The Railway Board has approved Rs 244.77 crore for establishing a wagon periodic overhauling (PoH) facility at Kantabanji in Odisha's Bolangir district. This decision comes in response to the demands of the local people, including public representatives, East Coast Railway (ECoR) said in...
New Delhi: Tata Consumer Products Ltd (TCPL) Wednesday reported a 17.26 per cent decline in its consolidated net profit to Rs 301.51 crore in the December quarter, on account of lower contribution by associate and joint venture firms. The consolidated profit before exceptional items and...
New Delhi: India’s smartwatch shipments have witnessed 50 per cent (year-on-year) growth in 2023, with Fire-Boltt leading the market, a new report said Wednesday. According to Counterpoint Research, this growth was fueled by the rising penetration of smartwatches, proliferation of low-cost devices to target first-time...
New Delhi: FMCG major Nestle India Ltd Wednesday reported a 4.38 per cent rise in its net profit to Rs 655.61 crore for the December quarter, on the back of consistent performance by its key brands. The company, which owns brands such as Maggi, Kitkat...
Mumbai: Benchmark stock indices Sensex and Nifty closed flat in a volatile trade Wednesday as investors stayed on the sidelines ahead of RBI's interest rate decision Thursday. The 30-share BSE Sensex declined 34.09 points or 0.05 per cent to settle at 72,152. During the day,...
New Delhi: The mobile phone manufacturing has increased from an estimated Rs 18,900 crore in 2014-15 to an estimated Rs 3,50,000 crore in 2022-23, making an impressive increase in production by more than 1,700 per cent, the government said Wednesday. Replying to a question in...
New Delhi: India has started exporting bananas to Russia and the export volumes are planned to be increased in the future, media reports said. Russia was earlier importing bananas from Ecuador in large quantities but has now decided to stop buying the fruit from the...
Mumbai: The cost of a representative home-cooked vegetarian thali has witnessed a 5 per cent on-year increase in January, while that of the non-veg thali declined 13 per cent, a report said Wednesday. According to Crisil Market Intelligence and Analytics (MI&A) Research 'Rice Roti Rate'...
New Delhi: The Budget session of Parliament has been extended by a day till February 10, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla announced Wednesday. The session, which began January 31, was otherwise slated to end February 9. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi had said Tuesday that...
Bengaluru: Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella Wednesday announced that the company will train more than two million people in India in generative AI skills, to address talent shortage in the AI era. Addressing an event here, Nadella said that making sure that youth has...
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