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BJP MLA's son caught red-handed accepting Rs 40L bribe in poll-bound K'taka [details]

The chief accountant of Bengaluru Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB), Prashanth Madal, was caught red-handed by the Karnataka Lokayukta officials while accepting a bribe of Rs 40 lakh on Thursday.

Mar 3, 2023

How Flipkart's 'Samarth Krishi' program is boon for farmers, FPOs; boosts agri growth [details]

Flipkart's newly-launched "Samarth Krishi" program aims at providing India's farming communities and Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs) with national market access and more negotiation power through its platform.

Mar 2, 2023

Flipkart is a driving force behind digital India; answers within its supply chain

Flipkart's robust supply chain turns driving force behind digital India; here's how

Flipkart, through its tech-enabled supply chain network, provides pan-India access to sellers, MSMEs, artisans and farmers like never before. Read about it here.

Mar 1, 2023

Faulty smoke detectors, sprinklers at Apple supplier Foxlink Andhra facility: Report

A massive fire broke out Indian facility of Apple supplier Foxlink, due to which roughly 50 percent of the machinery got damaged.

Feb 28, 2023

J&K LG inaugurates power infra projects worth Rs 192 crore; important MoUs signed [details]

Jammu and Kashmir Lt. Governor Manoj Sinha on Monday inaugurated power infrastructure projects worth Rs 192 crore, an official said.

Feb 27, 2023

Health Byte: Daily use of weed can raise heart disease risk

People who used marijuana daily were found to be about one-third more likely to develop coronary artery disease (CAD) compared with people who have never used the drug, warned a study

Feb 27, 2023

How newly-found lithium reserves can speed up India's EV dream [Explainer]

India will require Rs 33,750 crore of investment to meet its domestic lithium-ion battery manufacturing target of setting up 50 GWh of lithium-ion cell and battery manufacturing plants.

Feb 25, 2023

India to foray into lithium markets, explores investment avenues in Argentine, Oz mines

The Geological Survey of India (GSI), has carried out 20 projects on lithium and associated elements in Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Jammu & Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya and Rajasthan.

Feb 25, 2023

Lab grown diamonds are used in satellites, computer chips & jewellery

The global market for lab grown diamonds (LGD) that the Indian government has decided to focus on is expected to rise to $5 billion by 2025 and exceed $15 billion by 2023 from the $1 billion in 2020.

Feb 24, 2023

India abstains for the 6th time on UN Resolution on Ukraine; Adopted with 141 votes

India has abstained for the sixth time on a UN resolution calling for Russia to end the invasion of Ukraine that was adopted by more than two-thirds of the votes in the UN General Assembly

Feb 24, 2023

Salaries cut, restriction on trips, meals as PAK PM announces austerity measures [read now]

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday unveiled a host of austerity measures to save Rs 200 billion - aimed to keep the country afloat as the nation buckles up to meet the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) conditions, media reports said.

Feb 23, 2023

Centre to auction lithium reserves in J&K; invites for bids to begin soon [details]

Discovered in India for the first time, 5.9 million tonnes of Lithium reserve is found in the Salal-Haimana area of the Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir.

Feb 22, 2023

Implications of China's demographic retreat; one-child-policy is core problem [details]

China's National Bureau of Statistics announced on January 17, 2023, that the country's population had fallen by 8,50,000 in the year 2022. This marked the first decline since 1961 when the country was in the midst of a four-year famine following the failed "Great Leap Forward" policy.

Feb 21, 2023

5G expansion in India witnesses rapid growth in tablet shipments, Lenovo tops

The overall India tablet market registered a 6 per cent YoY growth in 2022