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India faces fodder shortage; milk prices set to rise further

India is facing a major shortage of dry fodder, according to two scientists at the Indian Grassland and Fodder Research Institute (IGFRI), pointing to a supply gap that could further inflate milk prices.

Cost of doing biz with China: A $40,000 dinner

Broadcom Chief Executive Hock Tan shelled out $40,000 to sit at Xi Jinping’s table for the Chinese leader’s recent dinner in San Francisco with the heads of American businesses. Tan had a lot more at stake—a $69 billion deal he was waiting on China to approve.

Mandaviya, top execs to speak at Mint Healthcare Summit today

Union health minister Mansukh L. Mandaviya will lead a galaxy of thought leaders, healthcare honchos, investors and independent experts at Wednesday’s Mint Healthcare Summit, the seventh edition in the series.

Ad contract ban for UPSC winners

Successful candidates of India's civil services examinations will no longer enjoy unfettered, round-the-year advertising revenue from institutes that coach them and use these ads to attract future students.

Independent directors' salaries double in 5 yrs as demand soars

Independent directors are in huge demand and companies are rewarding them handsomely with hefty pay hikes to be on their boards.

RP-Sanjiv Goenka's PCBL to buy Aquapharm for ₹3,800 cr

RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group’s PCBL Ltd has agreed to acquire 100% stake in Pune-based Aquapharm Chemicals Pvt. Ltd for ₹3,800 crore, beating rivals Dorf Ketal and Tata Chemicals Ltd.

Aster divests Gulf business for $1 bn

Fajr Cap consortium to hold 65%, Moopen 35% in Gulf entity

India can be export engine for telecom, rail tech: Vaishnaw

India will look at exporting indigenously designed and developed technologies in railways and telecom, even as it expects to clock a record year in mobile phone exports, and telecom equipment and electronics manufacturing, Ashwini Vaishnaw, minister of railways, communications, electronics, and IT, said in his first comprehensive interview covering all three ministries.

India to push for biofuels at COP28 in oil-producing UAE

Lighting of iconic Burj Khalifa with GBA, industry roundtable on alliance also planned

'Tech to improve Delhi airport ops'

Delhi airport will be using predictive analytics based on artificial intelligence as well as camera-based solutions to improve operations at the airport, which has seen a rise in passenger traffic, according to a top official.

Myanmar rebels claim new territory

Ethnic minority rebels fighting Myanmar's military junta said they had seized a key trading post on the northern frontier, across the border from where China's military was conducting exercises to improve combat readiness and emergency response.

Bangladesh arrests thousands in 'violent' crackdown: HRW

Bangladesh has launched a sweeping and violent crackdown on opposition parties to \"eliminate competition\" ahead of general elections, including arresting almost 10,000 activists, Human Rights Watch said on Monday.

Scientists should admit their covid errors for their own cred

American trust in them has dropped but they could earn it back

Farm to fork: Conscious eating can cut emissions

Aiming for net zero, the UN's FAO wants people in the rich world to eat less meat. We need to discuss this sticky aspect of climate change without any guilt or stigma slapped onto diets

Get rewarded for UPI payments with virtual Rupay credit cards

Consumers can ask their banks to issue a virtual Rupay credit card that can be linked to their UPI accounts

How to get heavy discounts on EMI purchases sans the EMIS

These days, e-commerce firms offer hefty discounts on consumer products if you opt for equated monthly instalments (EMIs) on credit card purchases.

TALE OF TWO STATES: WHAT NUMBERS TELL US

10 years on, the bifurcation has worked well for Telangana, but Andhra Pradesh finds itself in a financial quagmire

Rescuers to use manual drift process for trapped workers

Auger machine debris removed; manual drilling of the passage to start soon

China warns of coming surge after pneumonia in kids

China said a surge in mycoplasma-caused pneumonia in children shows signs of ebbing, but warned that other respiratory illnesses are likely to hit the broader population hard during the mainland's first winter after covid restrictions.

Biden plans to skip UN climate talks in Dubai

COP28 begins on Thursday; White House says sending climate team

Gen AI unlikely to bail out IT services firms: experts

Its contribution to overall revenue of top IT services firms is likely to be less than 1%

'Around 200 planes grounded may stay in India by March'

The Indian aviation industry may see 200 grounded aircraft by the end of this financial year, aviation consultancy firm Capa India has said in its mid-year outlook.

World Cup hits viewership of non-sports genres, advertising on TV, OTT

Airing of prime cricket property—the World Cup, preceded by the Asia Cup—has resulted in a dent in viewership and advertising for non-sports channels on television as well as streaming platforms. And the dent is sizeable.

Hoteliers pitch for delinking dining GST from room tariffs

GST discrepancy puts hotel restaurants at a disadvantage compared with standalone eateries

LIC keen to keep part of its stake in IDBI Bank

State-owned Life Insurance Corporation (LIC), promoter er of IDBI Bank, has said it plans to retain a part of its stake in the lender to harness the benefits of the bancassurance.

Maruti sets stage for price hikes in 2024

India’s largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India Ltd on Monday said it will raise prices beginning 1 January, setting the stage for similar hikes by rival automakers. The company attributed the move to higher commodity costs and steep inflation, but did not specify the quantum of price hike for specific models.

Sembcorp to buy wind assets in India, China

Sembcorp Industries on Monday announced that it has signed two separate agreements to acquire 428 MW of wind power assets in China and India for 200 million Singaporean dollar (about ₹1,247 crore).

Byju's penalized over IAS ads, set to appeal

Compliance report sought in 15 days; Byju's has to appeal before NCDRC

FPI debt inflows at 26-month high in Nov on Fed rate pause

FPI net inflows into Indian bonds in November have hit the highest level in 26 months, thanks to higher allocations by foreign investors to emerging markets like India in anticipation of US interest rates having peaked and buying by non-index funds ahead of the country’s inclusion in JP Morgan’s Global Bond Index - Emerging Markets next year. Analysts expect the flows to remain strong, though volatile.

Over $10bn inflow into emerging mkt ETFs

A $1.7 trillion equity rally and the best bond gains in a year in emerging markets got a vote of confidence from investors in US exchange-traded funds who brought in fresh deposits last week, taking 2023 inflows above $10 billion.