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Foxconn, Stellantis JV set up R&D centre for auto chips tech in India
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Foxconn, Stellantis JV set up R&D centre for auto chips tech in India

Foxconn-backed automotive technology company SiliconAuto has set up its research and development centre in Bengaluru which will focus on semiconductor product design and system-on-chip development for the automotive sector.

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September 24, 2024
NTPC Green Energy's ₹10K cr IPO likely in Nov first week
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NTPC Green Energy's ₹10K cr IPO likely in Nov first week

NTPC Green Energy, a subsidiary of state-owned power giant NTPC, is likely to bring its initial public offering (IPO) to raise Rs 10,000 crore in first week of November, a source said.

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September 24, 2024
Proxy advisory firm InGovern raises concern over delay in Religare AGM
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Proxy advisory firm InGovern raises concern over delay in Religare AGM

Proxy advisory firm InGovern has raised concern over Religare Enterprises postponing its 40th annual general meeting \"without any valid reason\" and has sought a Sebi probe into the circumstances surrounding the delay.

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September 24, 2024
'Govt held roadshows in India, abroad for stake sale in Hind Zinc'
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'Govt held roadshows in India, abroad for stake sale in Hind Zinc'

The government has conducted several roadshows in the last 15 days in financial capitals like Mumbai, London, Boston and New York to assess the market and meet investors for sale of its stake in Vedanta Group firm Hindustan Zinc Ltd.

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September 24, 2024
Fin services in focus: Building a $30 tn India
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Fin services in focus: Building a $30 tn India

The financial services sector is the backbone of any economy and is deeply intertwined with key economic indicators.

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September 24, 2024
Telcos have undertaken capex of ₹4.26L cr in last 2 fiscals: Scindia
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Telcos have undertaken capex of ₹4.26L cr in last 2 fiscals: Scindia

Telecom operators have undertaken capital expenditure of over Rs 4.56 lakh crore in the last two financial years from moving on to 4G and then to 5G, Union Telecom Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said on Monday.

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September 24, 2024
Samsung labour strike poses serious risk to mfg ecosystem
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Samsung labour strike poses serious risk to mfg ecosystem

The labour strike at Korean electronics giant Samsung's Sriperumbudur plant in Tamil Nadu is escalating and it poses a serious risk to the manufacturing ecosystem in the region, think tank GTRI said on Monday. It said the Centre and Tamil Nadu governments need to intervene immediately in the matter.

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September 24, 2024
Home loan origination volumes drop 9% in June qtr: Transunion Cibil report
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Home loan origination volumes drop 9% in June qtr: Transunion Cibil report

Home loan originations dropped 9 per cent in the June quarter, according to a report released on Monday.

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September 24, 2024
The Free Press Journal

Unemployment rate remains unchanged in 2023-24 at 3.2%

Unemployment rate for persons aged 15 years and above has remained unchanged at 3.2 per cent in July 2023 to June 2024, according to the labour force survey annual report released on Monday.

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September 24, 2024
The Free Press Journal

Sep flash composite PMI expansion slowest in 2024

HSBC Flash India Composite Purchasing Managers' Output Index declined to a 9-month low of 59.3

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September 24, 2024
93% traders in F&O continued to incur losses during FY22-24
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93% traders in F&O continued to incur losses during FY22-24

More than 91 per cent, or 73 lakh, individual traders lost money in the Futures & Option (F&O) segment in FY24 with average net loss of Rs 1.2 lakh per person, a study conducted by markets regulator Sebi revealed on Monday.

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September 24, 2024
India's biggest oil, gas bid round gets 4 bidders
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India's biggest oil, gas bid round gets 4 bidders

Reliance-bp-ONGC bid together

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September 24, 2024
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Sensex closes at all-time high, Nifty above 25,900 for 1st time

BULLS CHARGE | Continued optimism over the US Fed rate cut

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September 24, 2024
Police help rehabilitate mentally-challenged
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Police help rehabilitate mentally-challenged

Showcasing the human emotions in uniform, Vedantnagar Police helped a mentally challenged 36-year-old woman to rehabilitate in the asylum at Jatwada.

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September 24, 2024
ANIS seeks inquiry of suspicious suicide
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ANIS seeks inquiry of suspicious suicide

SUPERSTITION SUSPECTED - The group alleges there may be a foul play behind the death

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September 24, 2024
a tribute to Swarajya - Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's statue in Yeola
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a tribute to Swarajya - Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's statue in Yeola

The Divine Shiv Srishti Project, inspired by the concept of Swarajya of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, is set to bring the entire history of Maharaj's reign and vision of self-rule to life. State Minister for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection Chhagan Bhujbal announced that the first phase of the project will be inaugurated on Oct 2, 2024.

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September 24, 2024
The Free Press Journal

4,975 TRIBAL VILLAGES TO BE TRANSFORMED

The Central Government has given the green signal to the Pradhan Mantri Janjati Unnat Gram Abhiyaan for the all-round development of the tribals living in remote and extremely remote areas.

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September 24, 2024
Cabinet should decide on Maratha quota: Sambhaji
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Cabinet should decide on Maratha quota: Sambhaji

RESERVATION - The former MP was speaking to reporters at Antarwali Sarati, in Jalna district, after meeting Manoj Jarange

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September 24, 2024
Start-up schemes are helping women
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Start-up schemes are helping women

\"Women entrepreneurs are being promoted by implementing several startup schemes including Maharashtra Protsahan Yojana and SIDBI financial assistance,\" Joint Director (Industries) BT Yashwante mentioned.

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September 24, 2024
The Free Press Journal

Ajit Pawar inspects metro progress

Dy CM Ajit Pawar reviewed the progress of the Hinjewadi to Shivajinagar Metro 3 project.

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September 24, 2024
CR to run special trains for Diwali and Chhath
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CR to run special trains for Diwali and Chhath

The Central Railway has announced special Diwali and Chhath festival trains from Pune to various locations including Sawantwadi Road, Nagpur, Hazrat Nizamuddin, Danapur, Gorakhpur, Jodhpur, and Dahar Ka Balaji in view of the huge demand from passengers.

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September 24, 2024
The Free Press Journal

Pune labour dept visits E&Y office

Officials of the Maharashtra labour department visited the Pune office of consulting firm Ernst & Young (E&Y) on Monday following the death of its employee Anna Sebastian Perayil (26) and interviewed its executives.

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September 24, 2024
Vasant More's sarcastic sinkhole tweet goes viral
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Vasant More's sarcastic sinkhole tweet goes viral

Former Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) corporator Vasant More made a sarcastic post late on Sunday following an incident where a PMC truck and two two-wheelers fell into a large sinkhole that opened up at the Pune Post Office parking area in the crowded Samadhan Chowk of Budhwar Peth on Friday afternoon.

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September 24, 2024
Pratapgad Fort gets protected monument status
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Pratapgad Fort gets protected monument status

With the state assembly elections around the corner, the government has begun announcing numerous projects and schemes before the model code of conduct is enforced.

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September 24, 2024
The Free Press Journal

PCMC starts city cleanliness drive

Apart from making the city clean and beautiful, the contribution of sanitation workers is very important from the perspective of the residents' health.

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September 24, 2024
No switchover from BJP: Jagdish Mulik
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No switchover from BJP: Jagdish Mulik

Speculations were rife that former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Jagdish Mulik was quitting the saffron party, allegedly due to the Vadgaon Sheri seat being given to Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar's Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) in the upcoming Maharashtra Assembly elections. However, Mulik dismissed the rumours late on Sunday, stating there was no truth to them.

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September 24, 2024
Rijiju criticises wrong info on Waqf (Amendment) Bill 2024
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Rijiju criticises wrong info on Waqf (Amendment) Bill 2024

Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Kiren Rijiju visited Pune on Monday for the 'Viksit Bharat-Yuva Connect' programme, where he told the press on the side-lines that some people are spreading wrong information about the controversial Waqf (Amendment) Bill.

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September 24, 2024
The Free Press Journal

State approves airport name proposed by MoS

RENAMING - Maharashtra government approved the proposal to name Pune Airport after Jagadguru Sant Tukaram Maharaj

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September 24, 2024
The Free Press Journal

'No record to suggest arsenic administered'

In the thallium-arsenic poisoning deaths of Santacruz businessman Kamalkant Shah and his mother Sarladevi in September 2022, the sessions court has observed that there is \"no acceptable material on record to suggest that it was the businessman's wife Kavita Shah who administered the said poisonous substances to the deceased\". The court made the observation while granting bail to Kavita Shah, booked for the two murders.

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September 24, 2024
The Free Press Journal

Coldplay concert sends Navi Mumbai hotel prices soaring beyond belief

The British pop-rock band Coldplay is descending upon the subcontinent as part of its 'Music Of The Spheres World Tour'. The band will be performing in the DY Patil Stadium in Nerul, Navi Mumbai. The concert is slated to take place between January 18 and 19.

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September 24, 2024