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Emami on look out for good acquisitions

FMCG MAKER EMAMI is on the look out for more good acquisitions as well as strategic investment opportunities in start-ups ecosystem to grow its business.

Prices of base metals slip in last 12 months

THE PRICES OF base metals lost their shine over the past year as supplies recovered after earlier disruptions and rising input costs and increased availability of raw materials also played their part.

Airbus heads towards 500-jet IndiGo order

AIRBUS IS CLOSING towards a potentially record deal to sell 500 narrow-body A320-family jets to India's largest carrier IndiGo, industry sources said on Sunday.

Cafe Coffee Day cuts store count by 73% in five years

A LOT HAS happened at the Cafe Coffee Day (CCD) since its founder VG Siddhartha tragically passed away on July 29, 2019. Once India's largest cafe chain, with a peak store count of 1,752 outlets in FY19, the company, part of Coffee Day Enterprises (CDEL), has now slashed its footprint by over two-thirds to 469 outlets in FY23, its latest results show.

Balasore train tragedy exposes crying need for railway safety upgrade

Higher share of public capex required to go to safety fund

₹1.4 trn raised, up 44% on year

Mining key driver again; roads, power fare well too

E-commerce policy to boost exports, streamline regulation

DPIIT policy to be aligned with rules of consumer affairs dept

Street sees modest growth of India Inc's topline in FY24

WITH CONSUMER DEMAND expected to stay muted, analysts expect India Inc to report a modest topline growth in FY24 driven by the good performance of banks and the automobile sector.

Railways seeks CBI probe into accident

UNION RAILWAY MINISTER Ashwini Vaishnaw Sunday said the Railway Board has decided to recommend that further probe on the train accident in Odisha that has left 275 dead be undertaken by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

Reliance Retail, 6 others give Eols for Future firm

Firm managed group's logistics, warehousing ops

DoT panel for more sops to chip firms

ADEPARTMENT OF telecommunications (DoT) task force has recommended that the government provide incentives up to 75% for domestic design and manufacturing of telecom chipsets.

Charting Nvidia's 30-year ride to overnight AI success

NVIDIA CORP WAS once a scrappy underdog. Founded in a Silicon Valley diner, the designer of graphics chips faced death more than once before finally realising its founders' vision of standalone semiconductors used specifically for displaying images on a screen.

Govt bans 14 fixed dose combination drugs over 'risk'

THE GOVERNMENT HAS banned 14 fixed dose combination drugs including Nimesulide and Paracetamol distablets and persible Chlopheniramine Maleate and Codeine syrup citing there is \"no therapeutic justification\" for these medicines and that they may involve \"risk\" to people.

Hyderabad new hub for vaccine production

HYDERABAD WILL BE producing 14 billion vaccine doses by the end of 2024, Jayesh Ranjan, principal secretary (industry and commerce), Government of Telangana, said on Saturday.

Vaccine R&D needs to be a global effort: Minister

Important to focus on new pathogens

This is my second life, say survivors in Howrah

\"MY HUSBAND, TWO children and I saw death from up close.\" At West Bengal's Howrah railway station, where survivors from the Odisha train tragedy were brought on Saturday, Dola Bibi (36) clutched her family close, unable to believe they made it out alive.

Crash shifts focus from new trains to safety

INDIA'S VAST RAIL network is undergoing a $30-billion transformation with gleaming new trains and modern stations, but Friday's deadly train accident shows more attention should be paid to safety, industry analysts said.

PM visits mishap site, says guilty won't be spared

'We stand committed to providing all possible assistance'

In generative Al's moment, prompting basking in its glory

Framing that perfect prompt is serious business, spawning a universe of prompting tools

Toyota piggybacks on Maruti for record sales

IN MAY 2023, Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) sold 20,410 cars (domestic sales of 19,379 units and exports of 1,031 units)-its highest ever wholesales in a single month registering a growth of 110% over 10,216 cars sold in May 2022.Automotive analysts FE spoke with said TKM wouldn't have reached this milestone without the help of Maruti Suzuki.

Trai cracks down on promo calls, SMS

Telcos told to develop user consent system

Probe will reveal cause; focus on signal, tracks

AS IT TURNS the spotlight on what could have led to the derailment of two express trains Friday evening near Balasore in Odisha, one of the worst train tragedies in recent years, the Railways is set to look at the possibility of a signalling error as a prima facie cause, sources have told The Sunday Express.

Train tragedy toll now 288, over 1,100 rescued

IN ONE OF the largest searchand-rescue operations in recent years, over 2,000 personnel raced against time to make their way through tonnes of steel and find the hundreds trapped in the wreckage of two trains that had crashed Friday evening near Balasore in Odisha. They found 288 bodies, and rescued over 1,100 people.

At least 50 killed, over 350 injured in Odisha train crash

Several bogies of the Chennai-Howrah Coromandel Express are reported to have derailed after it collided with a goods train.

Bank credit grows 15.4% to ₹139 trn

Deposits grow at a slower pace, rising 10.9% to ₹184 trn

US Congress approves debt-limit suspension

The Senate voted 63-36 to approve the bill that was passed on May 31

Cyber resilience norms for PSOs put in place

RBI DRAFT FOCUSES ON PAYMENTS SECURITY

Mahindra launches Swaraj Target tractor at ₹5.35 lakh

Swaraj Tractors on Friday launched a new range of compact lightweight tractors with price starting from Rs 5.35 lakh (ex-showroom)

Vedanta Resources raises $450 million

BORROWS FROM RIVALS TRAFIGURA, GLENCORE

Govt tells edible oil firms to cut prices

DIRECTIVE FOR ₹8-12/LITRE REDUCTION