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EVs, ancillary sector may see ₹3.4 lakh cr investment by 2030

Domestic and foreign firms have announced a whopping ₹3.4 lakh crore investment in India's electrical vehicles (EVs) and ancillary industries over the next six years, Colliers India on Wednesday said while expressing concern over \"tardy progress\" towards achieving the goal of 30% electric mobility by 2030.

E-way bills drop to 5-mth low after festive peak

The decline suggests biz may be taking a pause after months of inventory clearance

U.S. IMPOSES TRADE CURBS ON CHINA, RUSSIA FIRMS OVER HUMAN RIGHTS

WASHINGTON: The United States unveiled trade restrictions, on Tuesday, on eight companies, including two Chinese firms and several from Russia, alleging human rights violations.

Trump mocks Trudeau, calls him 'governor of the state of Canada'

WASHINGTON: US President-elect Donald Trump took a jab at Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on the social media platform Truth Social, describing him as the \"Governor of Canada\".

'We must rebuild': Syrian PM urges citizens abroad to return

Assad fled Syria as an Islamist-led opposition alliance swept into Damascus over the weekend, bringing an end to brutal rule by his clan

33 killed in overnight Israeli strike on Gaza

Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip killed at least 33 Palestinians, on Wednesday, most of them in an airstrike on a house in Beit Lahiya town on the northern edge of the enclave, medics said.

United Health CEO murder accused fights extradition to NY

The man charged with murder in the killing of the CEO of UnitedHealthcare made it clear he wasn't going to make things easy on authorities, shouting unintelligibly and writhing in the grip of sheriff's deputies as he was led into court and then objecting to being brought to New York to face trial.

EIGHT DEAD IN RUSSIAN STRIKE ON ZAPORIZHZHIA IN UKRAINE

KYIV: Rescuers were working on Wednesday to find people under the rubble of a building destroyed in a Russian attack the day before that killed eight people, Ukrainian officials said.

NO HC RELIEF FOR SAJJAN JINDAL, NSIL FROM SEBI PROCEEDINGS

MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Monday refused to interfere in the proceedings initiated by SEBI against Nalwa Sons Investments Ltd (formerly Jindal Strips Ltd) and its directors, including Sajjan Jindal, chairman and managing director of JSW Group, in connection with the 2014 re-organisation of the OP Jindal group.

Choksi's seized assets can be monetised, says court

A special court in Mumbai on Tuesday permitted the monetisation of assets worth over ₹2,500 crore that were attached or seized by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) as part of its money-laundering probe against fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi in the alleged Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud case.

A timely push for the digital rupee

Moving to the digital rupee—India's central bank digital currency (CBDC)—for subsidy payments, a course the Centre is considering, could deliver multiple benefits.

What ails the health insurance industry

Deny, delay, and depose pave the way for insurance company profits and widespread policyholder anger

Targeting the RS chairperson

The move against the vice president is the fallout of a breakdown in communication between the treasury and Opposition benches

Could Trump as president accelerate de-dollarisation?

De-dollarisation, or the ongoing efforts by many (if not most) countries to reduce dependence on the United States (US) dollar, is not a new phenomenon.

A Maharashtra primer for Mahayuti leadership

The poll grand slam in Maharashtra will certainly warm the cockles of the BJP's heart; but the phenomenal Vidhan Sabha tally raises several issues which the BJP strategists need to address before getting down to the nitty-gritty of governance in Mantralay, the seat of administration, in south Mumbai.

BEST driver had no electric bus experience, finds probe

MUMBAI: Sanjay More, 54, the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) driver who was behind the wheel of the bus that rammed into 22 vehicles, claiming seven lives and leaving 42 injured in Kurla West on Monday night, had received just three-day training before transitioning from driving a manual geared bus to a longer and automatic electric bus (e-bus), people familiar with the probe said on Tuesday.

Gauri seeks nod to increase Mannat

MUMBAI: Mannat, actor Shah Rukh Khan's home in Bandra, a nationally-known address and one of Mumbai's biggest tourist spots is set to get bigger.

Blood-stage Vaccine for malaria shows promise in trials

NEW DELHI: A novel malaria vaccine candidate that works at the blood stage appears safe and highly immunogenic in African children and shows promising efficacy against malaria when given in a delayed third dose regimen, according to the findings of a phase 2b clinical trial published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases on Tuesday.

Violence in Parbhani amid calls for bandh

Violent protests took place for the second day in Parbhani city of central Maharashtra on Wednesday over the vandalising of a replica of the Indian Constitution, police said.

PM releases complete works of Tamil poet

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday released the compendium of complete works of great Tamil poet and freedom fighter Subramania Bharati on his 14th birth anniversary and hailed his contributions, saying a personality like him comes once in centuries.

Mere harassment allegations are not sufficient for abetment to suicide: SC

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has ruled that mere harassment or actions intended to provoke anger cannot by themselves constitute the crime of abetment to suicide, cautioning against conflating general allegations with the legal threshold for penal charges.

EU provides information on Indian entities breaching sanctions in dealing with Russia

THE INFORMATION WAS SHARED AS PART OF EFFORTS TO FINALISE EU'S 15TH PACKAGE OF SANCTIONS AGAINST RUSSIA

Baku's biggest legacy will be a reform of COP

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A death every two days: Capital's tryst with HTVs

NEW DELHI: Heavy transport vehicles (HTVs) such as trucks, trailers and containers have been involved in almost one fatal road accident every other day till November this year, according to Delhi Traffic Police data.

5 COPS, 2 TOURISTS INJURED AFTER CM CONVOY CAR RAMS INTO A VEHICLE

Seven people, including five policemen who were in chief minister Bhajan Lal Sharma's security convoy, and two tourists were injured when their vehicles collided when CM Sharma was going to attend a programme in Jaipur on Wednesday.

TWO ARRESTED IN CRACKDOWN ON ILLEGAL MINING

BHARATPUR: Police seized 34 tractor trolleys and arrested two people in its ongoing crackdown on illegal mining in Dholpur on Wednesday.

Raj will get status report on MoUs next yr: CM

JAIPUR: The people who have a doubt on the outcome of the Rising Rajasthan Global Investment Summit 2024 will get the final status report of its benefit and the MoUs signed, next year on December 11, said chief minister Bhajan Lal Sharma on the last day of summit on Wednesday.

Rescue ops for 5-yr-old stuck in borewell in Dausa enter third day

BHARATPUR: The rescue operation of a five-year-old boy stuck in a 160-foot-deep borewell in Dausa district of Rajasthan entered its third day on Wednesday, officials said, adding that the condition of the child was stable till morning when the camera used for monitoring him stopped working.

Centre asked to probe 'exploitation' of people with disabilities by NGOs

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued instructions to the ministry of social justice and empowerment (MoSJ&E) to address allegations of exploitation involving people with disabilities, particularly those with intellectual disabilities and mental illnesses, by non-governmental organizations.

Payal scripts history, bags twin Golden Globes nods

Payal Kapadia has scripted history at the 82nd Golden Globe Awards by becoming the first Indian director to be nominated in the Best Director—Motion Picture category.