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Digital payments major Paytm wants to stay away from getting into any regulated businesses and would rather focus on building distribution heft. The senior leadership have taken a conscious call to not go after regulatory licenses but rather work wi...

Amara Raja Advanced Cell Technologies Pvt Ltd signed a licensing agreement with GIB EnergyX Slovakia s.r.o. for Gotion's 'LFP technology' for lithium-ion cells.

​With respect to the budget expectation, as we think, industry have represented a few policy changes. First is on SARFAESI, as HFCs have no limit on the SARFAESI limit, NBFC have Rs 20 lakh, so that has been requested that they should be allowed to ...

Following the surge in militancy activities in J&K province, BJP’s spokesperson Abhijeet Jasrotia demanded the issuing of new gun licenses and renewal of old ones. Abhijeet Jasrotia said “The government need to renew the old gun license and issue ne...

The new report released last week aims to provide guidance to the manufacturers and importers of vaccines in the country so as to strengthen their AE/AEFI (adverse events following immunisation) monitoring and reporting and pharmacovigilance departm...

GetVantage, founded in late 2019, has funded 1,500 companies with a combined GMV of $900 million across categories ranging from B2B SaaS, subscription businesses, D2C, eCommerce, edtech, healthtech, cloud kitchens, and nutrition, among others.

New driving license rules effective from June 1 allow tests at private training centres instead of RTOs, with fines for speeding ranging from Rs 1000 to Rs 2000.

The investigation into the Rajkot gaming zone fire that killed 35 people reveals significant negligence and illegal operations by the management. Operating without a No Objection Certificate (NOC) in a residential area, the facility stored hazardous...

The current scenario could change with Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) recommending creating a separate category under the unified license for Digital Connectivity Infrastructure Provider (DCIP) authorisation. "...the proposed DCIP auth...

An interim stay has been placed on the implementation of an order suspending manufacturing licenses for over a dozen medicines produced by Patanjali Ayurved Ltd and Divya Pharmacy. The stay follows a preliminary inquiry report from a high-level comm...

The government, through the Ministry of Heavy Industries, is creating detailed guidelines for companies seeking investments under the electric-vehicle policy. The guidelines will cover duty concessions, setting up manufacturing units, and incentives...

The Centre extended the deadline for submitting bids in the latest auctions of oil and gas exploration licences managed by the Directorate General of Hydrocarbons (DGH). Multiple deadline extensions in recent bidding rounds aim to attract more inves...

India is set to start manufacturing T100 type carbon fibre within the next 2.5 years, aiming to overcome import restrictions limiting its use in strategic applications. T100 carbon fibre finds applications in defence, aerospace, civil engineering, a...

In response to a recent Rottweiler attack on a five-year-old girl in a Chennai park, the Greater Chennai Corporation has imposed stricter pet regulations. Dogs must now be leashed and muzzled in public parks, with only one allowed per owner. A pet l...

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Sanjay Singh accuses Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government of orchestrating a "5G mega scam". In a critique, Singh also alleged that the Modi administration prioritises his friends over the nation. Watch!AAP MP San...

AAP's Sanjay Singh accuses PM Modi of a '5G mega scam,' prioritizing friends over the nation. Singh criticizes Modi for favoring friends, influencing spectrum license allocation, and appointing his nephew as BCCI chairman. The case involves allegati...

The Telecom Ministry has granted an in-principle approval to Elon Musk's Starlink for satellite communications services in India, ahead of Musk's visit to the country. The approval follows almost three-and-a-half years of deliberation and awaits fin...

Eight years ago, when global streaming services like Netflix and Prime Video arrived in India, they promised access to a vast and continuously expanding content library. The “digital video-on-demand” branding created an unrealistic expectation that ...

Shillong Teer, a traditional archery gambling game in Meghalaya, has escaped the tax net despite falling under the 28% GST tax bracket. The game is controlled by over a thousand retailers with turnovers of less than Rs 20 lakh, exempting them from t...