Maruti Suzuki India is targeting markets like UAE, Saudi Arabia, Chile, Mexico and other Latin American countries with its upcoming new version of compact sedan Dzire to accelerate exports as it eyes over 3 lakh units of overseas shipments this fiscal, a senior company official said on Wednesday. In the domestic market, the company hopes to enhance its share in the sedan market amid the passenger vehicles market shifting towards SUVs (Sports Utility Vehicles), with the new Dzire which is slated for launch next week. "We have been growing (exports) at a rate of about 11.9 per cent in the first seven months of the financial year and we hope to continue on that momentum.

Tata Power's Q2FY25 reported results were above consensus despite challenges like low plant availability at Mundra and Odisha discom operations affected by rain. A positive development for the power major included module manufacturing hitting nearly 100 per cent capacity utilisation. The Board has approved an investment proposal for a 1GW pumped storage project (PSP).

India's industrial production expanded by 3.1 per cent in September, mainly due to improvement in the manufacturing sector, according to official data released on Tuesday. The factory output, measured in terms of the Index of Industrial Production (IIP), witnessed a growth of 6.4 per cent in September 2023.

The National Institute of Design (NID) is inviting applications for Design Aptitude Test (DAT) for its Bachelor of Design (BDes) and Master of Design (MDes) programmes.

The assailants believed to be Pakistani terrorists, meticulously studied the site layout before executing their plan.

Actor Gautami Tadimalla is now focused on promoting awareness on health, through her foundation and films

A new feature on the personal finance manager app helps identify ATMs with cash

Shailaja Padindala’s short film Memories of a Machine is winning accolades for its bold attempt at exploring sexuality

The eCAPA exhibition in Delhi is helping neurodiverse artists join the mainstream, as art lovers and celebrities join hands to showcase and buy the incredible works

The event at Women’s Christian College has choirs performing music across genres

Upward mobility is measured in appetisers; what and how you serve is the message in the doovers

Here’s how the lockdown proved to be transformative for Alankrutha Chandra and Meher Gundavarum, inspiring them to return to Telangana and take up chemical-free farming and establish a clothing label, Elephant in You

Neeraj Chopra on Wednesday bid an emotional farewell to his German coach Klaus Bartonietz who ended his five-year partnership with the star Indian javelin thrower, citing family commitments.

Breaking was dropped from the Olympic programme for the 2028 Games in Los Angeles. Gunn said she would not consider coming out of retirement if the dance-sport returned to the Games.

The double Olympic medallist last competed in Brussels in the Diamond League Final in September and will spend 31 days in Potchefstroom.

Amit Verma, a national level shot-put player, was found dead in his apartment in Madhya Pradesh capital Bhopal on Sunday, an official said.

Ajit Chouhan and Rohit Raghav shone bright as U Mumba edged out UP Yoddhas 35-33 in a nail-biting contest to open the Noida leg of Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) at the Noida Indoor Stadium in Noida on Sunday.

Ding will face a stern challenge from the 18-year-old Gukesh, who "doesn't make any mistakes at all" and has had a terrific run in 2024.

With global funds ramping up their focus on SEA, the scope for secondary deals go up in the region, said Lee Chong Min.

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Over time, buyout funds with multiple, scaled-up businesses in diverse sectors under their control, will begin to look similar to diversified conglomerates.

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Fave, formerly Kfit, is understood to be looking at a corpus of $50 million in its Series C round.

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Investree is currently in the process of raising a Series C round and is likely to close it by the end of this quarter.

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Carsome is entering the slowdown with cash in hand, after raising $50 million in December.

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The BigBasket and Portea Medical promoter expects to see venture debt rising as an asset class in India.

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The opportunely timed sale gives Luckin a war chest to survive the hit to consumption from the epidemic.

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CFO Maggie Wu told investors that China's retail and local consumer businesses would be hit hardest.

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NIO counts the likes of Baillie Gifford (a big Tesla investor), Tencent and Temasek among its backers.

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SGInnovate's head of venture investing Hsien-Hui Tong on top deep-tech investment trends in 2020.

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