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Airtel Chief Sunil Mittal's remuneration falls nearly 5% to ₹15.39 crore in FY22

In FY22, Sunil Mittal's salary and allowances were at about ₹10 crore and the performance-linked incentive was ₹4.5 crore




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Tata Motors to acquire Ford India's Sanand plant to expand production capacity

Tata Motors said with its manufacturing capacity nearing saturation, the acquisition is timely and a win-win for all stakeholders




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LIC keen to re-enter mediclaim segment, awaiting regulatory clarity: Chairman

Recently, the new IRDAI Chairman Debasish Panda had said it was time life insurers re-entered the health vertical




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Data | Layoffs by IT firms in the U.S. will greatly impact H-1B workers from India

Indians are most worried as the waiting time to get an appointment in U.S. embassies back home is over a year




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Workplaces assessed for health commitments 

Arogya World honours winners of ‘2022 Healthy Workplace’




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Boeing to open its second largest campus near Devanahalli

The aeroplane manufacturer says it has invested $200 million to build the campus on 43 acres of land




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Minister promises IBM all support to expand activities in Kerala




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Businesses with turnover of over 5 crore required to generate e-invoice from August 1

Finance ministry will reduce threshold for generating e-invoice for B2B transactions from ₹10 crore to ₹5 crore, starting August 1.




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The Competition Commission’s proposed regulations on merger thresholds | Explained

The Competition Commission of India has proposed certain definite thresholds for mergers as part of the larger regulatory ambit, in line with the amendments to the Competition Act earlier this year.




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Why tourism in Himachal is not reaching its zenith: The loopholes

Rather than starting with an all flowery accolade to the beauty of Himachal, let’s see why it never reaches the potential it has. While numbers and statistics of tourism in Himachal show a soaring growth trajectory, the ground reality is abysmal. It is not just the infrastructure or the facilities. It is the overall take […]




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Two-day Coaching Camp Held in Dharamshala In Collaboration With Arsenal FC

Dharamshala in Himachal Pradesh is well known for its scenic beauty and good vibes and when you combine a good cause with it, it’s just perfection. A two-day football coaching camp was organised by the India Youth Soccer Association (IYSA), on 31st March and 1st April, in collaboration with the Arsenal Football Club, UK, Josh […]




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What Himachal Pradesh did for Summer Visitors?

Himachal is said to be the God gifted area of India where you can visit and touch the snow even in June. As no other major industry is there to rare the economy of this small hill state, only tourism industry can make the state self-sufficient. All the Governments which ruled the state since its […]




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United States’ Ambassador to India Kenneth Juster met the Dalai Lama

Visiting the Tibetan headquarters in Exile for the first time, the United States’ Ambassador to India Kenneth Juster today called on the Tibetan leader the Dalai Lama at the latter’s residence in Dharamshala North India on Friday. “I was very inspired by his presence. We had a discussion on a broad range of subjects. It […]




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Whither political power?




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Living without water in Chennai

Just like the flash floods, the scorching drought in Chennai is also a product of perverse urban development and lack of political will in exploring radical solutions. Jinoy Jose P and Narayanan V report




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2-wheeler electrification: challenges and opportunities




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‘Merge MTNL with BSNL’




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SRS-XB402M: Sony invites Alexa to the party

A new smart speaker turns on the lights and pumps out the music for your bash




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Quitting the ‘ola-uber game’

Driving for cab aggregators isn’t appealing any longer to drivers




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Rubber hit, too




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ZBNF spells 'amogh' benefits for this farmer

But Amog Gurave’s experience shows that wider adoption requires measured steps, not a rapid govt push




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Advantage BJP in Maharashtra poll, as it usurps cooperative sector reins from Congress-NCP

Cooperatives have played a key role in creating a set of socio-economic institutions in the State. Earlier controlled by NCP and Congress, the BJP has co-opted the cooperative sector leadership and given them tickets




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Insurance sector beset with its own problems




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Fee hike: IITians are feeling the pinch

Fee hike can hit students of low-income groups




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‘Fee hikes, such as JNU’s, will hurt social mobility’

With land and State resources in short supply, only higher education can challenge social hierarchies, says Satish Deshpande




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Andhra Pradesh casts its shadow




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A successful Dalit SHG model




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No man's land: Dalit women in Maharashtra take on patriarchy, casteist forces to claim cultivation rights




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It is corruption as usual in Tirupur




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The Delhi riot as it happened




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Where do we go with our harvested wheat?

The lockdown has impacted the pace of procurement, driving prices below MSP in MP and Rajasthan, even as costs incurred due to transport and harvesting have increased




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Digital divide will hurt girls




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‘Financial literacy is important to assess risk, to ask questions’




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Exit co-ops, enter farmer producer cooperatives

FPOs have emerged as an antidote to the ills of the cooperative sector in Maharashtra. Will they live up to their potential?




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Passage migrant bird spotted in Kanniyakumari is new addition to T.N.’s bird checklist

The spotting of the rare bird and its photograph were uploaded on eBird platform, where an entry was made after verification. The bird has been spotted a few times in Kerala




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Chennai | A citizen group ‘plogs’ — jogs and picks up litter enroute

Plog along with this enthusiastic group in Chennai that is intent on mixing jogging and picking up after themselves




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Citizen science projects in Visakhapatnam engage community members to document biodiversity

Environmental organisations in Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram and Srikakulam are leading citizen science projects, transforming individual observations into contributors to science




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A pair of hornbills consumes 90,000 fruits and 17,000 insects a year, reveals forest watcher




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Environmental delegates gather in Colombia for conference on dwindling global biodiversity

As the world grapples with plummeting levels of biodiversity, Colombia is hosting two weeks of meetings for the United Nations Biodiversity Conference




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Green Humour by Rohan Chakravarty on the climate cost of militaries and wars




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Delhi’s air quality ‘very poor’ due to calm winds

The air quality was also ‘very poor’ in Delhi’s neighbouring areas such as Greater Noida, Ghaziabad and Noida, and ‘poor’ in Faridabad and Gurugram




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Why is Delhi’s air quality deteriorating? | Explained

What factors contribute to the deterioration of air quality in Delhi during the winter months? How does stubble burning affect PM 2.5 levels? What role do urban emissions from vehicles play in determining air quality? Why is a coordinated approach necessary to tackle the air pollution crisis?




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‘Bengaluru used to be a magical city for urban ecology, but not anymore’

Belagavi-based ecologist K.S. Gopi Sundar talks about his latest study and what he has learnt from his research about the coexistence of birds with humans in India




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India spells out finance needs for biodiversity, conservation

Indian officials at the convention in Colombia (COP-16) say international finance will be necessary to meet goals




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99 cities recorded ‘poor’ air quality a day after Deepavali 

Ambala in Haryana recorded the highest AQI of 367 followed by Amritsar in Punjab at 350, while Delhi’s average AQI was 339; PM2.5 levels in Delhi reached values seen only in mid-winter months.




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UN COP16 nature summit creates permanent body for Indigenous peoples

Nearly 200 countries convened in the city of Cali, aiming to implement the 2022 Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework agreement




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UN summit approves fund to share benefits of nature's sequenced genetic data

The issue had been a bone of contention at the 16th Conference of Parties (COP16) to the UN's Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)




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COP16 suspended without agreement on new fund for nature

COP16 aimed at assessing the progress on the agreement reached in 2022 in Canada to halt biodiversity loss, with more funding for biodiversity protection being a central issue.




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Himachal urges Centre to explore possibility of running trains on green hydrogen on Kalka-Shimla heritage rail track

The Kalka–Shimla railway is a narrow-gauge railway in Himachal Pradesh, which traverses a mostly-mountainous route from Kalka to Shimla




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Mount Fuji gets its trademark snowcap after longest delay in 130 years, but still not official

Late snowfall on iconic Mt. Fuji sparks climate change concerns, breaking records and delaying official confirmation