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MCD To Propose Doubling Of Parking Charges Amid Rising Air Pollution

MCD Parking Charges: The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) is planning to double its parking charges in a bid to discourage the use of private vehicles and curb air pollution caused by vehicular emissions, officials said on Monday.




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Japan To Push For Biofuel-Compatible New Cars By 2030s

Biofuel-Compatible Cars: Japan plans to encourage automakers to make all new passenger cars biofuel-compatible by the early 2030s.




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Netflix’s Indian content garners over 1 billion views in 2023

Globally, non-English shows and movies made up nearly a third of all viewing, with significant shares for Korean, Spanish, and Japanese language stories




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Bruhat Soma wins Scripps National Spelling Bee title in tiebreaker

Bruhat Soma, a 12-year-old seventh-grader from Tampa, Florida, beat Faizan Zaki by ninewords, to win the title




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Uttar Pradesh set to transform historic forts and palaces into luxurious heritage hotels

In the initial phase, properties such as Chunar Fort in Mirzapur, Barua Sagar Fort in Jhansi, Jal Mahal in Barsana, Lucknow’s Chattar Manzil and Kothi Roshan-ud-Daula, and Shukla Talab Haveli in Kanpur will be transformed into hotels




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Iberian Lynx makes historic comeback from brink of extinction

The Iberian Lynx, once teetering on the brink of extinction, has made an extraordinary recovery in Spain and Portugal, with its adult population soaring from just 62 in 2001 to over 2,000 today




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International Day of Yoga: NYC’s Times Square transforms into yoga haven

The event, organized by the Consulate General of India in New York in partnership with the Times Square Alliance, saw about 10,000 participants




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Indian box office sees muted first half, collections down 30-35 per cent

Industry hopeful of a better second half starting with release of Kalki 2898 AD this week




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Budget 2024: Archaeological Survey gets ₹140.38-crore capital budget allocation

The allocation towards revenue expenditure unchanged at around ₹1,000 crore 




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Kashmir’s book village attracts tourists and bibliophiles 

Discover the quaint book village of Aragam in Srinagar, home to over 10,000 books attracting tourists and book lovers alike




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Wayanad landslide updates: Prajeesh, Chooralmala’s superhero, missing after risking life in rescue missions

Despite the risks, Prajeesh embarked on a third mission but unfortunately disappeared, leaving his damaged jeep behind in Chooralmala.




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Fearing revenue loss, Kerala merchants favour Onam celebrations despite Wayanad tragedy

The textile and garment makers have come out with a request to the government to withdraw its decision not to hold the Onam celebrations fearing loss of revenue to the entire trading fraternity




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Shift in snacking patterns: Indian consumers opt for healthier and plant-based options

According to the Mondelez International snacking report, Indian consumers are showing an increasing interest in plant-based snacks




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Tamil Nadu aims to position Chennai as the heart of motorsport, chess, and sailing

State allocates ₹30 crore to support the IRF 2024 event, with an additional ₹12 crore dedicated to publiciszing it




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Grand celebrations mark Vinayaka Chaturthi in South India

Large Ganesha idols were installed in major cities like Chennai and Hyderabad, while popular temples such as Pillayarpatti and Malaikottai in Tamil Nadu, and Manakula Vinayakar in Puducherry, saw a surge of devotees. 




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Devotional platform AppsForBharat raises $18 mn led by Fundamentum

The funds will be used to expand the Sri Mandir app’s operations in India and internationally, onboard new temples, launch new services, and build an all-encompassing tech infrastructure for the devotional ecosystem




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Average price of movie ticket in 2023 was ₹130: Multiplex Association of India

Reacting to statements of filmmaker Karan Johar, The industry body said that movie ticket pricing fluctuates based on factors like location, day of the week, seat type, film format, and cinema format as well as inflationary pressures




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Hindi cinema dominates India’s Oscar submissions

Selected from a pool of around 29 Indian language films, Lapata Ladies will represent India on the global stage. 




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Scan, pay, repeat: Behavioural shift on payment modes drives UPI transactions of over ₹617 trillion in past 102 months

Even small amounts of ₹1 are transacted on the ‘Made-In-India’ UPI platform




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TCS Chennai’s Jayakanthan retains top spot at businessline Cerebration Quiz 2024

The event, sponsored by Title Partner JK Tyre and powered by Indian Oil, in association with BSE and University partner Amity University, Mumbai, saw participation from over 3,600 individuals across the country.




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Indian box office collections hit ₹1,066 crore in September: Ormax Media

However, the cumulative box office for January-September releases was estimated at about ₹7,949 crore, which is 9.5 per cent less than the same period in 2023




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India has more philanthropists than China with over ₹100 crore annual donations

Shiv Nadar leads philanthropy list with record ₹2,153 crore donation




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Rooting for a tradition of compassion

There are humane ways of showcasing indigenous breeds



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Indian hospital industry: Cost attractiveness and under-penetration

Here is a look at the key emerging trends in India’s hospital sector




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Make AI Mission inclusive

A significant portion of the funds should be allocated to tier-II/III cities



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Using nationalism to market products

Captains of industry should look to build world-class products, instead



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Trends in consumption spending

Consumption expenditure patterns point to increased inequality and constraints for future growth



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Of elections and numbers

Though most of us crave for objectivity and neutrality in political analyses, these often suffer from our in-built biases, predilections



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Trends in investment behaviour among women

The study compiled from a pool of one crore retail investors (30 per cent women)




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How the logistics industry is positioned in India

The market size of logistics grew at a CAGR of 11 per cent from FY19 till FY24 and it is projected to reach a market size of ₹35.3 trillion by FY29. While expenditure on logistics as a % of GDP is at a relatively higher 13 per cent, it is expected to drop to high-single-digits on improving connectivity and efficiencies through formalisation of the economy. The transportation segment contributes to most of the logistics market in India and within that, roadways dominate as of FY21. However, with the improvement in the rail infrastructure, Railways are expected to grow at a faster pace. This has been compiled from the RHP of Wester Carriers (India) Limited




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Depression declared over Bay of Bengal, to cross Chennai coast by Thursday morning 

Heavy to very heavy to extremely heavy rain outlook extended to parts of TN, south AP on Wednesday as well




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India’s highway construction witnessing a slowdown

The NH network is projected to become 2 lakh km by FY25




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SFIO finalising report into alleged fraud at Reebok




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Cotton Corporation plans to sell 15 lakh bales

The government should sell it to domestic market, says SIMA




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TCS wins $43 million contract from Norway Post




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Licence extension: Fundamental flaws in DoT’s rejection, says Vodafone




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The Japanese connection

An erstwhile sleepy ancient town, Rajasthan’s Neemrana has metamorphosed into a favourite destination for Japanese investors




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Immigration reform brings agony and ecstasy




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Posco land acquisition continues




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Resolution authority on cards to deal with financial distress: RBI




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MCA begins inspection of companies in railway bribery case




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Shell to resume Niger oil spill compensation talks




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BlackBerry to cut 4,500 jobs in face of $1 billion Q2 loss




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BlackBerry ‘pauses’ global rollout of BBM for Android, iOS




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Hero MotoCorp to invest Rs. 5,000 crore to raise global production capacity




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Air travellers' body questions ‘non-existent’ low fare offers




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International players eye India’s solar mission

“Ninety per cent of India’s solar panels are imported. Currently, most panels in India are Chinese manufactured”




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Union Budget 2021 | Firms with the highest profits paid the least effective tax in FY2019

In FY2019, the corporate tax rate in India was 25.71%




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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