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Corporate Laws Amendment Bill boosts NFRA powers, eases compliance norms

The Corporate Laws Amendment Bill proposes decriminalisation, stronger NFRA powers, and simpler compliance norms, alongside reforms in mergers, CSR, and corporate governance

Updated On: 23 Mar 2026 | 5:49 PM IST

Aluminium extrusion industry seeks Covid-style relief after shutdowns

Writes to three ministries flagging MSME stress; seeks lower interest rates, loan moratorium, and working capital support amid shutdowns and fuel supply disruptions

Updated On: 23 Mar 2026 | 5:47 PM IST

Uttar Pradesh to get major pharma boost with ₹2,500 crore investment

Uttar Pradesh is ramping up investments in pharma parks and medical device manufacturing to emerge as a major healthcare production hub in South Asia

Updated On: 23 Mar 2026 | 4:50 PM IST

India's strategic oil reserves at 64% capacity, govt informs Rajya Sabha

India has built strategic underground storage facilities with a total capacity of 5.33 million tonnes across three locations

Updated On: 23 Mar 2026 | 4:30 PM IST

India's 17 towns host 575 co-working centres amid rising demand: Study

These 17 cities are --Ahmedabad, Kochi, Indore, Jaipur, Coimbatore, Lucknow, Mangaluru, Chandigarh, Bhubaneswar, Dehradun, Vadodara, Surat, Trivandrum, Vizag, Guwahati, Goa and Kozhikode

Updated On: 23 Mar 2026 | 4:11 PM IST

DGTR recommends anti-dumping duty on rayon yarn imports from China

DGTR recommended anti-dumping duties on viscose rayon filament yarn above 75 deniers imported from China, a type of man-made fibre widely used ‌in textiles

Updated On: 23 Mar 2026 | 12:03 PM IST

Global LNG exports hit six-month low as West Asia conflict disrupts flows

The 10-day moving average for LNG shipments has fallen about 20 per cent from the start of the month to 1.1 million tonnes, the lowest since September

Updated On: 23 Mar 2026 | 8:03 AM IST

Ready to supply more than 20% ethanol blends amid rising oil prices: AIDA

AIDA Deputy Director General Bharati Balaji said the ethanol industry was prepared to go beyond the E20 target already achieved by the country.

Updated On: 22 Mar 2026 | 11:46 PM IST

Domestic urea plants at half capacity as West Asia war choke gas supplies

Petronet LNG Ltd, which operates India's largest liquefied natural gas receiving terminal, declared force majeure after upstream suppliers cited their inability to deliver contracted volumes

Updated On: 22 Mar 2026 | 11:46 PM IST

Telecom sector braces for higher expenses as diesel price increases

Tower firms rely on diesel generators to power sites in non-grid remote, rural areas

Updated On: 22 Mar 2026 | 11:43 PM IST

Semaglutide prices crash up to 90% as 15+ generics launch in two days

Off-patent GLP-1 therapy drives 70-90% price drop with generics flooding in

Updated On: 22 Mar 2026 | 11:28 PM IST

Alternative fuels fire up corporate kitchens as LPG crisis deepens

Firms leverage ESG-led shifts to biogas and electric cooking to manage LPG supply disruptions and ensure continuity of canteen operations across campuses

Updated On: 22 Mar 2026 | 10:43 PM IST

Coal gasification key to India's energy security, says G Kishan Reddy

Describing coal gasification as a key transformative technology, he said it converts coal into Syngas, which can be further used to produce cleaner fuels, chemicals, fertilizers, and hydrogen

Updated On: 22 Mar 2026 | 10:06 PM IST

Odisha lines up 34 mineral blocks for FY27 auction, includes gold deposits

State plans to auction 25 major and nine critical mineral blocks, including two gold-bearing assets, as it steps up exploration, production and revenue generation

Updated On: 22 Mar 2026 | 7:44 PM IST

Govt directs faster processing of city gas projects to ease supply stress

Government fast-tracks city gas approvals and boosts LPG allocations to ease supply pressures while pushing urban consumers towards piped natural gas

Updated On: 22 Mar 2026 | 6:27 PM IST

NCLT allows withdrawal of insolvency process against ATS Knightsbridge

ATS eyes delivery of project in 18 to 24 months, reset in core NCR luxury market

Updated On: 22 Mar 2026 | 5:05 PM IST

Uber India shifts from reactive to predictive safety: Sooraj Nair

Uber India is embedding AI across its safety stack-from teen rides to driver compliance-as it expands beyond 125 cities

Updated On: 22 Mar 2026 | 4:27 PM IST

Indian firms facing shipment delays, input shortages amid Iran war: CII

CII Director General Chandrajit Banerjee said firms are already seeing "downstream effects" as the conflict disrupts key maritime routes and tightens global supply chains

Updated On: 22 Mar 2026 | 2:41 PM IST

India a long-term investment with strong ecomm growth potential: Amazon V-P

'E-commerce adoption is becoming more widespread, and the next wave of growth will be led by smaller cities and middle-income groups'

Updated On: 22 Mar 2026 | 2:29 PM IST

Indian companies lead in AI adoption, but lag in expertise: Report

The 'State of AI in the Enterprise' report for 2026 revealed that Indian firms are advancing past trials to lead global peers in large-scale AI adoption across key functions

Updated On: 22 Mar 2026 | 2:17 PM IST