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Over 3.7 million farmer IDs created so far under 'AgriStack' project: Govt

At present, Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed with 22 states and Union Territories for creation and implementation of the Digital Public Infrastructure for Agriculture

House panel asks DRDO to excel R-D warfare in hybrid, kinetic, non-kinetic

It further said that the panel in its original report had also urged the DRDO to focus more on new and emerging areas of technology applications such as artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics for

Daikin partners with Taiwan's Rechi Precision for compressor JV in India

The joint venture is expected to become operational by the 4th quarter of FY24-25. The manufacturing facility shall be established at Sri City, Andhra Pradesh

Business activity between India, UK flourishes in 2024, shows HSBC data

In the nine months to October 2024, the value of payments made by HSBC UK business clients to India reportedly rose by 32 per cent and the bank received 36 per cent more new business client referrals

Democracy should be India's religion, Constitution its holy book: Cong MP

On Prime Minister's statement on 'zero tolerance' on corruption, he said the government should conduct inquiry into the corruption allegations against Adani group as well as in electoral bonds

Rs 1.46 trn investment realised across 14 PLI sectors till Aug: Govt

Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Schemes for 14 key sectors have been announced with an outlay of Rs 1.97 trillion to enhance manufacturing capabilities and exports

Too early for mandatory Aadhaar based payment system in MGNREGS: Parl panel

The Committee pulled up the government on low wages under MGNREGS and recommended a better inflation linked index for payment of wages to the workers

Skoda Auto India announces vehicle price hike by up to 3% from Jan 1

The price increase will apply to the company's entire portfolio, including the Kushaq, Slavia, Superb, and Kodiaq

Indonesia seeks defence tech collaboration with India to boost ties

Discussions were held on the expanding India-Indonesia defence relations with a focus on measures to further consolidate maritime cooperation, including operational engagements and joint training

NTA to conduct only higher education entrance exams from 2025: Pradhan

The move is part of examination reforms based on the recommendations of a high-level panel set up earlier this year following alleged leaks in the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET)

DGCA issues show cause notice to Akasa Air over operations manual violation

Aviation regulator DGCA has issued a show cause notice to Akasa Air for violation of norms related to the airline's operations manual, according to sources.

Sugar output falls 17% to 6.13 MT due to late start of production: Isma

Notably, this year sugar factories in Karnataka started late by around 7-12 days while in another major state Maharashtra, mills started late by 1520 days, as compared to last year

Gold jewellery consumption to grow 14-18% in FY25 in value terms: ICRA

According to the report, while gold prices were volatile, improving consumer sentiments and festive-led demand aided consumption growth in the recent months

Developing LLM to cut approval times further: Sebi member Narayan

LLMs are advanced AI systems designed to understand and generate human language. They use deep learning techniques and are trained on massive amounts of text data

Only 6.68% of population filed income tax return in FY24: Govt tells House

He further said total number of individuals reporting zero taxable income in their ITRs is 4.90 crore in Assessment Year 2023-24, up from 4.64 lakh in 2022-23

Parliamentary panel calls for legal guarantee of MSP to protect farmers

The committee's key recommendations include: implementing a robust MSP system to mitigate farmer suicides, providing compensation to farmers for managing crop residue, establishing a National

Granules India gets US regulator FDA's approval for generic ADHD drug

Granules Pharmaceuticals, Inc (GPI) has received approval from the US Food & Drug Administration (USFDA) for its abbreviated new drug application (ANDA) for Lisdexamfetamine Dimesylate chewable tablet

Deve Gowda urges parliament to reconsider reservation on economic grounds

The former prime minister said the House should think over whether reservation should be continued to given on the same lines as in the past or only who are suffering with most poverty and whose

Lower Q2 GDP growth a temporary blip, economy to improve ahead: Sitharaman

She said India has seen "steady and sustained" growth and its GDP growth rate has averaged 8.3 per cent in the last three years

Over 67% sewer, septic tank workers belong to SC category: Govt tells LS

The statistics further show that 15.73 per cent of the workers belong to the Other Backward Classes (OBCs), 8.31 per cent are from the Scheduled Tribes (STs)