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Air pollution: BMC takes action against gold and silver smelting units

Mumbai's average air quality index (AQI) stood at around 150, or "moderate", on Wednesday, according to official data

Odd-even scheme implementation deferred till SC reviews effectiveness

On Tuesday, the apex court questioned the effectiveness of the Delhi government's scheme, aimed at curbing vehicular pollution, and referred to it as "all optics"

India's economy showed strong growth, retained 6% forecast in FY24: S&P

The influence of services in the economy has grown over time, while agriculture and other primary industries have reduced economic shares

As AQI worsens, winter break in Delhi schools preponed for Nov 9-18

"Winter Break for the session 2023-24 is ordered to be preponed so that schools can be totally closed and both children and teachers can stay at home," the circular stated

This Diwali, PM urges people to buy local products, post selfie on NaMo App

"I want to reiterate my request that wherever you go on tourism or pilgrimage, buy products made by local artisans," Modi had said

Aim to digitise 65,000 cooperative societies by March 2024: Nabard Chairman

"Close to 10,000 cooperative societies have already been digitised. We are targeting 65,000 societies to be digitised by March 2024," he said

World Cup 2023 NZ vs SL: Williamson hopes for firing return from Ferguson

New Zealand's bowling unit has been underwhelming for a large part of the World Cup, and skipper Kane Williamson on Wednesday hoped returning pacer Lockie Ferguson could impart some fire

MFIs need to focus on data privacy, cyber security: SBI MD Choudhary

He said, MFIs should also focus on capacity building to deal with the challenges of the future

Maha air pollution crisis: CM Shinde calls for united efforts to curb issue

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde's appeal comes at a time when Mumbai is witnessing rising air pollution levels.

Parliament's winter session likely to commence in second week of December

The Winter session usually commence in the third week of November and concludes ahead of December 25

CIL gives extension to Debasish Nanda as Director, Business Development

Nanda took over as CIL's first Director, Business Development last year

DLF to buy residual stakes in entities owning land in Gurugram for Rs 40 cr

The land-owning companies collectively hold around 63 acres of land parcels in and around Gurugram, for which the DLF already has existing agreements.

Govt-run firms given to PM's industrialist friends: Priyanka Gandhi in MP

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra alleged that there is privatisation of jobs, pension of the government employees has been stopped and employees fear what happened to their money.

Nimhans, University of Liverpool ink MoU for next phase of collaboration

Areas that would be explored through this partnership include three core research strands which are brain infections, child and maternal mental health, neuro-imaging and epilepsy research

Gensol Engineering Q2 results: Net profit up at Rs 16 cr on higher income

Gensol has also established a electric vehicle manufacturing facility in Pune to develop and produce electric three-wheelers and four-wheelers

Dabur India looking for acquisitions with Rs 7,000 cr cash reserve: CEO

Dabur has nine power brands, eight in India and one in the overseas markets, which together account for 70 per cent of its total sales

Gujarat Pipavav Port net profit grows 51% to over Rs 107 cr in Sept quarter

Gujarat Pipavav Port Ltd had clocked Rs 70.8 crore net profit for the year-ago period, it said in a regulatory filing.

Polluted air unrestricted by borders: Haryana CM amid political blame game

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said that people in his state as well as in Delhi were suffering with Punjab reporting several cases of crop-residue burning.

Brookfield India REIT Q2 net operating income up 44% to Rs 346.7 crore

Income from operating lease rentals increased by 33 per cent to Rs 274.1 crore in the second quarter of this fiscal, from Rs 205.6 crore in the year-ago period

Record 7.5 million people globally diagnosed with TB in 2022: WHO

The World Health Organization (WHO) 2023 Global tuberculosis (TB) report also shows that globally, an estimated 10.6 million people fell ill with TB in 2022, up from 10.3 million in 2021