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Petrol, diesel sales soar in December as holiday travel boost demand

Petrol sales of three state-owned firms, which control 90 per cent of the fuel market, soared 9.8 per cent to 2.99 million tonne in December

Govt's 1st decision in 2025 for farmers: PM Modi on crop insurance schemes

He said that the Cabinet's decision on extending the one-time special package on Di-Ammonium Phosphate (DAP) will help farmers by ensuring the fertiliser at affordable prices

FinMin asks banks, insurance firms to expedite public grievances resolution

A meeting chaired by Financial Services Secretary M Nagaraju was held in which complainants, PSBs, public sector insurance companies (PSICs) and regulators participated

Govt asks Pakistan to expedite release of Indian prisoners in its custody

In addition, Pakistan has been asked to provide immediate consular access to the 18 civilian prisoners and fishermen in Pakistan's custody, who are believed to be Indian

Reliance Power's arm Sasan Power pays $150 million debt to UK's IIFCL

According to the company this repayment will bolster Sasan Power's debt coverage metrics, improve liquidity, and enhance its credit rating

Tobacco exports to cross Rs 13,000 cr this year with 8% growth: Govt

India is the second largest producer of tobacco in the world after China. It is also the fourth largest producer of Flue-Cured Virginia (FCV) tobacco in the world after China, Brazil and Zimbabwe

Continuing 30 yrs practice, India, Pak exchange nuclear installations list

The exchange of the list took place under the provisions of an agreement on the prohibition of attack against nuclear installations and facilities

Influx from B'desh not by Hindus but 'majority community' members: Assam CM

Sarma said that they are trying to enter the country to go to the textile industries in Tamil Nadu, and "owners of these industries are incentivising them to come to get cheap labour"

2025 to be year of reforms, aim is to boost modernisation: Defence ministry

The reform measures would be rolled out to transform the armed forces into a technologically-advanced combat-ready force capable of multi-domain integrated operations

Govt's export arm EIC plans to expand food testing infra to boost exports

EIC is an advisory body to the central government. It notifies commodities which will be subjected to quality control or inspection prior to export

BJP takes dig at Kejriwal over promise of Rs 18,000 honorarium to priests

Sudhanshu Trivedi claimed that Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) exemplifies "unreliability" in Indian politics, adding that the people of Delhi have understood its antics

CIL arms BCCL, SECL report decline in coal production in Apr-Dec period

While coal production of BCCL dropped by 2.6 per cent, in case of SECL the fossil fuel output declined by 9.4 per cent, Coal India Ltd (CIL) said in a regulatory filing

2024 was India's warmest year since 1901, global temp also hit record high

The year 2024 now ranks as the warmest year on record since 1901, surpassing 2016, which had recorded a mean land surface air temperature 0.54 degrees Celsius above normal

Prez Murmu, V-P Dhankar, PM Modi extend New Year greetings to people

President Murmu asked the people to renew commitment to work together for creating a brighter, more inclusive and sustainable future for India and the world

Agri, allied sector to grow 3.5-4% in FY25: Shivraj Singh Chouhan

The projected growth represents a substantial increase from the previous fiscal year's agricultural growth rate of 1.4 per cent

Agritech sector to create 60-80K new jobs in next 5 years: TeamLease CSO

These job opportunities are more in agriculture-intensive states like Maharashtra, Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Andhra Pradesh, he stated

Katra returns to normalcy after weeklong shutdown against ropeway project

With the return of normalcy, hundreds of pilgrims thronged the holy town on the first day of the year to pay obeisance at the cave shrine, with long serpentine queues seen at the entry points in Katra

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar owns movable, immovable assets worth Rs 1.64 crore

According to details of assets of the CM and his cabinet colleagues uploaded on the Bihar government website on December 31, Kumar has Rs 21,052 in cash and nearly Rs 60,811.56 in different banks

Toyota Kirloskar Motor's December sales increase 29% to 29,529 units

The company said it recorded its best-ever calendar year sales in 2024 at 3,26,329 units. This was higher by 40 per cent as compared to 2,33,346 units sold in 2023

Hero MotoCorp gets additional tax demand of Rs 26.4 cr from I-T dept

The tax officer has made the additions to the reported income to the tune of around Rs 96.5 crore resulting in an additional tax demand of Rs 26.4 crore