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Over 28,000 pacts signed at Vibrant Gujarat summit this year: CM Rupani

Over 42,000 national and international delegates participated in the three-day event.

All Bihar households set to get prepaid smart meters in next 4-5 years

The idea behind installing prepaid meters is to check power theft and minimise the aggregate technical and commercial (AT&C) losses of the distribution companies

Launched by Sitharaman, TN Defence Corridor gets proposals worth Rs 3100 cr

The Tamil Nadu Defence Industrial Corridor has six nodes at Trichy, Salem, Hosur, Kovai, Madurai and Chennai

'Power for all' likely by Jan-end, 98% of 24.8 mn targeted homes connected

30,000 families being provided power connection everyday, says official; remaining 400,000 households could be energised by end of this month itself

Indians over 65, under 15 can now use Aadhaar to enter Nepal, Bhutan

Earlier, persons over 65 and under 15 could show their PAN card, driving licence, CGHS card or ration card, but not the Aadhaar, to prove their identity and visit the two countries

Coal imports up 6.7% to 172 mn tonnes in Apr-Dec, may decline going ahead

Import of coal in December however declined 8.09 per cent to 17.25 MT from 18.77 MT in the year-ago month

Former director Joseph Massey summoned by police in Rs 5,600-cr NSEL scam

On Friday, Massey had moved court seeking anticipatory bail and his plea is to be heard next Tuesday

Deposit rates not to rise despite all-time high credit-to-deposit ratio

Banks have a large pool of government bonds that are much above the SLR of 19.5%

Rs 14,300-cr fraud: Centre issues order to sack two PNB executive directors

The Centre said the PNB two executives failed in their capacity in the top management to justify their dismissal

RIL's e-commerce business may turn out to be more than an online play

RIL's e-commerce platform was announced by chairman Mukesh Ambani at the Vibrant Gujarat summit on Friday

Fewer children out of school, but basic skills stay out of reach: Study

Children lack the basic reading and numeracy skills thought necessary in their last year of compulsory schooling

Odisha govt begins land identification for Haldia Petrochemicals' project

The country's eastern region has the potential to attract Rs 30,000 crore investments in the petrochemicals sector by 2030

Nabard pegs Odisha's credit potential at Rs 75,612 crore for FY20

The total outlay for credit requirement projections is an aggregation of the 'Potential Linked Credit Plans' prepared by the Nabard for all the districts of the state

The government's new proposals on patents come with various compromises

The monopoly of patents is often justified as an incentive to promote R&D. But in practice, patents are used to control competition and give fewer options to consumers

Consolidation in line with global practice, says Trai chief RS Sharma

Sharma's comments come at a time when the Union government is preparing for the next round of airwave auctions, expected in the latter half of 2019

Pandemics may cause $570 bn annual loss to global economy, says WEF report

Since 2011, the world has seen nearly 200 epidemic events per year

130 deals worth Rs 56,000 crore inked on Day 1 of Vibrant Gujarat

China-based Tsingshan group commited to invest Rs 21,000 crore to set up a steel plant and a facility to manufacture car batteries in Dholera SIR in Gujarat, officials said

RBI working to strengthen corporate governance in PSBs: Shanktikanta Das

The RBI chief said the central bank is committed to play its role as the monetary authority for maintaining mandated price stability objective while keeping in mind the objective of growth

Forex reserves rise to $397.35 bn due to core currency assets, gold value

The overall kitty had swelled by $2.68 billion to $396.084 billion in the previous reporting week

Hyundai, CPCL among investment plans worth Rs 65,000 cr cleared by TN govt

During second edition of GIM, Tamil Nadu has set a target to sign over 140 MoUs, committing an aggregate investment in excess of Rs 2.4 trn