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Committed to enhance eye care infrastructure across nation: Nitin Gadkari

Sharp Sight Eye Hospital's new facility is spread across 45,000 square feet hospital and can serve over 1000 patients daily in its Outpatient Department (OPD)

Airlines, plane makers set to unveil new orders at Indian aviation event

The activity comes despite the financial struggles of two budget carriers GoFirst and SpiceJet, in the wake of the collapse of two other Indian airlines since 2011

Farzi, Night Manager top 2023 streaming charts in India: Ormax report

The big surprise in Ormax's annual report is the rise and rise of non-fiction on OTT

Majority of professionals considering job change in 2024, says report

About 88 per cent of professionals in the country are considering a new job in 2024, up by 4 per cent compared to last year, a LinkedIn report revealed

Govt to examine demands for inclusion of more components in Auto PLI: Min

'A committee has been constituted to examine demands from stakeholders to include more (automotive) components in the scope of the PLI scheme as technology keeps evolving,' Mahendra Nath Pandey said

Kochi poised to become important shipbuilding hub, says Sarbananda Sonowal

The minister said that CSL is the biggest operational ship repair ecosystem infrastructure in South Asia

4G launch in next 3-4 months once tower count hits 20,000: BSNL CMD

The company has mapped out large parts of these states for tower installation. This includes more than 4,200 4G sites in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana

Passenger vehicle sales to grow 3-4% in 2024: Hyundai COO Tarun Garg

He said that the Indian PV industry expected volume sales growth of 3.5 to 5 per cent in 2023 but eventually it went up to 8.2 %. Hyundai's domestic sales increased by 9 % in 2023 to 602,111 units

Tea exports dip 1.65% during Jan to Oct 2023, reach 182.69 million kg

Tea exports from the country dipped 1.65% at 182.69 million kg during January to October of 2023 as compared to 185.75 million kg in the same period of the previous calendar

Indians spent 12.84 bn hours on shopping apps in 2023, next only to China

The time spent by shoppers on these apps in 2023 was far higher than in the US (2.8 billion hours), Brazil (3.020 billion hours), but it was less than that in China where it was 49.60 billion hours

Centre lays out guidelines for 4G tower installation in protected areas

The proposal also requires detailed plans encompassing location, logistics, renewable energy usage, and the Chief Wildlife Warden's assessment of future impacts on wildlife management

India clocks defence offsets worth over $7 billion till January 2024

The total amount under defence offset stood at $2.9 billion as of March 2020, according to data from the Department of Defence Production

Jump in cargo rates to hurt trade, India needs own shipping line: Exporters

The freight hike issue was flagged in the meeting of the Board of Trade (BoT) chaired by Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday

Delhi govt agency DAMB sanctions over Rs 544 cr for development of Mandis

The minister said the Delhi Agricultural Marketing Board (DAMB) in a meeting held earlier in the day approved the budget worth Rs 544.80 crores for the development of the mandis

30 major retail brands entered 14 Tier-II cities during Jan-Sep: Report

The Tier-II cities are Chandigarh, Jaipur, Indore, Goa, Mangalore, Kochi, Lucknow, Patna, Ranchi, Guwahati, Bhubaneshwar, Vizag, Mysore and Coimbatore

Property prices across 13 prime cities up 19% during Oct-Dec: Report

Property prices across 13 prime cities increased 18.8 per cent Year-on-Year (YoY) and 3.97 per cent quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) during October-December 2023, the report released on Tuesday said

IREDA, Indian Overseas Bank partner to co-finance renewable energy projects

The agreement was signed in the presence of IREDA CMD Pradip Kumar Das and IOB MD and CEO Ajay Kumar Srivastava in the national capital, a statement said

Insurance sector's premium income to double by FY34 to $450 bn: Report

The total premium income will more than double over the next decade (2024-34) from the present $224 billion

Mother Dairy launches buffalo milk in Delhi-NCR at Rs 70 per litre

Mother Dairy will be supplying 50,000-75,000 litres of buffalo milk per day in Delhi-NCR. The milk will be available in the market from this week

Green hydrogen to play key role in India's net zero journey: Gautam Adani

Billionaire Gautam Adani on Tuesday said green hydrogen holds the key to India's journey to net-zero carbon emissions, and its current high cost can be reduced by replicating the solar power model