ndia-France-UAE Maritime Partnership Exercise

The two-day maritime exercise will involve a wide range of naval operations, including surface warfare and helicopter cross-deck landing operations

India, France, UAE joint maritime exercise: The two-day maritime exercise will involve a wide range of naval operations, including surface warfare and helicopter cross-deck landing operations

India, France, UAE begin maiden joint maritime exercise in the Gulf of Oman

Business Standard

afghanistan

A bomb ripped through a memorial service in Afghanistan's northeastern Badakhshan province on Thursday, killing at least 11 people, officials said.
A former Taliban police official was among those killed and more than 30 were also wounded in the explosion near Nabawi Mosque, according to Abdul Nafi Takor, the Taliban-appointed spokesman for the interior ministry.
There were concerns that the number of casualties could rise further as more information becomes available, Takor added.
The bombing apparently targeted the memorial service for Nisar Ahmad Ahmadi, the deputy governor of Badakhshan who was killed in a car bombing on Tuesday. That attack in Faizabad, the capital of Badakhshan, also killed the deputy governor's driver and wounded 10 other people.
Moazuddin Ahmadi, the Taliban official in charge of information and culture, confirmed Thursday's explosion and the killing of Safiullah Samim, a former Taliban police chief in Baghlan.
There was no immediate claim of responsibilit

A bomb ripped through a memorial service in Afghanistan's northeastern Badakhshan province on Thursday, killing at least 11 people, officials said.

Bombing in Afghanistan at memorial ceremony for Taliban kills 11 people

Press Trust of India

Reserve Bank of India, RBI

The Reserve Bank is not planning to issue any separate norms to regulate social media influencers pedalling their personal views on the financial markets since sector watchdog Sebi is already on it.
Addressing media after the monetary policy announcement on Thursday wherein the central bank has for the second time in a row left the key policy rates unchanged, governor Shaktikanta Das said, "The RBI is not planning to issue any separate guidelines to regulate financial market influencers since the Sebi is already doing so".
Sebi has been planning to direct brokers and mutual funds to limit the use of financial influencers to curb the spread of financial advice via social media advertising and marketing campaigns.
Social media influencers peddle personal views or those paying them on financial markets or stocks.
Since January 2022, Sebi has been saying it would come out with regulations to tame the so-called financial influencers, it has not yet issued anything but has been acting ..

The Reserve Bank is not planning to issue any separate norms to regulate social media influencers pedalling their personal views on the financial markets since sector watchdog Sebi is already on it.

RBI not planning to issue norms to regulate social media influencers

Fire-safety norms for Li-ion battery could push up e-scooter prices by 10%

electric scooters, e-scooters, EV, Electric vehicles

The industry body has maintained the subsidies withheld and due to various electric two-wheeler (E2W) manufacturers amount to over Rs 1,200 crore

FAME II subsidy block: SMEV asks for creation of Rs 3,000-cr rehab fund

Badminton, shuttlecock

India's campaign ended at the Singapore Masters badminton tournament after Kidambi Srikanth lost in straight games to Chia Hao Lee of Chinese Taipei in the men's singles second round here on Thursday.
Srikanth lost 15-21 19-21 in just 37 minutes against Lee in their first meeting on the professional circuit.
The 2021 World Championships silver medallist Srikanth beat Thailand's Kantaphon Wangcharoen 21-15 21-19 in the opening round.
Chia Hao Lee, on the other hand, beat Japan's Kenta Nishimoto in his opening match after being promoted to the main draw from the reserve.
Earlier, upcoming Indian shuttler Priyanshu Rajawat's dream run ended with a second round loss to third seed Kodai Naraoka.
The unseeded Rajawat, who had stunned world No. 15 Kanta Tsuneyama of Japan in the opening round, lost to Naraoka 17-21 16-21 in straight games.
Having ousted HS Prannoy in the first round, the world No. 4 Naraoka of Japan maintained his lead as the world No. 37 Indian played catch-up througho

India's campaign ended at the Singapore Masters badminton tournament after Kidambi Srikanth lost in straight games to Chia Hao Lee of Chinese Taipei in the men's singles second round here on Thursday.

India's campaign ends in Singapore Open badminton after Kidambi's defeat

Taigun comes with all of that backed by the German promise of superior brand quality.

Volkswagen Taigun

Volkswagen Passenger Cars India on Thursday said it has launched new trims of its mid-sized sedan Virtus and Taigun sports utility vehicle.
The company has introduced the Virtus with a six-speed manual transmission on the GT Plus variant, priced at Rs 16.89 lakh (ex-showroom).
Besides, the automaker said it has introduced two new variants of Taigun -- GT DSG and GT Plus, at an introductory price of Rs 16.79 lakh and Rs 17.77 lakh, respectively (ex-showroom).
"With its strong legacy of fun-to-drive, the GT badge was introduced on the Performance Line (1.5l TSI EVO engine) variants of Taigun and Virtus. Today, we are taking a step further and democratizing the GT badge by introducing newer variants for customers to choose from," Volkswagen Passenger Cars India Brand Director Ashish Gupta said in a statement.
The new variants of Taigun and Virtus will be available across the 161 sales touchpoints in 121 cities in India, the company said.

Volkswagen Passenger Cars India on Thursday said it has launched new trims of its mid-sized sedan Virtus and Taigun sports utility vehicle.

Volkswagen launches new trims of Virtus, Taigun with 1.5 ltr TSI EVO engine

Delhi airport

A Mumbai-bound Vistara airlines flight from Delhi was delayed for about two hours after a passenger said she overheard a fellow traveller speaking about a bomb in his bag, a claim that was later declared a hoax, official sources said Thursday.
A designated committee of multiple security, intelligence, airport operations and aviation agencies was convened at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport around 6.10 pm on Wednesday to ascertain this claim reported for flight no UK-941 (Delhi to Mumbai), which was scheduled to depart at 4.55 pm, they said.
The passenger reported to the airline crew that she overheard a male passenger saying to someone on phone that the "CISF could not detect the bomb that was in my bag", the sources said.
The CISF is the designated aviation security force that undertakes checking of air passengers and their cabin baggage as part of providing a counter-terrorist threat to 66 civil airports in the country.
The crew, sources said, immediately informed th

A Mumbai-bound Vistara airlines flight from Delhi was delayed for about two hours after a passenger said she overheard a fellow traveller speaking about a bomb in his bag, a claim that was later declared a hoax, official sources said Thursday.

Hoax bomb threat delays Delhi-Mumbai flight by 2 hours at IGI Airport

drones

The government on Thursday said Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS) can be employed as drone entrepreneurs for spraying fertilizers and pesticides, and for survey of property.
This was among the five key decisions taken in a meeting between Cooperation Minister Amit Shah and Minister of Chemicals and Fertilisers Mansukh Mandaviya, the Ministry of Cooperation said in a statement.
In the meeting, it was decided that on the basis of mapping, PACS -- which are not functioning as fertilizer retailers -- will be identified and they will be encouraged to function as retailers on the basis of feasibility in a phased manner, it said.
Those PACS, which are not currently functioning as Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samruddhi Kendras (PMKSK), will be brought under the ambit of PMKSK, it added.
Further, PACS will also be connected with the marketing of organic fertilizers, especially Fermented Organic Manure (FoM)/ Liquid Fermented Organic Manure (LFOM)/ Phosphate Enriched Organic Manure ...

The government on Thursday said Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS) can be employed as drone entrepreneurs for spraying fertilizers and pesticides, and for survey of property.

PACS can be roped in as drone traders for spraying fertilizers: Coop Min

The \'Gujarat Climate Champions Forum\' launched at the First Ever Climate Action Summit

New Delhi [India], June 8: To commemorate the 50th World Environment Day, UNICEF and Elixir Foundation, in partnership with the Department of Climate Change and Press Information Bureau organized Gujarat's first-ever Climate Action Summit on 4 June 2023 in Ahmedabad. The Summit served as a unique platform to foster collaboration and innovation around climate action.

The 'Gujarat Climate Champions Forum' launched at the First Ever Climate Action Summit

ANI Press Release

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas advises on formation transactions of Cube Highways Trust and its initial offer

Mumbai (Maharashtra)/ New Delhi [India], June 8: Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas advised in relation to the initial offer and listing of ordinary units, of the Cube Highways Trust (Cube Trust, acting through its Investment Manager, Cube Highways Fund Advisors Private Limited), a privately placed infrastructure investment trust (InvIT), aggregating to INR 52,258.27 million. The Firm also advised on the formation transactions of the Cube Trust, being, the transfer of 18 special purpose vehicles to the Cube Trust. Pursuant to such formation transactions, the Cube Trust issued Ordinary Units and Subordinate Units to its Sponsors, Cube Highways and Infrastructure Pte. Ltd. ("CH-I") and Cube Highways and Infrastructure III Pte. Ltd. ("CH-III").

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