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Railways on fast track to achieve its 100% electrification target by 2024

India is now much ahead of other large railway networks in the world in terms of electrification - with the US at just 1 per cent, China at 72 per cent and Europe at 60 per cent

A 'doosra' in IPL ad game: Viacom 18 has set aggressive targets to chase

Based on calculation, while the cost of viewing the entire IPL season is only Rs 38 on TV, the cost of streaming 10 matches would cost anything between Rs 360 to Rs 2,640

The high road to net zero: How CCUS can speed up India's transition plan

Carbon capture utilisation technology can play a crucial role in reducing CO2 emissions, provided the government shapes a workable regulatory framework first

Statsguru: A year later, effects of Russia-Ukraine war on global economy

European and Indian stocks are both higher today than when the conflict began

Cab aggregators navigate a regulatory maze, face troublesome issues

States are yet to follow central licensing guidelines, with which companies have problems anyway, adding to the confusion in this booming business

GPT-based chat apps see a sharp increase in downloads in India: Data

But how many are fakes and how many are delivering GBT technology?

Missing link in UGC's foreign university plans to set up campuses in India

Educational emigration will remain high unless India strengthens the skill development ecosystem in higher education, say students and teachers

Mine over matter: Who will dig up India's new-found Lithium reserve?

The absence of an integrated mining policy for strategic metals and minerals and poor domestic capabilities could hinder exploitation of the recently discovered reserves

Underdog syndrome: Meet Nikki Haley, Republican presidential candidate

In her biography, Haley says she is proud of being an underdog. It is not clear if the Republicans are ready to back underdogs just yet

Use of nano-urea, DAP game-changers? Manufacturers in 'wait-and-watch' mode

Some critics also cite studies, which show that fertiliser use efficiency of urea is better via soil application rather than foliage

Explained: How J&K's lithium find can be India's white oil moment

The current demand of lithium ion batteries, around 3 gigawatt hour (GWh), is projected to touch around 20 GWh by 2026 and 70 GWh by 2030

Supply uncertainty, EV push bring challenges to city gas distributors

Apart from hardships for domestic consumers using it for cooking, the rise in CGD prices indirectly has an impact on the government's goal of achieving 15% share of natural gas in the energy basket

Why the British operations remain a drag on Tata Steel's performance

Analysts believe that the challenges on account of the UK are not going away in hurry

Barings PE may sell some stake in Coforge for up to Rs 2,600 cr: sources

The private equity firm has hired IIFL to seek investor interest in the deal and has offered up to 7% discount to the Friday closing market price of Rs 4,348 a share

Tripura Assembly election: 45 candidates crorepatis, says report

Of the 259 hopefuls contesting the Tripura Assembly polls, 45, or 17%, are crorepatis

Indian private refiners may gain from EU's ban on Russian oil products

Indian refiners can process cheap Russian crude into products, and export to Europe

Statsguru: India's telecom industry is lurching towards a duopoly

Vodafone's losses are expected to touch Rs 30,000 crore in the financial year 2022-23

Ola rides down the value chain, accelerates into the mass market

Ola is also pushing the pedal in the premium electric scooter market ( Rs 1 lakh to Rs 1.5 lakh) where it has a 50 per cent share

India's population gap over China to widen further, shows data

India is set to surpass China by 3 million people in 2023

India Energy Week: Rising demand for fossil fuel dominated the talks

The coal entrepreneurs seem to have cottoned on to the fact that there is no doomsday arriving for the sector anytime soon