World Bank's Board of Executive Directors have approved a new program to support coastal communities in India, by protecting and conserving ecosystems, reducing plastic pollution and providing more and diverse jobs for people in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.
Reduction and rationalisation of Goods and Services Tax slabs - reducing them to two, and exempting certain items, including premiums for health and life insurance - were 18 months in the making, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said at an NDTV summit Tuesday.
The Indian Steel Association (ISA) has begun discussions with the government to make iron ore more affordable in order to bring down the cost of steel production, Secretary General and Executive Head of ISA Alok Sahay told ANI on the sidelines of ISA Steel Conclave at New Delhi.
Gurugram (Haryana) [India], September 9: Enterprises today are under pressure to deliver faster, smarter, and more personalised customer experiences across every touchpoint. Rising to this challenge is ZVOX - an AI voice agent platform built to transform how businesses engage with their cust
Gurugram (Haryana) [India], September 8: Gurugram-based startup Wilyer has introduced its brand-new Queue Management System, designed to use in government offices, hospitals, service centers, and banks. The solution is designed to make waiting easier by streamlining customer flow, reducing d
South Korean construction company Hyundai Engineering and Construction Co. (Hyundai E&C) aims to unveil an apartment that incorporates all four of its residential innovation strategies by 2030. It will include reducing floor-to-floor noise, innovating indoor apartment spaces, using solar ene
Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday criticized the Centre's recent Goods and Services Tax (GST) reforms, terming them inadequate to address inflation and accusing the government of enabling select groups to profit under the guise of the tax regime.
India stressed the scope to leverage the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation's (SCO) collective strengths for shared prosperity at the SCO Trade Ministers' Meeting held in Vladivostok and highlighted the need for export diversification, reducing dependency, and building resilient supply chain
Innovations in the manufacturing and industrial sector have focused on predictive maintenance coupled with intelligent automation and supply chain optimization. Artificial Intelligence-based tools are now forecasting indirect material consumption as well as reducing inventory levels and impr
On behalf of the people of Gujarat, Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for significantly reducing GST rates on essential goods and services of daily use.
"Until human behaviour changes, we will not achieve success in this mission (to reduce road fatalities)," he said, urging every Indian citizen to become sensitive, disciplined and committed to following traffic laws under the "Vision Zero" initiative aimed at eliminating preventable road dea