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Nepal Hikes Fee for Everest Climbers

Nepal will increase the permit fees for climbing Mount Everest by more than 35%, making the world's tallest peak more expensive for mountaineers for the first time in nearly a decade, officials said.

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January 23, 2025
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From red lights to green: DPI for businesses will spur job creation

Employer Aadhaar and Digilocker will apply Digital Public Infrastructure to compliance and help create high-wage jobs

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January 23, 2025
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Tata Motors' electric CV sales weighed down by loss of sops

Continuing incentives needed until inflection point is reached in electric sales, says company

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January 23, 2025
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An ode to the Maximum City of hopes and heartbreak

Murzban F. Shroff's new collection of Mumbai stories chronicles the decline of the city, while celebrating its resilience

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January 23, 2025
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Tiny hike seen for fund to build farm buffer

Budget may raise outlay for purchases of pulses, onions, and potatoes

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January 23, 2025
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Garth Hudson wove a musical spell on listeners

Hudson was the last surviving member of the influential rock group The Band

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January 23, 2025
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Dixon Tech: A flurry of acquisitions, capacity expansions

Upwardly mobile

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January 23, 2025
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Green hydrogen incentives likely for polluting sectors

Moving to large-scale use of hydrogen fuel could enhance India's geopolitical heft

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January 23, 2025
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Basic technology R&D: Let's wake up before it's too late

India's future in AI and in other fast-emerging technologies depends on our will to invest in the unknown

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January 23, 2025
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Budget Wishlist: Insurance Sector Seeks Affordability, Awareness Boost

Reducing GST on policies will help lower the barriers to entry and improving accessibility

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January 23, 2025
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RIL arm acquires sauces brand SIL

Reliance Consumer Products Ltd (RCPL), the consumer goods arm of Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL), announced on Wednesday its acquisition of SIL, a food brand known for sauces and condiments.

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January 23, 2025
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Servify shoots for unicorn tag with $100 million fundraise

The startup was valued at about $850 million when it raised $65 million in 2022 as part of its Series D funding round

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January 23, 2025
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A Call For Tax Reforms: Disparities Between Equity And Debt Investments

There is a case for revising LTCG taxation for debt funds with a one-year holding period

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January 23, 2025
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Cabinet nod for a higher support price for raw jute

The Union cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday approved an increase in the minimum support price (MSP) for raw jute for the 2025-26 marketing season, set at ₹5,650 per quintal, representing a rise of ₹315 per quintal from the previous season's MSP of ₹5,335.

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January 23, 2025
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Drone firms seek higher PLI outlay in budget

The drone industry, one of India's sunrise sectors, wants the government to increase allocations under the production linked incentive (PLI) scheme in the upcoming Union budget for 2025-26.

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January 23, 2025
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Budget Needs to Offer a Vision to Reform India's Overburdened Justice System

Over 50 million court cases are pending, with many taking 15-20 years to resolve

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January 23, 2025
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UN chief Guterres calls on Iran to renounce nuclear weapons

Iran must make a first step towards improving relations with countries in the region and the United States by making it clear it does not aim to develop nuclear weapons, United Nations (UN) secretary-general Antonio Guterres said on Wednesday.

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January 23, 2025
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Shareholders nix Gokaldas Esop plan

Apparel maker Gokaldas Exports' plan to reward its top executive with a generous stock grant has been blocked by the company's institutional shareholders, more than half of whom voted against the resolution enabling its latest employee stock option plan (Esop).

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January 23, 2025
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Magnesium craze grips wellness market

Magnesium mania

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January 23, 2025
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Five new industrial clusters from India join WEF initiative

As many as 33 industrial clusters from 16 countries, including five from India, on Wednesday committed to economic growth, jobs creation and emission cuts as part of the World Economic Forum's (WEF) Transitioning Industrial Clusters Initiative.

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January 23, 2025
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'28 will start India's new era: CM Naidu

Andhra Pradesh chief minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Tuesday said India will enter a new era of global leadership starting in 2028.

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January 22, 2025
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Minor accounts: Unlock savings, investment opportunities for kids

How parents are wisely investing their children's monetary gifts to foster financial literacy, inculcate saving habit

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January 22, 2025
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Budget Interventions Can Position Indian Pharma For Global Leadership

Over the past 3 years, India's healthcare budget has fallen below 2% of GDP

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January 22, 2025
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RBI's New Bad Debt Norms Boost Stressed Asset Buyers

Asset reconstruction firms welcome central bank's faster settlement rules for small bad loans

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January 22, 2025
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Busy Bee retreats from Go First bid amid liquidation process

Busy Bee Airways Pvt. Ltd, former bidder for bankrupt airline Go First, on Tuesday withdrew its plea challenging the 18 December decision of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) reserving the liquidation order.

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January 22, 2025
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'IT sector's talent model to change'

Infosys expects the way the tech industry manages talent to shift and has already begun experimenting with how this transformation will occur, its chief technology officer (CTO) said in an interview.

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January 22, 2025
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Electoral politics could extract too high a price

Will the budget for 2025-26 see India's government stick to its stated fiscal consolidation goal? Or will the demands of Bihar, Andhra Pradesh and political largesse get in the way?

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January 22, 2025
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Govt drafts safety rules for e-comm consumers

As part of its initiatives to promote self-regulation among e-commerce platforms, the government released draft guidelines on Tuesday aimed at protecting consumers from potential fraud in the fast-growing digital shopping industry.

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January 22, 2025
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Liquidity rule upsets banks

Some of India's largest lenders are planning to request concessions from the new head of the nation's central bank regarding proposed liquidity regulations, arguing the rules could hamper efforts to boost lending, according to people familiar with the developments.

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January 22, 2025
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Post ceasefire with Israel, Hamas is effectively back in control in Gaza

After Israeli troops stood down when a cease-fire came into effect in the Gaza Strip, Hamas began sending thousands of its forces onto the streets to establish control.

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January 22, 2025