The ministry of road transport and highways, the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), and the government’s think-tank Niti Aayog have started initial discussions on a policy to regulate fuel efficiency of two-wheelers and nudge automakers towards producing cleaner vehicles, one person said, requesting anonymity. “The discussion on two-wheeler fuel…
The race to hire senior partners specialized in the TMT space is fueled by India’s rapidly evolving data protection framework, rising cybersecurity breaches, and tightening privacy norms within corporations. Indian law firms are expanding their technology, media, and telecom (TMT) practices amid rising compliance requirements and regulatory disputes in online gaming, artificial intelligence (AI), data…
Vietnamese EV firm VinFast said it became ineligible for incentives designed to attract foreign carmakers because it started investing in the country before the scheme was notified. “That policy was drafted when we were considering entering India. Now, our cars are rolling out from our Indian factory,” Pham Sanh Chau, chief executive officer of Vinfast…
The proposed Halting International Relocation of Employment (HIRE) Act, aimed at making outsourcing costlier and reducing reliance on cheap foreign labour, could partly affect Indian IT firms, which earn nearly three-fifths of their revenue from the US. The analysts cited earlier said that the cost of servicing technology needs of large US-based multinational companies is…
Mumbai: Japan’s Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. (SMBC) plans to sell its stake in Kotak Mahindra Bank, likely to avoid any conflict of interest after getting the regulatory nod to buy nearly 25% in Yes Bank. The foreign lender will sell up to 3.28 crore shares or its entire 1.65% stake in Kotak Bank as of…
New Delhi: The union power ministry has invited stakeholders’ views on integrating new information technology solutions to increase power efficiency and build a ‘utility intelligence platform’ under the India Energy Stack (IES), a digital public infrastructure initiative. The platform aims to make the ecosystem more interoperable, the ministry said in a statement on Tuesday. “The…
Indian information technology (IT) services companies, the country’s biggest employers, earn more than three-fifths (60%) of their revenue from the US. While they have largely avoided US taxes so far, a new bill seeks to change that by taxing all services exported to US companies. Mint explains what this means for India’s IT sector. What…
Corn, also known as maize, offered hope. With demand for the grain soaring because of rising production of ethanol, a biofuel blended with petrol, and competing demand from the poultry industry, which uses it as animal feed, Raghuvanshi joined a band of farmers from his neighbourhood who had switched to corn. But the switch has…
New Delhi [India], September 9 (ANI): India’s fitness industry is set to grow from an estimated ₹16,200 crore (USD 1.9 billion) in 2024 to ₹37,700 crore (USD 4.5 billion) by 2030, posting a robust 15 percent growth rate (CAGR), according to the India Fitness Market Report 2025 by Deloitte India and the Health & Fitness…
While some attempts, such as Sarabhai vs Sarabhai, failed to strike a chord in the past, experts remain divided on how far nostalgia, combined with fresh storylines and characters, can help fiction TV regain viewership in an era where audience engagement continues to wane. Nostalgia meets strategy Ekta Kapoor’s Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi…