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Surat (Gujarat) [India], August 21: KP Group, a leading name in India's renewable energy sector, is stepping up its expansion with a clear goal of reaching 10 GW capacity by 2030. With projects already underway in Gujarat, the Group is working on projects in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra, supported by a strong order book and government partnerships. KP Group has signed memoranda of understanding with Gujarat, Odisha, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh for over 2.6 ...Read More >
New Delhi, Aug 26 (PTI) Waaree Energies on Tuesday said its US arm Waaree Solar Americas has secured an order to supply 452 MW of advanced solar modules to a leading American developer of utility-scale solar and energy storage projects. Scheduled for delivery across FY2026-27, these modules reinforce Waaree's growing presence in North America and highlight a strategic shift in how the US market is embracing Indian manufacturing strength to accelerate its decarbonisation goals, a company stateme ...Read More >
(Reuters) -Indian software-services exporter Wipro said it will buy U.S.- based firm Harman's digital transformation solutions (DTS) arm for $375 million to sharpen its AI-led engineering services. The unit, Harman Connected Services, is part of Samsung's Harman International. As part of the agreement, over 5,600 DTS employees, across the Americas, Europe and Asia will transition to Wipro upon the closing of the transaction by the end of the year, subject to regulatory approvals. Harman, best ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 19 (ANI): Indian Initial Public Offering (IPO) activity in the first half of 2025 recorded 108 deals raising USD 4.6 billion, demonstrating market resilience despite a 30 per cent decline in transaction volume compared with the previous period, according to a report compiled by EY. According to the report, fundraising proceeds declined only marginally by 2 per cent, indicating that while fewer companies accessed public markets, the quality and scale of offerings remained ...Read More >
Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) may impose higher additional margins for electricity futures in times of high volatility , said Tuhin Kanta Pandey, Chairperson of Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) at the launch of Monthly Electricity Futures here on Friday. "Electricity has been categorised as a high volatile commodity, thereby attracting a high initial margin requirements. This will discourage undue speculative activity. Additional margins may be imposed in times of h ...Read More >
ET Intelligence Group: Wipro's June quarter performance was better than the muted expectations of analysts. The company continued to report traction in new deals helped by the sustained business momentum in the recently acquired entities. While the management stated that uncertainty in the global business environment persisted, it also highlighted that the new deal wins consisted of some of the contracts that resulted from vendor consolidation, reflecting its competitive offerings. In addition, ...Read More >
BENGALURU: Wipro's revenue declined by 2.3% in constant currency during the June quarter, though the drop remained within its projected guidance range of -3.5% to -1.5%."We started the quarter facing significant macro uncertainty, which kept overall demand muted. Our clients prioritised initiatives with immediate impact, focusing on cost optimisation and vendor consolidation. At the same time, they accelerated their AI, data, and modernisation programs. We saw a clear trend of many AI projects m ...Read More >
Patna: Non-vegetarian dishes have made Bihar's politics spicier on several occasions, and so union minister and senior JD (U) leader Rajiv Ranjan Singh aka Lalan Singh' recent mutton party for party workers and supporters under his Munger constituency was no exception. Lalan Singh listened to problems of common people at Suryagarha in Lakhisarai district of Bihar (part of Munger constituency) to sort them out with local authorities and also threw a mutton party for them, creating a controversy ...Read More >
Bengaluru: Wipro's revenue declined by 2.3% in constant currency during the June quarter, though the drop remained within its projected guidance range of -3.5% to -1.5%."We started the quarter facing significant macro uncertainty, which kept overall demand muted. Our clients prioritised initiatives with immediate impact, focusing on cost optimisation and vendor consolidation. At the same time, they accelerated their AI, data, and modernisation programs. We saw a clear trend of many AI projects m ...Read More >
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Gurumurthy Palani (France), Anuraag Bhatnagar (Hong Kong) and Gurdeep Klair (Canada) won coveted spots on the Chief Executives' Committee after Thursday's election kick-started the International Cricket Council's annual conference in Singapore. Three coveted Associate Member seats were up for grabs amid changing dynamics among cricket's powerbrokers. Palani and Bhatnagar finished with 28 votes, while Klair had 21. The resul ...Read More >
Mumbai, July 17: Gurumurthy Palani, Anurag Bhatnagar and Gurdeep Klair have been elected to the influential Chief Executives' Committee (CEC) of the International Cricket Council (ICC). Palani (France), Bhatnagar (Hong Kong), and Klair (Canada) won the elections for the three CEC spots ahead of incumbents Sumod Damodar (Botswana) and Sankar Renganathan (Sierra Leone). The trio winning the elections were confirmed by their respective boards' social media handles. Joe Root Dethrones Harry Brook To ...Read More >
Bengaluru, Jul 15 (PTI) Agtech firm Cropin on Tuesday announced a strategic partnership with Wipro, a leading AI-powered technology services and consulting company, to drive digital transformation across the agribusiness sector. This collaboration brings together Cropin's deep domain expertise in agribusiness and AI innovation with Wipro's scale, proven capabilities, and domain expertise in the consumer industries, including retail, CPG (Consumer Packaged Goods), and food services, it said, in ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 15 (PTI) YouTuber Samay Raina appeared before the National Commission for Women (NCW) in Delhi on Tuesday, months after he was summoned in connection with allegedly offensive and sexist content aired during his show "India's Got Latent", officials said. Raina was also among the five social media influencers who appeared before the Supreme Court in a case seeking action against them for ridiculing persons suffering from disabilities. Raina submitted his statement in response to t ...Read More >
Mumbai, July 15: The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has granted final approval to WeWork India Management Ltd to launch its initial public offering (IPO). The flexible workspace provider plans to float a public offer entirely through an Offer for Sale (OFS) of up to 43.75 million equity shares. As per the draft red herring prospectus, promoter Embassy Buildcon LLP will offload 33.46 million shares, while investor 1 Ariel Way Tenant Limited, will sell 10.29 million shares. WeWork I ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 15 (PTI) Premium flexible workspace operator WeWork India Management Ltd and helmets manufacturer Studds Accessories have received Sebi's go-ahead to float their Initial Public Offerings (IPOs). These companies, which filed their preliminary IPO papers with Sebi between February and March, obtained their observations on July 8, an update with the regulator showed on Tuesday. In Sebi's parlance, receiving observations is equivalent to getting the go-ahead to proceed with a public ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 15 (PTI) Premium flexible workspace operator WeWork India Management Ltd and helmets manufacturer Studds Accessories have received Sebi's go-ahead to float their Initial Public Offerings (IPOs). These companies, which filed their preliminary IPO papers with Sebi between February and March, obtained their observations on July 8, an update with the regulator showed on Tuesday. In Sebi's parlance, receiving observations is equivalent to getting the go-ahead to proceed with a public ...Read More >
NEW DELHI : The idiom advising one not to compare apples and oranges is a cliché -- a figurative expression that a fruit lover can safely ignore. But anyone with an interest in the origin, spread, popularity, and market dynamics of a fruit or a vegetable can and must draw comparisons. In that spirit of enquiry, one may compare apples and mangoes, more so as they appear to be headed in different directions. Apples are vying for eternal glory, while mangoes are in tatters. Sample these numbers: ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, July 11, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Heifer International in Asia, in collaboration with the International Cooperative Alliance - Asia and Pacific (ICA-AP), officially launched the Seeding Strength: Empowering Farmer Cooperatives - a regional awareness campaign, at a virtual event that brought together over 170 development leaders, NGO partners, cooperative champions, academics, and farmer representatives from across Asia. The initiative is part of the International Cooperative Alliance and ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, July 11, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Heifer International in Asia, in collaboration with the International Cooperative Alliance - Asia and Pacific (ICA-AP), officially launched the Seeding Strength: Empowering Farmer Cooperatives - a regional awareness campaign, at a virtual event that brought together over 170 development leaders, NGO partners, cooperative champions, academics, and farmer representatives from across Asia. The initiative is part of the International Cooperative Alliance and ...Read More >
New Delhi: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has once again found himself in a delicate position within his party amid buzz over rift within the party leadership. In an article published in Malayalam daily Deepika, Tharoor called the 1975 Emergency imposed under then-Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, as a "dark chapter" in India's history. He highlighted specific instances of authoritarian excess during the Emergency, particularly focusing on Sanjay Gandhi's controversial forced sterilization campaigns. " ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 7 (PTI) Over 15 million people in the world born between 2008 and 2017 might develop gastric cancer at some point in life, with India contributing the second highest number among these cases, after China, a study has projected. Two-thirds of the more than 15 million projected cases could be concentrated in Asia, followed by the Americas and Africa. Researchers, including those from the International Agency for Research on Cancer -- the World Health Organisation's cancer agency - ...Read More >
Ahmedabad - Mashreq, one of the MENA region's leading financial institutions, today announced the In-Principle Approval (IPA) to open a new International Financial Services Centre Banking Unit (IBU) within the Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City), making it the first UAE-based bank to have received the IPA from the International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA). This marks a key milestone in Mashreq's international expansion strategy and underscores its commitment to e ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jun 29 (PTI) Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla will interact with the Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhists, during his visit to Dharamsala to inaugurate a zonal conference of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) on Monday. The theme of the Conference is 'Good Governance in the Digital Era: Managing Resources, Defending Democracy, and Embracing Innovation'. Also Read | Bank Holidays in July 2025: No Nationwide Holiday for Muharram on July 7, Banks To Remain Shut ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jun 29 (PTI) Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla will interact with the Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhists, during his visit to Dharamsala to inaugurate a zonal conference of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) on Monday. The theme of the Conference is 'Good Governance in the Digital Era: Managing Resources, Defending Democracy, and Embracing Innovation'. The Zone II of the CPA comprises the states of Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, and Punjab, and the Union Territ ...Read More >
JAMMU, June 7: Vehicle retail sales in Jammu and Kashmir witnessed a significant drop in May 2025, mainly due to ongoing geopolitical tensions in sensitive border areas. As per data shared by the Federation of Automobile Dealers Associations (FADA), most vehicle categories showed a decline. The data claimed the sales of commercial vehicles were hit the hardest, falling by 30.09% to 711 units, down from 1,017 units in May 2024. "Construction equipment (CE) sales dropped by 48.33%, while passen ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday outlined five urgent global priorities for building disaster-resilient infrastructure, calling for a collective push to safeguard vulnerable regions, especially coastal and island nations, from the intensifying impacts of climate change.Speaking at the International Conference on Disaster Resilient Infrastructure, 2025 - held for the first time in Europe - Modi said the world must "build infrastructure that stands firm against time and tide". H ...Read More >
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], June 6: Enersur S.A., one of Paraguay's foremost renewable energy companies has selected Praj Industries for its next major project. Praj, a global leader in bioeconomy-driven process solutions, will support the development, assessment, and phased implementation of a fully integrated Biorefinery Project in Paraguay. The Biorefinery aims to produce, in addition to ethanol, co-products such as distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS), corn oil, biogas, biobitumen an ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Global oil prices continued their rally to jump past $81 per barrel on Monday -- the highest since August 2024 -- on fear of latest US shipping sanctions impeding flow of Russian barrels, leading to a scramble for Middle-East/US crude and tankers. The rally is bound to put fuel retailers back in the wait-and-watch mode, dashing hopes of a fuel price cut as costlier crude and the weakening Rupee erode margins. Expectations of a reduction in petrol and diesel prices had grown on report ...Read More >
TrueNoord, a leading regional aircraft leasing specialist, has successfully acquired seven ATR 72-600 aircraft from the German asset management firm, GOAL Aircraft Leasing, acting on behalf of KGAL. This strategic acquisition boosts TrueNoord's fleet to over 100 aircraft and adds three new European lessee airlines to its portfolio, further solidifying its presence across the continent. The full integration of these aircraft was completed last week. The seven ATR 72-600s are currently leased to ...Read More >
International Jaguar Day 2024: Tomorrow, November 29th, people from across the globe will celebrate International Jaguar Day, a special occasion dedicated to one of the rarest species in the wild -- the majestic jaguar. This day is a significant effort to raise awareness about jaguars, iconic symbols of biodiversity and ecological balance. It also highlights the importance of protecting these incredible creatures, which are not only the largest wild cats found in the Americas but also crucial ap ...Read More >
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