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Chennai: Sundaram Clayton, a group company of the TVS Group, has withdrawn its decision to relieve P D Dev Kishan as Company Secretary and Compliance Officer and the appointment of M Muthulakshmi as Company Secretary and Compliance Officer."We wish to inform you that subsequent to the above intimation, the Board of Directors, at its meeting held on 30th March 2026, reconsidered the matter, and after detailed deliberations, basis the withdrawal of the resignation by P D Dev Kishan, the Board resc ...Read More >
Apple's India journey is accelerating. The company is now a top smartphone player, with record revenues and shipments. Manufacturing in India has surged, making it a key production hub. Apple is expanding its retail footprint with new stores and investing in local operations. This growth signals a strategic long-term commitment, positioning India as a vital market for Apple's future. In the mid-1970s, long before he co-founded Apple, a young Steve Jobs travelled to India in search of spiritual ...Read More >
India introduces heightened scrutiny for all investments from China in 2020 ShowQuick Read Summary is AI-generated, newsroom-reviewed * India eased restrictions on Chinese investments in select sectors in 2026 to rebuild ties with Beijing * India introduced strict scrutiny on border country investments, including China, in April 2020 during COVID-19 * India banned 59 Chinese apps in June 2020 citing national security concerns Did our AI summary help? Let us know. Switch To Beeps Mode In ...Read More >
Exploratory conversations have taken place between Murugappa Group-owned CG Semi, which is building an outsourced semiconductor assembly and test (OSAT) facility in Sanand, Gujarat. It's the first time Apple is evaluating the prospect of having certain chips assembled and packaged in India. Apple is in preliminary talks with some Indian chip manufacturers to assemble and package the component for the iPhone, said people with knowledge of the matter, a move that would mark a key step up in the v ...Read More >
Akzo Nobel India shares: Imperial Chemical Industries may sell up to a 9% stake via a block deal. The proposed transaction is estimated at about Rs 1,290.6 crore and is said to be priced at Rs 3,150 per share, a 13.1% discount to the current market price, which could trigger notable stock movement. Shares of Akzo Nobel India are expected to be in the spotlight on Wednesday, December 17, amid reports that Imperial Chemical Industries is likely to offload up to a 9% stake in the company through a ...Read More >
Apple is ramping up AirPods production in Hyderabad as Foxconn expands its facility, doubles capacity, and adds over 3,000 new jobs, reinforcing India's growing role in Apple's global supply chain. Apple is doubling down on its "Make in India" plans -- this time with its popular AirPods. The tech giant's manufacturing partner, Foxconn Interconnect Technology (FIT), is expanding production at its facility near Hyderabad, marking another big step in Apple's India strategy. The Hyderabad plant, l ...Read More >
Pan-India SIR NEW DELHI: In a departure from norms followed during Bihar SIR, EC has dispensed with the need for electors to submit documents at enumeration stage of pan-India SIR exercise. No document is to be collected from electors during enumeration phase. An elector who could not be linked with previous SIR will be served a notice by electoral registration officer (ERO) to ascertain eligibility as per criteria laid down in Article 326 of the Constitution. The elector will be required to sub ...Read More >
US-based Starlink plans to set up nine gateway earth stations across India, including in Mumbai, Noida, Chandigarh, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Lucknow, as the Elon Musk-owned company readies infrastructure ahead of the commercial launch of its satellite communication (satcom) services in the country, said people with knowledge of the matter. "The company has applied for 600 gigabit per second capacity over India through its Gen 1 constellation. The spectrum has been assigned on a provisional basis ...Read More >
New Delhi: Piyush Pandey, the legendary creative force behind some of India's most iconic advertisements for Fevicol, Cadbury, and Asian Paints, passed away on Friday at the age of 70. He had been suffering from an infection. His final rites will be conducted at 11 am at Shivaji Park in Mumbai. The Voice of Indian Advertising With a career spanning nearly four decades, Pandey served as the Chief Creative Officer Worldwide and Executive Chairman India of Ogilvy. He joined Ogilvy in 1982, initia ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: London-based academician and researcher Francesca Orsini was on Monday denied entry into India upon arrival at the Indira Gandhi International Airport here, as she "was blacklisted in March this year for having violated the conditions of her tourist visa by undertaking research during her previous visits", according to govt sources.Orsini, Professor Emerita of Hindi and South Asian Literature at the School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics in London, is a literary historian worki ...Read More >
VMPL Gurugram (Haryana) [India], October 17: Saatvik Green Energy Limited is proud to announce that Mr. Neelesh Garg, Chairman and Managing Director, has been recognized among India's most influential young business leaders, earning two of the nation's most prestigious honours this year - The Economic Times 40 Under Forty Award and a place in the Avendus Wealth-Hurun India U35 List 2025. Further cementing his position among India's next-generation leaders, The Economic Times 40 Under Forty hon ...Read More >
Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], October 16 (ANI): In a heartfelt tribute, both daughters of Haryana-cadre IPS officer Y. Puran Kumar performed the 'mukhagni' to his mortal remains during his last rites at the Sector 25 crematorium. The solemn ceremony was attended by Haryana DGP OP Singh, along with other dignitaries, honouring the legacy of the esteemed officer. Puran Kumar allegedly shot himself at his residence in Chandigarh on October 7. In the 'final note' he left behind, he accused eight ...Read More >
. New Delhi: Months ahead of the March 31, 2026 deadline to fully eliminate armed Naxalism from the country, the Centre declared that the total number of Left-wing extremism-hit districts have fallen to just 11 from 18 in March 2025 and 126 in 2013, with the "most-affected districts" also down to three from six in the last seven months.Hailing the "historic milestone in eliminating Naxalism" in a post on X, home minister Amit Shah said, "Under Modi ji's vision for a terror-free India, tireless c ...Read More >
MUMBAI: Netcore Cloud, a marketing technology leader, has announced Agentic Marketing 2025, a major summit in partnership with Google Cloud and ETBrandEquity. This one-day event will bring together India's top marketing and technology leaders to explore a major shift in the industry: moving from basic automation to intelligent systems that work on their own.The event, themed "Do The Impossible," takes place on October 30, 2025, at Taj Lands End, Mumbai. It will help define new strategies for cus ...Read More >
This article first appeared on GuruFocus. Alphabet (GOOGL, Financials) is putting $10 billion into a massive new data center hub in India, underscoring how central the country has become to the company's global strategy. The project, located in Andhra Pradesh, will include three campuses in Adavivaram, Tarluvada, and Rambilli. Once complete, it will provide about 1 gigawatt of computing capacity and form the backbone of what Google calls India's first international AI Infrastructure Hub. Befo ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Home minister Amit Shah on Wednesday announced on X that he has switched his e-mail correspondence address from 'gmail' platform -- owned by American tech giant Google -- to Zoho Mail, operated by the 100% Indian-owned company Zoho Corporation."Hello everyone. I have switched to Zoho Mail. Kindly note the change in my email address. My new email address is amitshah.bjp@zohomail.in. For future correspondence via mail, kindly use this address," he posted on X. He signed off with "Thank ...Read More >
Mumbai: New Delhi is stepping in to ease the turbulence building up at a critical Mumbai institution, amid mounting concerns that infighting at majority shareholder Tata Trusts could begin to impede the functioning of Tata Sons, India's most valuable business conglomerate. This week, two senior cabinet ministers will meet with four key officials of Tata group in the National Capital to discuss recent developments that have sparked concern. Tata Trusts chairman Noel Tata, vice-chairman Venu Sri ...Read More >
WeWork India IPO: The stock's grey market premium has dropped sharply, now at only 0.77% above the issue price compared with 2.76% earlier. Though GMP provides a rough hint of potential listing performance, it remains unofficial and highly volatile. WeWork India's Rs 3,000-crore Initial Public Offering (IPO) has entered its second day of subscription on Monday. By the end of Day 1, the IPO saw a subdued response, with just 4% of the total issue subscribed. Bids were received for 11.12 lakh shar ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Describing election observers as beacons of democracy, chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on Friday instructed the 425 officers appointed as observers for the upcoming assembly poll in Bihar and bye-polls in other states, to promptly report any misconduct or unaccounted expenditure by the party leaders and candidates, while maintaining the highest level of probity and impartiality themselves.At a briefing for general, police and expenditure observers -- comprising 287 IAS offic ...Read More >
. NEW DELHI: The Staff Selection Commission (SSC), which recently completed Tier 1 of the computer-based Combined Graduate Level Examination (CGLE) 2025, will allow each of 13.5 lakh aspirants who wrote the exam, to view, store and review their question papers, responses and the correct answers from Oct 15.Thanks to this recent reform, the examinees can challenge the answer keys with evidence, that too at a fee now halved to Rs 50, and keep the copies for their personal use. To further assist as ...Read More >
New Delhi: The government is looking at options of restructuring public sector giant Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) to improve its efficiency and speed up delivery of orders to the armed forces. The process to forge a roadmap has begun, with the focus being on improving the current structure and the options include creation of independent entities focused on different aspects of aeronautical manufacturing. Sources said that an external consulting group, hired for the task by the government ...Read More >
PRNewswire Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], September 30: The Economic Times' vertical ET Enterprise AI is hosting its flagship summit, Making AI Work 2025, on October 30, 2025 at Conrad Hotel, Bengaluru. The one-day conference is focused on translating AI pilots into measurable business value and will gather enterprise technology leaders, policy makers and AI practitioners for industry case studies, governance debates and hands-on playbooks for scaling AI in the enterprise. The summit addresses ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: While underlining that the March 31, 2026 deadline to end armed Naxalism would be met, home minister Amit Shah has rejected the recent "misleading" statement by CPI(Maoist) offering to lay down arms and seeking a ceasefire, saying there shall be no ceasefire at the security forces' end."For those who wish to surrender, no ceasefire is required. Lay down arms, the police will not fire a single bullet at you...you will, in fact, be re-established (rehabilitated)," he said, while address ...Read More >
. NEW DELHI: The Election Commission is likely to announce assembly bypolls in seven states along with the Bihar polls, and will deploy a total 470 officers from various civil services as general, police and expenditure observers for the simultaneous exercises.EC, in a statement issued on Sunday, shared that the 470 observers - including 320 from the IAS, 60 from IPS and 90 from IRS/IRAS/ICAS etc - will watch over Bihar assembly election and bypolls to Budgam and Nagrota assembly constituency (A ...Read More >
More than two in five multinational companies (MNCs) are planning to increase their trade and manufacturing operations in India, according to a recent report, "Future of Trade: Resilience" by Standard Chartered. The bank attributes this interest to India's status as "the world's most populous market and one of the fastest-growing large economies," highlighting the country's appeal to global businesses. The report underscores India's growing prominence as a hub for multinational investment, driv ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The Union home ministry cancelled Thursday the licence issued under Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010 to Ladakh activist Sonam Wangchuk's NGO, Students Educational and Cultural Movement of Ladakh, over alleged violations. Wangchuk had alleged that the govt was building a case to put him behind bars.The cancellation came hours after MHA attributed Wednesday's mob violence and arson in Ladakh to the "provocative" speeches made by Wangchuk with references to Arab Spring-style p ...Read More >
India defeated Pakistan in a recent T20 match. Suryakumar Yadav dedicated the win to the armed forces and victims of the Pahalgam terror attack. The Indian team decided not to shake hands with the Pakistani team after the match. Pakistan Cricket Board requested the ICC to relieve match referee Andy Pycroft of his duties. India won the T20 match easily and expectedly. The team was just far too strong for Pakistan. Truth be told, Pakistan were never in the game. India's bowlers were on the ball, ...Read More >
New Delhi, August 26: Apple's plan to grow its production in India has faced another hurdle. Foxconn Technology Group, one of Apple's main assembly partners, has reportedly pulled back around 300 Chinese engineers from its factory in the country. This is the second time in recent months the company has had to take such a step. To keep operations running, Foxconn is reportedly flying in Taiwanese engineers to fill the gap. As per a report of The Economic Times, Yuzhan Technology, a Foxconn compo ...Read More >
New Delhi: Delhi govt has prepared a plan under which Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) bus drivers and conductors will receive regular training, with a focus on ethical values, customer service and safe driving, transport minister Pankaj Singh said on Friday. The move is for improving the public image of DTC buses.The minister mentioned that DTC bus drivers who fail to halt at designated stops or are found speeding will face strict departmental action.Several commuters have complained about the ...Read More >
. NEW DELHI: The Election Commission (EC) on Friday said it prefers to ignore Rahul Gandhi's baseless allegations of "vote theft" and has asked all poll officials to continue working in an impartial and transparent manner, unfazed by his repeated threats and "deplorable" statements.In a post on X, the commission said it was unfortunate that Rahul was hurling unfounded allegations at EC and poll officials and repeatedly threatening them through media statements with irresponsible phrases like 'vo ...Read More >
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