State-owned insurer LIC has amended a framework to allow the induction of shareholders' directors on its board.
The corporation would, upon notice of not less than one thousand shareholders or one-tenth of the total number of shareholders, whichever is lower, elect a shareholders' director through a general meeting of such shareholders.
Piramal Alternatives and CDPQ-backed performing credit fund have agreed to extend a ₹200 crore sum to ATM (automated teller machines) operator Transaction Solutions International (India) Pvt Ltd (TSI) in a structured credit transaction.
The capital, raised against convertible securities, will help with TSI’s business expansion initiatives and accelerate its ATM deployment.
Ruturaj Gaikwad has become the fastest Indian to accomplish 4,000 runs in men's T20 cricket.
He achieved the feat in the fourth T20I against Australia at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium in Raipur.
The 26-year-old only needed seven runs to achieve 4,000 runs in the shortest format of the game.
Eventually, India posted 174/9 from their 20 overs.
In a tactical move that could encourage the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) to restore recognition to at least one of the Indian central counterparties (CCPs), the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the Bank of England (BoE) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for cooperation and exchange of information in relation to the Clearing Corporation.
In elections held at its assembly for the 2024–25 biennium, India was re-elected to the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) Council with the highest tally.
India's re-election falls under the Category of 10 states with "the largest interest in international seaborne trade", alongside Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, and UAE.
Indian Navy Day is celebrated every year on 4 December.
Indian Navy Day holds a special place in the hearts of Indians and they celebrate it with great pride and valour.
This special occasion is observed to celebrate "Operation Trident.
Chennai-headquartered Shrinithi Capital Pvt Ltd, which provides commercial vehicle and two-wheeler loans, plans to open 30 more branches in South India and aims to double its AUM (assets under management) from ₹300 crore to ₹600 crore by 2024.
The company has entered into a Business Correspondent agreement with ESAF Small Finance Bank Ltd to expand its assets.
1991-batch Indian Forest Service Officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre Kanchan Devi has been appointed as the Director General (DG) of the Indian Council of Forestry Research Education (ICFRE)
Kanchan is the first woman officer to hold this post of the premier council under the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change.
The Assam government and National Dairy Development Board on Friday signed an agreement to create a Rs 2,000-crore joint venture for holistic development of the sector in the state.
As per the MoU, a joint venture company will be set up for Rs 2,000 crore with a target of processing 10 lakh litres of milk through six new units in seven years.
Indian chess ace R Vaishali joined younger sibling R Praggnanandhaa to become the world’s first-ever brother-sister Grandmasters duo and only the third woman from the country to earn the GM title, at the IV El Llobregat Open in Spain.
Vaishali achieved the feat after crossing 2500 ELO rating points.
She is the country’s 84th GM.
The third edition of the IIGF is being conducted under the overarching theme 'Moving Forward–Calibrating Bharat’s Digital Agenda' Calibrating Bharat’s Digital Agenda' on December 5 from 9am to 18:30 in New Delhi.
The first two editions of the IIGF were convened in 2021 and 2022.
The government has received foreign direct investment (FDI) proposals worth about Rs one lakh crore since April 2020 from countries sharing land border with India and half of those applications have been cleared so far.
Countries which share land borders with India are China, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Bhutan, Nepal, Myanmar and Afghanistan.
The Indian Railways will be installing an AI-based surveillance system to prevent elephant deaths on railway tracks.
These surveillance system will be installed on 700 kilometres of route passing through forest areas.
Forest areas in Assam, West Bengal, Odisha, Kerala, Jharkhand and some parts of Chhattisgarh and Tamil Nadu which are home to elephants.
wE can call it 'Gajraj System
Indian refiners have resumed Venezuelan oil purchases through intermediaries, with Reliance set to meet executives from state firm PDVSA next week to discuss direct sales following the easing of U.S. sanctions on the South American country.
India last imported Venezuelan crude in 2020.
India has refused to sign the COP28 Declaration on Climate and Health.
The report also states the India cited the lack of practicality in curbing greenhouse gases use for cooling in the health sector, as the reason.
The declaration has been signed by 124 countries till now with the US and India, which are among the top greenhouse gas emitters did not signed the declaration