MUKESH Ambani’s Reliance Industries Limited on Friday (31) announced the buyout of British battery manufacturer Faradion Limited for £100 million as the oil-to-retail conglomerate continued with the acquisition of end-to-end technology for its multi-billion-dollar clean-energy portfolio. Reliance New Energy Solar Limited (RNESL) signed definitive agreements to acquire complete shareholding in…
ACE batter KL Rahul has been picked as the captain of the Indian squad that will take on South Africa in the three one-day international series scheduled later this month. The 29-year-old, who slammed a match-winning hundred in the just concluded first Test match against the Proteas in Centurion, replaced…
A day after India strongly rejected China’s ‘renaming’ 15 places in the north-eastern state of Arunachal Pradesh, Beijing on Friday (31) defended the act saying the southern part of Tibet is an “inherent part” of its territory. India on Thursday (30) asserted that the north-eastern-most state has “always been” and…
THE year 2021 proved to be a happening one in India’s business sector. While it was the best IPO (initial public offering) year for Indian primary markets in the last two decades with more than 60 companies getting listed in the calendar year, it also saw the selling of the…
THE city of Delhi on Friday (31) woke up to cold wave conditions as the minimum temperature fell to 3.8 degrees Celsius, according to the India meteorological department. The air quality also dipped to 'very poor quality', the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR) said. Similar…
THE eastern Indian state of West Bengal on Thursday (30) imposed a ban on all international flights coming from the UK to Kolkata, the state capital, from January 3 in the wake of a sudden rise of Covid cases in the state which is home to 90 million people. The…
THE Indian government on Thursday (30) said it has seen reports of China trying to rename some places in the north-eastern-most state of Arunachal Pradesh “in its own language” and asserted that the border state has been and will always be an integral part of India and “assigning invented names…
INDIA and Australia are likely to complete negotiations for an interim free trade agreement (FTA) soon, a move which aims at boosting economic ties between the two countries, India’s commerce ministry said on Thursday (30). It said that the final agreement, which is officially dubbed as Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement…
INDIA on Thursday (30) breached Fortress Centurion when they defeated South Africa by 113 runs in the first Test to go 1-0 up in a three-match series. The visiting team bowled the hosts out for 191 after they resumed from 94 for 4 on Day 5 in pursuit of 305.…
THE Narendra Modi government on Thursday (30) extended a special law that gives the country’s armed forces sweeping powers in the north-eastern state of Nagaland, days after 13 people were killed by the security personnel in what is claimed to be a case of mistaken identity. The killings triggered protests…