Chennai: As India experiences a utility vehicle (UV) boom, with more buyers—including first-time owners—choosing SUVs, MPVs and MUVs, the shift is increasingly visible in exports as well. The country is moving beyond its long-standing small-car identity to emerge as a manufacturing base for higher-value vehicles such as SUVs, with UV exports set to outpace passenger car volumes. In a key...
DELHI: An 80-year-old man walked out of his home in Chandauli’s Sayedraja one November morning, telling his family he was going to get his medicines. He never returned.Nearly three weeks later, on Dec 16, his body was found hanging from a mango tree in an orchard on the edge of the village. The man, Mohan Ram (name changed), had been undergoing treatment for mental illness for several years, claims...
When senior ministers began promising a $5-trillion Indian economy by 2024–25, it was sold as a near-term milestone that would change everyday life — more jobs, better infrastructure, bigger pay packets. In late 2022, home minister Amit Shah even declared that “India will become a 5 trillion dollar economy by 2025.”Three years on, the goalpost has quietly shifted.The IMF’s latest numbers now...
NEW DELHI: India will record the highest growth in demand for energy among countries or regions over the next three decades, with power consumption for running household air conditioners alone rising nine-fold by 2050 to outstrip the present-day consumption in Africa, according to the International Energy Agency.Winter is Coming: Delhi's air quality dips to 'Poor' as AQI rises to 266In its World Energy...
In any assessment of a nation's socio-economic progress, the health and well-being of its women and children is paramount. Undernutrition is not merely a health concern, it is fundamentally an economic and human capital issue with profound implications for a country's development and future.Milk bank in Melghat saving infants from malnutritionRecognising this, the Indian government is implementing the...
NEW DELHI: Former captain of the India women's cricket team Anjum Chopra believes that run-machine Virat Kohli and young batting sensation Shubman Gill are in magnificent form and will play pivotal roles in India's ICC ODI World Cup campaign this time. India will kick off their World Cup journey on October 8 in Chennai with a clash against AustraliaIt has been a decade since India secured an ICC trophy,...
Sep 27, 2023, 07:30AM ISTSource: TOI.inGlobal Biofuel Alliance (GBA) explained: At the recently concluded G20 Summit in Delhi, the Global Biofuel Alliance or GBA was announced. What is its significance and why are big industry houses betting on biofuels? In this week’s episode of TOI Business Bytes, Gaurav Kedia, Chairman of Indian Biogas Association explains opportunities worth billions of dollars...
Apr 04, 2023, 05:43PM ISTSource: ET NowIndia's net direct tax collections surged by 17.63 per cent to Rs 16.61 lakh crore in the financial year 2022-23 (FY23), against Rs 14.12 lakh crore in the preceding financial year. The Budget Estimates (BE) for direct tax revenue in the Union Budget for FY23 were fixed at Rs 14.20 lakh crore which were revised and the Revised Estimates (RE) were fixed at Rs 16.50...
NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Sunday gave a stern warning to pro-Khalistani elements, saying that India will not tolerate any disrespect towards its national flag."The days when India would have taken this lightly are behind us and this is not the India which will accept its national flag being pulled down by somebody," Jaishankar said at an event in Bengaluru.The remarks come in...
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