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25.08 / 11:55

Progressive International How successful are India’s efforts to conduct international trade in rupee? | Mint Primer | Mint

India's Reserve Bank's move to allow international... moreIndia's Reserve Bank's move to allow international trade in Indian rupees aimed to cut the oil import bill and boost rupee adoption.

23.08 / 17:41

UPS MAIL Aware country India to export rice to Mauritius & Bhutan in an exception for friends

NEW DELHI : India will supply 14,000 tonnes of non-basmati rice this year to Mauritius and 79,000 tonnes to Bhutan under humanitarian operations, making an exception for two key diplomatic partners. The decision has been taken after India received requests from both the nations to exempt the export prohibition on non-basmati rice, two government officials aware of the matter said. Mint on 20 August reported that after the UN World Food Programme, and three nations—Singapore, Indonesia and the Philippines—had appealed to New Delhi to resume rice exports to their nations following India’s decision to suspend non-basmati white rice shipments to check prices effective from 20 July.

23.08 / 13:09

IPO Parke band performer track Sungarner Energies IPO: Check GMP, subscription status on day 3, other details to know

solar panels. Sungarner Energies Ltd offers its clients engineering, design, and solution-related services. Additionally, the company offers a variety of services, including the operation and maintenance of solar power generation systems and projects involving solar power plants.

21.08 / 15:49

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19.08 / 03:19

Provident FIVE Digital Progressive Extreme Bitcoin Bitdeer Mined 220 Bitcoin in July

Bitdeer Technologies Group (NASDAQ: BTDR), a leading technology company in the cryptocurrency mining community headquartered in Singapore, announced its unaudited mining and operations updates for July 2023 on August 7, 2023.

14.08 / 17:13

COST SUN stage country Power Plan for India-Sri Lanka power line project in advanced stages

Mint had reported in January this year that the public sector Power Grid Corporation of India had prepared a preliminary report for the project. Mint reported that the interconnection would take place through overhead power lines and not subsea cables. Talks on establishing power grid connectivity have been on for over a decade now.

14.08 / 16:59

5.4-magnitude quake hits Assam, Meghalaya

Guwahati: An earthquake measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale jolted Assam and Meghalaya on Monday, an official said. The quake was also felt in some parts of Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura.

13.08 / 17:31

Provident Digital Cooper Platform track country India plans own certification for digital public infra, goods

NEW DELHI : India is working with multilateral forums, including the UN and the G20, to create collaborations that would certify, register, test and benchmark Indian digital public infrastructure (DPIs) and public goods (DPGs), two people with direct knowledge of the matter said. The success of some of the government’s popular DPI programmes like CoWin, UPI, Digilocker and Diksha (national digital infrastructure for teachers) has prompted New Delhi to seek its own rating and testing mechanism for DPIs and DPGs, the people mentioned above said.

11.08 / 18:39

business stocks Bitmain Bitcoin Time Bitdeer's losses widen in Q2 after one-time $33M listing fee, shares up 44%

Bitcoin miner Bitdeer Technologies, a firm spun-off from prominent Bitcoin Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) manufacturer Bitmain, recorded a net loss of $40.4 million in Q2 2023, up from a net loss of $15.6 million in Q2 2022.

10.08 / 11:57

UPS Provident country International How successful are India’s efforts to conduct international trade in rupee?

international trade, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) last year in July allowed invoicing and payments for international trade in domestic currency. The move was largely seen as part of the effort to bring down India’s massive oil import bill by purchasing Russian oil in domestic currency.

10.08 / 06:57

Provident VISA LEH country Destinations Weekend independence day Independence Day long weekend sets new trend for THESE tourist destinations

long Independence weekend is here: August 12 (Saturday), August 13 (Sunday), August 15 Independence Day (Tuesday), and August 16: Parsi New Year (Restricted Holiday) (Wednesday). You just need to take an off from your work on August 14, Monday, to explore different tourist places.

09.08 / 10:41

country Govt has started trade with neighbouring countries in INR, says Anupriya Patel

Lok Sabha, Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Anupriya Patel said a significant part of the India-Nepal trade is being carried out in Indian Rupee (INR) and all bilateral trade with Bhutan is also transacted entirely in INR. «Rupee trade mechanism has been initiated to facilitate trade in national currency with Russia. As of July 2, RBI has approved 34 applications from different Russian banks for opening SRVA in 14 Indian commercial banks,» the minister said in a written reply.

07.08 / 05:01

country Modi government significantly enhancing border infrastructure: EAM Jaishankar

Modi government has significantly enhanced border infrastructure in the last nine years, including along the frontier with China, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Monday. In an interaction with a group of journalists, he said infrastructure push along the Northern border is going to determine India's response to national security challenges.

02.08 / 10:03

UPS VISA Manufacturing Action Xiaomi country India should be pragmatic about huge Chinese investments

Financial Times in an interview last week, “We are open to doing business with any company anywhere as long as they are investing and conducting their business lawfully and are in compliance with the Indian laws." He added, for good measure, that India was “open to all investments, including Chinese". That these statements were meant for consumption overseas is evident if one looks at the ground reality. China’s BYD Motors has become the latest casualty of India’s undeclared economic cold war with China.

01.08 / 17:09

Digital Platform country voice social Latin India advances digital push at global fora with eye on developing world

Mint has learnt. This would enable New Delhi to pitch its ‘India Stack’— digital solutions implemented at population-scale to deliver social benefits—to the developing world. New Delhi hopes that this in turn will make Indian platforms the benchmark for the global development of DPIs and cement its place as a key technology-partner amid a worldwide move toward digitalization.

30.07 / 04:57

UPS MET FIVE Cooper country foreign Bhutan foreign secretary visits India

Bhutan’s Foreign Secretary Aum Pena Choden was in the country this week for discussions with his counterpart, Vinay Mohan Kwatra. “The two foreign secretaries reviewed the entire spectrum of bilateral cooperation, and discussed ways to further strengthen it across diverse sectors," read a press release from the Ministry of External Affairs.

25.07 / 13:15

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>>Register For The Tradecurve Presale<< Binance (BNB) has been witnessing a flood of activities on its exchange since the announcement of the highly-anticipated SUI token launch. Recently, the Binance exchange supported the SUI token through its Launchpad for TUSD and BNB holders. According to the official information, Binance will supply 40 million SUI tokens, with 20% of them for TUSD stakers, and 80% for BNB stakers. Launchpad is Binance’s (BNB) bootstrapping portal, where it sells tokens of new crypto projects.

24.07 / 20:07

UPS country Govt rejects Chinese BYD-Megha Engineering's $1 billion proposal to set up EV plant

₹8,200 crore). Sources said that the proposal was submitted to the commerce and industry ministry which was circulated for necessary scrutiny and approval from the ministry of heavy industries, the ministry of external affairs and the home ministry. It was discussed and decided not to approve the proposal, they said.

21.07 / 18:29

MET Digital Cooper Platform Interface country India, Sri Lanka to work for economic, tech agreement

NEW DELHI : IIndia and Sri Lanka on Friday agreed to start discussions on an Economic and Technology Cooperation Agreement (ECTA) and unveiled plans to cooperate on power, digital payments, connectivity and green energy. The ECTA with Sri Lanka will focus on tariff and non-tariff barriers as well as investment rules.

19.07 / 09:49

COST UPS Digital Allianz cover Features Motor insurance: A new add-on cover for private car owners. Know features

Bajaj Allianz General Insurance has launched a new motor insurance offering called V-Pay. The add-on cover is only for private car owners, not for commercial vehicles. Under this add-on, the insuree can report multiple minor paint chips and/or scratches anytime during the policy period.

19.07 / 07:49

Digital Cooper Waters Highways country 'India advances neighbourhood first and Act East policies..,' says S Jaishankar on BIMSTEC, MCG meet

digital payment systems and trade settlements, as well as strengthening cooperation in cyber security and prevention of transnational crimes." Thailand's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Don Pramudwinai, chaired the Retreat, which saw the participation of Foreign Ministers from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. During the Retreat, the Ministers reached a consensus to conduct such gatherings on a regular basis, preferably in the first quarter of each year.

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