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Olympic Games are the biggest sports events but they are mega business events too which need to be planned and executed keeping in mind all the possible costs and benefits. India, which is now trying to join the ranks of advanced economies and could become the world's third largest economy in a few years, has decided to throw its hat in the Olympics ring. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has confirmed India’s bid for the 2036 Olympics while inaugurating the 141st International Olympic Committee (IOC) session on October 14.

NEW DELHI : India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke with the President of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday. “Spoke to the President of the Palestinian Authority H.E. Mahmoud Abbas.

7th Pay Commission Dearness Allowance hike news (October 18): The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi today approved the release of an additional instalment of Dearness Allowance and Dearness Relief due from 01.07.2023. The decision will benefit 48.67 lakh Central Government Employees and 67.95 lakh pensioners will benefit from this decision.

Railway Employees Diwali Bonus 2023: The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday approved the Productivity Linked Bonus (PLB) equivalent to 78 days’ wages for the Financial Year 2022-23. This bonus will be available to all eligible non-gazetted Railway employees namely Track maintainers, Loco Pilots, Train Managers (Guards), Station Masters, Supervisors, Technicians, Technician Helpers, Pointsman, Ministerial Staff and other Group ‘C’ staff (excluding RPF/RPSF personnel).

₹300 crore: That's the sum of money offered by the founder of Manipal Hospitals Group, Ranjan Pai, to Byju’s parent company Think & Learn Pvt Ltd, Mint reported. The transaction is expected to help a partial exit for the Chaudhry family from Aakash Educational Services. If the deal goes through, Pai's total investment in the group would reach $300 million.

Delhi: Trains of the Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS), to be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday, will be known as 'Namo Bharat', official sources said. The 17-km priority section of the Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS Corridor is slated to be opened for passengers on October 21, a day after its inauguration.

Telangana for the upcoming assembly polls to be held on 30 November. During an election rally Gandhi promised conducting a caste census if Congress is voted to power.

Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS Corridor, India's first Regional Rapid Transit System, will be operational from October 21, according to officials. The priority section, spanning from Sahibabad to Duhai Depot, will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Commuters traveling from Sahibabad to Duhai Depot station on this 17-km section will be charged Rs 50 for a one-way journey.

Mint earlier. Amid a surge in retail inflation to a 15-month high, India has taken various measures, including export curbs, to control escalating food prices.

Shri Ram Janmbhoomi Teerth Kshetra to receive contributions from foreign sources for the construction of Ram temple in Ayodhya, its general secretary Champat Rai said on Wednesday. Such contributions can be sent to a designated bank account of the trust in the SBI's main branch located in Delhi, he said.

Narendra Modi, on Wednesday approved the project on Green Energy Corridor (GEC) Phase-II — Inter-State Transmission System (ISTS) for 13 gigawatt renewable energy project in Ladakh. The project is targeted to be set up by financial 2029-30 with a total estimated cost of Rs 20,773.70 crore and central financial assistance at 40 per cent of the project cost — Rs 8,309.48 crore. Keeping in view the complex terrain, adverse climatic conditions and defence sensitivities of the Ladakh region, Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID) will be the implementing agency for this project. The transmission line for evacuating this to-be-produced power will pass through Himachal Pradesh and Punjab up to Kaithal in Haryana, where it will be integrated with the national grid. An interconnection is also planned from this project in Leh to the existing Ladakh grid so as to ensure a reliable power supply to Ladakh. «It will also be connected to the Leh-Alusteng-Srinagar line to provide power to Jammu and Kashmir.

A space station by 2035, and a manned mission to the moon by 2040 are among the objectives listed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the run-up to the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) test flight for a first manned mission. This would put India into a very exclusive club. The Gaganyaan is due to start with the first of at least three un-crewed tests of the Human Rated Launch Vehicle, which will be launched on 21 October.

wheat growing states, the government on Wednesday announced an increase in the minimum support price of wheat by Rs 150 to Rs 2,275 per quintal for the 2024-25 marketing season. This is the highest quantum of increase in MSP for any marketing season since the Modi government came to power in 2014. Besides, the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for five other rabi crops — gram, barley, lentil (masur), rapeseed-mustard seed and safflower — have been hiked. A decision in this regard was taken at the meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Currently, the MSP of wheat stands at Rs 2,125 per quintal for the 2023-24 marketing season (April-March). Wheat is the main rabi (winter) crop and its sowing begins in October while harvesting starts from April. MSP is the minimum rate at which the grain is purchased by the government procurement agencies. Briefing media after the cabinet meeting, Information & Broadcasting Minister Anurag Singh Thakur said the CCEA has approved the increase in the MSP of six mandated rabi crops for the 2024-25 marketing season. «Based on the CACP (Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices) recommendation, we have increased the MSP of six rabi crops.

Tech giant Google Inc has picked up office space spread over an entire floor in Blackstone Group-owned Nucleus Office Parks' commercial tower Fintech One at the Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT) in Gandhinagar to set up its global fintech centre. The company's Indian arm, Google India, has picked up office space from Nucleus Office Parks through a long-term lease of 10 years, including an initial term of five years and an option to extend it for five additional years. In a virtual interaction on Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomed Google's plans to open its global fintech operations centre at GIFT City. Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and Alphabet, apprised Modi of Google's plans to work on strengthening financial inclusion in India by leveraging UPI. Pichai, through a social media post, thanked the Prime Minister Modi for a «terrific» meeting to discuss Google's ongoing commitment to India. ET's separate email queries to Google, Blackstone and Nucleus Office Parks remained unanswered until the time of going to press. Fintech One is a 20-storey commercial office tower with a typical floor plate spanning over 22,000 sq ft.

Ujjwala Yojna beneficiary will be given one cooking gas cylinder free of cost as a Diwali gift," the chief minister said in Bulandshahr. The chief minister asserted that before the BJP government assumed power at the national level in 2014, securing LPG gas connections had been a challenging endeavor. The Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana is a flagship initiative of the central government aimed at providing financial assistance for LPG connections to families falling below the poverty line (BPL).

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday directed the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) to aim for setting up “Bharatiya Antriksha Station", or an Indian space station, by 2035, and seek to land the first Indian on the moon by 2040. The statements were a part of a meeting chaired by Modi to assess the progress made by Isro on India’s manned space mission, Gaganyaan.

NEW DELHI : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday confirmed that India will formally bid for hosting the 2036 Olympic Games. How much does it cost to host the 16-day event and is it worth the effort? Mint evaluates the economic implications of a successful bid. The members of the International Olympic Committee choose the host through a secret ballot where the majority vote gets to be the host.

inaugural rocket launch, Reuters reported. Agnikul, is named after the Hindi and Sanskrit term for fire. CEO Srinath Ravichandran attributed increased credibility brought on by India's successful Chanrayaan-3 mission for positively impacting the start-up's funding outlook, it said.

Inflows to U.S.-listed emerging market ETFs that invest across developing nations as well as those that target specific countries totaled $228 million in the week ended Oct. 13, compared with losses of $3.1 billion in the previous week, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a plea by Congress leader Pawan Khera challenging the Allahabad High Court's refusal to quash criminal proceedings against him for allegedly making objectionable remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. A bench of Justices B R Gavai and Prashant Kumar Mishra sought responses, including from the state of Uttar Pradesh, on Khera's plea challenging the August 17 order of the high court. «Issue notice,» the bench said.

BJP is getting a little more active in Gujarat albeit in a subtle way. On Sunday, Union Minister for Home and Cooperative Affairs, Amit Shah attended a slew of events in Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar, including the inauguration of two offices of two BJP legislators from Naranpura and Dariapur in Ahmedabad. Shah, who had arrived in Ahmedabad on Friday, also interacted with Anganwadi children from his constituency in Gandhinagar on Saturday before attending the Indo-Pak Cricket match at the Narendra Modi Stadium. It is being speculated that the party's state unit will soon see a major overhaul ahead of the general election. Chief minister Bhupendra Patel and BJP state president CR Patil have already made a couple of trips to Delhi to meet the party high command, which has added momentum to the speculations. The Gujarat government's flagship biennial event 'Vibrant Gujarat' is also due next year.