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Automobile technology and automation firm Rosmerta Technologies plans to invest Rs 200 crore to set up ten vehicle scrappage units over the next three years, according to a top company executive. The company currently operates a single vehicle scrapping facility in Manesar (Haryana) with a capacity of processing 30,000 vehicles annually. After the capacity addition, the company will be able to process up to 3 lakh vehicles annually. In an interaction with PTI, Rosmerta Technologies President Kartick Nagpal said that with the setting up of the scrappage centres, the company will be able to contribute to the circular economy by helping recycle three lakh vehicles each year. «With this regard, we plan on investing Rs 200 crore across India to leverage this situation and contribute to the circular economy,» he added. The central government believes that the output from scrapped vehicle materials would save about 33 per cent on raw material costs and will bring down reliance on imported metals such as aluminium, copper as well as rubber. India, which is ranked fourth and sixth largest manufacturer of passenger and commercial vehicles respectively, imports metals worth USD 34.7 billion each year. In August 2021, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had launched the national vehicle scrappage policy to help phase out unfit and polluting vehicles and also promote a circular economy. While the government has financially incentivised scrapping old vehicles and replacing them with new ones, over 50 lakh light motor vehicles aged over 50 years (as per industry estimates) continue to ply unchecked. Rosmerta Technologies is the country's leading manufacturer of high-security registration plates (HSRP).

Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra on Sunday expressed the hope that India will get to host the Olympic Games in the near future. Speaking on the sidelines of the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) 141st Session here, Bindra, the winner of the 2008 Beijing Olympics gold in 10m air rifle, said, «I hope we get to host the Olympic Games in the near future.» Prime Minister Narendra Modi had on Saturday asserted, while declaring the IOC Session open, that India will leave «no stone unturned» in its efforts to organise the 2036 Olympics.

Thane: The people of Maharashtra are wise and will give a thumping majority to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde said on Sunday. Speaking to reporters after pulling the chariot of goddess Durga on the first day on Navratri, he said the opposition criticises Modi just to remain in the limelight and be noticed.

Israel-Hamas conflict, AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to show solidarity with the Palestinian people saying the Palestine issue is not just of Muslims alone, it is a humanitarian issue and it is a matter of all those who want justice. Addressing a gathering here on Saturday night, the Hyderabad MP citing media reports said the «zaalim» Israeli government has bombarded Gaza with 6,000 bombs in the last six days and due to which over 1,500 Palestinian people including children and women were killed and several thousands are injured. He alleged that whatever is happening in Gaza is «ethnic cleansing» and wanted the Indian government and the country to condemn «the war crimes» Israel is doing.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Sunday ordered a probe into a road accident on the Samruddhi Expressway which claimed 12 lives. The kin of each of the deceased will get a compensation of Rs five lakh from the state government, Shinde said. A speeding mini-bus hit a container truck in Vaijapur area on the Samruddhi Expressway in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district in the early hours of Sunday, killing at least 12 people and injuring 23 others, as per police.

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Saturday lodged a strong protest with European Parliament Vice President Nicola Beer over the passage of a proposal linked to India's internal matters. Birla further highlighted India's sovereignty and protested against bringing proposals to the European Parliament on its internal issues. Earlier in July, just ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to France for the Bastille Day Parade, the European Parliament adopted a resolution calling on India to act «promptly» to halt the violence in Manipur and protect religious minorities. Om Birla insisted that every nation and parliament is sovereign and that their internal issues should not be discussed by others. Om Birla also held bilateral discussions with the Vice President of the European Parliament Nicola Beer. European Parliament Vice President Nicola Beer also informed Om Birla that Europe is going through challenging times and sought India's cooperation, it further stated.

RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das, two other central bankers- Thomas J. Jordan of Switzerland and Nguyen Thi Hong of Vietnam earned an ‘A+’ grade in the Global Finance Central Banker Report Cards 2023. "The Bank Governors who earned an ‘A+’ grade in the Global Finance Central Banker Report Cards 2023 are Shaktikanta Das from India, Thomas J.

The most-awaited World Cup match between India and Pakistan at the Narendra Modi Stadium turned out to be a one-sided affair with Rohit Sharma and squad dominating the game at Ahmedabad today. India defeated Pakistan by seven wickets, thereby maintaining its world cup winning streak against Pakistan.

Sri Lanka restarted a ferry service between Nagappatinam in Tamil Nadu and Kankesanthurai (KKS) near Jaffna on Saturday—nearly four decades after it was suspended--as part of efforts to put in place connectivity initiatives that would push South Asian integration. A vessel named ‘Cheriyapani’ left Nagappatinam for Kankesanthurai with 50 passengers and was scheduled to return by evening with passengers from Sri Lanka. The ferry service initiative was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesignhe during the latter’s visit to India in July. The high-speed ferry, operated by the Shipping Corporation of India, has a capacity of 150 passengers. It can cover the distance of about 60 nm (110 Km) between Nagapattinam and KKS in about three and a half hours under good weather conditions, officials said. Ferry services between India and Sri Lanka were suspended in the 1980s for security reasons.

Mansukh Mandaviya on Saturday inaugurated Nagaland's first medical college — the Nagaland Institute of Medical Sciences & Research (NIMSR). Mandaviya unveiled the monolith marking the inauguration, in the presence of Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio, Deputy CM TR Zeliang, state ministers, MLAs and bureaucrats. The college has 100 seats — 85 for students of Nagaland and 15 for other states. Addressing the function, Mandaviya said that the first medical college of the state will not only impart medical education but it will also be a research centre. The central government under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants to set up healthcare facilities in every part of the country, he said. Medical and nursing education needs to be strengthened considering the need of the hour, he added. There were about 64,000 MBBS seats in the country in 2014, and it has increased manifold, Mandaviya said. «Similarly PG seats have also doubled in the last nine years,» he said. He asked the Nagaland government to start Jan Aushadi Kendras in every health facility of the state, and assured full support of the Centre. CM Rio said it was a historic day for the people of Nagaland as their dream of a medical college was fulfilled. The state has a severe shortage of doctors, and there are shortcomings in the delivery of secondary and tertiary levels of healthcare, he said. He said that he hoped the new facility would grow into a centre of excellence. Rio urged the people to ensure special care and love for the students coming from other states to study at NIMSR, so that they become the ambassadors of the state.

Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla told European Parliament vice-president Nicola Beer in a bilateral meeting here on Saturday. Birla said this in protest against European Parliament's July resolution on the human rights situation in India in the backdrop of violence in Manipur.

Prime minister Narendra Modi on Saturday asserted that India will leave «no stone unturned» in its efforts to organise the 2036 Olympics as the government expressed a strong desire to host the biggest sporting event in the world. Modi declared open the 141st Session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), where India will present its roadmap for hosting the quadrennial extravaganza. The IOC session is being held in the country after a gap of 40 years. The last Olympic Session was held in India in 1983 in New Delhi. PM Modi also said that India wishes to host the 2029 Youth Olympics. «Indians are very excited about hosting the Olympics Games.

BJP on Saturday alleged that corruption is embedded in the Congress' DNA as it linked the party with a contractor from whose premises the Income Tax Department allegedly recovered Rs 42 crore in cash during a search operation in Bengaluru. Addressing a press conference at the BJP headquarters here, Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar said, «We must remember the name of a person, Ambikapathy, the contractor who, on behalf of the Congress, had written to the prime minister in July-August last year labelling the erstwhile BJP government in Karnataka as 40 per cent commission government».

Sri Lanka flagged off on Saturday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that we are embarking on a new chapter in the diplomatic and economic relations between India and Sri Lanka. PM Modi said, “We are embarking on a new chapter in the diplomatic and economic relations between India and Sri Lanka.

Canada on being «soft» towards Khalistani sympathisers, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday emphasised at the Parliament-20 Summit under the auspices of G20 that it was time for peace and brotherhood even as he condemned terrorism in any form as a scourge against humanity that should be dealt with firmly. PM Modi also hailed India as the «mother of democracy» and asserted that the largest democracy on earth conducts the most challenging elections using modern technology like Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs). He also underlined that India has passed a legislation to give 33% reservation to women in Lok Sabha and state assemblies. In his 23-minute speech at the P20 Summit here, the prime minister said, «A world full of conflict and confrontation is not in the interest of anybody.

Israel has a major decision on its hands. It seems it will have to launch large-scale ground operations in Gaza. Major states cannot suffer a terrorist attack of this magnitude without significant consequences for the perpetrator.

Congress has raked up their effort in winning the upcoming assembly elections, being considered the semi-finals before the 2024 Lok Sabha Polls. The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) has been hitting out the grand old party in their election rallies, targeting what the former calls ‘freebies’ or poll guarantees. The saffron party has been alleging that Congress was promising ‘freebies’ in poll-bound states in order to gain votes.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday cautioned that conflicts and confrontations being faced by the world today do not benefit anyone, saying the world has to move forward with a human-centric approach. Addressing the inaugural session of the ninth G20 Parliamentary Speakers' Summit (P20) here, he also said we have to remove obstacles in the way of global trust.

NEW DELHI : The full-year budget, to be presented in Parliament after the national elections, will likely focus on expenditure reforms and encourage businesses and individuals to shift to the new simplified and exemption-less tax regime, said Bibek Debroy, the chairperson of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Economic Advisory Council (EAC-PM). In an interview, Debroy said by the time the full-year budget is presented, the terms of the Sixteenth Finance Commission to decide on the sharing of the Centre’s divisible pool of taxes with states for the five years from 2026-27 will come out, indicating overall expenditure reforms needed at central and state levels. India’s economy is expected to grow in the range of 6.5-7% in the medium term, Debroy said.

NEW DELHI : Brazilian agriculture and livestock minister Carlos Favaro is expected to meet Indian consumer affairs, food and public distribution minister Piyush Goyal in New Delhi during a 1-3 November visit. Favaro’s visit comes as countries eye open, unimpeded and reliable food supply chains amid pressures to ensure that agricultural trade is not affected by unilateral restrictions and protectionist measures.

Priyank Kharge on Thursday sought to play down the US chipmaker Micron Technology's investment in Gujarat as a «scripted story of success» by the western state. The US multinational has pledged the largest investment under the Indian Semiconductor Mission (ISM) of $ 2.75 billion to set up an assembly, testing, marking and packaging (ATMP)plant in Gujarat. Kharge, addressing a media conference, wondered if anything significant in terms of investment was coming from Micron Technology. The governments of India and Gujarat were making the lion's share of investments.