2020 Financial News

tyre maker Yokohama is betting on local production in India for a «sustainable and competitive» business model in the country, according to a top company official. Yokohama Rubber company, which is present in the country through a wholly-owned subsidiary, is coming up with a new plant in Visakhapatnam in addition to its existing plant in Bahadurgarh, Haryana.

Also read: Congress releases first list of candidates for Madhya Pradesh, Telangana, Chhattisgarh polls. Details here Besides Ramayan, Mastal featured in the movie Top Gear (2022), the web series Battle of Saragarhi (2017) and Aashram (2020).

The value of 99 Bikes-owner Pedal Group has almost halved since the peak of cycling mania during the coronavirus pandemic, as an oversupply of bicycles bites.

For the summer of 2023, India’s power ministry had predicted a peak electricity demand of 230 gigawatts (GW). But given an erratic and milder summer early on, the projection was not met until August, instead of the usual peak of June or July. Thanks to the driest August in 123 years, the monsoon months’ peak demand turned out to be 7.5% greater than that of the hottest summer months, a record gap in at least 15 years, a Mint analysis showed.

alleging corporate malfeasance — charges the Adani Group has denied. With a dominance that already spans ports, mines, airports and power utilities, Vizhinjam will further cement the billionaire’s status as India’s infrastructure king. Also Read: Adani Ports share price rises 3% as brokerages expect up to 28% upside potential The proximity to the international shipping routes that accounts for 30 percent of global cargo traffic and a natural channel that goes up to 24 meters below the sea makes Vizhinjam an ideal hub for some of the world’s biggest ships to call in.

Biden administration over a Nevada lithium mine, environmentalists are poised to return to court with a new approach accusing US wildlife officials of dragging their feet on a year-old petition seeking endangered species status for a tiny snail that lives nearby. The Western Watersheds Project said in its formal notice of intent to sue that the government's failure to list the Kings River pyrg as a threatened or endangered species could push it to the brink of extinction. It says the only place the snail is known to exist is in 13 shallow springs near where Lithium Americas is building its Thacker Pass Mine near the Oregon line. US President Joe Biden has made ramped-up domestic production of lithium a key part of his blueprint for a greener future.

BEIRUT (Reuters) — Reuters visuals journalist Issam Abdallah, 37, who was killed on Friday while filming Israeli missile attacks at the Israeli-Lebanon border, brought courage, compassion and insight to his work covering some of the biggest news stories of the past decade.

A debt fund invests in various instruments – namely, government securities, bank certificate of deposits (CD), commercial paper (CP) issued by corporates and debentures/bonds. While all these instruments may differ in some aspects, there is one thing in common among all debt instruments – they all carry interest.

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cervical cancer cases diagnosed between 2012 and 2015 survived, scientists have found after analysing data from Population Based Cancer Registries (PBCRs) across India. Ahmedabad's urban PBCR had a higher survival rate of 61.5 per cent followed by Thiruvananthapuram (58.8 per cent) and Kollam (56.1 per cent). Tripura had the lowest survival rate of 31.6 per cent, the researchers said in their study published in the journal The Lancet Regional Health Southeast Asia. A total of 5591 cervical cancer cases from 11 PBCRs diagnosed between 2012 and 2015 were studied.

By Lucy Craymer

National Party led by Christopher Luxon held a strong lead in New Zealand's general election on Saturday, with 20% of the vote counted. The National Party, which is currently in opposition, had 41.4% of the votes to 26% for the current governing party Labour, according to the Electoral Commission. The conservative National Party's preferred coalition partner, the ACT party, had 9.2%. New Zealand's Electoral Commission said that National and ACT would have 63 of the usual 120 seats in parliament, sufficient for them to form a government without the help of a third minor party. However, the number of seats in New Zealand's parliament can go above 120 if a party wins more electorate seats than is proportional to its share of the party vote.

Also read: Adani Group may bid in upcoming airport auctions "MIAL and NMIAL have received communications from the said Authority about the initiation of investigations of books of accounts and other books and papers in terms section 210(1) of the Companies Act, 2013," Adani Enterprises said on BSE filing. Billionaire Gautam Adani owns and operates seven airports across India.

By Moira Warburton

John Travolta remembered his wife, Kelly Preston, on what would have been her 61st birthday. He posted a simple message on Instagram on October 13, saying, «Happy Birthday Kelly! We love you!» The message was accompanied by a photo of Kelly. In the photo, Kelly was wearing a fuschia nightgown, lying on her stomach with a silk gray curtain in the background. Her right elbow was on the ground, and her hand rested on her cheek. She had blonde hair, minimal makeup, mascara, and a matte nude lipstick. She also wore a small pendant on a gold chain around her neck. Kelly Preston passed away in July 2020 at the age of 57 after battling breast cancer in secret for two years. John Travolta and Kelly Preston got married in 1991 and had three children together: their 23-year-old daughter Ella Bleu, 12-year-old son Benjamin, and their late son Jett, who passed away at the age of 16 in 2009. During their 32nd wedding anniversary celebration in September, John Travolta shared a video of Ella trying on a white and maroon floral dress, commenting, «Our baby girl Ella in celebration of Kelly’s and my wedding anniversary — I’m so proud of you!!! I know mama would be too!» Ella replied with, «I love you both so much❤️.»

India's office space market is poised for significant growth between 2023 and 2025, with property developers saying the market has remained unaffected by the global economic slowdown. More than 165 million sq. ft.

Cummins for supply of engines for indigenous light tanks, urgently needed to counter Chinese deployments in high altitudes. The project to develop a light tank was approved last year, and Larsen and Toubro worked with Defence Research and Development Organisation to make a prototype. However, the project ran into trouble after a German firm, selected for engine supply based on its high power to weight ratio, failed to reach an agreement. According to defence insiders, after several months of negotiations, the German company could not agree to supply the engines on time, even after the matter was taken up at the diplomatic level.

France has emerged victorious in all five of their matches, while Ronald Koeman's Netherlands currently hold the second position in the standings, tied with Greece. This upcoming match holds significant importance for the Netherlands, especially considering they have an additional game in hand. The EURO 2024 tournament is scheduled to take place across Germany during the summer of 2024. Italy secured the EURO 2020 title after a dramatic penalty shootout against England. Unfortunately, Koeman's squad will be without several key players, including Cody Gakpo, Jurrien Timber, Sven Botman, Matthijs de Ligt, Frenkie de Jong, Mark Flekken, Memphis Depay, Noa Lang, Teun Koopmeiners, Tyrell Malacia, and Steven Berghuis due to injuries. On the other hand, France's coach, Didier Deschamps, faces similar challenges with the unavailability of Wesley Fofana, Presnel Kimpembe, William Saliba, Dayot Upamecano, Jules Kounde, and Axel Disasi, all sidelined due to injuries.

Ford is recalling more than 238,000 Explorers in the U.S. because a rear axle bolt can fail, potentially causing a loss of drive power or allowing the SUVs to roll away while in park

A former contractor for the Internal Revenue Service charged with leaking tax information to news outlets about former President Donald Trump and thousands of the country’s wealthiest people pleaded guilty Thursday in an agreement with prosecutors

A decision on whether to authorize the use of the controversial chemical herbicide glyphosate in the European Union for at least 10 more years has been delayed after member countries failed to agree