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Indian Railways has awarded a Rs 485.09 crore tender to Kolkata's Besco Limited for manufacture and supply of 1,200 wagons. A third of these wagons need to be delivered by December 2024-end. According to officials aware of the development, the balance wagons will be delivered in two batches of 400 each by December 2025-end. This tender was awarded to Besco earlier this week. Besco will be supplying Bogie Open Wagon type (BOXNS) wagons which are primarily used for ferrying coal and steel on the national transporter. The Railways will be billed Rs 34.26 lakh per wagon by Besco which will be manufactured in West Bengal’s 24 Parganas (South). This rate has been arrived after a counteroffer made by the Railway Board in December 2023. This is the fifth tender awarded by the Indian Railways for procuring BOXNS wagons in the current fiscal. The first and largest of these tenders has been awarded to Kolkata’s Jupiter Wagons which will supply 4,000 wagons, totalling a tender value of Rs 1,616.96 crore. Texmaco Rail and Engineering, another Kolkata headquartered firm bagged the second largest BOXN wagon tender awarded this fiscal for Rs 1374.41 crore to supply 3,400 units.

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom is denying a news report that he pushed for an exception to the state's fast food minimum wage law that benefits a donor

Missouri residents could see a roughly $138 million tax break under legislation intended to offset a surge in local property tax collections caused by higher vehicle values

A massive U.S. health care technology company says it was attacked by the ransomware group ALPHV, also known as Blackcat

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has now released a draft framework for banks to follow. As per the framework, banks will be mandated to disclose those climate-related risks which have a bearing on their financial stability. While observing that climate-related risks are one of the emerging risk and are expected to significantly impact them, these entities play an important role in financing the transition towards an environmentally sustainable economy.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday inaugurated and laid the foundation stone for projects worth ₹35,700 crore in Jharkhand. The Prime Minister is on a two-day visit to Jharkhand, West Bengal, and Bihar on March 1 and 2. Here are the top ten updates: 1.

Rihanna paid whopping ₹74 cr to perform at the Anant-Radhika pre-wedding Anant-Radhika Pre-Wedding: Ranveer-Deepika, SRK, Uddhav Thackeray reach Jamnagar Top 5 global leaders to attend Anant Ambani’s wedding Mint Explainer: All you need to know about the $8.5-bn Disney-Reliance merger Anant Ambani is the third child of India's richest person Mukesh Ambani. The 28-year-old helms Reliance’s green energy business.

Remember Priyasha Saluja of Shark Tank fame who tried to impress the judges/ sharks by pointing out her high credit score? Not only her claim evoked laughter and appreciation, one of the judges Aman Gupta attributed his final offer to her high score i.e., 838. 

Investing.com-- The Nasdaq on Thursday closed at record highs for the first time since 2021, as the artificial-intelligence-led rally continued and an in-line inflation report boosted hopes of a summer interest rate cut. 

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Health Minister Mark Holland has tabled the legislation to create the framework for a national single-payer pharmacare program Thursday afternoon.

Virginia lawmakers have passed legislation that if approved by Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin would allow recreational retail sales of marijuana to begin next year

A New York appellate judge has refused to halt collection of Donald Trump’s $454 million civil fraud penalty while he appeals

The cult franchise Drishyam is all set to go global after garnering massive success in the India and China markets. Producers Kumar Mangat Pathak and Abhishek Pathak announced the Korean remake of the thriller franchise at the Cannes Film Festival 2023, and now they have announced the franchise’s new milestone. Panorama Studios have joined hands with Gulfstream Pictures and JOAT Films to make Drishyam in Hollywood. Gulfstream Pictures, co-founded by Mike Karz and Bill Binley, have produced the romantic comedy Blended, which reunited Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore, and the workplace comedy Upgraded, starring Camila Mendes, Marisa Tomei and Lena Olin.

Stock market today: Amid high volatility in the Indian stock market, Paisalo Digital shares witnessed strong buying interest on Thursday. The NBFC stock today opened upside and went on to touch an intraday high of ₹183 apiece on the NSE, logging around a 15 percent intraday rise.

State Duma lawmakers have signed off on a bill that will let Russian firms and their partners use the digital ruble and “digital assets” in international settlements.

Uttarakhand Uniform Civil Code Bill (UCC) moved one step closer to becoming law as the bill was sent by Raj Bhavan to the President's office for approval on Thursday. According to the source from Raj Bhavan, after the approval of President Droupadi Murmu, the way will be cleared for the implementation of UCC law in Uttarakhand. The government has sent the UCC bill to the Uttarakhand Governor, Gurmit Singh, who in turn referred the same to President Murmu for her approval. The Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami government introduced the UCC Bill on February 6, emphasising its importance. Now, with the nod from Raj Bhavan, the legislative channel has paved the way for the bill to be presented to the President for final approval.

By Makini Brice and Richard Cowan

Congress MLAs for staying away from assembly during the passing of the financial bill on Wednesday, Himachal CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu and Congress leadership were on Wednesday battling to save the CM's chair and the state government, a fallout of the clinical internal ambush of the party's Rajya Sabha candidate. This, even as state minister Vikramaditya Singh, son of the late Virbhadra Singh, resigned — who later clarified that he wasn't pressing for it — by raising a banner of revolt against the leadership of Sukhu, who had stood up to Vikramaditya's late father, a six-term CM, during his heydays. CM Sukhu ruled out resignation and opted to fight it out in a full-fledged power-struggle against BJP in the backdrop of delicate number games, check-mating moves and prospective legal wrangle.

Air India has refinanced short-term loans with the State Bank of India (SBI) and Bank of Baroda (BoB) for a three-year loan at an attractive rate, thanks to the conglomerate's strong credit profile. The new Rs 19,000 crore loan will be used to finance the carrier's working capital needs and upgrade its aircraft fleet, people familiar with the details said. The loan has replaced the short-term Rs 18,000 crore bridge loan Air India had availed from SBI and BoB to complete the Tata group's takeover of the erstwhile national carrier in January 2022. It was subsequently renewed for a year in 2023.