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Uttar Pradesh has achieved a remarkable 100% Open Defecation Free (ODF) Plus status across 95,767 villages, as confirmed by an official announcement on September 28. In the second phase of the Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin), the Uttar Pradesh Government reports that among these ODF Plus villages, 81,744 are classified as aspirational villages, demonstrating the implementation of effective solid waste management and liquid waste management systems. "In addition, 10,217 villages are ODF Plus rising villages with provision for both solid waste management and liquid waste management, and 3,806 villages are ODF Plus Model Villages," ANI quoted an official statement as stating.

Times of India. In the letter, Viswam wrote, as quoted by TOI, "I am writing this to express my concern about the plight of over 3,000 employees of Heavy Engineering Corporation (HEC) who have not received their salaries for the past 20 months. HEC is one of India's oldest and ablest Public Sector Units which has played a crucial role in India's space program with years of critical service to the nation, including manufacturing of the launch pad for the much celebrated Chandrayaan-III." ALSO READ: India-China Space Race: Top Chinese Scientist disputes Chandrayaan-3's claim to south pole Moon landing Apart from this, Viswam also mentioned the struggles the employees of HEC are facing.

markets bond index starting June 2024. Although such indices have been around for a long time, IGBs were not part of them due to a variety of reasons. However, since 2013 — when the idea of index inclusion was first floated — the Indian authorities have made steady progress in facilitating foreign investment into IGBs.

BEIJING — The last three months of the year are set to bring more clarity on China's economic outlook and any government support — especially for the critical real estate sector.

NEW DELHI : The US has urged India to cooperate with Canada’s investigation into the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, state department spokesperson Matthew Miller said before a meeting between foreign minister S. Jaishankar and his opposite number, secretary of state Anthony Blinken.

New Delhi: Global index provider FTSE Russell kept India on a watch list for inclusion in the FTSE Emerging Markets Government Bond Index (EMGBI), the index provider said on Friday. "Areas for improvement in the Indian government bond market structure highlighted by international investors remain largely unchanged from the previous March 2023 review," FTSE said in its annual country classification review.

Restrictions on food exports are spilling over from rice and wheat to other essentials

NEW DELHI : Oil India Ltd (OIL) has appointed legal and tax consultants to explore ways to repatriate its $150 million in dividend stuck in Russia, the state-run firm’s chairman and managing director Ranjit Rath said. In an interview, Rath said the money is currently parked in SBI’s Moscow branch. OIL is part of two Indian consortiums that have stakes in several Russian oilfields in Siberia.

MUMBAI : Ashwin Dani was central to the development of Asian Paints over the 1980s and 90s. He was central in bringing the application of modern chemistry to Asian Paints’ products. Asian Paints, under his watch, applied increasing amounts of computer technology.

Billionaire investor Ray Dalio is watching closely the «risky» U.S. fiscal situation.

₹5,923 per unit aggregating ₹6,914 crore. This is significantly higher than the 7.7 trillion units subscribed in the June tranche and the highest subscription since the government began issuing SGBs back in November 2015. The quantum of subscription has been rising consistently and so far, SGBs have cumulatively raised ₹56,342 crore.

₹1.6 trillion in annual productivity gains and support 45.9 million jobs by 2030, a report said on Thursday. The jobs are likely to be created in healthcare, education, and agriculture sectors by 2030, representing 9% of total jobs in the country, according to Amazon Web Services report (AWS), conducted by global professional services firm Accenture.

New Delhi: State-owned Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL), the largest steel producer in the country, is ensuring it has adequate coking coal stock through imports from Russia and will complete imports of 300,000 tonnes from Russia by the end of this month. The company is looking to bring in 3,00,000 tons of coking coal by the end of this quarter (July – Sept), Amarendu Prakash, Chairman of SAIL, told Mint on the sidelines of the Indian Steel Markets conference here today. “It is a continuous thing; we buy from them continuously.

Lahore, Bhagat Singh's 116th birth anniversary was celebrated on Thursday by a non-profit foundation here, which demanded Pakistan's highest gallantry award for the pre-partition era revolutionary leader.

RECENTLY I asked the manager of a large wine store on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, “Do you have any New Zealand wines that aren’t Sauvignon Blanc?" The answer was no. I wasn’t surprised. After all, this variety accounts for the vast majority (about 89%) of New Zealand’s wine exports, and almost five times more Sauvignon Blanc than Pinot Noir, the country’s second-most-popular grape, is currently planted there.

₹30 crore, taking the total production scale to 600 million devices. CDIL started making silicon chips and devices in 1964 in collaboration with Continental Device Corp. of Hawthorne, California, which was later called Teledyne Semiconductor Co.

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bumper crops by working side by side with farmers. Born in Kumbakonam in Tamil Nadu on August 7, 1925 to Dr M K Sambasivan and Parvati Thangammai, Swaminathan played a significant role in changing the trajectory of the agriculture sector when farmers were dependent on archaic farming techniques. Swaminathan belonged to an era when hunger and malnutrition were the order of the day in several parts of the country and the nation, with a population of about 300 million, was on the cusp of independence.

Click here! The NSE Clearing Ltd and NSE Clearing Ltd will have to comply with conditions specified by SEBI from time to time, the watchdog said. NSE Clearing Ltd is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) and Indian Clearing Corporation Ltd (ICCL) is an arm of BSE.

Disney Plus is set to implement stricter measures against password sharing and account usage outside of one's household, with these new regulations initially taking effect in Canada Starting on November 1. Subscribers in Canada received email notifications from the streaming service on Wednesday, outlining the updated rules concerning account sharing. Disney CEO Bob Iger had previously indicated the company's intention to address the issue of password sharing, aligning with the approach adopted by streaming behemoth Netflix, which began imposing an $8 charge for additional users on a single account earlier this year. Disney in the updated Subscriber Agreement, specified that a household includes only “the collection of devices associated with your primary personal residence" and used by the people who live there. The agreement also suggested that Disney+ will introduce new fee options for users who want to add outside members to their accounts, noting that the upcoming rule applies to everyone “unless otherwise permitted by your Service Tier”. The company is following in the footsteps of Netflix, which officially began cracking down on password sharing in the US and other countries in May.

By Supantha Mukherjee and Divya Rajagopal