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Reliance Jio launched the Jio AirFiber on September 19 weeks after Bharti Airtel's introduction of India's inaugural wireless home. With Jio AirFiber, the company promises to bring an integrated end-to-end solution for home entertainment, smart home services and high-speed broadband, across 8 metro cities. Ambani explained during the 46th AGM that their extensive optical fiber network connects them to over 200 million locations. The Jio AirFiber devices are aimed at providing last-mile connectivity to many parts of India. “Our extensive optical fibre presence puts us in close proximity to over 200 million premises. Yet, providing physical last-mile connectivity is a painstaking process in most parts of our country. This is where Jio AirFiber, our fixed-wireless broadband offering, comes in,” Ambani said at Reliance’s 46th AGM.

India is planning to offer incentives of up to Rs 18,000 crore ($2.2 billion) to spur local manufacturing in six new sectors including chemicals, shipping containers and inputs for vaccines, two government officials said. The proposal is part of the country's Rs 1.97 lakh crore-production-linked incentive scheme (PLI), launched in 2020 which currently targets 14 sectors ranging from electronic products to drones, but has been successful only in a handful of them. A fraction of the PLI incentives has been claimed so far, prompting the government to allocate unused funds to new sectors. Limited payouts under the scheme could lead to «large» savings which may be redirected to new sectors, the two government officials with knowledge of the plan said. They did not wish to be named as details of the plan have not been made public. India's federal trade ministry that oversees the scheme's implementation did not immediately respond to an emailed request for comment. The six new sectors that could join the PLI scheme also include toys, bicycles, leather and footwear, the officials said.

Joe Biden, the UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and French President Emmanuel Macron about the matter. According to a report in the Washington Post, Canada also approached countries part of the Five Eyes intelligence alliance, which also includes Australia and New Zealand, prior to the G20 Summit in New Delhi. However, the same report states that these countries were unwilling to make a joint statement calling out India for its alleged role in killing Nijjar.

Leading Chinese planners have voiced confidence in the outlook for the world's second-largest economy, holding key interest rates steady amid signs of improvement in some areas such as services

BookMyShow on Wednesday cancelled Punjabi- Canadian singer Shubhneet Singh's India tour after the ticket booking app faced a boycott call on social media for hosting a singer who is allegedly a Khalistani sympathiser. In a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, BookMyShow said it will do a complete refund of the tickets within 7-10 days. "Singer Shubhneet Singh's Still Rollin Tour for India stands cancelled.

International Cricket Council (ICC) have confirmed three major USA cities: Dallas, Florida and New York, as the venues for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024. The USA is set to host the T20 World Cup for the first time, with Grand Prairie in Dallas, Broward County in Florida and Nassau County in New York chosen as the venues for the grand event.

Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a pro-Khalistan leader in Canada, followed by the expulsion of diplomats, experts think it will have very little impact on Canadian investment in India and the overall market sentiment. Concerns have been growing that the fresh tensions in the India-Canada relationship will see some outflow as Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, the largest pension manager in Canada, has significant holdings in some of the Indian companies.

BJP Mahila Morcha's Delhi unit on Wednesday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and parliamentarians for introducing the Women's Reservation Bill in the Lok Sabha. Mahila Morcha leaders and workers gathered near Rail Bhawan and 15 other places in the Parliament building's vicinity and expressed their gratitude for fulfilling a long-pending demand of the country's women, said Richa Pandey, the organisation's Delhi unit chief. «We thank Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a dignified introduction of the bill in the Lok Sabha that faced hurdles for so many years,» Pandey added. The government on Tuesday introduced the Narishakti Vandan Adhiniyam, reserving 33 per cent seats for women in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies, reviving a bill pending for 27 years and blending history, politics and societal imperatives on the first day in the new Parliament building. However, provisions in the bill make it clear that the reservation will come into effect only after the delimitation exercise, or the redrawing of constituencies, taking into account data of the census conducted after it becomes a law.

Semiconductor supply chains in Asian countries such as India, China, Malaysia, Taiwan, Vietnam, and Indonesia are becoming more significant over time for Intel, the company’s chief executive officer Pat Gelsinger said. “With our footprints in Malaysia and the vast supply chains in China and Taiwan, and areas like Vietnam, Indonesia, and India are now becoming more significant. As these projects start coming online with their manufacturing capabilities, we will have a robust Americas supply chain, and robust supply chain in Europe and Asia,” Gelsinger said, responding to a question from ET.

gas utilities sector, after facing significant volatility in prices and issues on the availability of LNG over the last two years, is now returning to a tentative state of normalcy, said ratings agency ICRA in a note today. The gas offtake by the domestic market is supported by softening LNG prices, uptick in domestic gas supplies, and a regulatory push by the government. The domestic production is projected to witness healthy growth in FY2024, primarily from the Krishna-Godavari Basin, which is likely to keep the reliance on LNG in check. The city gas distribution (CGD) and the fertiliser sectors will continue to drive the demand growth owing to favourable policy support. ICRA expects the demand from the industrial sector to witness a healthy uptick amid soft LNG prices and increasing domestic gas production.

tornado in eastern China killed 10 people and seriously injured several others, state media said Wednesday, the latest in a string of extreme weather events to strike the country. «Yesterday afternoon, a strong tornado occurred in Suqian, Jiangsu Province… causing casualties and property loss in certain areas,» state broadcaster CCTV said. The tornado affected more than 5,500 people, with 137 houses collapsing, according to «preliminary statistics» cited in the report. More than 400 people have been temporarily relocated because of the twister, state media said. Video footage shared on social media by the state-run People's Daily showed high winds whipping debris around above residential buildings, as well as a street strewn with fallen signs and other objects. China saw record-breaking downpours and weeks of historic heat this summer, with scientists saying such extreme weather events are being exacerbated by climate change. Whole villages in Jiangsu were levelled and at least 98 people were killed in 2016 after the region was hit by a storm with hurricane-force winds and the worst tornado in half a century.

Lok Sabha and state assemblies, President Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday said it will be the most «transformative revolution in our times» for gender justice. Murmu was addressing a gathering after inaugurating the biennial conference of the national human rights institutions (NHRIs) of Asia Pacific held at the Vigyan Bhawan here. The Women's Reservation Bill was the first bill to be introduced in the new Parliament building on Tuesday. «We have ensured a minimum of 33 per cent reservation for women in local bodies' election… In a more pleasant coincidence, a proposal to provide a similar reservation for women in state assemblies and national Parliament is taking shape now. It will be the most transformative revolution in our times for gender justice,» the President said. The event is being organised by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) in collaboration with the Asia Pacific Forum (APF) from September 20-21. Amina Bouayach, secretary of Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI), and Doo-Hwan Song, chairperson, APF, and NHRC chairperson justice (retd) Arun Kumar Mishra were also present on the occasion. The APF will also hold its 28th Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Wednesday to discuss the issues of common interest to member countries.

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PM Justin Trudeau's bombshell statement on Tuesday accused the Indian government agency of killing Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in June this year. However, India vehemently rejected the claims and later asked a Canadian diplomat to exit the country within the next five days in a tit-for-tat move. Following this, Trudeau clarified, “The government of India needs to take this matter with the utmost seriousness.

Global Biofuel Alliance. In this editorial, we will dig into this agreement and find out how India benefits from this. Read on… Biofuels are fuels from biomass such as animals, plants and algae.

Nijjar killing row. The Sikhs for Justice has been banned in India since 2019. The video of SFJ’s legal counsel Gurpatwant Pannun asking Indians to leave Canada went viral on the internet.

Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday said India is leading the world on how people and businesses have embraced messaging as a better way to get things done, as the social media giant unveiled a slew of new tools aimed at supercharging businesses using WhatsApp. Announcing the line-up of key offerings for WhatsApp, Zuckerberg said the company has continued to innovate with its messaging formats, group chats and broadcast channels. «India, (is) a country that's at the forefront of a lot of what we're going to talk about today. You're (India is) leading the world in terms of how people and businesses have embraced messaging as the better way to get things done.» Zuckerberg said during a virtual address at Conversations event in Mumbai.

onion supply in various parts of the country. The Agriculture Produce Market Committee (APMC) of Lasalgaon in Nashik is Asia's largest onion market. The strike comes as a response to the grievances raised by onion traders regarding the pricing strategies of two central government agencies, the National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India (Nafed) and the National Cooperative Consumers' Federation of India (NCCF).

ZURICH (Reuters) — Switzerland's economy is expected to grow by 1.3% this year, the government said on Wednesday, significantly below the country's long-term average as industry struggles with weak demand abroad and a strong Swiss franc.

Amazon Prime Video has announced a new Telugu show titled Kumari Srimathi starring Nithya Menen directed by Gomtesh Upadhye that will premiere on 28 September. The seven-episode series will also be available in Tamil, Hindi and Malayalam. Video streaming platforms are likely to offer 50-60% of the budgets to southern language content, with these programmes seeing much traction, accounting for 30% of OTT viewership, said industry experts.