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patents till November 15 this fiscal year, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has said. In 2013-14 fiscal year, 4,227 patents were granted. «It's a record.

London | The British government has jacked up its subsidy for offshore wind developers by two-thirds, as it tries to revive a sector that has stalled in the face of soaring costs.

SBI has announced that it plan to fill nearly 8,773 vacancies across the country through the SBI Clerk Exam 2024. What is the last application date for SBI Clerk Exam 2024: As per the official notification, the application process has started from November 17, 2023, and the window will remain open until December 7, 2023. Aspiring candidates are advised to visit the official SBI website to begin their online registration process. What is the eligibility for SBI Clerk Exam 2024: As of December 31, 2023, candidates must hold a bachelor's degree in any discipline from a recognized university or an equivalent qualification recognized by the Central Government. Candidates with an integrated dual degree (IDD) certificate must ensure that they have passed the IDD on or before December 31, 2023. What is the age limit for SBI Clery Exam 2024: As of April 1, 2023, candidates must be above 20 years of age and below 28 years of age. In other words, candidates must have been born between April 2, 1995, and April 1, 2003 (inclusive of both dates).

Investing.com-- Gold prices rose slightly on Friday and were headed for a strong weekly performance as more weak U.S. economic data spurred bets that the Federal Reserve was done raising interest rates.

Graphic detail page. ON JULY 24TH a buoy in the Manatee Bay off Florida’s southern tip measured a record-breaking sea-surface temperature of more than 101F (38°C). Normally, you’d need to take a bath to immerse yourself in water of that temperature.

₹92,267 crore in FY23. The segment is growing rapidly, and not just in big cities. Clearly, in a country with a young population, rapid digitisation, and a growing number of fintech firms, digital lending is poised to grow rapidly.

Investing.com-- Oil prices hovered around a four-month low in Asian trade on Friday, and were headed for steep weekly losses amid signs of increased supplies and fears of worsening global demand. 

Investing.com-- Most Asian currencies moved little on Friday after strong gains earlier this week, while the dollar headed for a sharp weekly fall as weak labor market data fueled more bets that the Federal Reserve will trim interest rates by mid-2024. 

By Samuel Shen and Rae Wee

Investing.com-- Most Asian stocks fell on Friday, cooling after marking some strong gains earlier this week, while Chinese technology stocks clocked steep losses after Alibaba flagged the impact of recent U.S. chip export curbs. 

By Duncan Miriri

Non-resident Indians (NRIs) frequently express frustration with the challenges they face when attempting to invest in their home country, citing obstacles such as the intricate account opening procedures, notarization requirements, and the associated international courier expenses. Nithin Kamath’s analogy, shared on X (formerly Twitter), drawing parallels between the NRI account opening process and the pre-digital era of retail broking, underscores the cumbersome and outdated nature of the current procedure. The insistence on physical forms, multiple signatures, and prolonged timelines needlessly complicate the process for NRIs looking to open an account and invest in India.

Hardeep Singh Nijjar murder case, Bloomberg reported. “You’ve heard me and the government talk about how important it is that that investigation happens, given that we had a Canadian killed on Canadian soil," Ng told reporters on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in San Francisco, Bloomberg reported. “So we’ll let that happen." “My job as the trade minister is to make sure that that the supports and the tools that are there to support Canadian businesses and investors in India continue to be available to them," she said at the briefing late Wednesday.

Israel's invasion of Gaza has destroyed decades of work to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and has set «the whole region on fire,» Jordan's foreign minister told CNN on Thursday. «Israel is not producing security for itself by the killing of innocent Palestinians,» Jordan's Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi said, adding, «It's putting the whole region on fire again, and it has destroyed the hard work that many had made over the decades to make sure that we come to a peaceful conclusion to this conflict.» Israel had «killed any embrace of peace in the region» and its war against Hamas had pushed regional relations back more than 30 years, Safadi also said, according to CNN. The Jordanian government had been discussing with Israel about exchanging solar power for energy but these discussions have now stopped because people «don't see any value» in dealing with Israel as its ground offensive in Gaza continues, Safadi said. He said he thought the evidence Israel had shared to back its claim that Hamas had a «command node» under the Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City was «just ridiculous» and an «insult to intelligence.» He was also opposed to Israel's claim that its military operations in Gaza were self-defence. «Any other country in the world that would have done a fragment of what Israel is doing would have been under sanctions by now,» Safadi said, adding, «This is not self-defence.

Xi Jinping, fresh off his meeting with President Joe Biden, courted Indo-Pacific leaders in a flurry of meetings on Thursday at a time of intensifying competition with the United States. Xi held individual talks with the leaders of Mexico, Peru, and Fiji, and he planned a later session with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, all on the sidelines of a summit of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation economies.

HDFC/ICICI/SBI Cards/Bajaj Finance: The Reserve Bank on Thursday tightened norms for consumer credit as it asked banks and NBFCs to assign a higher risk weight for unsecured personal loans, a move aimed at making the lenders more cautious on such advances. The risk weight on unsecured consumer loans has been raised by 25 percentage points. A higher risk weight means that lenders need to set aside more funds as a safety net for consumer loans, which could make such credit more expensive.

PTI citing the Defence PRO for Gujarat, the Surya Kiran Aerobatic Team will enthral people for ten minutes before the start of the final match to be played at the Narendra Modi Stadium in the Motera area. Rehearsals of the air show will be held on Friday and Saturday, the PRO said in a statement.

For a relationship so strained that even the act of a phone call made by one and taken by the other is news worthy, one may have expected more discretion. But soon after US President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping met on Thursday, Biden, at the risk of setting back whatever progress might have been made, touched a raw nerve, again. “Look, he is.

Mint, quoting a commerce ministry statement. The global narrative on the risk high dependence on Chinese imports represents to global supply chains started with the US red-flagging it, especially for times of emergencies such as during the covid-19 pandemic when any disruptions could have ramifications across the world.

By Lewis Jackson

NEW DELHI : Indian auto parts makers are emerging as preferred suppliers to Tesla Inc. as it diversifies away from China, two people familiar with the development said, with the US electric car giant often willing to pay a higher price for the shift. Tesla now sources a range of India-made components from small plastic parts and castings, to complex differential systems used in transmission, and wheel hubs.