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Tata Power - Delhi Distribution Ltd (DDL) said that it met the demand of 2,182 MW on Tuesday. “Today, Tata Power-DDL successfully met the demand of 2,182 MW. This has successfully demonstrated that our customers‘ increasing energy needs were taken care of without any network limitations or power disruptions." Although the peak demand this year touched a record high of 223 GW last month, the overall power demand this year has largely been in check amid the sporadic rains across the country.

Bengaluru’s eateries are expected to hike rates by 10% from August in the wake of rising fuel, gas and milk prices, said the Bruhat Bangalore Hotel Association (BBHA). ET has learned that the association is set to meet Central and state ministers next week to discuss commodity price control. Hoteliers in the city have been warning about a potential price hike for a month, with rising commodity costs.

China removed Foreign Minister Qin Gang from his post on Tuesday after a one-month absence from public duties, replacing him with his predecessor Wang Yi, state media said, after weeks of speculation about what had happened to him. Qin, 57, who only took up the job in December after a brief stint as envoy to the United States, had not been seen in public since June 25 when he met visiting diplomats in Beijing.

Brics (Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa) grouping in Johannesburg late on Monday, Doval conveyed India’s position, reported Hindustan Times. The meeting between Doval and Wang came a little more than 10 days after external affairs minister S Jaishankar met Wang on the sidelines of Asean-related meetings in Jakarta on 14 July. Both discussed the border row, which has taken India-China relations to their lowest point in six decades.

This week DEX markets have seen another massive tremor, led by tech maestro Elon Musk, the launch of the 'X' meme token, deftly timed with Musk's surprising Twitter-to-X.com rebrand, has pushed the token's value to an astonishing +4,300% overnight. 

Piyush Goyal and Leader of the Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday exchanged barbs at each other in the Rajya Sabha over the debate on Manipur, with Kharge demanding the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Goyal saying atrocities on women in opposition-ruled states will also be discussed in the House. The opposition raised an uproar from the start of the Question Hour when the House met at noon, with members of the Congress and other like-minded parties raising slogans «Manipur, Manipur». Kharge said over 50 members have given notices for discussion on the Manipur issue under rule 267, but the government is not ready. Goyal countered him by saying Union Home Minister Amit Shah is ready to have a discussion on the issues related to atrocities on women in Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Telangana and West Bengal. «The home minister is ready for that… he would do 'doodh ka doodh' and 'paani ka paani' (differentiate between truth and lies), » he said. Kharge also questioned the absence of Modi in the House.

TV Narendran, MD, Tata Steel, says in Europe high energy prices have impacted a lot of the mid-sized and smaller companies and many of them may be vendors, many of them customers and they are a bit fragile and that has an impact on steel consumption as well. Inflation is still persistent and so central banks are increasing rates.

Rajya Sabha chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar on Tuesday said the Question Hour is the «heart» of Parliamentary work as it seeks accountability and transparency from the government and is helpful for people at large. Making these remarks during Question Hour as members of the opposition kept raising uproar, he urged the members to maintain decorum and allow the House to function. The opposition has been demanding answers from the government on the Manipur situation and a statement from the prime minister and a discussion on the situation in the north eastern state.

Former JPMorgan executive Jes Staley had his trips reimbursed by the bank when he met with the convicted late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

loan takers. However, one such call took an unexpected turn when a quick-witted man decided to play a hilarious prank on a bank employee, leaving her momentarily speechless. The incident, which quickly gained popularity after being shared on Instagram, features a man identified as the prankster engaging in a witty banter with the unsuspecting bank employee named Nisha.

real estate lender called Greystone alongside its founder. Her resignation after a few months late last year opened the door to her role shepherding an economy an ocean away. ‘Best Student’ Erkan has now returned to where her ascent began.

BRICS meeting in South Africa on Monday, according to a statement issued by the Ministry of External Affairs. During the meeting, NSA conveyed that the situation along the LAC in the Western Sector of the India-China boundary since 2020 has eroded strategic trust and the public and political basis of the relationship, the statement read.

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Narendra Modi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, and Railway Minister Ashwani Vaishanaw among others were seen arriving for the meeting that began at 9:30 am.   The meeting had been convened to discuss crucial organizational matters with party MPs.

Prithviraj Chavan claims of Ajit Pawar will be appointed as Maharashtra CM on or around 10 August. Fadnavis has dismissed the Congress leader's claim and said that Eknath Shinde will continue to be the CM of Maha Yuti "Nowadays, several senior leaders can be seen making speculations. They may speculate as much as they want.

Opposition protests in Rajya Sabha since last week on the Manipur violence issue aggravated on Monday with the House passing a resolution to suspend AAP member Sanjay Singh for the remainder of the session. Acrimonious scenes were witnessed in the chamber of Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar during a meeting of floor leaders culminating in the Opposition walking out. The deadlock continues.

Doval has met top Chinese diplomat Wang Yi and discussed bilateral ties with him. The meeting took place on the sidelines of the Friends of BRICS meeting here in South Africa on Monday. The meeting came days after External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met Wang, director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, in the Indonesian capital Jakarta, and discussed outstanding issues relating to peace and tranquillity in border areas.

Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivkumar on Monday visited the war toom of Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to analyse the rain situation around Bengaluru. Notably, all schools in five talukas of Chikkamagaluru district stood closed on Monday amid the prediction of heavy rains in the region.

Tesla Inc executives are likely to meet Union commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal soon, to discuss the US electric vehicle maker's plans to set up car and battery manufacturing facilities in India. The development follows a virtual meeting between Goyal and Tesla chief executive Elon Musk earlier this month, people aware of the details told ET. Stakeholder ministries — the ministry of commerce and industry as well as the ministry of electronics and information technology (MeitY) — have been discussing the electric carmaker's plans since Musk met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the US during his state visit last month, said the people cited.

New Delhi: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Monday that issue of tax notices and re-opening of past assessments in the case of high income earners where the department has information about their non-compliance, has become predictable and that there is no fishing expedition.   Speaking at an event held to mark the 164th Income Tax day in the capital, the minister said that the Modi administration has brought more certainty to tax payers. The minister cited the example of rationalising the period during which a re-assessment can be done in certain cases where the department has information about understatement of income.   The minister also said that now tax payers need not worry about maintaining his records for ten long years as earlier.   “Now no tax assessee is going to face the situation of reopening his assessment after six years.

NEW DELHI : India’s ambition to accelerate its green hydrogen mission faces challenges as the targets have not translated into actual demand, and the adoption of a gradual mandate for the use of green hydrogen may not help the country achieve the goal of 5 million tonnes (mt) capacity by 2030, said Sumant Sinha, the founder, chairman, and chief executive officer (CEO) of ReNew. “The size of the opportunity in green hydrogen is almost limitless in a way based on just what governments have stated as being their plans. But a lot of that has to translate from government targets to actual demand, and that has not happened so far," Sinha said in an interview at the Energy Transition Working Group Meeting and the Clean Energy Ministerial under India’s G20 presidency in Goa.