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Sterlite Copper, a unit of Vedanta Ltd, has entered into a partnership with Green Line Mobility Solutions for the deployment of liquefied natural gas (LNG) vehicles for transportation. This partnership marks a significant step in the company's ongoing efforts to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050 and reduce its carbon footprint as part of its commitment to environmental, social and governance principles. «Sterlite Copper… announced the launch of its LNG vehicles at the flag-off event held at Vedanta's Copper Plant in Silvassa,» the company said in a statement. LNG vehicles will be used for transporting finished goods to the north zone, replacing traditional diesel trucks, in a reverse logistics model.

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. NEW DELHI : Tata Motors Ltd, India’s leading electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer, is engaging with the Centre to re-examine the e-taxi segment's exclusion from the ₹10,900 crore EV subsidy scheme approved by the cabinet on 11 September, two people close to the development said. The PM Electric Drive Revolution in Innovative Vehicle Enhancement (PM E-DRIVE), marking the third phase of the Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Hybrid and Electric Vehicles (FAME) policy, leaves the e-taxi segment outside the purview of subsidies, even though it is a key form of shared mobility.

NEW DELHI/KOLKATA: India’s top telecom operators decried the sector regulator’s suggestion that the government grant service authorisation to companies offering communication services instead of entering into a contractual agreement, warning that such a move would ring in regulatory uncertainty and undermine investor confidence. All three private carriers — Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea (Vi) — unanimously stated during a consultation process of the regulator that the current practice of contractual arrangement should continue as it provides regulatory certainty and predictability. But the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has not agreed to the demand of telcos.

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digital banking channels. This is a practice usually followed by lenders while opening credit accounts, but is now being replicated for deposit accounts too, according to three people in the know. This comes at a time when banks are trying to weed out mule accounts —accounts which receive funds from illegal sources or through fraudulent transactions — from their systems. Reserve Bank of India governor Shaktikanta Das had at a July 3 meeting urged bank chief executives to step up their fight against such accounts. “Some of the largest banks in the country could be processing around Rs 300-400 crore worth of fraudulent transactions through mule accounts on a monthly basis; for mid-tier banks, the amount could be around Rs 50-100 crore. This is becoming a serious problem for banks as digital payments become more ubiquitous,” a senior banker with a private sector bank said on the condition of anonymity.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. For gig workers, earnings could spike this festival season as online retailers and quick commerce platforms to delivery firms go beyond usual incentives to bolster workforce to meet the rush. On offer: daily bonuses, overnight payouts, additional reward for 100% attendance, and mobile phones to motorbikes for top performers.

electric vehicle, a midsize SUV called Concept eVX, in January 2025, Maruti Suzuki India plans to set up close to 25,000 EV charging points, multiple people aware of its plans said. In addition to tapping into its 5,100-plus service centres in 2,300 cities, the country's leading carmaker is also in talks with oil marketing companies (OMCs) and energy companies to create a charging ecosystem, which has been one of the biggest deterrents to faster adoption of electric mobility in the country, they said. «They (Maruti) have started surveying their dealer workshops for charging points,» said a person aware of the plans. «The plan is to have at least one dedicated bay and two charge points at its service centres. The company has already started training service mechanics in Bengaluru.»

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Google parent Alphabet on Wednesday asked a London tribunal to throw out a mass lawsuit that accuses the tech giant of abusing its dominance in the online search market. The lawsuit — valued at up to 7 billion pounds ($9.3 billion) — is the latest case focusing on the business practices of Google, which is currently facing a major antitrust trial in the United States over its online advertising business. It is also one of several multibillion-pound cases to have been filed at Britain's Competition Appeal Tribunal in recent years, including a similar case against Google for allegedly abusing its dominance in the online advertising market.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Retail investors have taken initial public offerings (IPOs) by storm, leading to a record surge in activity and reshaping the landscape of both mainboard and SME offerings.

Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), Government of India, has launched a programme to provide essential commodities at affordable prices. The initiative involves extending the Kendriya Police Kalyan Bhandar (KPKB) facilities to the general population of the state. Originally introduced by the MHA in 2006, the KPKB system was designed to supply essential goods at concessional prices to serving and retired personnel of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs), Central Police Organizations (CPOs), and state police forces across India. Considering the ongoing turmoil in Manipur, the facility has now been extended to benefit the local population, ensuring that essential goods are available at fair prices, despite the restrictions on travel and supplies caused by the unrest.

PM-WANI framework guidelines will encourage more individuals to run Wi-Fi hotspots within their local community, thus creating lakhs of micro-entrepreneurs in India, Broadband India Forum (BIF) said Tuesday. BIF, which represents technology firms like Meta, Google, Amazon, TCS etc, also refuted the arguments given by telcos that PM-WANI was redundant, and it can cause revenue loss. “If India were to establish 50 million PM-WANI hotspots, as targeted, telcos could gain an additional Rs 60,000 crore in revenue annually from bandwidth sales in addition to the benefit they will get by having more broadband users, which they might not reach otherwise,” BIF said in a statement. The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has amended the guidelines for the Prime Minister Wi-Fi Access Network Interface (PM-WANI) allowing roaming between public data office aggregator (PDOA), removing the need for a commercial agreement between a telco and PDO, allowing the PDOs or public data office to use the existing access points for public and private use. Also, the PDOs have been permitted to accept mobile data offload from the telcos, thereby helping ease the congestion on the mobile network.

Germany has begun random checks at its borders with five Western European nations, expanding a system of controls already in place at its four other borders

Tata Group is transitioning into green businesses, semiconductor manufacturing, and mobile phone part production to prepare for future demands, said Chairman N Chandrasekaran in an interview with the Financial Times. This move includes Tata Steel's decision to close blast furnaces at its UK unit, resulting in 2,500 job cuts as the company shifts to green steel-making. Chandrasekaran stressed the necessity of these steps, stating, «However painful...these are transitions that need to be done.» Tata Steel has incurred a loss of 5 billion pounds on the UK business since acquiring it in 2007 as part of the Corus Group. Leaning towards sustainable practices, Chandrasekaran has been steering Tata Group towards electric vehicles and renewable energy while managing debt and profitability. He advised the CEOs of various Tata entities to focus on financial fitness, saying, “every company has to be focused on financial fitness… don't worry about growth, fix the fitness. Performance will come."

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Poco Pad 5G review: Budget-friendly 5G tablet for everyday useSoon after the launch of the new tablet, Poco India head Himanshu Tandon sat down for an exclusive chat with LiveMint to discuss a range of topics, including the Poco Pad 5G, the Poco ecosystem, scope for Poco to enter new segments, and more.Tandon also revealed that the Poco Pad 5G received a good response during the first sale and was one of the fastest-selling tablets on Flipkart on the first day. Encouraged by the initial response to Poco Pad, Tandon said, “We are now thinking how do we take this tablet journey moving forward and how do we scale up this business because the start has been really really exciting for us." Edited excerpts from the interaction: While explaining the reason for not launching a Poco tablet in India so far, Tandon said, "When we started this operation with Poco F1, we wanted to solidify our position in the smartphone market.

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Mercedes Benz has firmed up plans to locally assemble a second electric vehicle in the country enthused by demand for these cars, which have received bookings totalling Rs 400 crore in the past couple of weeks. The company, which launched Mercedes Benz Maybach EQS680 SUV priced at Rs 2.37 crore (on-road, Delhi) last week, has received 50 bookings for the top-of-the-line electric car. Mercedes has additionally received 80 bookings already for the electrified version of the G Wagon, which is slated to go on sale by the end of this year or early next year. Mercedes Benz EQG will be priced at Rs 3.5 crore. The company’s total order bank for internal combustion engine (ICE) and electric models together stands at about 1800-2000 units, currently. Mercedes Benz India Managing Director Santosh Iyer told ET, “There is currently no other option for emission free mobility than electrification. And we need to aid penetration by introducing electric cars at varied price points to our customers. The EQS SUV 580 will be the second electric vehicle that we assemble locally, which has helped us to price it competitively.” The EQS SUV 580 is priced at Rs 1.41 crore.