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Assam's Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve on Saturday morning, an official said. Modi, on his maiden visit to the UNESCO World Heritage Site, first took the elephant safari in Mihimukh area of the Central Kohora Range of the park followed by the jeep safari inside the same range. He was accompanied by park director Sonali Ghosh and other senior forest officials. The prime minister had arrived at Kaziranga on Friday evening on a two-day visit to the state.

There is demand for 40,000-50,000 employees across job roles in 2024, a 25-30% increase over last year, says staffing company Randstad. The sector is expected to see more than 800,000 to 1 million job openings over the next five years. «The demand for talent in the sector has reached an all-time high to build infrastructure, industrial parks, testing systems and R&D (research and development),» said Yeshab Giri, chief commercial officer, operational talent solutions, Randstad India.

FDI) in the solar energy sector over the past three financial years and the current financial year until September 2023, according to Bhagwant Khuba, Minister of State for Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, and Chemicals and Fertilisers. Khuba highlighted that both domestic and foreign investors were contributing to the installation of solar power plants in the country. This increase in FDI is a testament to the confidence investors have in India's solar energy sector. The Minister shared this information in a video message during the third edition of ETEnergyWorld's Solar Power Congress 2024, held on March 6, 2024. He further mentioned that setting up renewable energy projects, including solar energy projects, can benefit from up to 100% FDI through the automatic route. This move aims to encourage the growth and development of the renewable energy sector in India.

water shortage that Bengaluru is reeling under, several of the city’s technology parks said they are able to maintain operations without much impact, thanks to their long-term focus on sustainability. Operators of these business parks, which house tech giants like Google, Accenture and Tata Consultancy Services, have implemented green initiatives such as harvesting rainwater, utilising on-campus RO plants for water treatment and reducing their electricity consumption. These measures, they said, have so far helped them effectively manage the situation. Meanwhile, they are also asking their tenants to be watchful about water consumption. As a result of design changes made for sustainability purposes, the overall water consumption of tech parks managed by Vestian has reduced by 35%, said Shrini Rao, chief executive of the commercial real estate services firm. “Business parks have implemented changes such as installing rainwater harvesting systems and using air-cooled systems in their air conditioning equipment instead of water-cooled systems,” said Rao. “Over the last decade we have seen campus projects developed in Bangalore focus heavily on sustainability parameters. The designs implemented for washrooms are mostly recycled water, for example, as the designs for landscape elements like lawns … all of these choices have reduced the impact of water shortage on commercial parks.”

Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that within the span of one month and without any investment summit Assam has secured Rs 80,000 Crore investment. Sarma stated in X, “Today, within a span of 1 month, without any investment summit, Assam has secured about 80,000 cr of investment. This has only been possible due to Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri@narendramodiji’s relentless focus on Assam”. Prime minister Narendra Modi will come on a two-day visit to Assam and Arunachal Pradesh. In Assam Prime minister will lay the foundation stone or inaugurated a project worth Rs 18,000 Crore in Assam.

Despite fire engines on standby at Los Angeles International Airport, they were not required as the Boeing 777 executed a smooth landing, stopping about two-thirds of the way down the runway, confirmed airport spokesperson Dae Levine. The aircraft was subsequently towed away.

A group of 40 state attorneys general have sent a letter to Instagram and Facebook parent company Meta expressing concern over what they say is dramatic uptick of consumer complaints about account takeovers and lockouts

The Miami Seaquarium, which was home to the beloved orca Lolita, is being evicted from it's waterfront location in Miami

SpaceX is set to acquire public land from Texas after the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission approved a land-swapping deal that would cede 43 acres to entrepreneur Elon Musk's company in exchange for 477 acres that are yet to be bought

Investor psychology can be fickle. Consider this common scenario: The stock market hits a rough patch, and skittish investors bail and park their money on the sidelines, thinking it a «safer» way to ride out the storm.

Tax Officials under goods and service tax (GST) has busted a syndicate that fraudulently claimed Input Tax Credit of over Rs 1,000 crore through a network of 232 fake firms. The investigation was initiated by the anti evasion branch of Central Goods and Services Tax (CGST) Commissionerate, Meerut in October 2023 which detected that a large syndicate was fraudulently claiming Input Tax Credit (ITC) by way of fake billing. «The investigation conducted so far has revealed that a total number of 232 fake firms, with 91 firms registered on a single mobile number, are registered at various places across the country and have passed an inadmissible ITC of around Rs. 1,048 crore. Total value of goods shown to be supplied through these firms is around Rs. 5,842 crore,» the finance ministry said in a statement.

Longtime married couple Bill, 66, and Clarissa*, 65, are winding down their successful Ottawa-based consulting business and operating company, with a plan to shift to a two- or three-day workweek and take summers off.

south Delhi just a day before his wedding, according to the police. Gaurav Singhal, a gym trainer, was allegedly attacked with a sharp-edged weapon at his residence in the Devli Extension area of south Delhi during the night between Wednesday and Thursday. The police received a PCR call at 12:30 am about the murder in the Raju Park area. Singhal's family rushed him to a nearby hospital, where he was unfortunately declared dead upon arrival. The motive behind the murder is still unknown, and Singhal's wedding ceremony was scheduled for Thursday. «A PCR call was received at 12.30 am regarding a murder in the Raju Park area,» Senior Police official said.

The American Century Cos. in 2021 admitted in a federal settlement with the Department of Justice that it had conspired with a wealth management firm also located in the Kansas City, Missouri, area, to dampen the local job market by suppressing and eliminating competition for workers.

Read more here The first meeting of Congress party's Central Election Committee (CEC) will be held at 6 pm on March 7. The meeting will decide candidates for upcoming Lok Sabha polls 2024, said Jairam Ramesh, Congress party's general secretary in-charge, communications in a post on X (formerly Twitter). Chaired by party president Mallikarjun Kharge, the committee also includes former party chiefs Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, besides AICC general secretary K C Venugopal, Ambika Soni, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury and T S Singhdeo, among others.

Centre sends to states through the single nodal agency (SNA) will happen within a day from April 1, eliminating the need to park it outside the government account for more than 24 hours. The SNA account is used for transferring funds to states for centrally sponsored programmes and there are timelines for the expenditure. The settlement of unspent money currently happens on a quarterly or monthly basis. The Department of Expenditure and the Reserve Bank of India are working together to upgrade the SNA system to settle the unused amount by the states in real time, which will also eliminate disputes over the payment of interest earned on such unspent funds lying in state SNAs, officials in the know said. The government and the banking regulator have already launched a pilot project in five states and will implement it across India from April 1, they said.

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Following the publication of its long-awaited 2022 annual report in January and its updated key information document today (6 March), the board said it would submit the application to the regulator «expeditiously». Uncertainty over the valuation of the RUMS project — a solar park construction in India — in which 8% of AEIT's portfolio was invested at the time, prevented the audit of the 2022 accounts, which led to the trust's temporary suspension in April 2023. Former ThomasLloyd Energy Impact trust posts overdue results as strategic review continues A public battle between then ma...

NLC India through an offer for sale (OFS) this week, to raise up to ₹2,200 crore ($266 million) at current prices, Reuters reported Wednesday citing sources. The report said the government will offer to sell 5% of its stake in the state-run firm with an option to sell an additional 2% stake if there is more demand. The government holds a 79.2% stake in NLC India as of December 2023, whose shares have nearly tripled over the last year to ₹226.70 as of Wednesday.

₹25,000. The forthcoming Hyundai Creta N Line promises a captivating blend of cosmetic enhancements and interior modifications, designed to elevate the driving experience to new heights. Revealed by the brand, the 2024 Creta N Line boasts a striking all-black theme within the cabin, accentuated by vibrant red accents on the upholstery and red piping on the seats.

Excite FC and Exclusive FC variants now feature a 7.4 kW AC fast-charging option, drastically reducing the charging time to under 3.5 hours for a 0-100 percent charge, compared to the previous 7 hours on a 3.3 kW AC charger. The new fast-charging variants are priced at ₹8.24 lakh for the Excite FC and ₹9.14 lakh for the Exclusive FC (ex-showroom). These FC variants replace the previous nomenclature of Push, Play, and Pace with Executive, Excite, and Exclusive, reported the publication.