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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. India is home to over 300 million self-employed individuals, accounting for nearly 50% of the workforce. This diverse group includes gig workers, small business owners, freelancers, and independent professionals like doctors, lawyers, and architects, among others.

Acme Solar Holdings on Thursday said it has raised Rs 1,988 crore from state-owned Power Finance Corporation (PFC) to fund a 300 MW hybrid project awarded to the company through a SECI auction. The project will be located in high-resource potential areas, with solar capacity to be developed in Bikaner, Rajasthan, and wind sites in Bhuj, Gujarat, Acme Solar Holdings said in a statement.

Delhi Chief Minister Atishi inaugurated a new flyover between Anand Vihar and Apsara Border on Thursday. The flyover will come as a relief to commuters in East and North East Delhi.

Bangladesh faced an upheaval this year with the ouster of long-time Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, a development that also cast a shadow over its traditionally strong ties with India. The relations could be strained further: Bangladesh now seeks her extradition from India. The removal of 77-year-old Hasina followed weeks of protests led by students over a controversial quota system in government jobs that escalated into a nationwide campaign calling for the end of her 16-year regime.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. TEL AVIV—Since the Hamas attacks on Oct. 7, 2023, Israel has dealt a series of damaging setbacks to its most dangerous regional adversaries.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The calendar year is coming to an end with Nifty 50 seeing a correction in the final quarter after surging as much as 20.58% in the first nine months. Bidding adios to 2024, analysts at D-street got to number crunching, tossing around stock ideas for 2025.

Ceigall India are likely to remain in focus today as Ceigall Ludhiana Bathinda Greenfield Highway, the company’s subsidiary has executed a concession agreement with the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) for a project worth Rs 981 crore. “In accordance with the provisions of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, we are pleased to inform you that 'CEIGALL LUDHIANA BATHINDA GREENFIELD HIGHWAY PRIVATE LIMITED, subsidiary of the company has executed the Concession Agreement with the National Highways Authority of India on 24th December 2024,” said the company in an exchange filing.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. As Generative AI (GenAI) transforms business operations, it is also escalating cyber threats. Sophisticated cyberattacks leveraging AI-powered deepfakes, phishing, data manipulation, and malware are on the rise.

coal gasification project in the Chandrapur district of eastern Maharashtra, sources aware of the development told ET. CIL will hold 51% in the proposed JV, while BPCL will hold 49%, said the sources cited above.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Bitcoin breached the $100,000 milestone on 17 December, reaching an all-time high of $108,309, thanks to US President-elect Donald Trump’s support for digital assets.

Narendra Modi on Wednesday accused Congress of ignoring Dr B R Ambedkar's contribution to the development of water resources in the country as he laid the foundation stone of the Ken-Betwa river linking project in Madhya Pradesh.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. NEW DELHI—Pakistan on Tuesday rejected Biden administration officials’ assertions that it is developing ballistic-missile technology that could eventually give it the capability to strike the U.S., but geopolitical experts say long-range weapons would be in step with Islamabad’s shifting national security concerns as India and the U.S. draw closer.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Earlier this year, a nine-member committee led by former president Ram Nath Kovind presented an 18,626-page report recommending simultaneous assembly and Lok Sabha elections, popularly being referred to as ‘One Nation, One Election.’ It also recommended local body elections within 100 days of Lok Sabha and assembly elections. There have been recent debates around the proposed One Nation, One Election bill, officially titled The Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty Ninth Amendment) Bill, 2024, and the Union Territories Laws (Amendment Bill), 2024.

Hong Kong dollars for information leading to their arrests.According to the warrants, the six are wanted for national security offences such as secession, subversion and collusion with foreign forces. They include Tony Chung, the former leader of now-defunct pro-independence group Studentlocalism.U.K.-based Carmen Lau, a former district councilor and current activist with the Hong Kong Democracy Council, as well as Chloe Cheung, an activist with the Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong, also had warrants issued against them.The latest round of warrants signals that the Hong Kong government is targeting vocal critics based abroad.The government had previously issued two rounds of arrest warrants and bounties for more prominent activists, including ex-lawmakers Ted Hui and Nathan Law.The increasing number of wanted individuals abroad come as Hong Kong continues to crack down on political dissent following massive anti-government protests in 2019 that resulted in a wave of pro-democracy movements.

Bharat Global Developers isn't the only company that has had its shares shooting up to dizzying levels. The world of little-known penny and micro-cap stocks has been abuzz with activity with shares of at least 200 companies skyrocketing between 300% and an astonishing 65,000% in the past year. The action underscores the heightened appetite among investors for red-hot stocks of companies with limited earnings amid the recent stock market frenzy. It's not uncommon for stocks to generate exceptional returns in a bull market, like the one in the past four years, but what's unusual is that 99 companies posted net sales of less than ₹10 crore in FY24, a fraction of their total market value.