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Department of Tourism, Government of Uttarakhand on Wednesday said that Tehri is set for a makeover with several developmental projects on the anvil for which the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a funding of Rs 1294 crore. The projects will be funded in a ratio of 80:20 with ADB bearing 80% of the expenditure and the Uttarakhand government bearing 20% of the expenses. Sachin Kurve, Secretary, Tourism, and CEO of Uttarakhand Tourism Development Board said that in order to promote sustainable inclusive, climate resilient tourism, and for the development of designated areas in Tehri, the state decided to develop Tehri Lake and surrounding areas as a “Special Tourist Area” after which Tehri Special Area Development Authority (TADA) was established under the Tehri Special Area Development Act 2013.

companies are likely to provide better salary hikes this year than those headquartered abroad to their India-based employees, continuing a trend that started two years ago, according to a survey. Professional services firm Aon, which surveyed more than 1,400 organisations in 45 sectors, estimates India-based companies to pay a 9.6% increment on average and foreign-headquartered firms to pay 9.3%. Compared with 2023, the hikes will be smaller for both groups.

(Reuters) — The U.S. federal budget deficit grew in February with outlays surging as annual tax-filing season kicked into gear and interest costs on the national debt kept rising, the U.S. Treasury Department said on Tuesday.

NEW DELHI : Digital economy firms violating provisions of an upcoming competition law to govern them may be penalized up to 10% of their global turnover, a top government panel recommended. The corporate affairs ministry panel led by its secretary Manoj Govil on Tuesday proposed a new set of compliance obligations for influential digital economy firms such as Google, Apple and Meta.

₹17,484 crore ($2.11 billion). BAT, which holds over 29% in the cigarettes-to-hotels conglomerate, will sell the shares at ₹384–400.25 each, implying a 4–5% discount to ITC’s Tuesday closing price of ₹401.90 on the NSE. ITC shares fell 1.83% earlier in the day, while the benchmark Nifty index closed unchanged.

Estate planning technology firm Vanilla is looking to shake up the wealth landscape with a new planning visualization tool. The platform’s latest offering, Vanilla Scenarios, seeks to modernize how advisors, wealth planners, and estate lawyers plan and optimize their clients’ estate strategies.

The price of Dogecoin (DOGE) soared over 100% in the past month, rewarding investors who have held the DOGE token since it was a small market cap altcoin.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi must be re-elected in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls to achieve the goal of a developed India. Addressing a function at the Indira Gandhi Pratishthan here, Adityanath said India cannot develop without Uttar Pradesh making progress and asked the state's municipal bodies to become self-reliant. «For a developed India, there should be a developed UP and for this, every municipal body should achieve the goal of self-reliance and ease of living,» Adityanath said. To achieve the goal of a developed India, the Narendra Modi government is needed once again in 2024, he added.

Suzlon and Renaissance Solar and Electric Material Company, leading companies in the wind power and solar panel segment, respectively, have expressed interest to set up their units in Vijayapura district, the native of Industries & Infrastructure Minister MB Patil. Suzlon has planned to invest Rs 30,000 crore while Renaissance Solar has proposed Rs. 6,000 crore, Patil told media after meeting the chief executives of the two companies. Suzlon Group CEO JP Chalasani and Renaissance Solar CEO Milind Kulkarni participated in the separate meetings with the minister.

BAT Plc on Tuesday said in a statement that its wholly-owned subsidiary Tobacco Manufacturers (India) Ltd will sell around 3.5% stake in ITC Ltd to institutional investors by way of a block deal and has launched the process. BAT said after the completion of the proposed block deal, BAT will continue to remain a significant shareholder of ITC with around 25.5% holding. BAT wanted to have more than 25% shareholding in ITC to have a strategic influence and veto rights in the company, chief executive Tadeu Marroco had said in December.

Twisted Metal Season 1 thrilled fans with its adaptation of the popular video game series. Now, with Season 2 on the horizon, anticipation is high. Here’s a comprehensive guide to everything we know about the upcoming season.

Brent futures for May delivery were up 24 cents at $82.45 a barrel by 1420 GMT. The April U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude contract rose 31 cents at $78.24.

Oracle soared more than 13% to reach a record high on Tuesday, on signs the company was making progress in its plan to grab a share of the cloud-computing market thanks to its tie-up with AI chip giant Nvidia. The database megacorp also teased joint announcements with Nvidia coming up next week, which could be made at the chip firm's GTC developer conference that runs from March 18 to 21.

Bitcoin prices (BTC) blasted past the $70,000 handle earlier this week, touching a new all-time high for the first time since the crypto bull run in 2021. The latest upswing in the world’s largest cryptocurrency has been warmly welcomed by the crypto community. Yet, arguably, no one is celebrating more than Michael Saylor, the man behind a company that holds the title of the world's largest corporate investor in Bitcoin.

By Jonathan Stempel

The world’s original cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, scaled a fresh peak on Monday. It touched $72,234 per token, whipping past its pandemic summit of almost $69,000 back in November 2021. It lost about three-fourths of its value in a prolonged slump after that, with cryptosceptics gloating over the deflation of an ‘asset’ with neither any intrinsic value nor yield.

ALSO READ: US inflation rises again in Feb The core consumer price index (CPI), which excludes food and energy costs, rose 0.4 per cent from January to February, a pickup from the previous month’s figure of 0.3 per cent, according to government data released on Tuesday. On annual basis, the consumer prices rose 3.2 per cent last month, faster than January’s 3.1 per cent. The latest consumer prices data indicates that stubborn inflation remains a persistent challenge for the Federal Reserve.

UBS Group chief executive Sergio Ermotti said catching up with Wall Street giants in the US will take time, as the bank seeks to build its product offering in the world’s largest wealth market.

You read that right, crypto mavericks! Bitgert has just put the entire industry on notice with a mind-blowing 200%+ price surge in under 24 hours. This meteoric rise in Bitgert is leaving investors everywhere frantically searching for the next rocket ship – and the coin is looking more and more like the real deal.

After one extreme weather event in Alberta in the first weeks of 2024, Canadian insurers are expecting “extremely concerning” weather conditions this summer as the province braces for worsening drought and a potentially severe wildfire season.