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Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday asserted that everything is going well between the Mahayuti Alliance in the state and discussion is still underway on two or three seats that will be resolved soon. Addressing a press conference here today, Fadnavis said whenever it comes to ticket distribution for the Lok Sabha, it is based on the ground reality only. «Everything is going well between the three parties of our alliance. Discussion is still going on two or three seats on which there was a deadlock but that too will be resolved soon. There is no dispute of any kind between us. There should not be any speculation about the seats before the announcement because it seems incorrect. Whatever decision will be taken will come before you in a day or two,» he said.

India registered significant improvements in employment parameters for women last year, according to official data. However, getting to the top remained an uphill task. Ishaan Gera takes a look: JOB CONDITIONS IMPROVE FOR WOMEN Unemployment rate declines to its lowest level of 3% Labour force participation crosses 40% for first time.

Shiv Sena (Shinde) and the Nationalist Congress party (Ajit Pawar) are engaged in tough negotiations with the Bharatiya Janata Party as the two have told the latter that the 8 and 3 Lok Sabha seats being offered to them is not acceptable to them. The issue might take two more days to get resolved as the leaders of the three parties are likely to go to Delhi to finalise a seat sharing deal.The Shiv Sena is seeking at least three more seats whereas Ajit Pawar is seeking two more than that offered by the BJP. The leaders of the two allies have already begun publicly making noises about getting more seats.

women borrowers rising at a faster pace than their male counterparts, a report by credit bureau CRIF Highmark said. The portfolio outstanding of women borrowers grew to Rs30.95 lakh crore in December’23, from Rs 26.00 lakh crore in December’22, up by 19 percent compared to a 17 percent growth in the overall retail portfolio which went up to Rs 117.36 lakh crore in Decmber’23, from Rs 100.29 crore in December’22 registering a year-on-year growth of 17 percent data with the credit bureau showed. The number of women borrowers with active loan stood at 7.83 crore as of December 23, increasing from 6.65 crore as of December 22 with a year-on-year growth of 17.8 percent. The number of men borrowers with active loans increased to 20.17 crore as of December 23 from 17.83 Crore as of December 22, with a year-on-year growth of 13.1 percent.

Singtel) has sold a 0.8% stake in Bharti Airtel to US investment firm GQG Partners for about ₹5,884.8 crore (S$950 million) as part of its value unlocking strategy and to raise funds for other ventures like data centres. Singtel, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Pastel, sold 49 million shares of Bharti Airtel at ₹ 1,193.7 apiece. Shares of Airtel touched a 52-week high of ₹1,213.05 apiece on the BSE on Thursday. They closed nearly 1% higher at ₹ 1,203.50 apiece.

Delhi High Court on Thursday issued showcause notice to Go First resolution professional (RP) Shailendra Ajmera as to why contempt proceedings should not be initiated against him for non-compliance of its orders. Several lessors of the bankrupt airline had alleged that the RP had failed to conduct any maintenance on their aircraft leased to the airline and had wilfully defied the HC orders. Justice Tata Vitasta Ganju also asked the lessors to work out the modalities for a solution in this regard. However, the HC clarified that it was not directing anyone's presence at the moment. She noted that from the RP's previous affidavits showed that maintenance had not been carried out by the airline's officer.

Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed an appeal by the Jalan Kalrock Consortium (JKC), the successful bidder for takeover of grounded Jet Airways (India), seeking to halt sale of the airline's three aircraft to a Malta-based aviation company. A Bench led by Justice Abhay S Oka upheld the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal's December order that allowed the sale of the aircraft to Ace Aviation VII. The apex court also observed that the sale of aircraft to the aviation company would in fact help the consortium to revive the embattled airline. JKC had challenged the jurisdiction of the NCLT or the appellate tribunal to direct specific performance of the Letter of Intent, saying the LoI does not have a binding contractual value. It further argued that the NCLAT had failed to consider that it was being «prejudiced for the fault of a third party that has no locus to submit an application before the NCLT essentially seeking specific performance against the monitoring committee of the corporate debtor, having no privity to the resolution plan or its implementation.»

Servotech Power Systems on Thursday said it will invest Rs 100 crore for setting up a facility to manufacture components of EV chargers. The project will come up at Sonipat in Haryana, Servotech Power said in a statement. «The company is investing Rs 100 crore for setting up an EV charger component manufacturing facility. The plant will have an initial annual production capacity of 24,000 power modules,» it said. Its production capacity will be ramped up to 2.4 lakh in order to cater to the rapidly growing Indian EV market which will require around 6 lakh units annually, the company said.

regional political parties in Kashmir alleged that a major section of the audience for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s rally in Srinagar on Thursday consisted of government employees directed to attend the meeting by the administration. The leaders accused the administration in J&K of acting as ‘BJP pracharaks’ and mobilising people for the PM’s rally. Former chief minister of J&K Mehbooba Mufti while sharing a video on social media wrote that the government employees were ‘herded’ at 5 am in sub zero temperatures into vehicles at Budgam bus stand and ferried to PM’s rally. “Disheartening to see employees being forcibly mobilised to paint a pretty picture that all is well post 2019 and that people here are celebrating their own collective disempowerment and humiliation,” she wrote. The PDP leader said that this stands contrary to earlier visits by previous PMs like Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Dr Manmohan Singh at the peak of insurgency, when common people thronged to the venues with great enthusiasm and returned with hope in their hearts.

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for felicitations on his election to the top political office in the country. «Thank you @narendramodi for felicitations on my election as the Prime Minister of Pakistan,» Shehbaz Sharif posted on X.

Torrent Power on Thursday said it has bagged a contract from Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Co Ltd for setting up 306 MW solar projects worth Rs 1,540 crore under the PM-KUSUM Scheme. The company in a statement said that the Letter of Award (LOA) for the project was handed over by Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. «Torrent Power has emerged as a successful bidder and has received Letter of Award from Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Co. Ltd (MSEDCL) on March 7, 2024, for setting up of 306 MW grid-connected solar power project, at 48 distributed locations, across Nasik District, Maharashtra,» the statement said. The project is conceived by MSEB Solar Agro Power Ltd (MSAPL) under Mukhya Mantri Saur Krushi Vahini Yojana 2.0 (MSKVY 2.0) scheme for implementation of feeder level solarisation under Component C of the PM-KUSUM scheme connected to the distribution network.

The shares were disposed of at an average price of Rs 1,912.04 apiece, taking the deal size to Rs 1,778.19 crore.

The bankruptcy court in Ahmedabad has rejected Gujarat-based Express Group of Hotels’ revival plan for Neesa Leisure Ltd, which operates a luxury hotel chain under the brand Cambay. The company has admitted liabilities of Rs 1,580 crore, whereas the resolution plan approved by the lenders proposed to give Rs 150 crore to them to acquire the company through the bankruptcy process. The successful resolution applicant had proposed Rs 250 crore towards capex and fresh funds, bringing the total value of the plan to Rs 400 crore.

Palworld, the popular game released on January 19, 2024, has garnered immense attention, with over 1.4 million players on Steam alone. Players can create dedicated servers to play with friends, building expansive bases on Palpados Islands. Admins of these servers have access to various console commands, enabling them to manage and control gameplay effectively, a report by Dexerto said.

BJD and TDP walking into the NDA fold close on the heels of JDU and RLD, the old BJP-led grouping in the Atal-Advani era is again taking shape as many of the erstwhile allies are set to be back. However, unlike the NDA-I government that was stitched together with the help of 24 parties and survival was at their mercy, BJP now needs these partners to meet its ambitious target of 400 plus seats in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Though BJP had got a clear majority in 2014 general elections with 182 seats, it followed the coalition dharma and inducted members from its alliance parties like SAD, TDP, and Shiv Sena. But within months it became clear that the these NDA partners had little say Modi government and fissures appeared in the Assembly elections between BJP and its allies in various states. The post of NDA convenor had stayed with JDU for many years and Sharad Yadav had played this role after George Fernandes. However, with Nitish Kumar snapping ties with BJP in 2013, the post fell vacant and the saffron party filled in whenever any coordination had to be done. TDP Chief Chandrababu Naidu made a feeble attempt to don the convenor’s hat but was subtly eased out by the BJP.

industrial development scheme called Uttar Poorva Transformative Industrialization (UNNATI) scheme, for northeast states to generate gainful employment and for the regions’s overall socio-economic development. Under the scheme, incentives would be provided to investors for setting up new units or undertaking significant expansion of the existing units. The scheme will be effective from the date of notification and up to March 31, 2034, along with eight years of committed liabilities.

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Indian Banks' profitability will remain at healthy levels despite slight moderation on account of declines in net interest margins (NIMs) according to global ratings firm Moody’s. Also, higher risk weights for exposures to non-bank finance companies (NBFCs) and unsecured retail loans will result in a slight moderation in banks' capital ratios. But their capitalization will still remain strong, it said. NIMs will decline marginally as banks reprice maturing deposits at higher rates to fully reflect previous increases in interest rates. A slowdown of growth in higher-yielding loans after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) increased risk weights for riskier loans to NBFCs and unsecured retail loans will also contribute to falls in NIMs, the ratings firm said.

Cabinet Committee on Security has cleared a proposal for 34 new Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) Dhruv choppers, of which nine will be inducted in the Indian Coast Guard while 25 of them will go to the Indian Army. The helicopters would be manufactured by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited. The Indian Coast Guard is going to get nine of these choppers, while the Indian Army will be inducting 25 of them into their fleets, top government sources told ANI.

Union cabinet has approved a hike in the Minimum Support Price (MSP) of raw jute for the 2024-25 season to Rs 5,335 per quintal, according to Union Minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday. This is up from the current MSP of Rs 5,050 per quintal, a hike of 5.6%. This would ensure a return of 64.8% over the all India weighted average cost of production, the government said in a statement.