Category: business

New Delhi, August 22, 2026: India and Mauritius have taken steps to strengthen bilateral energy cooperation following an official visit by Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Shri Hardeep Singh Puri to Mauritius from August 20 to 21. The visit resulted in agreements aimed at ensuring reliable petroleum supplies…

New Delhi, August 22, 2026: The National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) has released ₹2.82 crore under India’s Access and Benefit-Sharing (ABS) framework, directing funds towards biodiversity conservation, sustainable resource use and community-oriented activities. The latest disbursement includes ₹2.80 crore for 27 State Biodiversity Boards (SBBs) and three Union Territory Biodiversity Councils…

Aug 22: Gemini Edibles & Fats India Limited, one of the largest regional branded edible oil players in the Indian market with a presence in Southern India and certain states of Eastern India, is proposing its initial public offering, comprising an Offer for Sale of up to 41.15 million equity…

Ahmedabad, Aug 22:  The Gujarat SMEs-50 Awards, organised by the India SME Forum to recognise leading SME brands across Gujarat, honoured Ajmera Fashion Limited as one of the  SME brands in the state. The prestigious award was presented by Gujarat Minister of State for Finance, Shri Kamleshbhai Patel, to Mr Vijay Ajmera, Co-Founder & CFO of Ajmera Fashion Limited. Over the past few years, Ajmera Fashion Limited has established a strong presence in the textile…

For a new drug to work in the human body, it must make its way to the exact cell type where it’s needed and then, in many cases, get inside the cells. Hertz Fellow Becca Carlson believes that streamlining future drug development requires more data on this delivery step. Drug…

New Delhi, Aug 22: Making banking, insurance, pensions and other financial services easier to access for persons with disabilities was at the centre of a workshop that brought together senior officials from across India’s financial sector. Chief Technology Officers and senior human resources officials from the Reserve Bank of India…

Chandigarh, 22 August 2026: Hartek Foundation, the CSR arm of the Hartek Group, launched the third and final round of the statewide gender sensitisation training programme — ‘Mainstreaming of Women in Punjab Police‘ — led by Special DGP Gurpreet Kaur Deo, Community Affairs Division (CAD) of Punjab Police and in research partnership with J-PAL South Asia (Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab). The inaugural event of…

New Delhi: India’s revised foreign direct investment (FDI) framework is beginning to facilitate faster investment flows, with 29 FDI investments involving proposed investments of ₹4,895.65 crore reported under the new regime up to August 20, 2026. The investments cover a diverse range of sectors, including Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Information…

Shillong, 21 August 2026: The Artificial Limbs Manufacturing Corporation of India (ALIMCO), in collaboration with Samagra Shiksha, Meghalaya, organised an Integrated State Review Meeting of District Officers, Special Educators (SE) and District IE Co-ordinators (DIECOs) at Shillong Club, Shillong, today. The meeting brought together key stakeholders to deliberate upon challenges,…

Mumbai, Aug 21: India needs a deeper, more resilient and diversified corporate bond market to strengthen long-term capital formation, broaden investor participation and support the financing requirements of infrastructure and sustainable development, deliberated policymakers, financial institutions, market participants and industry stakeholders at the 9th National Summit & Awards on Corporate…