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India mandates only made-in-India CCTV sales from April 1
New Delhi: India’s CCTV market will only sell made-in-India products, as the government has barred the sale of non-certified imported units from April 1. The Ministry of Electronics and IT had barred…
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Nationwide shift to 20 pc ethanol blended fuel comes into effect
New Delhi: The government’s mandate of E20 petrol, now becoming standard, has come into effect from April 1, which requires petrol pumps across India to sell fuel blended with up to 20…
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Blinkit launch India’s first in-terminal service at Mumbai airport
New Delhi: Adani Airport Holdings, in partnership with Blinkit, on Wednesday, April 1, announced the launch of India’s first in-terminal quick commerce service at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, Mumbai. The service…
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From April 1, two-factor authentication for all digital payments, including UPI
New Delhi: Two-factor authentication for all digital transactions, including popular UPI platform, becomes effective from Wednesday, April 1, in line with the RBI’s direction as a measure to curb fraud. Transactions will…
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Happy 50th birthday, Apple: From near-death to now a USD 3.6 trillion giant
On April 1, 1976, three men signed a piece of paper in a California garage and called their new venture Apple Computer Company. One of them, Ronald Wayne, sold his 10 per…
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SBI UPI services restored after maintenance disruption
New Delhi: Digital payment services faced disruption across India on Wednesday, April 1, leaving many users unable to complete transactions through UPI platforms. According to outage tracking platform Downdetector, complaints surged sharply…
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iSprout opens 5.6 lakh sq ft office hub in Hitech City, expands footprint
Hyderabad: Managed workspace provider iSprout on Wednesday, April 1, launched a 5.6 lakh square foot enterprise-grade office facility at Minaas Towers, a 20-storey commercial complex in Hitech City in Hyderabad, taking its total…
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Commercial LPG cylinder price hiked: Know rates in Hyderabad, other cities
Hyderabad: Commercial LPG prices were hiked on Wednesday, April 1, in Hyderabad and other Indian cities as the spike in global energy rates following the West Asia crisis weighed on the world’s…
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Jet fuel prices double, domestic, international travel to become more expensive
New Delhi: ATF or jet fuel prices more than doubled to a record Rs 2.07 lakh per kilolitre on Wednesday, April 1, but state-owned oil companies passed on only a fraction of…
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Aviation stocks soar in early trade; IndiGo jumps over 9 pc
New Delhi: Aviation stocks were in high demand in morning trade on Wednesday, April 1, with InterGlobe Aviation climbing over 9 per cent, despite jet fuel price hike. InterGlobe Aviation, the parent…
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IndiGo appoints William Walsh as new CEO
New Delhi: The country’s largest airline IndiGo on Tuesday, March 31, announced the appointment of former British Airways chief William Walsh as new CEO. Walsh, an airline industry veteran, is currently the…
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West Asia war can shave off 1 pc point from India’s GDP growth projections: EY
New Delhi: India’s real GDP growth for the next fiscal could erode by around 1 percentage point, while retail inflation could rise by about 1.5 percentage points from their baseline estimates if…
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Telangana passes Bill mandating welfare for gig workers
Hyderabad: In a step towards protecting the rights of gig workers, the Telangana Assembly on Monday, March 30, passed the Telangana Platform-Based Gig Workers Registration, Social Security and Welfare Bill, 2026. Under…
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Telangana CM proposes ‘people credits’ tax on AI firms displacing jobs
Hyderabad: “It is only fair our companies with trillions of dollars of valuation to compensate people and society whose jobs are lost,” Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy said on Friday, March 27,…
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Rupee slumps 89 paise to record low of 94.85 against US dollar
Mumbai: The rupee slumped by a massive 89 paise to close at a historic low of 94.85 against the US dollar on Friday, March 27, as concerns of higher crude oil prices…
