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'FAME must include tractors and LCVs'
Rediff.com15 Jun 2024'The scheme excludes tractors, light commercial vehicles, and medium and heavy commercial vehicles.'
Naidu At Helm, Amaravati Comes Alive
Rediff.com12 Jun 2024Locals have witnessed real estate prices skyrocket from a historic low of Rs 6,000 per square yard (in 2020) during Jagan Mohan Reddy's regime to around Rs 40,000 to Rs 50,000 per square yard after elections.
'India can become centre of exporting fertiliser'
Rediff.com11 Jun 2024'The government has put in a lot of effort to provide infrastructure for the industry.'
'Without incentives people will not purchase EVs'
Rediff.com8 Jun 2024'Wherever the government has provided incentives for the purchase of two-wheelers, three-wheelers, cars, buses, and trucks, it gets a push for most of these alternate fuels. '
Why AP Opted For Chandrababu
Rediff.com7 Jun 2024Both Chandrababu Naidu and Pawan Kalyan assured voters that they would bring jobs and industrial development to the state. Their alliance batted for a welfare-plus-development model.
Chandrababu Naidu Logs Back In Andhra Pradesh
Rediff.com5 Jun 2024Chandrababu Naidu's victory comes barely eight months after his political career seemingly crashed in September 2023 when the YSRCP government arrested him in an alleged corruption case.
A Breakthrough In Nipah Virus Research
Rediff.com5 Jun 2024This will also help test the effectiveness of preventing the entry of Nipah in target cells.
'India can become centre of exporting fertiliser'
Rediff.com2 Jun 2024'The government has put in a lot of effort to provide infrastructure for the industry.'
From phones to drones, Google looks to firm up India bet
Rediff.com24 May 2024Following in Apple's footsteps, Alphabet - Google's parent company - is in advanced talks with Foxconn to manufacture Pixel smartphones in Tamil Nadu, an industrial state which will also double up as drone-manufacturing hub for the US tech giant soon. According to a state government release, officials from Google will soon visit Chennai to meet Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin to hold discussion on manufacturing of Google Pixel near Chennai.
'No impact of elections on commercial vehicles market'
Rediff.com15 May 2024'In April, we saw a 10 per cent growth in our own volumes.'
Red hot chillies spice up poll battle in Guntur
Rediff.com13 May 2024'It is a fiercely fought battle, like our fiery chillies in Guntur.'
For Congress in Telangana, it's a vote on 5-month rule
Rediff.com13 May 2024As the triangular political contest in Telangana intensifies, many believe that for the regional major BRS, it is a battle for survival after being routed in the assembly polls held late last year. What is haunting the party this time is the scams, the 10-year anti-incumbency factor, and family dominance in the party.
Advent to infuse Rs 2,475 cr into Apollo Hospitals' arm
Rediff.com28 Apr 2024Apollo HealthCo Ltd (AHL), a subsidiary of Apollo Hospitals Enterprise (AHEL), on Friday entered into a binding agreement to raise equity capital of Rs 2,475 crore from Advent International (Advent), one of the world's largest private equity (PE) players. The transaction will also see the merger of two units under Apollo Healthco - its wholesale pharma distribution unit Keimed Pvt Ltd and online healthcare business Apollo 24'7. The merger will take place in a phased manner over the next 24-30 months.
Political Movies Surge before Lok Sabha Polls
Rediff.com25 Apr 2024'Elections and audience interest in specific movies are often independent factors.'
Can 'Singham Anna' Deliver For The BJP?
Rediff.com17 Apr 2024Annamalai has faced criticism for the breakup between the AIADMK and the BJP, but BJP leaders say 'he attracts youth, who needs change'.
'Will end year with a growth rate of over 30 per cent'
Rediff.com13 Apr 2024'In life insurance, it is about creating distribution capacity and solutions for customers. We are constantly working on that.'
Adani, JSW, PSA looking to bag Rs 7K cr Tuticorin project
Rediff.com1 Apr 2024A Rs 7,056 crore outer harbour project by VO Chidambaranar (VOC) Port in Tuticorin is garnering interest from domestic and global majors in the sector, such as Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone, Singapore's PSA International, Dutch major Van Oord, JM Baxi, and JSW, among others, according to sources close to the development. The project aims to capitalise on the newfound investor interest in the region, spurred by mega investments such as the Rs 16,000 crore electric vehicle manufacturing unit by Vietnamese major VinFast, the Indian Space Research Organisation's second spaceport in Tamil Nadu's Kulasekarapattinam, and Singapore's Sembcorp's Rs 36,238 crore investment in renewable energy.
PV or CV at TN plant? TaMo to decide based on trends
Rediff.com15 Mar 2024Tata Motors will soon submit a detailed report on the upcoming manufacturing plant in Tamil Nadu's Ranipet district and a decision, on whether the facility will churn out passenger or commercial vehicles, will be taken by the company on the basis of market trends, state's industries minister TRB Rajaa said on Thursday. "They are keeping the options open, and market trends will determine it (the type of vehicles the plant will make). "They will quickly come up with a detailed report on that," Rajaa said.
Rahul may win Wayanad but Kerala is no Congress fortress this time
Rediff.com11 Mar 2024Political pundits unanimously suggest that the state is not experiencing a discernible Gandhi wave this time around.
VinFast kicks off Tamil Nadu unit construction, seeks cut in import duty
Rediff.com26 Feb 2024Vietnam-based electric vehicle maker VinFast, a rival of Tesla in the global market, has set foot in India and began work on building its Rs 16,000 crore EV manufacturing facility at Thoothukudi in Tamil Nadu. The company has already sought a reduction in import duties on its cars for about two years until customers get familiar with the brand and its unit in the state. The global major kicked off the construction of the first phase of its integrated EV hub, which may see Rs 4,000 crore of investment initially and will create more than 10,000 jobs.