Steel ministry to facilitate JV talks between foreign, local manufacturers

The National Steel Policy 2017 envisages creation of 300 MT of steel capacity in the country by 2030-31at an investment of up to $128 b Read more »

APM to shut station at Nava Sheva after violence

The facility will be shut down Thursday night, said Ajit Venkataraman, managing director for inland services south Asia, where APM’s CFS business is housed. Read more »

DoT extends deadline for mandatory testing of telecom gear to April 2019

The engineering division, however, indicated that other equipment such as modem, audio conferencing equipment, fax machine, VHF equipment, Wi-Fi access point and multiplexing equipment would undergo testing from January 1, 2019. Read more »

Import duty hike to push up costs, hurt business: Ikea

Ikea said it’s still gauging the impact and wouldn’t be able to comment on whether prices will be raised or not. Read more »

DoT seeking technological solutions for call drops: Telecom secretary Aruna Sundararajan

Sundararajan said that the PM also suggested that the department should proactively reach out to customers so that the number of complaints come down. Read more »

More bad news for renewables; no priority lending

This had been one of the key demands of the renewable energy companies like Suzlon, ReNew Powet and Inox Wind that met with the Power Minister RK Singh on September 19 in... Read more »

SECI’s auction for 5GW solar manufacturing gets one bidder

As per the tender document, the bidders were allowed to bid for a minimum capacity of 1GW of manufacturing linked to 2GW of assured off take of power. Read more »

Motorcycle companies in India’s ‘Detroit’ hit by strike over wages

The unrest is the latest to hit the state of Tamil Nadu, dubbed the Detroit of South Asia because big automakers such as BMW, Daimler, Hyundai, Ford, Nissan and Renault have factories... Read more »

Telecom Minister blames people obstructing mobile tower installation for call drops

Sinha was speaking to reporters after releasing compendium of all the circulars, guidelines and policy directives issued by different wings of the telecom department. Read more »

Supreme Court reserves verdict on appeals of NuMetal, ArcelorMittal on eligibility to bid for Essar Steel

National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) had ruled that NuMetal's second bid for Essar Steel was eligible Read more »