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Posco, JSW Steel plan $8-9 bn Odisha plant

Mumbai/Bangalore, Aug. 19 -- South Korean steelmaker Posco Holdings and JSW Steel Ltd intend to spend Rs.70,000-80,000 crore ($8-9 billion) to set up a 6 million tonne per annum steel plant possibly i... Read More


India may choose a tiered path to rare earth self-reliance

new delhi, Aug. 19 -- India may link incentives aimed at spurring rare earth magnet manufacturing to the level of local materials used as the government seeks to counter China's supply curbs, accordin... Read More


3 shipbuilding clusters to come up at Rs.75,000 crore

New Delhi, Aug. 19 -- Centre is looking at an investment of Rs.75,000 crore in the three brand-new shipyards planned along its east and west coasts, as it targets to make India a global hub for shipbu... Read More


Stuck in a loop: Slow progress of the Indian marathon runner

Mumbai, Aug. 19 -- Three decades into his triple jump world record of 18.29m from the 1995 World Championships, Jonathan Edwards had this to say to BBC this month about it remaining untouched: "I don'... Read More


Reddy to take motor racing on a fast track

India, Aug. 19 -- What's the most attention-grabber way to introduce Akhilesh Reddy? Call him India's Bernie? Reddy laughs at the suggestion and says, "yes, you can say that". (Think circuits, lanes a... Read More


Women cannot be left out of decision making process, says Mohan Bhagwat

New Delhi, Aug. 19 -- Half of the population cannot be left out if society has to be transformed, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat said on Monday as he pitched for a bigger role f... Read More


Forces destroy Maoist camp in Chhattisgarh

Raipur, Aug. 19 -- Security forces have destroyed a Maoist camp in a forested hilly area in Gariaband district of Chhattisgarh and recovered arms, ammunition, cash, and other materials from the spot i... Read More


K'taka govt suspends exhumation activities

Bengaluru, Aug. 19 -- The Karnataka government on Monday informed the state assembly that the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the alleged mass burials in Dharmasthala has decided to temporari... Read More


105-yr-old man eldest among digital literates

Kochi, Aug. 19 -- A 105-year-old former imam from Kerala's Ernakulam district is the eldest among over 2.1 million people who have been adjudged "digitally literate" as part of an ongoing campaign in ... Read More


Torrential rain leaves 8 dead in Maharashtra

Mumbai, Aug. 19 -- Eight people have been killed due to incessant rains across Maharasthra, with two deaths reported in Mumbai, and six more across various districts of the state, with Nanded district... Read More