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An electric fence to shield India's battery sector is coming up soon

NEW DELHI, April 14 -- India plans to prepare an Approved List of Battery Manufacturers (ALBM) to be the exclusive equipment vendors for government-supported energy storage schemes and projects, follo... Read More


Unsecured lending drove digital lenders rebound in FY26. But risks could re-emerge.

MUMBAI, April 14 -- Digital lending firms regained some momentum in FY26, as unsecured lending picked up and growth stabilized after a regulatory-led slowdown the previous year, industry executives an... Read More


Heatwave SOP a hllow measure: Activists

India, April 14 -- For gig workers like Datta Bansi Gupta, 32, the state government's SOPs have come as a relief. A delivery worker since 2018, Gupta works 12-13 hours a day to make Rs.2,000. But meet... Read More


Heatwave SOP mandates 12-4pm break for informal workers

India, April 14 -- The Maharashtra government on Monday issued a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for outdoor informal workers in urban areas during summer, delineating a string of measures to prote... Read More


ED conducts searches at 11 locations linked to accused godman Ashok Kharat

India, April 14 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday conducted searches at 11 locations across three cities in Maharashtra as part of its money laundering probe against self-styled godman Ash... Read More


PM Modi to inaugurate Delhi-Dehradun Expressway today

New Delhi, April 14 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Tuesday inaugurate from Dehradun the 210km Delhi-Dehradun Expressway, which the government has said will reduce the travel time from six hou... Read More


Malviya Nagar: Court grants couple bail in racial abuse case

NEW DELHI, April 14 -- A Delhi court on Monday granted regular bail to a couple accused of racially abusing their neighbours from Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur, noting that they had fulfilled all cond... Read More


Yogi hits out at 'nepotism' in recruitments before 2017, Pakistan's 'struggle for food'

LUCKNOW, April 14 -- Taking an apparent dig at the Samajwadi Party without naming it, chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday accused it of "promoting nepotism". He also said people in Pakistan are s... Read More


State govt forms SIT to probe housing scam in Nashik

India, April 14 -- The state government on Monday constituted a special investigation team (SIT), headed by Nashik divisional commissioner Praveen Gedam, to probe alleged irregularities in private hou... Read More


Police lapses sink snatching case; two acquitted by Panchkula court

Panchkula, April 14 -- Highlighting serious lapses in the investigation by Panchkula Police, a local court acquitted two men accused in a gold earrings snatching case after the prosecution failed to p... Read More