NEW DELHI: Auto retail sales declined over 9% year-on-year in Sept amid a massive build-up of passenger vehicle inventory due to sluggish demand, dealer’s body FADA said on Monday.The overall registrations declined to 17.2 lakh units last month from 19 lakh units in Sept 2023, as most of the categories, including passenger vehicles and two-wheelers,…
It’s been over 18 months since Manasi Kirloskar took charge as vice chairperson at Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM), having been thrust into the position almost abruptly after untimely death of her father Vikram Kirloskar in November 2022. Since then, Manasi – who is married into Tata family (her husband Neville is the son of Noel…
NEW DELHI: Hero Motors, the auto-components firm of the Hero Motors Company (HMC) Group, has withdrawn its documents for an initial public offering (IPO) worth Rs 900 crore, an update with markets regulator Sebi showed on Monday.In its draft papers, the company had proposed to raise Rs 500 crore through a fresh issuance of equity…
MUMBAI/ NEW DELHI: India’s concerns over a surge in silver imports from UAE after implementation of a bilateral trade agreement is expected to be taken up during a joint meeting next week.“We have a joint trade committee which works on these issues. Next week they have a meeting in the UAE and that will be…
NEW DELHI: Nestle India said its chairman and managing director Suresh Narayanan will retire on July 31, 2025. The Swiss parent has nominated Manish Tiwary as the company’s new MD, subject to approvals. Tiwary is currently a director at Amazon Digital Services and More Consumer Brands and he will step down from this role on…
Government internships to apply for in October 2024 NEW DELHI: Close to 50 companies – ranging from TCS and Tech Mahindra to L&T, Apollo Tyres. Titan, Divis Labs and Britannia – have offered over 13,000 internship opportunities to youth through the PM Internship scheme portal opened for corporate registrations last week.So far, around 200 companies…
NEW DELHI: The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE), which conducts ICSE and ISC board exams, is gearing up for sweeping reforms with introduction of robotics and artificial intelligence as subjects for students of Classes XI and XII from 2025-26. At elementary level, these subjects will be offered in an integrated approach, where…
US pharma giant Gilead Sciences’ partnership with domestic companies to produce generic versions of its groundbreaking HIV prevention therapy, lenacapavir, is expected to make treatment significantly more affordable, with prices likely to drop to a fraction of those charged in the US. However, despite this potential for reduced costs, concerns persist regarding accessibility in high-incidence…
NEW DELHI: Amid the ongoing crisis in Manipur, 168 individuals, including 78 internally displaced persons (IDPs) affected by the violence have successfully secured job placements after completing skill training under ‘Hunar Se Rozgar‘ scheme.Among the 78 are 15 young, displaced women who, with 15 others, underwent an intensive 3-week programme at Hindu College, Delhi University,…
DEHRADUN: The nine-member panel for drafting the rules and regulations for the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) after its final meeting on Monday said “the process has been completed and the draft is being sent for printing”. Panel, headed by ex-chief secretary Shatrughan Singh formed in Feb this year, would subsequently hand over the report to…
