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Clear filtersThe Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has notified the Vizhinjam International Transshipment Seaport in Kerala as a Customs Port, allowing it to handle Export-Import (EXIM) cargo.The port began operating...
The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) facilitated the first-ever air consignment of Neelam and Totapuri mango varieties from Karnataka to the Maldives.The shipment opens a new...
India and the Maldives have launched the Favara–Unified Payments Interface (UPI) cross-border payment corridor, enabling money to be transferred between the two countries in real time.The corridor links the Maldives' Fav...
OmniCard has introduced India's first Unified Payments Interface (UPI)-based Flexi Benefits Wallet, designed to deliver tax-efficient benefits to employees.The wallet runs on a Prepaid Payment Instrument (PPI) platform l...
DBS Group, the Singapore-headquartered banking group, has been named the "World's Best Corporate Bank" at the 2026 Global Bank Awards presented by Global Finance magazine. The award recognises banks that excel in serving...
Fintech firm EnKash has introduced India's first meal card that works through the Unified Payments Interface (UPI). Employees holding the card can pay for food directly from their meal card balance by scanning eligible U...
IntroductionIn a deeply structural and highly massive exhibition of industrial prowess, India strictly and officially launched Bharat Tex 2026 in Delhi, forcefully opening the world's absolute largest integrated textile...
The Centre has given its approval to the 1,000 megawatt (MW) Naying Hydroelectric Project in Arunachal Pradesh. The project will be built on the Naying River, which is a tributary within the Siang River basin of the Stat...
The Union Home Minister laid the foundation stone for what will be the world's largest curd production plant, being set up under the Amul Bengal Dairy Project in Howrah, West Bengal.
The Ministry of Coal has stated that the National Coal Gasification Mission aims to build 100 million tonnes (MT) of coal gasification capacity by 2030. The scheme is expected to use around 75 million tonnes per annum (M...
The Central Government has notified a ban on Paraquat Dichloride, a herbicide linked to deaths from poisoning, under the Insecticides Act, 1968. The ban covers its manufacture, import, transport, distribution, sale and u...
India added a record 29 gigawatts (GW) of solar and wind power capacity during the first half of 2026, according to JMK Research. Of this, solar power accounted for 26 GW and wind power for 2.9 GW. The record addition re...
