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Deadlock at CAQM Meet: Industry Slams ‘One-Sided’ Session on 2027 EV Mandate
1+ hour, 38+ min ago (314+ words) CAQM meeting on 2027 EV mandate ends in deadlock as industry criticises lack of dialogue and data support. A meeting of an expert committee established by the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM), held on Friday to discuss mandating EVs for…...
Beyond tariffs: India-EU FTA text focuses on services, sustainability, IPR, digital trade
6+ hour, 45+ min ago (373+ words) The India-EU FTA enhances economic ties with commitments on services, sustainability, IPR, and digital trade, shaping modern trade relations. Beyond tariffs: India-EU FTA text focuses on services, sustainability, IPR, digital trade No specific flexibility on CBAM but assurance that if…...
Letters to Editor - The HinduBusinessLine
7+ hour, 21+ min ago (335+ words) Letters to Editor This refers to "New 48-hour free cancellation window introduced for air tickets" (February 27) India"s aviation watchdog DGCA"s new rule will surely make air travel significantly more flyer-friendly Passengers can now cancel or amend a booked…...
Red Reason - The HinduBusinessLine
8+ hour, 29+ min ago (285+ words) There's something tricky about building a middleweight tourer. Get it wrong, and experienced riders will call it dull. Make it too aggressive, and newcomers upgrading from smaller machines will feel like they've accidentally adopted a wild horse. That's why the…...
Breaking the funding barrier for women farmers
8+ hour, 43+ min ago (300+ words) Subramani Ra Mancombu, Consulting Editor,businessline, Anupam Gupta, CBO, Kissandhan, Ravi Kumar, Lead Smallholder farming, South Asia, Bayer AG and Ajay Kumar Jha, Deputy General Manager, product development and marketing, SBI According to Ravi Kumar, rather than bias, it is…...
Women to move from drudgery to decision-making in agriculture: Agri Secretary at businessline’s Agri Summit
9+ hour, 16+ min ago (506+ words) Devesh Chaturvedi, Secretary of the Department of Agriculture & Farmers" Welfare The government is focused on changing the role of women in agriculture from drudgery and hard labour to more systematic, mechanised and organised working, shifting more decisively towards decision-making and…...
Women power in the fields – cultivating success through collectives
9+ hour, 30+ min ago (440+ words) Discover how women agripreneurs in India are transforming rural farming through collectives, overcoming challenges, and achieving success. Women power in the fields " cultivating success through collectives A new rural revolution is happening with women agripreneurs banding together to overcome barriers…...
Need to shift to market-determined prices from MSP, says Nabard Chairman Shaji
12+ hour, 20+ min ago (486+ words) Outlining the three imperatives of agricultural development " economic, climate and social " Nabard Chairman KV Shaji said on Friday that the minimum support price (MSP) system can be replaced if some structural shifts are implemented. He suggested market-determined prices as an…...
The large US public debt, and the way forward
22+ hour, 23+ min ago (420+ words) For a clear understanding, we need to first go back in time. In the aftermath of the Global Financial Crisis in 2007, the US public debt rose substantially. However, the interest cost was low for a long time. This is because…...
Editorial. Last mile finance
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (339+ words) Local body finances need boost, with more transparency Debates on Finance Commission awards revolve around the share of revenues to be shared with States and the norms for sharing between States However, what is less discussed are the financial needs…...