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Captain Polyplast starts production at new Ahmedmad facility
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Captain Polyplast starts production at new Ahmedmad facility

Mumbai: Solar EPC firm and micro-irrigation products maker Captain Polyplast Limited on Saturday announced that it has started production at its newly constructed manufacturing facility…

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India should increase investment in R&D to 2 per cent of GDP: Niti Aayog

New Delhi: India should significantly enhance its investment in research and development from the current level of 0.64 per cent to at least 2 per…

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RBI discontinues investment fluctuation reserve requirement for banks

Mumbai, The Reserve Bank on Monday discontinued the requirement for commercial banks to maintain Investment Fluctuation Reserve (IFR), an additional buffer to hedge against depreciation…

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Not activating countercyclical capital buffer, says RBI

Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India on Monday said it has decided against activating countercyclical capital buffer (CCyB) as the measure is not required in…

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Current account deficit to widen to 2.3 per cent of GDP in FY27 from 0.9 pc in FY26: Report

Mumbai: India’s current account deficit is set to widen to 2.3 per cent of GDP in FY27 from 0.9 per cent in FY26, a foreign…

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India’s fertiliser subsidy bill for FY27 may rise by Rs 70,000 cr on West Asia crisis, official says

New Delhi: The government’s fertiliser subsidy bill for 2026-27 may surge by Rs 70,000 crore to Rs 2.41 lakh crore, driven by rising import costs…

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‘Track imports, manufacture in India’: Piyush Goyal pushes swadeshi production

Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Monday asked Indian businesses to closely track the country’s import trends and identify products that can be…

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El Nino spells trouble for kharif harvests across India

A study by scientists from an ICAR institute has found that El Niño events have historically reduced yields of major kharif crops in India, especially…

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EXIM Bank eyes 10% jump in loan book in FY27 despite West Asia tensions

The Export-Import Bank of India is aiming for a 10 per cent jump in its loan book in the financial year 2026-27, despite the West…

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Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff prepares to introduce OpenAI CEO Sam Altman ahead of a conversation held at Yerba Buena Theater during the first day of Dreamforce, the annual tech conference hosted by Salesforce, in San Francisco, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023 (Jessica Christian/San Francisco Chronicle via AP) (AP)
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Who is Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff who said he will not hire any more engineers?

Marc Benioff, the co-founder, chairman, and chief executive officer (CEO) of Salesforce has drawn focus in the global technology industry after saying the company would…

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