Parliament approves Carriage of Goods by Sea Bill

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New Delhi, Aug 6 (IANS) The Parliament on Wednesday passed The Carriage of Goods by Sea Bill, 2025, with the Rajya Sabha approving it by voice vote amid the ruckus created in the upper house by the opposition MPs over the Special Intensive Revision issue.The Bill has already been cleared by the Lok Sabha. With both Houses of Parliament already having approved the Bill of Lading Bill, 2025, it will now be sent to the President for her assent to be promulgated as the law.Minister of State for Port…

Union Minister launches book on cutting carbon footprint in handloom sector

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New Delhi, Aug 6 (IANS) Union Minister of Textiles Giriraj Singh on Wednesday officially launched the book titled ‘Carbon Footprint Assessment in the Indian Handloom Sector: Methods and Case Studies’, which incorporates simple steps to measure and reduce the carbon footprint in India’s handloom industry. The book has been jointly prepared by the Office of Development Commissioner for Handlooms, Ministry of Textiles and Department of Textiles & Fibre Engineering, IIT, Delhi.An official …

5G smartphone shipments capture 87 pc of overall India market in April-June

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New Delhi, Aug 6 (IANS) 5G smartphone shipments accounted for 87 per cent of the overall India market in the April-June quarter, marking a 20 per cent yearly increase, a report showed on Wednesday.Notably, 5G smartphones priced between Rs 8,000 and Rs 10,000 recorded over 600 per cent year-on-year growth, reflecting surging demand for affordable 5G access, according to the report by CyberMedia Research (CMR) India.India’s smartphone market grew 8 per cent year-on-year (YoY) in Q2 2025. The gro…

Nasscom selects 37 startups for 3rd cohort of GenAI Foundry Programme

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New Delhi, Aug 6 (IANS) IT industry’s leading body Nasscom on Wednesday said it has selected 37 innovative Generative AI startups for the third cohort of the GenAI Foundry programme.The latest cohort brings together pioneering startups from across five transformative domains, including HR and Talent-Intelligence Copilots, Finance and FinOps Copilots, Enterprise Workflow and Knowledge Copilots, Defence and Physical Autonomy, and AI Security and TrustTech.According to the firm, over the last two c…

VIP Clothing’s Q1 net profit falls over 8.2 pc to Rs 2.22 crore

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Mumbai, Aug 6 (IANS) VIP Clothing Limited on Wednesday reported a drop in net profit for the first quarter (Q1) of FY26, with earnings falling 8.26 per cent quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) to Rs 2.22 crore compared to Rs 2.42 crore in the previous quarter (Q4 FY25). This decline came despite stable revenue, as the company’s revenue from operations rose slightly by 0.83 per cent to Rs 65.44 crore from Rs 64.9 crore in Q4 FY25, according to its stock exchange filing.Total income in the quarter stood at…

PM Modi's 'Vocal for Local' appeal impress businessmen in Surat, aiming to make India third largest economy

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Surat, Aug 6 (IANS) As Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged the nation to adopt the ‘Vocal for Local’ initiative, two thousand businessmen doing business in different sectors in Gujarat’s Surat gathered on Wednesday under the ‘Progressive Alliance’, aimed at making India the world’s third-largest economy. The event comes amid US President Trump’s tariff threat. However, PM Modi has said that citizens also have certain responsibilities, and urged everyone to take a pledge for Swadeshi.He de…

7,200 complaints filed over fake goods sold by e-commerce firms in January-June

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New Delhi, Aug 6 (IANS) As many as 7, 221 grievances related to the sale of spurious, fake and duplicate products in the e-commerce sector have been registered in the 6-month period from Jan to June this year on the National Consumer Helpline, up from 4,997 such complaints registered during the entire year in 2024, the Parliament was informed on Wednesday.During FY 2024-25, the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has carried out a total of 22 search and seizure operations at warehouses associated w…

Gujarat govt, NTPC explore opportunities for collaboration in green and renewable energy projects

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Gandhinagar, Aug 6 (IANS) Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel met with Gurdeep Singh, Chairman and Managing Director of National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC), in Gandhinagar on Wednesday and explored opportunities for collaboration in green and renewable energy projects.The discussions centred on expanding collaboration between the state and NTPC in mutually beneficial projects, particularly in the fields of renewable energy, green hydrogen, nuclear power, and pumped storage solutions.Ref…

Closed coal mines repurposed into ecoparks, tourism sites: Centre

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New Delhi, Aug 6 (IANS) Closed coal mines have been repurposed into eco-parks, mine tourism sites, recreational parks and other community-oriented facilities, the government said on Wednesday.Bishrampur (Kenapara) and Ananya Vatika in South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL), Saoner Eco Park in Western Coalfields Limited (WCL), Kayakalp Vatika and Pisciculture at Kerketta Mine Void in Central Coalfields Limited (CCL) are some of the notable examples, Union Minister of Coal and Mines, G. Kishan Re…

Gujarat's handloom sector records Rs 290 crore in sales for 2024–25: Govt

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Gandhinagar, Aug 6 (IANS) Gujarat’s handloom sector is weaving a strong comeback with over Rs 290 crore worth of handloom products sold in 2024–25 by more than 246 handloom cooperative societies across the state, government officials said on Wednesday. Backed by the Gujarat government’s pro-weaver policies and strategic support under its ‘Package Scheme’, this growth highlights the revival of traditional textile arts and a push for economic empowerment through craftsmanship.As part of the sche…