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Delhi had highest per-capita economic loss due to air pollution in 2019: Lancet
For years, northern India -- especially New Delhi -- has been battling critical levels of air pollution, which have remained consistently in the hazardous mark, for many days at a stretch, during winters. This air pollution has already taken a big toll on the health of the citizens and rattled the government, forcing it to devise new governance mechanism to address the menace of pollution in the capital.
Daimler India announces competition for startups
In a statement issued here, DICV said the early stage startups have been asked to pitch their ideas in the fields of Electric Vehicles and Alternate Mobility, Connectivity & Servitization, Future Mobility, and Customized Applications & Industrial Products.
At $1bn valuation, VerSe Innovation is India's latest unicorn
With this fresh funding, the company is now valued at over $1 billion, making its debut as the first unicorn in tech for local languages. The company said it aims to utlise the new capital in scaling up of Josh, the augmentation of local language content offerings, the development of content creator ecosystem, innovation in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) and the growth of its short-video platform.
India to grow at double-digit rate for FY21: Report
The economic contraction reported in the second quarter of 2020-2021 stood at 7.5 per cent. A big improvement from the first quarter of 20202-20201 where the economy touched the historic mark of (-) 23.9 per cent.
IBM acquires cloud managed services provider Nordcloud
Helsinki-based Nordcloud is triple certified in Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure. The move will further advance IBM's cloud migration and transformation capabilities, an important aspect of its hybrid cloud platform growth strategy, the company said in a statement.
Equity indices pare initial gains, Sensex down 170 points
It opened at 45,529.61 and has touched and intra-high of 45,938.40 and a low of 45,140.79. The Nifty50 on the National Stock Exchange was trading at 13,272.85, lower by 55.55 points or 0.42 per cent from its previous close. Heavy selling was witnessed in industrials, energy and auto stocks, while rise in the IT and telecom stocks supported the market.
BMW Group India to increase BMW, MINI model prices from Jan
From 4 January 2021, BMW Group India will introduce the new pricing for BMW and MINI portfolio, increasing the prices marginally by up to 2 per cent to offset the increasing input costs, said Vikram Pawah, President, BMW Group India.
Lockheed Martin acquires Aerojet Rocketdyne for $4.4 billion
The company said that acquiring Aerojet Rocketdyne will preserve and strengthen an essential component of the domestic defense industrial base and reduce costs for our customers and the American taxpayer. The acquisition comes at a time when Elon Musk-run SpaceX and Jeffe Bezos-owned Blue Origin are aiming for space contracts with the US government.
Re-igniting Rally: $900 billion United States stimulus to support emerging markets, Indian markets
The long-awaited deal for another round of US stimulus package has been sealed at a cap of $900 billion and comes down to $600 per week of direct unemployment benefits to each and every beneficiary.
National Council of Applied Economic Research projects GDP contraction of 7.3% in FY21
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) also has revised the real GDP growth projection for FY21 upwards to (-) 7.5 per cent on the back signs of faster recovery after the narrowing of the GDP contraction for the July-September, along with hopes of Covid-19 vaccines.
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