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Adani Skill Development Center Receives Top Honours for Pioneering ‘SAKSHAM’ Best Practice in Digital Transformation

October 7, 2023 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi, India, 7 October 2023 — In a momentous achievement, the Adani Skill Development Center (ASDC), an initiative by Adani Foundation, has recently been bestowed with the prestigious Best Practice in Digital Transformation award by the CII-Tata Communications Center for Digital Transformation. This recognition is the testimony to ASDC’s excellence in innovation as demonstrated […]

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Khalistan: British PM Sunak calls Canada’s Trudeau to de-escalate tension with India

October 7, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: In a fresh move by the West to persuade Canada to get its bilateral relations with India back to normal, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called his Canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau on Friday to de-escalate tension with New Delhi. The two leaders underscored the importance of de-escalation of the India-Canada […]

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Roving Periscope: After Hamas fires 5,000 rockets, and kills 22, Israel back at war in Gaza

October 7, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Israel on Saturday declared “We are at war” and launched Operation Iron Swords after Iran-supported Hamas extremists fired around 5,000 rockets from the Gaza Strip, Palestine, into the Jewish nation whose Defense Minister Yoav Gallant vowed to win the fresh conflict. Reports said 22 Israelis died and many others were […]

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Come October: Russia praises India, Modi—to woo them back from the US!

October 6, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: As the year 2024 approaches, the US is trying to ‘reset’ China, and its bete noire Russia is also ‘rediscovering’ India! That is why, in quick succession, Russian President Vladimir Putin hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a “very wise man,” and called India a “giant country.” He also backed […]

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Roving Periscope: The US tries to woo China back from Russia; Biden-Xi may meet in Nov

October 6, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: As bilateral tensions between the US and China flow and ebb on multiple issues, President Joe Biden may meet his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in San Francisco in November. San Francisco will host an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in November. President Xi Jinping, who recently skipped the G-20 Summit […]

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A new menace: Bedbug epidemic in Paris; rodents ‘take over’ parts of Kolkata

October 5, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: India’s Kolkata is waiting for a pied-piper to rid the metropolis of its innumerable rodents who are eating even a ‘bridge like a cake’. Thousands of miles away, the French are faced with an unprecedented ‘national emergency’ and praying to keep the bedbug menace away lest it repel the millions […]

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Sports: Cricket WC may add $2 bn to the Indian economy, says BoB economists

October 5, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: The International Cricket Council (ICC)’s Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023, whose first of the 10 matches kicked off on Thursday, is expected to add USD 2.4 billion (Rs. 200 crore) to the Indian economy. This is the 13th edition of the Cricket World Cup, a quadrennial One Day International (ODI) tournament contested by […]

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Green logistics: Essar’s GreenLine to invest Rs. 200 cr, inks deal with Hindustan Zinc

October 4, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Mumbai: In a significant step towards sustainability and environmental responsibility, Vedanta Group’s Hindustan Zinc Ltd (HZL), India’s largest and only integrated producer of zinc, lead, and silver, has signed a deal with Essar Group’s GreenLine Mobility Solutions Ltd for the deployment of LNG-powered fleet in its supply and transportation operations. GreenLine will invest Rs. 200 […]

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Roving Periscope: Ousting its first House Speaker, the US makes history since 1776

October 4, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit    New Delhi: Come September, we all have springs in our feet. But as the month of October approaches each year, the world’s attention gets focused on the United States, Sweden, and Norway. On Washington, because the Opposition ritually flexes its muscles and tries to stall the Administration’s funding ahead of the new […]

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We are delighted with IHC’s decision to enhance its investment in Adani Enterprises Ltd : Adani Group

October 4, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Ahmedabad, 3 October 2023; We are delighted with IHC’s decision to enhance its investment in Adani Enterprises Ltd (AEL), which further validates AEL’s standing as a global leader in incubating new businesses, particularly in sustainable infrastructure, developing global aviation infrastructure and equitable energy transition. We see IHC’s increased stake as a ringing endorsement of our […]

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