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EV Policies: NCR States Need To Focus On Overall Electrification Target, Says CAQM

The CAQM noted in a report that unlike Delhi and UP, Haryana’s policy does not have an overall electrification target The CAQM, set up for Air Quality Management in NCR and adjoining areas, is betting on EVs to reduce air pollution The report said that it is necessary for all state programmes to set time-bound …

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Mulling New Law To Ensure Big Tech Players Pay Publishers For Using Content: MoS Chandrasekhar

The market power on digital advertising exercised by the big tech majors places Indian media companies at a position of disadvantage: MoS Chandrasekhar The move is being mooted through regulatory interventions, which may happen as part of revisions to the existing IT laws: Chandrasekhar The rules will likely be framed along the lines of a …

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Edtech Consortium Responds To Charges Of Mis-Selling Courses, Claims Safeguards In Place

100% of the complaints received till June 2022 have been resolved, while the complaints received in July are going through active screening: Indian Edtech Consortium Of 5,532 complaints received by the ASCI, the edtech space accounted for less than 2% of the total complaints, claims IEC Member firms have resolved more than 99% of the …

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Weekly Performance Of New-Age Tech Stocks: Paytm Surges, Policybazaar Among Biggest Losers

NSE Nifty50 ended the week over 1% lower at 16,049.20, while BSE Sensex closed 1.3% lower at 53,760.78 on Friday Shares of Paytm’s parent One 97 Communications surged as much as 5.7% this week to over INR 738 apiece to touch their highest levels since March 11 on the BSE Zomato shares ended the week …

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Government Revives 2019 Bill To Bring Digital News Portals Under Its Ambit

Called the Registration of Press and Periodicals Bill, the proposed legislation will seek to replace the British-era Press and Registration of Books Act, 1867 The Centre has reportedly completed all inter-ministerial and other stakeholder consultations, and the Bill will now go to the Cabinet for its nod The Bill will bring online news portals under …

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After Haryana, Chhattisgarh Approves Policy To Promote Adoption Of Electric Vehicles

In order to establish an overall ecosystem of EV manufacturing and adoption, the Chhattisgarh government will give various subsidies and incentives The state government will reimburse 100% SGST and registration fees on sale of electric buses and electric goods carriages registered during the five-year period Chhattisgarh will also allocate 500-1,000 acres of land for developing …

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Kerala Become The First State With Its Own Internet Service, KFON Gets ISP Licence

“Kerala becomes the only State in the country with its own internet service,” Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said in a tweet Announced in 2019, the KFON initiative envisages a total of 35,000 km of optical fibre network across 14 districts KFON aims to create a core network infrastructure that will provide free internet access to …

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SEBI Surprises 20+ Private Equity Funds & AIFs With Inspection Over Compliance

*Only last year, SEBI made a slew of changes, including updating the definitions of venture capital undertakings and the conduct of find managers *This time, it has implored the flouting of structures by AIFs to give HNIs an edge in private equity investments *The surprise crackdown means an increased compliance burden on AIFs who are …

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[Funding Galore] From OneCard To VeGrow — $448 Mn Raised By Indian Startups This Week

The Indian startup ecosystem has raised around $448 Mn across 30 deals between July 11 and 16, 2022 The week saw LifeCell acquiring troubled telemedicine startup MFine to create a new entity LifeWell In this week, two startups turned unicorn – fintech startup OneCard, and Blockchain startup 5ire After a bitter start to the month, …

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