Investment

The Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu has advised the Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to take a personal interest in expediting the defence projects in Andhra Pradesh, the foundation stones for many of which have been laid.

About 2 million xEVs (electric and hybrid vehicles) will be sold in India in 2030 owing to increasing government initiatives and incentives, domestic OEMs' interest towards EVs and the increasing popularity and awareness among Indian customers, says a research report.

Piramal Enterprises' sale of a stake in Shriram Transport Finance Co Ltd (STFC) to institutional investors will not significantly alter STFC's operations, says S&P Global Ratings.

GAIL (India) Ltd has produced Metallocene linear-low density polyethylene (mLLDPE) on its world-class 400,000 MT per annum UNIPOL™ PE Reactor line at Pata in Uttar Pradesh.

World Food India 2019, to be held 1-4 November 2019, will be the biggest gathering of all global and domestic stakeholders in Food Processing Sector.

Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal and industry stakeholders have discussed opportunities for India in the growing digital economy.

Netcore Solutions, a Mumbai-headquartered global Marketing Technology company, said The Star Online of Malaysia has partnered with its AI-powered behavioural analytics and multi-channel customer engagement suite - Netcore Smartech.

Representatives of Digital Economy and Start-ups have shared their views and made suggestions regarding Big Data, data mining, building of digital infrastructure as the big challenge before Indian economy besides scaling-up and incentivising Research & Development (R&D) within India.

The Electronics and IT Ministry has finalized a data protection law which will soon be taken to the cabinet and parliament for approval, Minister in charge, Ravi Shankar Prasad, has told an industry conference.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has acknowledged the challenge in the goal to make India a US$5 trillion economy by 2024 but has assured that it can be achieved.