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India’s import of machinery and equipment from Germany in 2024 increased 2.6% to 4,298 million Euros, according to VDMA, an organisation for the machinery and equipment manufacturing industry in Germany and Europe.India constitutes 2.2% of Germany’s total export of machinery and equipment.However, export of machinery from India to Germany fell 4.9% in 2024 compared with the previous year.German machinery and equipment manufacturing companies exported goods worth 199.6 billion Euros in 2024, which was 5% (nominal) lesser than the exports during 2023, VDMA said in a press statement. Adjusted for prices, machinery exports were 7.1 % below the previous year’s level.Germany’s…

The I&B Ministry has asked self-regulatory bodies of OTT platforms to take appropriate proactive action for violation of the Code of Ethics by the platforms. Image for representation. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Warning OTT streaming services against transmitting “any content that is prohibited by law”, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (I&B) on Thursday (February 20, 2025) said they should ensure “age-based classification of content” as per the Information Technology (Intermediary Liability and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021.The OTT (over-the-top) platforms should enforce age-gating requirements for mature content, it said. Also read: How the Centre plans to regulate…

JBM Ecolife Mobility Pvt ltd., a subsidiary of JBM Auto Ltd. said it has secured an order for 1,021 electric buses valued at ₹5,500 crore under the Government of India’s PM e-Bus Sewa Scheme-2 initiative. These buses will be deployed in 19 cities in Gujarat, Maharashtra and Haryana. Under this tender, JBM Ecolife Mobility will be responsible for the end-to-end execution. The project will be supported by a Payment Security Mechanism (PSM), ensuring timely payments to electric bus operators and enhancing financial sustainability for industry stakeholders. Nishant Arya, Vice Chairman & Managing Director, JBM Auto, said, “This significant order strengthens our commitment to…

 Jeethu Joseph, Mohanlal and producer Antony Perumbavoor | Photo Credit: X/Mohanlal Malayalam superstar Mohanlal has confirmed a third part to his successful Drishyam franchise. Taking to X (formerly Twitter), Mohanlal shared a picture with director Jeethu Joseph and producer Antony Perumbavoor. He wrote, “The Past Never Stays Silent Drishyam 3 Confirmed!” The Past Never Stays SilentDrishyam 3 Confirmed!#Drishyam3pic.twitter.com/xZ8R7N82un— Mohanlal (@Mohanlal) February 20, 2025Released in 2013, Drishyam was a murder mystery film starring Mohanlal as Georgekutty, an ordinary cable TV provider who gets embroiled in a murder investigation along with his family. The film turned on Georgekutty outsmarting the sharp IG…

Even as the Economic Survey 2024-25 called out corporate India for wage growth flagging while profits soared in recent years, the head of India’s apex industry chamber has noted that businesses are regularly hiking salaries but recent wage trends may not be strictly comparable with the past due to an increasing ‘Servicification’ of manufacturing.“Wage revisions have been happening regularly based on relevant industry surveys and inflation data, and it is also imperative that these revisions happen, because otherwise industry will not be able to retain talent,” Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) president Sanjiv Puri told The Hindu. On the concerns about wage…

Conversations rarely get as candid as the ones with Jiiva. The star is an extension of the fun and mischievous characters he has played in films like Siva Manasula Sakthi and jokes are aplenty when conversing with him. It was interesting thus that his last film Black, a thriller featuring him in a serious role, turned out to be a hit. “I remember my friends calling me and saying how it’s nice to see all the boxes on ticketing apps look orange (laughs). Many of my films had a pandemic release, including 83 and films like Yatra 2 didn’t get…

File image. | Photo Credit: Reuters High frequency indicators, like vehicles sales, air traffic, steel consumption and GST E-way bills, point towards a sequential pickup in momentum of economic activity during the second half of the fiscal 2024-25 and sustain moving forward, RBI Bulletin said on Wednesday (February 19, 2025). However, a strong dollar, driven by US economic resilience and trade policy pivots, could exacerbate capital outflows from emerging economies, push risk premiums higher, and intensify external vulnerabilities, said an article on ‘State of the Economy’ published in RBI’s February bulletin. Economic activity momentum is poised to be sustained, strong…

Posters announcing the release date of ‘The Last of Us’ Season 2 | Photo Credit: HBO The much-awaited second season of the smash hit series The Last of Us will premiere on HBO on April 13, the American cable network has announced.Starring Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey, the show is based on PlayStation’s popular video game of the same name and made its debut on HBO in 2023. The show received critical acclaim and was later renewed for a second season.“Every path has a price. #TheLastOfUs returns April 13 on Max,” HBO posted on Instagram alongside character posters of Pascal and…

Image for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: PRASHANT NAKWE President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) Charanjot Singh Nanda, in an interaction with journalists on Wednesday said tax audits are among the core expertise of chartered accountants and emphasised about maintaining their forte. This is in context of company secretaries’ body the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) recently seeking inclusion of company secretaries into the definition of ‘accountant’ into the proposed new Income Tax Bill, 2025. Mr. Singh apprised the decision on the way forward would be taken by the coordination committee of the…

Singer Shreya Ghoshal interview on music trends | Video Credit: The Hindu Maestro Ilaiyaaraja’s first film recording was full of drama. Way back in 1976, even as the composer assembled his musical team to record the first song of his debut Tamil film ‘Annakili’, the power went off.Shreya Ghoshal’s first film recording, too, was nothing short of crazy. She had no clue that her debut song (‘Bairi Piya’ in Devdas) was being recorded. “It was a blessing in disguise,” she recalls, “He (director Sanjay Leela Bhansali) had heard me on TV and some albums, and picked me to sing for…