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New Delhi: India is targeting $1 trillion in goods and services exports this year, with the government calling upon the automobile industry to deepen localisation, expand capacity and aggressively pursue global markets as the country seeks to build a more resi

The Himachal Pradesh Assembly on Wednesday passed the Himachal Pradesh State Universities (Amendment) Bill, 2026, amid strong opposition from BJP legislators, who said that the proposed changes would undermine the autonomy of state universities and bring their

Twins and triplets being born less than nine months apart, six people with the same father, and a 26-year-old man whose father is 38 are among the logical discrepancies being flagged by the automated system in Delhi s draft electoral rolls during the ongoing S

For many old auto suppliers, EVs raise an existential question: Will their product still be required? Here, the debate is different

Despite strong August sales data reflecting robust demand for passenger vehicles, auto stocks faced a notable drop. Maruti Suzuki and Tata Motors both reported impressive sales increases, while Hyundai Motor India celebrated its highest domestic sales ever in

Netflix had a busy release slate last week. The final season of Outer Banks premiered, and Robert de Niro returned to the service with a thriller where he catches a serial killer

A remotely controlled car, a journalist in the passenger seat and one wrong turn a demonstration of a Pakistani student s experimental driverless vehicle ended with the car crashing into a parked police van in Islamabad. A Pakistani journalist Muhammad Aalijah

Passenger vehicle sales in India soared by 35 percent in August, reflecting a thriving automotive market. Leading manufacturers such as Maruti Suzuki, Tata Motors, and Mahindra & Mahindra reported exceptional growth, while Hyundai and Kia celebrated record-bre

A 31-year-old woman died by suicide at her Birbhum district house on Tuesday, the West Bengal police said. Police said they received a call from the family on Tuesday morning and rushed a team to the village

Effective September 1, auto-rickshaw fares in Dakshina Kannada district have seen a revision. Passengers will now start with a minimum charge of Rs 40 for the first 1.5 kilometers, followed by Rs 20 for each additional kilometer

Gartner projects that by the end of 2026, 40% of enterprise applications will embed task-specific AI agents, up from under 5% in 2025. But at the same time 40% of agentic AI projects are expected tobe cancelled by 2027 over weak governance

Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) will cost Rs 2 more per kg in Pune, Pimpri-Chinchwad and neighbouring areas from September 1, Maharashtra Natural Gas Limited (MNGL) said on Monday. The new rate will be Rs 97.75 per kg, inclusive of all taxes

Kolkata | New Delhi: Makers of smartphones, electronic products and automobiles are increasing prices slightly over the next fortnight amid rising costs but plan to hold off on further hikes until at least November end to protect demand during the festive seas

As the Maharashtra government s crackdown on non-Marathi speaking auto-rickshaw and taxi drivers entered its second day on Friday, fewer commercial passenger vehicles were seen plying on roads in parts of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), with several driv

Speaking at ET WLF 2026, Boris Johnson questioned the US objectives in the war and said the UK, as a key ally, should have sought clarity on how it could help. He also raised concerns over the possibility of the Strait of Hormuz being closed

Maharashtra s Marathi language rule for auto-rickshaw and cabbie drivers has turned the state s roads into examination halls. Officials from the Regional Transport Office (RTO) played the examiners, putting thousands of your local auto and taxi wala bhaiyyas t

JBM Auto on Friday clarified that an Economic Times report on Bain Capital's proposed investment in its electric vehicle business relates to subsidiary JBM Electric Vehicles. The company told stock exchanges that there was no material information requiring dis

New foreign investment rules are yielding positive results for India's economy. Twenty-nine investment proposals totaling over Rs 4,895 crore have been reported

At Dadar s Swaminarayan Temple on Thursday, the usual bustle of taxis picking up passengers gave way to roadside Marathi tests, with RTO officials stopping drivers and asking them to respond in Marathi to everyday requests about destinations, fares, travel tim

Uber, Verne and Pony.ai said on Wednesday they had launched autonomous rides in Zagreb, making the Croatian capital the first European city where users can book a self-driving vehicle through Uber's app.Here are more details:Currently, riders can book robotaxi

Two white Toyota Fortuners, moving through different parts of Delhi, were caught on camera on the same day in April. There was just one problem: both appeared to be the same vehicle, carrying identical registration and chassis numbers

A sell-off in U.S. Treasuries has pushed yields higher, raising borrowing costs for households, companies and the federal government

Mumbai: Czech auto major Skoda Auto on Tuesday announced its re-entry into the diesel segment in the Indian market after a five-year hiatus, unveiling its premium executive sedan, the all-new Superb.Besides this, the company also unveiled its new Slavia, and a

Skoda Slavia facelift is set to go on sale in India today, 18 August 2026, with variant-wise prices to be announced at the launch event. The updated midsize sedan is expected to bring revised styling, a significantly upgraded cabin and a new automatic gearbox

Maruti Suzuki's Fronx has achieved 2 lakh exports in under 38 months. This Indian-made SUV is now the fastest to reach this significant export milestone

We want justice, said a teary-eyed Sunita, 37, as she sat cross-legged on the road in a street near the Emergency Block at the Lal Bahadur Shastri (LBS) Hospital on Monday. Her brother, Anil Kumar, a 27-year-old Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) contractual

Sunil Singhania-backed Abakkus Flexi Cap Fund increased its exposure to Reliance Industries, Vedanta Power and 32 other stocks in July. The fund added shares of NTPC, Edelweiss Financial Services, Vedanta Aluminium Metal, SBI, HDFC Bank and ICICI Bank, while t

Autorickshaw commuters in Pune have alleged that some drivers are already charging fares based on the revised tariff, despite the new rates coming into effect only from September 1. Passengers claimed that drivers were citing the fare revision to demand amount

Travelling without a seat belt in your car or a helmet on a two-wheeler in Delhi? A CCTV camera installed by the Delhi Traffic Police may have possibly captured the violation

Bengaluru-based fabless semiconductor company Level Five Cartronics (LFC) that has secured design wins for chips used in the Indian Railways Kavach train-protection system, is planning to establish a supply chain in India, beginning with outsourced semiconduct

New Delhi: Japanese mobility solutions and financial services provider ORIX Corporation has identified India as one of its two focus growth markets globally, bullish on the prospects of vehicle leasing and rentals in the country 'taking off' going forward, acc

An investor looking for a sound company often looks for two obvious moats: Price and margin. But there is another one that rewards close scrutiny

The New Brunswick RCMP is investigating the deaths of two men whose bodies were found inside a residence in Knowlesville, New Brunswick, on August 12, according to a police news release. Members of the Western Valley Region RCMP responded to a report of two su

New Delhi, The Delhi Police Special Cell has arrested three alleged shooters from the Tillu Tajpur-Kaushal Chaudhary-Gurvinder Baba gang and recovered two semi-automatic pistols and 11 live cartridges, averting suspected extortion attempts, an officer said on

In July, fund managers recalibrated their blue-chip stock portfolios, focusing on select sectors like IT, automotive, and pharmaceuticals for increased investments. Notably, financial services, particularly non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) and private l

Cognition AI is in early talks with investors for a new funding round that may boost the coding startup s valuation by more than 50% to at least $40 billion, people familiar with the matter said.Prospective investors are circling the company less than three mo

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee has launched a four-month postgraduate certificate programme in Building AI-Powered Business Applications, which has been designed by the institute s iHUB DivyaSampark to equip working professionals who seek to

Mumbai, The Maharashtra government has proposed to amend the law to make "working knowledge of Marathi language" mandatory for cab drivers, with non-compliance potentially leading to suspension or revocation of their driving licences, officials said. State Tra

The man in question was Dr Chamanlal Bali, Raj Kapoor s close friend and family physician. In her memoir, Bonding, Vyjayanthimala recalled that Dr Bali was with the team of Sangam when they were filming in Switzerland, Paris and London and was a close friend o

DETROIT, - Ford Motor plans to move production of some Lincoln models from China to the U.S. beginning in 2030, Ford's CEO told Reuters on Wednesday, saying the move was difficult but necessary to strengthen the U.S

Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended the launch of former President Ram Nath Kovind s autobiography, Triumph of the Indian Republic: My Life, My Struggles ( by ANI) Speaking at the launch, Modi said Kovind's life showed how determination could help a person o

Nvidia is developing a new AI model family, Nemotron 4, with the goal of challenging top open-source models globally, The Information reported on Tuesday, citing people who work on the project. The chip giant is among the few major U.S

Yulu funding: Electric mobility startup Yulu raises $93 million in equity, debt to expand EV fleet - The Economic Times Yulu funding,bajaj auto,Electric mobility startup,Electric vehicles,Yulu Express,Ecommerce logistics,swiggy,zomato . Times

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India s physical artificial intelligence ambitions may be moving faster than the legal architecture designed for their deployment, even as the country ramps up hiring for robots, autonomous systems and other AI technologies, legal and policy experts told ET. I

Supriya Sule, a Member of Parliament and the daughter of Indian politician Sharad Pawar, recently spoke about her relationship with her father and what it meant to grow up in a political family. My father told my mother that I am happy to marry you, but I have

America is turning decades-old strontium-90 radioactive waste from Oak Ridge into a potential source of long-lasting nuclear power. Zeno Power is working with the Pentagon to develop seabed power nodes that could keep underwater drones, sensors and autonomous

ET Intelligence Group: A double-digit increase in revenue but lower profitability due to input cost pressure were the key highlights of the June 2026 quarter across sectors. Consumer focussed sectors including automobiles and consumer goods reported strong top