August 8, 2024
1 . NEW DELHI . Indian MSMEs created over 20.5 crore jobs in 4 years while 39 per cent of MSMEs in the country are now owned by women. PM Modi Releases Big Bang Numbers On Indian Economy ; STATESMAN
2 . NEW DELHI .The 56 listed PSUs that are part of the BSE PSU index made a combined profit of over five lakh crore rupees in FY24 ¹. This is a 48% increase from the previous year; Financial Express.
3 . CHENNAI.. IIT-Madras gets largest-ever single donation of Rs 228 cr from alumnus; Business Standard
4 . KOCHI . Microsoft, led by Satya Nadella, has emerged as India’s most ‘attractive employer brand; Randstad Employer Brand Research (REBR) 2024; DNA
5 . NEW DELHI . SECI’s net profit surges 38% to Rs 436.03 crore in FY24; expands total capacity to 65,317 MW.
6 . NEW DELHI . Domestic air passenger traffic rose 5.76 per cent to 13.2 million in June from 12.4 million last year. PM Modi Releases Big Bang Numbers On Indian Economy
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7 . NEW DELHI . 1.4 lakh recognised startups generating 15.5 lakh jobs.
8 . NEW DELHI . NHAI ordered to do stability check of the new Kali River bridge post-collapse; Business Standard
9 . NEW DELHI . Air India, IndiGo operate special flights to Dhaka, and repatriate over 400 people; New Indian Express
10 . NEW DELHI. Uganda commissions power transmission project; Powergrid provided consultancy. ET
11 . BANGLURU. NLC clocks 37 pc jump in Q1 net profit at Rs 567 crore.
12 . NEW DELHI . Govt to allow up to 35 per cent bio-bitumen mixing is widely used for making roads and roofs. to save Rs 10,000 cr of foreign exchange outflows; ET
13 . NEW DELHI . Centre Reshuffles Senior Bureaucrats, Amit Negi Made Additional Secretary In PM’s Office; Devesh Chaturvedi is new agriculture secretary, Sandeep Pondrik is steel secretary; NDTV; MINT
14 . NEW DELHI . Manisha Saxena, the director general (tourism) under the Union Ministry of Tourism, will now be additional secretary in the Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT). Mugdha Sinha, joint secretary in the culture ministry, will take over from Saxena as director general (tourism); NDTV
15 . NEW DELHI. Shri Raj Kumar Chaudhary has taken over as CMD at NHPC Limited,.
