Akio Toyoda

Market reaction to Toyoda's announcement was muted - the automaker's stock price was little changed on Friday

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The succession announcement was broadcast on a webcast through the automaker's Toyota Times channel

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At the Auto Expo 2023, Lexus India showcased the LF-30 Concept car.

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He also says that Lexus would not run after volumes

Lexus RX

Top-end SUV LX450d also unveiled, along with fifth-gen Lexus LS, which will be on sale next year

The six units being planned to be listed are Vedanta Aluminium, Vedanta Oil & Gas, Vedanta Power, Vedanta Steel and Ferrous Materials, Vedanta Base Metals and Vedanta Limited

Vedanta

To push their products in the Indian market, Apple Inc has not passed on to customers the cost of the hefty dealer margins offered to iPhone resellers and distributors

Apple Store Saket

How three men passionate about 'cool' motorcycles are trying to make India fall in love again with Jawa and Yezdi, with a leaf out of Royal Enfield's book

Jawa

The government is also likely to have sweeping powers to track, monitor, intercept, moderate and take down online content under the new law

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August tax mop-up gives boost to govt finances

Tax revenue

The French troops withdrawing from Niger were seen as a key line of defence for about a decade in Western efforts against jihadi violence in Africa's Sahel region, the vast arid expanse south of the Sahara Desert.
As the US keeps pushing for a diplomatic solution to resolve Niger's political crisis, analysts say the country's junta might struggle to sustain its relative peace with no external support.
French President Emmanuel Macron has agreed to withdraw France's ambassador and troops from Niger after the July coup that deposed its elected president and triggered anti-French sentiment in the former colony.
In response, the junta welcomed the end of imperialist and neo-colonialist forces" and said Monday that the withdrawal must follow a negotiated framework and mutual agreement.
US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin said in Kenya on Monday that Washington's desire is for Niger's political crisis to be resolved through diplomatic means and that the United States will continue to evalu

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The International Air Transport Association (IATA) is the trade body for the world's airlines, representing some 300 airlines or 83 per cent of total air traffic

Noida airport

Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu on Wednesday sought details of expenditure on the use of a helicopter and a fixed-wing aircraft by the Bhagwant Mann government, accusing it of spending public money on luxury sorties for AAP campaigns in other states.
Sidhu wrote to the secretary of the Punjab Civil Aviation Department, seeking the information under the Right to Information Act.
The Congress leader said the Aam Aadmi Party government, in the last one and a half years, used the aircraft for election campaigning in Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh and other states.
"It has come to notice that the Punjab government on various occasions has used the official state chopper and also hired fixed-wing aircraft for campaigns and tours regarding party affairs, I need information on various accounts under RTI," he wrote.
As the state government has to pay for the financial burden caused by hiring of fixed-wing aircraft, I request you to kindly inform the following things, the former minister ...

Punjab Cong chief Navjot Singh Sidhu’s advisor, under fire over his controversial comments on Kashmir, quit on Friday

Navjot Singh Sidhu

ArcelorMittal executive chairman Lakshmi N Mittal on Wednesday expressed confidence that AMNS India's Hazira project, which is under expansion, will be commissioned by 2026.
In October last year, ArcelorMittal's arm AMNS India had stated that it will invest Rs 60,000 crore to scale up capacity of its steel plant at Hazira to 15 million tonnes (MT).
"We have full confidence that with the cooperation of the Centre and Gujarat government, we will be able to commission the project by 2026, Mittal said here while speaking at the celebrations of 20 years of 'Vibrant Gujarat' summit.
Hazira expansion project is moving at a fast pace and over 20,000 people are involved in the project construction, he said.
"It is our target to double our production capacity in the first phase and then triple...we will also make advance products for technology," he said, adding it would help India reduce imports and become self-reliant.
The company is also committed for sustainability, he said.
He also sa

A logo is seen on the roof of the ArcelorMittal steelworks headquarters in Ostrava, Czech Republic. Photo: Reuters

Lenders' reluctance to accept SRs, lengthy negotiations dragging its work, says senior exec

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Eminent farm scientist M S Swaminathan was cremated here on Saturday with government honours, marked by a police gun salute.
A platoon of police personnel in ceremonial attire gave a gun salute and bugle was played marking the Tamil Nadu government's honour at a crematory here.
The final rites were performed by the family members and the body was cremated at the Besant Nagar electric crematorium.
Swaminathan passed away here on Thursday. He was 98.

M S Swaminathan

In a significant milestone for Jammu and Kashmir under the Swachh Bharat Mission, all of its 6,650 villages have been declared open defecation-free plus model, officials said here on Saturday.
This achievement is a significant milestone as it goes beyond constructing and use of toilets towards cleanliness by managing greywater and solid waste in each village, they said.
The union territory has declared all its 6,650 villages across 285 blocks in 20 districts as open defecation-free (ODF) Plus Model, they said.
J-K Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha said the achievement underlines coordinated efforts of all to improve the quality of life for citizens.
"Under the guidance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, 100 per cent J-K villages have achieved the ODF Plus status in 'Model' category under Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen) phase-II. This achievement underlines coordinated efforts of all to improve the quality of life for citizens," Sinha said in a post on X.
For a village to achieve the O

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said the aspirational districts programme changed the lives of more than 25 crore people in 112 districts of the country and its success will now form the basis of the aspirational blocks programme.
Modi made the remarks as he launched a unique week-long programme for aspirational blocks called 'Sankalp Saptaah' at the Bharat Mandapam here.
The prime minister stressed on the importance of optimum utilisation of resources, convergence and public participation for development at the grassroots level.
"The Aspirational Districts Programme has changed the lives of more than 25 crore people in 112 districts of the country. There has been a change in their quality of life," Modi said.
Now, the success of the aspirational districts programme will form the basis of the aspirational blocks programme, he said.
"Very few people get the chance to run a government for as long as I have. And I say from experience that it is not only that the budget bring

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Tripura is planning to buy 80MW additional power to ensure uninterrupted electricity during Durga Puja, Power Minister Ratan Lal Nath has said.
This year, the state's power demand is expected to be around 380MW during the Durga Puja days, Nath said after a review meeting here on Friday.
In 2021, the state's peak hour demand during Durga Puja, the state's biggest festival, was 327MW, which rose to 332MW in 2022, he said.
"Like previous years, Tripura State Electricity Corporation Ltd (TSECL) has taken steps to provide uninterrupted power during Durga Puja. We expect the demand to be around 380MW this year during the festival days," he said.
"The state currently has 300MW power. TSECL will arrange an additional 80MW to meet the requirement during Durga Puja,' he added.
He hinted at cutting down power sales to Bangladesh to ensure adequate power supply during the festival days. At present, the state sells 100MW power to the neighbouring country daily.
Nath appealed to the Puja organ

Durga Puja festival

The Bengaluru Police have busted a Rs 854 crore cyber fraud scam and arrested six people who allegedly cheated thousands of victims across India on the pretext of an investment scheme, officials said on Saturday.
Out of the total cheated amount, Rs five crore had been frozen, they said.
The accused gang lured the victims through Whatsapp and Telegram. Initially, they were asked to invest smaller amounts ranging from Rs 1,000 to 10,000 on the pretext that they would earn Rs 1,000 to 5,000 per day as a profit, a senior police officer said.
Thousands of victims invested money ranging from Rs one lakh to 10 lakh or more, he said.
The money invested by the victims was dumped into different bank accounts through online payments. However, after completing the investment process, when the victim tried to withdraw the amount, they never got any refund, he added.
Once the amount was collected, the accused diverted the consolidated money to mule accounts (related to money laundering), the ..

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