AMNS India appoints Nobuo Okochi as CFO from July 1, Amit Harlalka to take over as CEO

ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India (AMNS India) on Tuesday announced the appointment of Nobuo Okochi as Chief Financial Officer with effect from July 1.Okochi is currently Managing Executive Officer (India, ASEAN, Middle East and Africa) at Nippon Steel Corporation, a joint venture partner in AMNS India, according to PTI.He will succeed Amit Harlalka, who is being…

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Amaravati to Hyderabad in 70 mins, Pune to Mumbai in 48 mins: Vaishnaw’s new bullet train roadmap for south India

Union minister for electronics and information technology and railways Ashwini Vaishnaw on Tuesday laid out a roadmap to transform southern India’s transportation, placing the proposed bullet train network as a major driver of economic integration across key cities while also announcing significant rail and digital infrastructure expansion.Addressing the groundbreaking ceremony of the Google Cloud India…

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‘On verge of stopping operations’: In letter to Centre, airlines sound alarm over fuel prices

Air India, IndiGo and SpiceJet have urged the government to revise Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF) pricing and provide financial support, warning that the airline industry is under extreme stress and close to “stopping operations”.The appeal was made by the Federation of Indian Airlines (FIA), which represents the three carriers, in a letter to the civil…

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How rising crude prices amid Strait of Hormuz closure may spell gains for Indian upstream oil companies

Wars and geopolitical conflicts often have unexpected impacts for economies. Countries are struggling with tight energy supplies and companies in the Gulf are forced to rethink their production volumes. The key question is, what impact will the Middle East conflict have on Indian companies?While most Indian retailers are facing losses amid supply concerns, the Iran…

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Amazon to take Q-comm to 100 cities

Mumbai: Amazon is betting big on its quick commerce business, with plans afoot to take the instant delivery service to 100 cities from three locations now as it plays catch-up with rivals Blinkit, Swiggy Instamart and Zepto, which together hold the bulk of the market share.The development comes a few days after the firm made…

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CERT-In warns MSMEs on new AI risks

New Delhi: India’s cybersecurity agency, the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) has warned that advances in artificial intelligence are pushing cyberattacks into a new phase, with automation and scale bringing them firmly into the spotlight.In an advisory, CERT-In said frontier AI systems are now capable of autonomously identifying software vulnerabilities, analysing large volumes of…

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Strait of Hormuz blockade persists, but India’s imports of Russian oil are down from highs seen in March – here’s why

Nearly all Indian refiners, except Numaligarh Refinery, are now importing Russian crude. (AI image) India’s imports of crude oil from Russia have dropped from the highs seen in March when the supply disruptions from the Middle East caused by the US-Iran war and the Strait of Hormuz closure prompted refiners to step up buys from…

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