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Two Bengaluru students test positive for Cholera after 47 hospitalised | India News

6Apr

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Two Bengaluru students test positive for Cholera after 47 hospitalised | India News

Two students from Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute who were hospitalised with others after they complained of loose stools and dehydration have tested positive for cholera, officials said on Saturday. This comes a day after 47 students from the same institute were hospitalised with similar symptoms. Dr Padma MR of the state surveillance unit, under the Department of Health and Family Welfare, said that the cultures of two students have come back positive for cholera. Following the incident, Principal Secretary of Medical Education Department and the Chairperson of Women's Commission visited the hospital and the Girls Hostel. According to Ramesh Krishna, Dean and Director of BMCRI, 47 students from the Institute's girls' hostel were admitt...

Apple Aims to Make a Quarter of the World’s iPhones in India

8Dec

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Apple Aims to Make a Quarter of the World’s iPhones in India

Updated Dec. 8, 2023 12:01 am ETApple and its suppliers aim to build more than 50 million iPhones in India annually within the next two to three years, with additional tens of millions of units planned after that, according to people involved.If the plans are achieved, India would account for a quarter of global iPhone production and take further share toward the end of the decade. China will remain the largest iPhone producer.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8

8Dec

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Apple Aims to Make a Quarter of the World’s iPhones in India

Apple and its suppliers aim to build more than 50 million iPhones in India annually within the next two to three years, with additional tens of millions of units planned after that, according to people involved.If the plans are achieved, India would account for a quarter of global iPhone production and take further share toward the end of the decade. China will remain the largest iPhone producer.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8

India’s construction sector levels up as housing demand spurs economy

2Dec

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India’s construction sector levels up as housing demand spurs economy

If India needed any more proof that it was in the midst of a huge housing boom, it got in this week's GDP data, heightening expectations that the industry will continue to power the economy for years to come. The construction sector grew 13.3% in July-September from a year earlier, up from 7.9% in the previous quarter and its best performance in five quarters, the data released on Thursday showed. That helped India expand at a forecast-beating 7.6%, making it one of the world's fastest-growing major economies. In contrast, Western economies have been squeezed by high interest rates and energy prices, while China has been hobbled by a debt crisis in its property sector. The long-awaited boom - which has created millions of jobs - comes after about six years of d...

JSW Infrastructure bags Rs 4,119 crore award for port in Karnataka

16Nov

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JSW Infrastructure bags Rs 4,119 crore award for port in Karnataka

JSW Infrastructure, the recently-listed entity of the JSW Group, on Thursday said it secured the winning bid for the development of an all-weather, deep-water, and greenfield port at Keni in Karnataka for an estimated cost of Rs 4,119 crore. The Karnataka Maritime Board, under the state government, has issued a letter of award for the port, which will be constructed with an initial capacity of 30 million tonnes per annum (mtpa), the company said in a statement. The award came nearly nine months after reports of the company emerging as the sole bidder for the project. According to sources, four parties were in the pre-bid stage — JSW Infrastructure, Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ), Navayuga Engineering Company, and Vishwa Samudra Engineer...

Liquor price list: Goa cheapest, Karnataka tops

24Sep

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Liquor price list: Goa cheapest, Karnataka tops

NEW DELHI: For several travellers, Goa is not just about its beaches but also about the cheap liquor - thanks to lower levies. The state has among the lowest tax rates in India, which is in sharp contrast to neighbouring Karnataka, which has the highest levy among the large markets in the country.An analysis done by industry body The International Spirits and Wines Association of India for TOI has estimated that a bottle of spirit - which means whisky, rum, vodka and gin - that costs Rs 100 in Goa can cost Rs 134 in Delhi and as much as Rs 513 in Karnataka (see graphic).At 49% of the MRP, the levies in Goa are by no means low. But they are much lower than the 83% in Karnataka and 71% in Maharashtra. The price index factors in the import duty levied on the overseas product, which will be c...

Foxconn to invest $600 mn in Karnataka for components, chipmaking machinery

2Aug

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Foxconn to invest $600 mn in Karnataka for components, chipmaking machinery

Taiwan's Foxconn will invest $600 million in two manufacturing projects in southern Indian state of Karnataka, including one which will be a partnership with U.S.-based Applied Materials, a state government statement said. Foxconn will invest $350 million to set up a unit to manufacture components for smartphones, including for iPhone, said the statement, first being reported by Reuters. The world's largest contract manufacturer will also invest $250 million in a second plant where it aims to produce chipmaking tools in partnership with Applied Materials, a key player globally in the semiconductor equipment making industry.(Only the headline and picture of this report may have been reworked by the Business Standard staff; the rest of the content is auto-generated from...