Telecom operators in India have reiterated that there is a need for the government and the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) to take a relook at the current spectrum pricing to make it affordable for operators to roll out services and also improve the health of the industry.

Highlighting that the revenues of the operators are under pressure and that the ARPUs (average revenue per user) are much lower today compared with how they were in times of 2G, Bharti Airtel chief regulatory officer Ravi Gandhi said, “In 4.4 MHZ network of 2G, the ARPUs were in the range even higher than the ARPU of today.”

Chennai-based two-wheeler major TVS Motor has been granted a patent for the rear fuel tank for scooters, an innovation it spearheaded in the industry, to help riders easily perform refuelling without having to open the seat.

The company is one of the auto firms that introduced the rear fuel tank for scooters with external filler cap in brands such as Wego, Jupiter and NTorq, bringing innovation to the conventional way of placing the fuel tank beneath the seat.

Given the inordinate delay in executing a Rs 1,400-crore project crucial for its Nagarnar steel plant in Chhattisgarh, state-run miner NMDC has decided to terminate the contract awarded to another state-owned firm BHEL way back in 2011.

The termination of the contract would further delay the commissioning of the plant, being built at a cost of Rs 15,525 crore.

Markets regulator Sebi on Thursday announced a risk management framework for liquid funds and norms governing investments in debt and money market instruments. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi), in its board meeting, announced that valuation of debt and money market instruments shall be based on mark to market. It also said liquid schemes should hold at least 20% in liquid assets and reduced the cap on sectoral limit of 25% shall be reduced to 20%.

Hours after civil aviation minister Hardeep Singh Puri's remark in parliament on Thursday that the present economic environment is not conducive for stake sales in Air India, the ministry issued a statement contradicting it. The ministry release said that the non-conducive environment was last year. However, things have improved now and the government plans to go ahead with privatisation.

In the wake of the BJP taking over half-a-dozen municipalities in the state after Trinamool Congress leaders switch sides, the ruling party is likely to bring in a new bill to enable administrators of municipalities to have a longer term in civic bodies.

NASA said Thursday that it's sending a drone called Dragonfly to explore Saturn's largest moon, Titan.

Using propellers, the drone will fly and land on several spots on the icy moon to study whether it can support microbial life.

The Reserve Bank of India's financial stability report (FSR) has pointed at the risk of concentrated exposures in fixed maturity plans (FMPs) of mutual funds (MFs) in light of certain FMPs 'defaulting' on the date of their maturity.

As part of its analysis of 'risky' investment profiles of FMPs and open-ended debt schemes, the FSR said, "For FMPs, top-five holdings across schemes formed at least 40 per cent of the aggregate corporate debt portfolio,

The ISRO has formed the NewSpace India Limited (NSIL), a public sector undertaking (PSU) that will commercially exploit the research and development work of the space agency, co-produce PSLV and launch satellites through SSLVs, the government said on Thursday.

Amazon.com has steadily added options for customers to receive their packages including in car trunks, inside home garages and potentially by drone. On Thursday, Amazon added another alternative for U.S. customers: Walk into a nearby retailer and pick up an Amazon package over the counter. The new option, called Counter, will launch with pharmacy Rite Aid Corp offering the service in 100 stores, with an expansion to 1,500 stores by year’s end, the companies said.

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