AdvtBy ,ETAutoJoin the community of 2M+ industry professionals. Subscribe to Newsletter to get latest insights & analysis in your inbox. Download the ETAuto App and get the Realtime updates and Save your favourite articles. New Delhi: Hero MotoCorp on Thursday said its board has approved an additional investment of up to ₹275 crore in Euler Motors, signalling a continued push into the electric three- and four-wheeler segment. Additionally, Hero MotoCorp appointed Prabhat Singh as company secretary and compliance officer with effect from February 5, 2026.>

AdvtAdvtJoin the community of 2M+ industry professionals. Subscribe to Newsletter to get latest insights & analysis in your inbox. All about ETAuto industry right on your smartphone! Download the ETAuto App and get the Realtime updates and Save your favourite articles. The government plans to allocate 250 billion won of ($172.35 million) of state funds to support local companies developing overseas mines.In October, Beijing expanded control over its rare earths, including extra scrutiny for semiconductor users.

Bengaluru-based start-up, Good Monk, the flagship brand of Superfoods Valley, has raised Rs 33 crores, at a valuation of Rs 175 crores, in Pre-Series A funding round led by RPSG Capital Ventures, along with participation from Sharrp Ventures, and Hyperscale Ventures- the family fund of Suyash Saraf, founder of Dot & Key. Good Monk has built a strong portfolio of research-led, science-backed, sprinkle-on nutrition products. The brand has rapidly gained traction across urban and semi-urban consumers seeking easy-to-use nutritional support for themselves and their families. Under the mentorship of seasoned investors like Sanjay Ramakrishnan, Multiply Ventures, Rishabh Mariwala, Sharrp Ventures, and Abhishek Goenka, RPSG Capital Ventures; Good Monk has witnessed a strong growth of 25X in 18 months. At the same time, the brand has turned CM3 positive displaying strong operational and capital efficiencies.

BENGALURU: Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Thursday said the first phase of the Bengaluru Business Corridor (BBC) project will be completed in the next one-and-a-half years. Addressing reporters after a review meeting with BDA officials here, Shivakumar said compensation cheques, certificates and Transferable Development Rights (TDR) were distributed to owners of land acquired for North and South corridors. Some owners opted for 35% commercial land as compensation, while others chose TDR or monetary compensation. He said the owners were paid three times the market value of their revenue land and twice the market value of property within the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) limits. On TDR-related issues, Shivakumar said BDA and GBA will issue TDRs for land in their limits within 10 days.

Nor have they a right to DA payment twice a year, which is a matter for the state’s discretion. ADVERTISEMENTThe Supreme Court formed a four-member committee of three retired judges and a senior bureaucrat that will by March 6 decide the volume of the arrears to be paid and a schedule for staggered payment. State employees “who have retired in the pendency of this litigation shall also be entitled to benefits in accordance herewith”, the apex court said. No subsequent change in law relating to state employees’ emoluments will affect Thursday’s order, the bench of Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra clarified. Sources in Bengal said the directive would benefit about 14.5 lakh serving and retired state government employees.

A Delhi court hearing the bail pleas of three accused in last month’s violence over the demolition of illegal structures near the Faiz-e-Ilahi mosque in the Turkman Gate area asked police on Thursday to be “mindful” about basing their accusations on video footage zoomed in on faces. All nine accused, including the three whose bail applications were being heard, have claimed that faces are not clearly visible in video that police have relied on. ALSO READ | Delhi court grants first bail in Turkman Gate violence case‘Roz ka kaam hai’After the Investigating Officer (IO) submitted that “our head constable took the video from the spot”, Additional Sessions Judge Bhupinder Singh of Tis Hazari Court asked: “How did you identify the accused? FRS (Facial Recognition System) use kiya ya kaise kiya? (Did you use face recognition technology or something else?

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लेखक के बारे में विवेक सिंह विवेक सिंह, नवभारत टाइम्स ऑनलाइन में चीफ प्रिसिंपल डिजिटल कंटेंट प्रोड्यूसर हैं। पत्रकारिता में उनका करीब 12 वर्षों का अनुभव है। वह इंटरेशनल अफेयर्स (वर्ल्ड सेक्शन) को कवर कर रहे हैं। मिडिल ईस्ट, दक्षिण-पूर्व एशिया और पूर्वी एशिया के घटनाक्रम में विशेष रुचि है। अमर उजाला देहरादून के साथ डिजिटल पारी की शुरुआत की और फिर वन इंडिया हिंदा,एबीपी न्यूज से होते हुए नवभारत टाइम्स तक यह सफर जारी है। इस बीच न्यूज18 यूपी/उत्तराखंड के साथ टीवी की दुनिया और वीडियो न्यूज ऐप प्लेटफॉर्म के साथ भी काम किया। उन्होंने इलाहाबाद विश्वविद्यालय से पढ़ाई की है।... और पढ़ें

HYDERABAD: Hyderabad will host BioAsia 2026, Asia’s flagship life sciences and healthcare forum, on February 17 and 18. The conference, themed “TechBio Unleashed: AI, Automation & the Biology Revolution,” will bring together global leaders from biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, healthcare, medtech, artificial intelligence and advanced manufacturing. Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy and IT Minister D Sridhar Babu are expected to inaugurate the event. Keynote speakers include Prof Bruce L Levine of the University of Pennsylvania, Dr Howard Y Chang of Amgen, Dr Stefan Miltenyi of Miltenyi Biotec, Pushmeet Kohli of Google DeepMind and Madeliene Roach of Sanofi. Other speakers include Principal Scientific Adviser Ajay Kumar Sood and Drug Controller General of India Rajeev Singh Raghuvanshi.

Deepak Chopra3Indian origin wellness Guru, Deepak Chopra' has found himself mentioned Deepak Chopra in the Epstein Files. He had met with Jeffrey Epstein on several occasions, even after Epstein's 2008 conviction. He also shared several emails to Epstein about Marla Maples, Donald Trump's second wife. There are several concerning email exchanges between he two. One such email contains, “Did she also drop the civil case against you?” Epstein replied, “YuP,” and Chopra wrote back, “Good."

DAVANAGERE: Davanagere MP Dr Prabha Mallikarjun, who brought the issue of the eight members of the Hakki Pikki tribal community stranded in the African country of Chad to the notice of Union External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar, has succeeded in getting them repatriated to India. Mallikarjun told The New Indian Express on Thursday, “I brought the visa issue of eight people belonging to the Hakki Pikki community in Karnataka, who were stranded in Chad, to the attention of Jaishankar and got the issue resolved.” She said the group of people, two from Davangere district, five from Shivamogga and one from Chikkamagaluru, were facing arrest following the expiry of their visas. Dr Prabha said the external affairs ministry immediately got in touch with the Indian embassy, which in turn has made arrangements to have the visas of the stranded persons renewed without penalty. Their visas expired on December 22, 2025, after which the local police asked them to pay a fine of Rs 1.5 lakh each for visa renewal. It was said that the police had also warned them of imprisonment if the fine was delayed.

VIJAYAWADA: AP Chambers of Commerce & Industry Federation requested the government to announce a dedicated escrow account mechanism for industrial incentives (as promised by Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu during the recent global summit), ensuring timely and predictable release of approved incentives. This will go a long way in restoring industry confidence and easing the cash-flow pressures faced by MSMEs. AP Chambers further requested the introduction of a one-time VAT dispute resolution scheme to unlock blocked capital (estimated as `5000 crore), reduce long-pending litigation, and significantly improve ease of doing business. The scheme will also help the government to mobilise huge revenue. The Chambers submitted that rationalisation of the Professional Tax framework would substantially reduce the taxes and also compliance burden on MSMEs, which form the backbone of employment and economic activity in the State.

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Peter Mandelson, the British MP, has now resigned, as has the Slovakian official named in the documents. Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is under renewed scrutiny over not just his ties with Epstein but whether he actually participated in some of the late financier’s crimes. While most headlines have focused on the individuals named in the files, the true significance of the documents runs much deeper. Whether the individuals named in the Epstein files were participants in the nauseating sex-trafficking schemes and the abuse of underage girls would be determined by investigations and law. Individuals and governments embarrassed by the files would like to dismiss it all as poor judgement on their part.

Evidence suggests millets, garlic, ginger, brinjal, peas, lentils, bananas, grapes, mangoes, turmeric, walnuts, meat and fish, say archaeologists Supriya Varma and Jaya Menon in the first episode of a new video series titled Indian History, Thali by Thali. It is so complex, hierarchised and divided, that one can talk endlessly about a large number of themes, just using food as the peg,” says Nair. The idea for this video series sparked around two years ago, after Iyer, Cadambi and Acharya attended a course that INTACH had organised with Janaki titled ‘Understanding Contemporary India’. And turning to videos was an obvious choice because “we felt the video form was accessible,” says Cadambi. “I think that, at some level, it is fair to argue that our school history textbooks have done us a disservice, and we need something more.”Indian History, Thali by Thali streams on www.youtube.com/@HistoricallyTempered