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Tata Motors bags West Bengal Transport Corporation’s order for 1,180 electric buses

Tata Motors to The company will design, manufacture and supply the e-buses and develop charging infrastructure by the end of 2023

CAG pulls up SAIL, RINL for operational inefficiencies

SAIL did not upgrade refractories, RINL delayed repairs to blast furnaces

Enforcement Directorate being used to harass opposition parties, says Congress leader

Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said that the party is not being allowed to raise the issue in Parliament

117 Chinese nationals were deported for indulging in illegal acts, MHA informs Lok Sabha

Besides that, 81 Chinese nationals were given “Leave India Notice”; and another 726 were placed on the adverse list, said MHA

ED raids National Herald office among 12 locations in search of more money laundering evidence

Raids come a week after interrogating Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi

Defence Ministry to unveil Atmanirbhar Bharat-II for indigenous production of core technologies

The Ministry Tto open up testing and certification to for the participation of private players

New policy on startups and innovation soon: TN CM

Tamil Nadu aims to establish 10,000 new startups in the next four years targeting socio-economic development

Kerala confirms fifth case of imported monkeypox after one dies

Chief Minister urges contacts, co-passengers to look out for symptoms

The Daily Dose: August 2, 2022

Here is a curation of the top Covid-related news of the day

Will Akasa Air’s contra bet on Boeing 737 Max instead of Airbus pay off?

Rakesh Jhunjhunwala’s Akasa airline has gone against the tide, placing its bets on Boeing aircrafts; it now needs to carve out a niche for itself

Breastfeeding, a responsibility, not choice

Rate of initiation of breastfeeding within an hour of birth has declined in 5 years

Blockchain: Piloting the future of aviation

Enables effective solutions that positively impact industry players and end consumers

Q1 FY23: OMCs bleed due to marketing losses

Prices of motor fuels were kept at levels equivalent to $75-80 per barrel of crude

Bharti Airtel Q1: Inline results and stable operating metrics

Results reflect consistent progress made in recent quarters

IRB beats estimates in Q1FY23, but the stock is expensive

The company is trading at a one year forward P/E of 26.6 times against its historical average (5 year average) of 11.8 times

Auroville: An utopian search for a better world

Akash Kapur’s ‘Better to Have Gone’ traces what happens when we believe deeply in a quest and give up everything in its pursuit

Lady doctors and the rocky path to healing

A handbook on India’s first women doctors holds up a mirror to the social and political realities of the 19th and early 20th century

Conquering Everest: A compelling account of how an impossible dream was achieved

Jim Davidson dwells in detail on the failure to make it in the first attempt and the harrowing return to physically and emotionally draining climb up