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Reliance Jio supercedes Airtel in both total as well as active subscribers

 

Indian telecom companies Airtel and Reliance Jio continued adding subscribers in August while Vodafone Idea once again reported a substantial reduction in subscribers. At the same time, Airtel and Reliance Jio’s new additions have decreased compared to the earlier month.

For the second consecutive month, Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio has more active subscribers than its rival Airtel. At the end of July, Jio had only a marginal lead over Sunil Mittal-led Airtel; its lead has now grown to over 4 million.

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India will produce the cheapest hydrogen in the world, says Gautam Adani

 

Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani said that policies to manage and overcome the climate change crisis must be equitable and pragmatic.

Speaking to business leaders on the sidelines of the UK's Global Investment Summit at the London Science Museum, he noted that green policies and climate action not based on equitable growth will struggle in the long run.

Decision makers, he said, must consider the voices of the vulnerable when developing climate strategies and mitigation measures. He also suggested that a collaborative approach was needed wherein developed nations, which have emitted more greenhouse gases over time, shoulder greater responsibility and propose policies and targets that fairly address the needs of the developing world.

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Tata Group stock zoomed 75% in one month

 

Shares of Tata Motors Ltd surged 5.5 per cent to hit an intraday high of Rs 524.9 on the BSE on Monday. In the past one month, the share price has jumped from Rs 299 to Rs 524.90, logging around 75 per cent return in this period.

Tata Motors launched its new SUV, Punch, today. Punch is the latest addition to the automaker's popular 'New Forever' range of cars and SUVs. It was unveiled by the Mumbai-based auto giant on October 4 this year.

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Rakesh Jhunjhunwala Portfolio: Top 5 stocks that gave bumper returns to investors

Undoubtedly, Rakesh Jhunjhunwala is the big bull of India's stock market, always ready to bet on India Inc. The serious stock market investor has made a fortune by investing in stocks such as Titan. 

This is the reason why several stock market investors look up to Rakesh Jhunjhunwala's portfolio to get investment ideas. 

Currently, he with his wife Rekha and others have jointly invested in more than 40 public listed companies. Most of his stocks have given bumper returns. He also invests in stocks via his firm Rare Enterprises. 

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Pharma company Haffkine unlikely to roll out COVID-19 vaccine before May 2022

Haffkine Bio-Pharmaceutical Corporation is unlikely to roll out its first batch of Covaxin before May next year. Work is currently happening on the detailing of the bio-safety level III laboratory, and the lab is expected to be completed by January 2022, according to media reports. 

A report in a national daily quotes Subhash Shankarwar, general manager of production at Haffkine saying that the lab will be built under the monitoring of scientists of ICMR and Haffkine and will undergo a month-long testing phase, before becoming operational. 

Shankarwar also added that after the lab is validated, three batches will be produced and tested, for a period of three months, and only after everything goes well, the vaccine production will start.