RAKESH SHARMA
What is the value proposition of a CNG bike vs EV & ICE models? Bajaj Auto’s Rakesh Sharma answers An average customer earning Rs 30,000 to Rs 40,000 per month can expect to save about Rs 1,500 per month by using CNG as a fuel. Also, CNG, while still a carbon-based fuel, has far less carbon content, and to that extent, it is much more beneficial ...
03 Jul, 2024, 02.43 PM ISTHimachal BJP expels 2 rebel leaders from party After revolt in Congress, six Congress MLAs -- Rajinder Rana (Sujanpur), Sudhir Sharma (Dharamshala), Ravi Thakur (Lahaul and Spiti), Inder Dutt Lakhanpal (Barsar), Chetanya Sharma (Gagret) and Devinder Kumar Bhutto (Kutlehar) -- had voted in favour...
17 May, 2024, 04.32 PM ISTBJP says Congress' appeal to press NOTA is attack on democracy; its Indore councillor removes poster State BJP chief V D Sharma said instigating people to press 'None Of The Above' (NOTA) button on the EVM was a crime in democracy. The opposition Congress received a jolt after its Lok Sabha poll candidate from Indore, Akshay Kanti Bam, withdrew his...
09 May, 2024, 08.35 AM IST
Paytm COO Bhavesh Gupta resigns; set to become adviser to CEO office Bhavesh Gupta, Chief Operating Officer (COO) and President of One 97 Communications (OCL), the parent company of the Paytm brand, has resigned. The fintech firm announced this to stock exchanges on Saturday. Gupta will shift to an advisory role at t...
04 May, 2024, 11.46 PM ISTPaytm COO & president Bhavesh Gupta resigns; to take on advisory role Bhavesh Gupta has resigned as president and COO of One 97 Communications Ltd, effective May 31. He will be transitioning into an advisory role in the office of CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma. Varun Sridhar, CEO of Paytm Money, has been transitioned to a d...
04 May, 2024, 10.38 PM ISTA one-sided contest now in Amethi: Smriti Irani "There has been great development in Amethi...if this much has been accomplished in 5 years out of which two years were lost to the battle against Covid, then why was it not done for 50 years in Amethi by the Gandhi family?" Smriti Irani told the me...
04 May, 2024, 12.22 AM ISTPaytm Money CEO Varun Sridhar steps down; Rakesh Singh appointed as chief executive Paytm Money, the wealth management platform of One 97 Communication, has replaced chief executive Varun Sridhar, at the helm since 2020, with Rakesh Singh. Singh was the chief executive of broking services at Fisdom, a PayU-backed fintech. Sridhar w...
02 May, 2024, 07.25 PM ISTOur focus is to be well-positioned and respond quickly to market changes: Rakesh Sharma, Bajaj Auto So, I think there are a multitude of global factors which are driving the up and down of the cell cost. So, it is very-very difficult to predict. In addition to that, you also have alternate technologies like sodium or hydrogen cells which are on th...
24 Apr, 2024, 12.28 PM ISTExpecting FY25 to be better than FY24 for exports: Rakesh Sharma, Bajaj Auto We expect the markets to be growing at about 7% to 8% in the coming year with the upper half of the industry growing at perhaps 2-3% points more and the bottom half growing at 2-3% points less than the average of 7% to 8%.
24 Apr, 2024, 12.18 PM ISTMeet Gopichand Thotakura, the 2nd Indian citizen in space after Rakesh Sharma Gopichand Thotakura, a co-founder of Preserve Life, will be part of Blue Origin's crew for the NS-25 suborbital mission, aiming to become India's second citizen in space after Rakesh Sharma, with a launch expected in the next few weeks.
12 Apr, 2024, 03.54 PM ISTBajaj Auto’s Rakesh Sharma on export recovery, EV launches & more Rakesh Sharma of Bajaj Auto discusses exports progress, key markets, domestic growth, and EV strategies. Emphasizing Chetak and Pulsar brand success, aiming for top industry leadership amidst changing FAME subsidies and electric two-wheeler growth.
20 Mar, 2024, 01.02 PM ISTBusiness levers sound, cost scenario looking steady: Rakesh Sharma, Bajaj Auto The business levers are seeming pretty sound and unless there is an external black swan-like event or this whole Middle East thing, conflagration spins out of control or post election there is some issues, other than that I would say slight headwind...
06 Feb, 2024, 11.14 AM ISTBajaj Auto to launch CNG bikes in FY25, will be priced higher than petrol vehicles Bajaj Auto is developing a range of CNG motorcycles, set to launch in FY25. The company urges the government to reduce GST on CNG bikes to 12% to promote their adoption. These motorcycles will target mileage-conscious consumers and will have a speci...
31 Jan, 2024, 07.19 PM ISTVolume ramp up, robust supply chain: What Bajaj and TVS can do to make EV biz count Margin gains and volume share within the overall product portfolio of EVs are still small. And the EV production lines of the ICE OEMs continue to run from the profits they make by selling petrol scooters and motorcycles. This was despite subsidies ...
31 Jan, 2024, 04.46 PM ISTNASA administrator to visit ISRO today to see NISAR NASA administrator Bill Nelson will visit ISRO to see the low earth orbit observatory NISAR and India's first astronaut Rakesh Sharma. The joint NISAR mission, scheduled for launch in 2024, will help manage natural resources and provide information ...
30 Nov, 2023, 12.22 PM ISTNASA administrator Bill Nelson delighted to meet Rakesh Sharma, the first Indian to fly to space Rakesh Sharma went on to become the first Indian citizen to reach outer space on April 2, 1984, when he flew aboard the Soviet rocket Soyuz T-11 launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic.
30 Nov, 2023, 11.22 AM ISTDomestic markets more exciting, but exports recovery has commenced too: Rakesh Sharma, Bajaj Auto "Retail financing is progressing very well. We are seeing tenures of loans going up, which is a very good indication because is suggests that people have confidence in a continued stream of income based on which they are taking longer-tenure loans."
20 Sep, 2023, 03.18 PM ISTWhere is Rakesh Sharma, the first Indian to go to space, what is he doing now? Rakesh Sharma, the first Indian astronaut, made history in 1984 when he embarked on a 21-day space mission. His journey, conducted in collaboration with ISRO and the Soviet Interkosmos Space program, captured the hearts of Indians and united the nat...
27 Aug, 2023, 12.25 PM IST'Meet Rakesh Roshan, the first Indian to go to space': Mamata Banerjee's Chandrayaan gaffe starts meme fest on Twitter West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's mix-up of names related to India's space missions has sparked a meme storm on social media. She mistakenly referred to Rakesh Roshan instead of Rakesh Sharma, the first Indian to go to space. This comes a...
24 Aug, 2023, 01.27 PM ISTFor a buyer, IDBI will have pleasant surprises: Rakesh Sharma IDBI Bank, being readied for privatisation, has transformed since its difficult days in the early 2010s, according to CEO Rakesh Sharma. IDBI's bad-loan ratios have improved, and the bank is no longer so reliant on costly bulk deposits thanks to a p...
14 Aug, 2023, 12.48 AM IST