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Thursday, November 6, 2025
TopicFAME-II subsidy controversy

Topic: FAME-II subsidy controversy

Why a subsidy cut on electric two-wheelers isn’t such a bad thing

Heavy FAME-II subsidy until now skewed production and ownership in favour of high-powered scooters that have larger battery packs.

Pressure to source locally could compromise quality, EV makers’ body says over subsidy tussle with govt

Society of Manufacturers of Electric Vehicles Wednesday issued statement in response to govt’s clean chit to companies alleged to have violated localisation norms for subsidies under FAME-II scheme.

FAME-II controversy can scare off investors. India’s EV sector had just started to grow

Financing of electric vehicles is becoming easier but financial institutions and investors of electric vehicle companies will be wary of government's ongoing investigations.

India’s EV market is battling a subsidy controversy but Ather Energy determined to beat crisis

Ather Energy's Tarun Mehta says his company has scaled up operations amid the FAME-II fiasco, and that he believes firmly in his products, policies & team.

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Indians have a complicated relationship with Zohran Mamdani

Mamdani’s politics feels unusual compared to India’s current climate. He unapologetically foregrounds Muslim identity at a time when doing so in India invites scrutiny.

What does NCLAT order mean for data-sharing ban, penalty imposed by CCI on Meta & WhatsApp

On 4 November 2025, NCLAT bench, comprising Chairperson Justice Ashok Bhushan and Member Arun Baroka, noted that WhatsApp and Meta are distinct legal entities.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.