New Delhi, Aug 1 — Over 72 lakh first‑time employees have entered the formal workforce since August 2025, within one year of the implementation of Pradhan Mantri Viksit Bharat Rojgar Yojana, an official statement said on Saturday.The scheme strengthens social security coverage and encourages…
New Delhi, Aug 1 — The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Saturday said its concessional foreign exchange swap facility has attracted $40.816 billion in overseas currency inflows since June when it was launched.Foreign Currency Non-Resident (Bank) deposits account for the bulk of the mobilisation,…
New Delhi, Aug 1 — Traders, shopkeepers and customers across Delhi and Uttar Pradesh on Saturday welcomed the government's decision to reduce commercial LPG cylinder prices, saying the move would provide much-needed relief to small businesses and help ease inflationary pressure.Commercial LPG…
New Delhi, Aug 1 — The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday said it has registered an FIR against Reliance Capital Limited in Mumbai, its former Chairman Anil Ambani, unknown public servants and other unknown persons, for allegedly causing a wrongful loss of Rs 1,007.55 crore, along…
New Delhi, July 31 — India's private equity (PE) and venture capital (VC) fundraises more than doubled to $21.2 billion across 48 funds in the first half (H1) of 2026, reflecting strong investor confidence despite a slowdown in deal activity, according to a report released on Friday.A report by…
New Delhi, July 31 — Passengers travelling by train can now book and pay for excess luggage online while reserving their tickets, as Indian Railways on Friday rolled out a new digital facility aimed at making the travel process more convenient.The service integrates excess luggage booking with the…
New Delhi, July 31 — Petrol prices in Delhi would have risen to around Rs 125 per litre during the recent West Asian crisis without ethanol blending, the government said on Friday, claiming the programme helped consumers save nearly Rs 30 per litre by cushioning the impact of the global crude oil…
New Delhi, July 31 — Mumbai city is projected to record 13,617 property registrations in July 2026, marking an 8.3 per cent year-on-year increase and touching the highest July month collection in over 14 years, a report said on Friday.The report from Knight Frank India said the Maharashtra…
New Delhi, July 31 — The government said on Friday that India's social protection systems now cover about 101 crore people, or over 68 per cent of the population – a feat that has been highlighted by the International Labour Organization (ILO).Labour Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya said that it is…
Mumbai, July 31 — Shares of Thermax Limited came under intense selling pressure on Friday after the company reported a steep decline in earnings for the June quarter, with investors reacting sharply to the weak profitability and a significant cost overrun in one of its projects.The stock fell as…
New Delhi, July 31 — While for the last 20 years, Western governments have seen India as indispensable to the 21st-century order, they have not matched this with capital investment which has instead been flowing into China over the last 30 years and created a strategic adversary, according to an…
New Delhi, July 31 — The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) has facilitated the first-ever air shipment of Karnataka's Neelam and Totapuri mangoes to the Maldives to promote India's late-season mango varieties in overseas markets, an official statement…
New Delhi, July 31 — Most privacy incidents will arise from AI‑generated inferences about individuals by 2029, rather than from direct exposure of personally identifiable information (PII), a report said on Friday.The report from Gartner, Inc said advances in generative AI and machine learning…
New Delhi, July 31 — More than 5.5 crore income tax returns (ITRs) have been filed so far for Assessment Year (AY) 2026-27, the Income Tax Department said on Friday, as taxpayers rushed to complete the filing process on the last day of the deadline.In a post on social media platform X, the…
New Delhi, July 31 — IBM and homegrown AI startup Sarvam have partnered to accelerate the development and adoption of sovereign artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in India, with a focus on government agencies, public sector organisations and regulated enterprises, according to a statement on…
New Delhi, July 31 — The government on Friday said that media reports regarding the alleged conflict of interest in the disbursement of funds to companies under the Research, Development and Innovation (RDI) Scheme by the Technology Development Board (TDB) are “misleading, incorrect, and lack…
New Delhi, July 31 — The Ministry of Ayush has signed a memorandum of understanding with IndiaAI, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, to accelerate AI‑driven innovation in the Ayush sector, strengthen research, digital health and capacity building, an official statement said on…
New Delhi, July 31 — Apple is expected to outperform the broader smartphone industry despite mounting component cost pressures driven by the strength of its ecosystem, pricing power and loyal customer base, industry experts said on Friday after the company reported record June-quarter…
New Delhi, July 31 — Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday hailed Hyderabad-based space startup TakeMe2Space after its 'PowerBank-50' became India's first indigenously developed satellite battery to earn the coveted flight heritage status.Reacting to the milestone on social media…
New Delhi, July 31 — US-based AI giant Anthropic has disclosed that its Claude models gained unauthorised access to the production infrastructure of three organisations during internal cybersecurity evaluations after a misconfigured testing environment inadvertently allowed internet connectivity.In…
Mumbai, July 31 — Indian equity benchmark indices opened on a positive note on Friday, supported by gains in financials, pharma and auto stocks amid positive global cues and continued FII buying in the domestic market.Sensex opened at 77,998.66, up 70.51 points or 0.09 per cent, while Nifty rose…