New Delhi, Sep 8 — The Centre on Tuesday launched a Quarterly Progress Report (QPR) portal on Data Harmonisation for use by all Union Ministries, departments and organisations with the aim of fostering greater coordination for data-driven governance and evidence-based policymaking across the…
New Delhi, Sep 8 — Meta’s Facebook and Instagram platforms carried more than 300 paid advertisements featuring child sexual abuse material (CSAM) this year, including AI-manipulated images of real children, according to an investigation by the Tech Transparency Project (TTP).The investigation found…
Mumbai, Sep 8 — Fintech has played a key role in connecting India’s vast and diverse population with formal finance faster and more affordably, while transforming customer experience, financial infrastructure and credit delivery, Reserve Bank of India Governor Sanjay Malhotra said on…
New Delhi, Sep 8 — The Global Fintech Fest (GFF) 2026, being held in Mumbai from September 8 to 11, provides a platform for global dialogue, collaboration and innovation in financial technology. Since its inception in 2020, GFF has grown into one of the world’s leading fintech gatherings, according…
New Delhi, Sep 8 — India’s energy storage requirement is expected to jump nearly 8 times to around 411 GWh by FY32, compared with operational storage capacity of around 54 GWh as of June 2026, a report said on Tuesday.The targeted storage capacity would require investments of over Rs 4 lakh crore,…
New Delhi, Sep 8 — Union MoS Science & Technology and Earth Sciences Dr. Jitendra Singh on Tuesday said that India could see around 20 lakh new cases annually by 2030 and the rising cancer burden in the country calls for a sustained expansion of cancer-care facilities.The Department of Atomic…
New Delhi, Sep 8 — Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) beneficiaries will now be required to link their Aadhaar with their ESIC Pehchan Card to ensure seamless and uninterrupted access to benefits under the social security scheme, the government said on Tuesday.The Ministry of Labour and…
New Delhi, Sep 8 — Closure of land routes, costly air freight, limited alternative routes are all adding to the woes of Afghan exporters struggling to send out their wares to the global markets, say reports from Kabul. Therefore, to ensure smooth import, a group of Indian traders who have…
New Delhi, September 8 — The BRICS grouping is entering a critical phase in its evolution as its expanding membership and growing economic and geopolitical weight bring new opportunities and greater complexity, top analysts reckoned during a key dialogue organised on Tuesday ahead of this week's…
New Delhi, Sep 8 — The Department of Food & Public Distribution and the Food Corporation of India has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for FY27 that sets defined targets to cut storage losses, optimise capacity use and accelerate modernisation of the country’s foodgrain management, an…
Moscow, Sep 8 — Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday that there is no slowdown in India’s Russian energy imports which continue to set records.“I don’t want to give you any figures for understandable reasons, but every month we have a new record,” Peskov said in a virtual briefing…
Bengaluru, Sep 8 — Karnataka Health Department officials on Tuesday raided a Swiggy Instamart warehouse here as part of an intensified crackdown on the storage and sale of expired food products and medicines, even as Health and Family Welfare Minister U.T. Khader urged people to check expiry dates…
New Delhi, Sep 8 — The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) on Tuesday said that it helped prevent suspected cyber fraud losses of more than Rs 5,000 crore through its Financial Fraud Risk Indicator (FRI), within 15 months of its launch on May 22, 2025.According to the DoT, cumulative savings…
New Delhi, Sep 8 — Electric vehicle (EV) retail sales in India rose 52.9 per cent year-on-year to an all-time August high of 2,98,448 units in 2026, with overall penetration increasing to 12.3 per cent from 9.5 per cent a year earlier, according to data released by the Federation of Automobile…
Bengaluru, Sep 8 — The Karnataka Food Safety and Drugs Administration has seized expired and misbranded food products and medicines worth more than Rs 1.4 crore during a special enforcement drive conducted at food storage and supply units in Bengaluru, an official statement said on Tuesday.The…
New Delhi, Sep 8 — Prosecutors in Belgium said that a 52‑year‑old man with dual Chinese and Belgian nationality has been held in pre‑trial detention since May on suspicion of espionage in a case involving semiconductor technology, as per multiple reports.Prosecutors said the accused had formerly…
New Delhi, Sep 8 — The International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA) has notified a new regulatory framework to curb market abuse in the securities markets at GIFT City, bringing provisions related to insider trading, fraudulent and manipulative practices and unfair trading under a…
New Delhi, Sep 8 — Samsung India has reportedly laid off their executives across its television and home appliance businesses as part of a cost-rationalisation exercise amid rising operating costs, muted consumer demand and organisational restructuring, as per multiple reports.Reports suggest that…
Mumbai, Sep 8 — Benchmark equity indices declined for the second consecutive session on Tuesday, ending at their lowest levels since mid-June, as rising oil prices amid persistent geopolitical tensions weighed on investor sentiment.The 30-share Sensex fell 555.23 points, or 0.73 per cent, to close…
New Delhi, Sep 8 — The total area sown under kharif crops in the current season across the country is estimated at 1,086.31 lakh hectares as on September 4 this year, compared with the corresponding figure of 1,104 lakh hectares in the same period last year, data released by the Ministry of…
Uran (Maharashtra), Sep 8 — Terming the inauguration of the JNPT–New Umargam stretch of the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor (WDFC) a transformative milestone, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday asserted that the corridor will drastically alter India’s freight transportation…