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Mint Explainer: Can organized student housing fix India's PG crisis?

New Delhi, Sept. 10 -- The recent collapse of a paying-guest (PG) building in Delhi's Satya Niketan has laid bare the urgency of creating organized student housing across the country. For decades, a ... Read More


BRICS: Built brick-by-brick from an investing acronym 25 yrs ago

New Delhi, Sept. 10 -- A quarter century ago, a Goldman Sachs economist coined a four-letter acronym to describe four fast growing emerging economies and tried to rhyme it with 'brick' to indicate the... Read More


Rs723 billion needed to rebuild flood-hit areas, government assessment finds

Kathmandu, Sept. 10 -- The government estimates that Rs723.31 billion will be needed to rebuild areas devastated by the August 26 Bhotekoshi river floods. The figures are based on a Rapid Damage and ... Read More


Why PGI 2.0 must measure learning, not just schooling

India, Sept. 10 -- A few years ago, Meghalaya was better known for the challenges of delivering quality education across difficult terrain than for education reform. Today, it has emerged as one of th... Read More


Tamil Nadu: One killed, 10 rescued after under-construction church floor collapses in Vellore

Vellore, Sept. 10 -- One person died, and 10 others were rescued after the upper floor of an under-construction CSI church collapsed at Mandai Krishnapuram near Katpadi in Tamil Nadu's Vellore distric... Read More


Union Bank's maiden dollar bond draws 7.8x subscription, listed at GIFT City

Mumbai, Sept. 10 -- Union Bank of India's maiden US dollar-denominated bond issuance was oversubscribed by around 7.8 times and listed on NSE-IFSC at GIFT City, marking the bank's return to internatio... Read More


BRICS Pay to enable local-currency payments; India-Russia to sign MoU on UPI-Faster Payments link on Friday

New Delhi, Sept. 10 -- BRICS Pay will facilitate cross-border digital payments in local currencies by connecting the existing national payment systems of member and partner countries, allowing travell... Read More


CM Maryam sets target of 3,000 e-buses across Punjab by June 2027Published on: September 10, 2026 4:52 AM

Pakistan, Sept. 10 -- Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif's vision to extend modern and environment-friendly public transport to the grassroots level is being implemented, with the electric bus ... Read More


PM Shehbaz urges banks to boost lending to farmers, SMEs and housingPublished on: September 10, 2026 4:51 AM

Pakistan, Sept. 10 -- Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday directed banks and financial institutions to increase lending to farmers, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and the housing sec... Read More


Cellecor product portfolio expands from phones to homes

India, Sept. 10 -- Cellecor Gadgets has spent nine years building a brand that now looks very different from where it started. What began with distribution and mobile devices has expanded into a broad... Read More