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Shorter-tenor SLB contracts may boost closing auction participation

New Delhi, Aug. 17 -- Stock exchanges have introduced shorter-tenor securities lending and borrowing (SLB) contracts to improve short-term liquidity and to boost participation in the new closing aucti... Read More


CM Revanth Reddy inaugurates Telangana Institute of Medical Sciences

New Delhi, Aug. 17 -- Telangana government is working to expand public healthcare infrastructure, which will add an additional 10,000 beds, Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy said. Speaking at the inaugu... Read More


NTA to re-conduct UGC-NET English, Commerce, Sociology papers after errors, repeated questions found

New Delhi, Aug. 17 -- The National Testing Agency (NTA) will re-conduct the UGC-NET June 2026 examinations for English, Commerce and Sociology after a committee found multiple factual, typographical a... Read More


Jio offers tariff certainty with Prime subscription till September 2027

New Delhi, Aug. 17 -- Reliance Jio has reintroduced its Prime Membership Programme, offering users a one-year price guarantee on eligible plans as the telecom operator seeks to reassure subscribers ov... Read More


Rising energy cost poses a risk to economic growth, says Birla

New Delhi, Aug. 17 -- UltraTech Cement expects the sharp rise in energy cost to be a major challenge for the India's economic growth in this financial year even as the cement demand expected to regist... Read More


Editorial. Trading charges

New Delhi, Aug. 17 -- Last week, the Trump administration brought out a report called 'The Great Transshipment Scam', which implicates India as one of the 40 countries which simply re-route Chinese go... Read More


Letters to Editor

New Delhi, Aug. 17 -- This refers to 'A granular approach to growth and development' (August 17). The need for adopting a granular, bottom-up approach to planning cannot be overemphasised. The standar... Read More


Eight people, mostly pilgrims, die after fire broke out at hotel in temple town of Tarapith

New Delhi, Aug. 17 -- Eight people, mostly pilgrims, died after a fire broke out at a hotel in Tarapith, a temple town located in West Bengal's Birbhum district, on Monday. Police detained one person... Read More


Can Shanti caps deter courts from fixing higher compensation, SC asks petitioners

New Delhi, Aug. 17 -- The Supreme Court on Monday asked if statutory thresholds prescribed by the Sustainable Harnessing and Advancement of Nuclear Energy for Transforming India (Shanti) Act of 2025 c... Read More


Karnataka plans 1,736-acre land acquisition to expand Tumakuru industrial node

New Delhi, Aug. 17 -- Karnataka plans to expand the Tumakuru industrial node with the acquisition of 1,736 acres of land, a move expected to attract investments worth Rs.7,000 crore into the State, In... Read More