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ElNinoseen deepening India's rainfall deficit through Sept

New Delhi, Aug. 17 -- India appears to be facing a widening rainfall deficit, with the current regional wet spell likely to fade by end-August as the influence of drought-inducing ElNinostrengthens, a... Read More


ECMSexpanded with nod for31 projects at Rs.7,877crore outlay

New Delhi, Aug. 17 -- The Union government on Monday approved 31 more projects under the Electronics Component Manufacturing Scheme (ECMS), marking the first domestic manufacture of several critical c... Read More


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