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El Niño Emerges, Threatening Crops and Livelihoods
El Niño is characterized by a warming of the Pacific Ocean that...
India set to become the world’s 3rd largest economy by 2031: S&P
While robust corporate and banking sectors provide a vital cushion...
PSU banks looks to scale up IT spend in view of cyber threat posed by Anthropic Mythos
Mythos’ advanced coding capabilities give it an unprecedented potential to detect cybersecurity weaknesses and develop methods to exploit them, sparking concerns that it could be used to disrupt banking systems. New Delhi:Public sector banks are bracing up to increase...
Centre revamps Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram, adds mental health, NCD screening
Building on more than a decade of implementation, the updated framework broadens the programme's established "4Ds" approach -- defects at birth, diseases, deficiencies and developmental delays -- while incorporating emerging child health concerns, including...
New vehicle scrap norms may dent auto profits by Rs25K cr
"Once the environmental compensation (EC) cost is notified by CPCB (Central Pollution Control Board), automobile manufacturers may be required to make substantial cumulative financial provisions under the accounting standards (IND AS 37). Preliminary estimates...
Finance Ministry notifies 100 pc FDI in insurance sector, amends FEMA Rules
While 100 per cent foreign investment will be allowed in insurance companies and intermediaries, including brokers, under the automatic route, the cap is 20 per cent for Life Insurance Corporation (LIC), said the Foreign Exchange Management (Non-debt Instruments)...
FIIs offload ₹70,100 crore from Indian equities; DIIs steady markets
Domestic institutional investors (DIIs), however, remained supportive, investing ₹51,000 crore during the month and helping cushion the market from sharper declines. The same pattern was visible last week, with FIIs selling around ₹13,000 crore, while DIIs infused...
West Asia Conflict:Govt invokes force majeure, grants 4-month contractor relief
Under the revised guidance, contracts with completion deadlines on or after February 28, 2026, that have been affected directly or indirectly by the West Asia disruptions may be granted an extension of at least two months and up to four months, without any penalty or...
FY27 kicks off strong for carmakers as auto sales hit 450K
The industry continued to benefit from the tailwinds of GST 2.0 carried forward from the second half of last fiscal, along with repo rate cut and income tax benefit, Maruti Suzuki India Senior Executive Officer, Marketing & Sales, Partho Banerjee said. New...
Economy resilient but faces rising risks from Mideast war, government report says
The government said India remained a relative bright spot, with the International Monetary Fund raising its 2026-27 growth forecast for the country to 6.5% from 6.4%.However, it warned that risks were tilted toward higher inflation, wider fiscal and external...
DFS Secretary Nagaraju reviews functioning of PSU general insurers
M Nagaraju,secretary,DFS Nagaraju emphasized that PSICs should focus on increasing investment opportunities and devise strategies to reduce loss ratios, while maintaining market share and consistently strengthening their retail portfolios and presence across rural and...
Indian Health Survey: Significant increase in healthcare access across country
The median out-of-pocket medical expenditure per hospitalisation case in 2025 was ₹11,285, indicating that over half of the country's hospitalisations involve relatively low expenditure. The report stated that only a small number of high-cost cases push up the...