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Govt to soon announce high-level panel on ‘Banking for Viksit Bharat’

New Delhi, Aug 17 (PTI) Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said the government would soon constitute a high-level panel on 'Banking for...

Winner-takes-all Wimbledon-style payoffs await India’s white-collar workers

Most salaried Indians assume that they will earn the same amount every month for the rest of their careers. However, as gig jobs replace office jobs, earnings are likely to become more volatile.

Europe emerges top destination for India’s electric car shipments in Q1

New Delhi, Aug 16 (PTI) Europe emerged as the top destination for Indian electric motor car shipments in the first quarter of 2026-27,...

HMPL wins Rs 28.47-cr NHAI project in Jharkhand

New Delhi, Aug 16 (PTI) Infra-to-energy player Hazoor Multi Projects has secured an order worth Rs 28.47 crore from the state-owned National Highways...

Govt sets LPG production targets for refiners; Reliance gets largest quota

New Delhi, Aug 16 (PTI) The government has for the first time fixed maximum cooking gas LPG production targets for individual public- and...

All aboard the ‘Reform Express’: PM Modi’s 2047 ride runs on seven tracks

'Reform from conviction, not compulsion', says PM, linking India’s 2047 ambitions to reforms across manufacturing, technology, defence, infrastructure, green growth and soft power.

Govt cuts windfall gains tax on petrol, diesel, ATF exports

New Delhi, Aug 15 (PTI) The government has cut windfall gains tax on exports of petrol, diesel and ATF for the fortnight beginning...

In a first, India Post delivers National Flag via drone to Rehardhar in HP on Independence Day eve

New Delhi, Aug 14 (PTI) For the first time, the Department of Posts on Friday delivered the National Flag via drone from Mandi to...

CBDC-based DBT launched for PMGKAY beneficiaries in Chandigarh, Dadra & Nagar Haveli

Chandigarh, Aug 14 (PTI) The government on Friday launched the CBDC-based Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana...

Rupee gains 3 paise against US dollar

Mumbai, Aug 14 (PTI) The rupee appreciated 3 paise to close at 95.42 against the US dollar on Friday, due to weakness in the...

On Camera

Taliban is keeping 22 million women as prisoners. World’s looking away from their torture

Five years after Kabul fell to the Islamic Emirate, world leaders are quietly marketing their acceptance of this regime as realism.

Winner-takes-all Wimbledon-style payoffs await India’s white-collar workers

Most salaried Indians assume that they will earn the same amount every month for the rest of their careers. However, as gig jobs replace office jobs, earnings are likely to become more volatile.

85-member Army contingent leaves for Thailand for joint counter-terror exercise MAITREE-XV

This two-week exercise includes field training, combat discussions, lectures, and demonstrations, culminating in a final exercise to test the troops' skills.

Gen Vaidya won 2 Maha Vir Chakras, fell to assassins’ bullets 40 yrs ago. India forgot a great soldier

Forty years ago this week, ‘Khalistan Commando Force’ assassins were closing in on Gen Vaidya. So callous was the security of the just-retired Army chief that he was given a solitary police gunman