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Saturday, April 4, 2026
TopicFinance Minster

Topic: Finance Minster

Go green, earn green: India’s 1st Green Credit scheme to reward eco-friendly actions by individuals, industries

Environment ministry has readied draft contours for rolling out the programme under which entities will earn 'green credit' for activities like planting trees and conserving water.

G20 finance meet in Bengaluru set to end without consensus as world leaders differ on Ukraine war

Delegates say US & its allies in the G7 are demanding communique condemning Russia for the invasion, but Russian & Chinese delegations have opposed use of such language.

Will Nirmala Sitharaman make a good finance minister?

Former defence minister, Nirmala Sitharaman will be replacing Arun Jaitley as the finance minister.

The budget was insipid, lacked courage, and the math was all fuzzy

The budgeted expenditure doesn’t account for various schemes & announcements that have been made, such as the increase in MSP or the healthcare coverage scheme.

On Camera

The influencer war that took rural creator Pujarini Pradhan global

As social media debated whether audiences were consuming Pujarini Pradhan as a symbol, The Juggernaut turned her into a story that could circulate globally, with or without her participation.

SEBI proposes return of open market share buybacks to support stocks

Regulator seeks feedback on allowing firms to repurchase shares via exchanges after tax changes, as markets reel from war-led selloff and foreign outflows.

South Korea’s Cheongung-II missile system makes its mark in West Asia war. Here’s why

UAE has been using this defence system, which is similar to America's Patriots, against Iranian missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.