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Friday, November 14, 2025
TopicNiramala Sitharaman

Topic: Niramala Sitharaman

Nirmala Sitharaman urges banks to promote RuPay cards, discourage non-digital payments

Addressing the 73rd annual general meeting of the Indian Banks' Association, Finance Minister Sitharaman also asked banks to ensure all accounts are linked with Aadhaar number.

Most small farmers outside formal credit system. Sitharaman’s announcements won’t help them

An RBI report says that despite numerous existing initiatives, at most 40 per cent of India’s small and marginal farmers are covered by formal credit.

PM derides ‘professional pessimists’, Congress’ crisis continues

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Virat, Anushka, Bumrah selling sarias & cement, dentists, vets, Bihar walls painted in ‘rurbanisation’

Over generations, Bihar’s bane has been its utter lack of urbanisation. But now, even Bihar is urbanising. Or let’s say, rurbanising. Two decades under Nitish Kumar have created a new elite in its cities.

Wealth nears $99 trillion, still Asia’s rich don’t have succession plans

Much of this wealth is tied to founder-led businesses that employ millions and help anchor regional economies.

Turkey blocks transport of Apache choppers to India through its airspace, new route being worked out

Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.