Poverty removal not just slogan: PM Modi on World Bank data
India has recorded one of the fastest poverty declines in the world, with the extreme poverty rate in the country "collapsing" by 90% between 2011 and 2023 to a low of 2.6%, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday, while asserting that elimination of poverty is a commitment for his govt.
GST reforms from November 1: Easier registration for small e-commerce sellers, faster refunds and new discount rules
The reforms, approved at the 57th GST Council meeting held on October 8, are aimed at making tax-related procedures easier for businesses.
On Government agenda: New Rs 2,800-crore capex scheme for critical minerals
Lithium, nickel and cobalt are important components for Li-ion batteries that power everything from smartphones to electric vehicles.
SEBI Eases FPI Compliance: Extends KYC Review Periodicity to 8 Years for Category I & II Investors
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has rationalised Know Your Customer (KYC) review requirements for Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs), extending the periodic review cycle to 8 years for Category I and II entities from non-high-risk jurisdictions and removing redundant declarations to bolster ease of doing business.
Could Einstein’s equations explain the universe’s expansion?
Researchers from UC Davis have proposed that dark energy may not be necessary to explain the universe's acceleration.
The reforms, approved at the 57th GST Council meeting held on October 8, are aimed at making tax-related procedures easier for businesses.
Lithium, nickel and cobalt are important components for Li-ion batteries that power everything from smartphones to electric vehicles.
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has rationalised Know Your Customer (KYC) review requirements for Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs), extending the periodic review cycle to 8 years for Category I and II entities from non-high-risk jurisdictions and removing redundant declarations to bolster ease of doing business.
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has notified a comprehensive regulatory framework enabling Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) to issue Depository Receipts (DRs) on permissible foreign bourses, unlocking international institutional capital and boosting liquidity for commercial real estate.
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with the Digital India BHASHINI Division (DIBD) to integrate AI-driven multilingual speech recognition, text-to-speech, and translation tools. The partnership aims to democratize investor education and expand regulatory reach across 22 official Indian languages while training BHASHINI models on financial market lexicons.
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has released a comprehensive regulatory framework enabling Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) to issue foreign-currency Depository Receipts (DRs) against underlying rupee-denominated units. The framework facilitates foreign capital raising in permissible offshore jurisdictions and GIFT City IFSC, requiring prior approval from at least 75% of unitholders for fresh issuances.
SEBI has issued an operational framework permitting Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) to issue Depository Receipts (DRs) abroad and in GIFT City, expanding overseas institutional funding avenues.
SEBI and Digital India BHASHINI Division (DIBD) have partnered to deploy Indian language AI translation tools across securities portals, enhancing retail investor inclusivity in Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities.
SEBI has rationalized the Know Your Client (KYC) onboarding framework for individual Persons Resident Outside India (PROI), facilitating simplified digital verification and reducing compliance friction.
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has constituted an expert working group to review the Innovators Growth Platform (IGP) framework, aiming to boost domestic public listings for new-age technology enterprises.
Cyclone 'Murasu' forms over Bay of Bengal; southern Odisha on high alert
At the renewable energy summit, Modi outlined plans for 500 GW of additional non-fossil capacity and stronger transmission links.
The landfall is happening close to Ongole, with gale-force winds of 100-110 kmph, gusting to 120 kmph; he same wind speed is likely to prevail till morning along and off the coast near the landfall point.
An Environment Ministry press release, underlined that “voluntary initiatives under the Presidency Action Agenda should remain separate from negotiations and that uniform global targets must respect national circumstances”.
The notices were issued for non-compliance and contravention of the commission's directions, taking the total number of Punjab districts facing direct regulatory action over farm fires to nine in the last four days.
Scientists have announced that temperatures at 200 feet off Monterey Bay have reached their highest levels in nearly forty years.
To reshape State’s workforce pipeline, government will allocate ₹5,000 crore to streamline its fragmented skilling initiatives spread across various departments and entities and also train 30 lakh beneficiaries over the next seven years
Proposed amendment provides for mandatory corrective measures before revocation of the suspension; suspension shall continue until the manufacturer undertakes corrective action
₹56,743.40 crore spent under PMAY-G so far in the State; of the 43 lakh houses, 36.63 lakh pucca houses built in just yearrs between FY 2016-17 & 2021-22
Punjab government has so far distributed over 2.19 lakh property cards among beneficiaries in 1,377 villages
Singh, who is the Union Minister of Panchayati Raj, Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, made these remarks last Friday during the National Workshop on People’s Plan Campaign 2026-27, organised by the Ministry of Panchayati Raj.
Researchers from UC Davis have proposed that dark energy may not be necessary to explain the universe's acceleration.
Digi Yatra trials for international passengers are being conducted at seven airports - Delhi, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Cochin, Mumbai, Chennai and Amritsar.
India AI Mission-backed startups Soket AI and ZenteiQ unveiled sovereign, offline models for secure use in coding, maths, science and research.
A recent archaeological find in Shanidar Cave revealed a Neanderthal skeleton showing signs of lethal violence, potentially from a wooden spear, suggesting that early human emotional responses might mirror those of today.
TRAI mandates 24/7 AI-enabled complaint centres, human support for 16 hours daily, faster appeals and penalties up to ₹20 lakh for mishandled cases.
The new rules shift the intervention power on specified tariff-related grounds from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to the Central Government.
The two longest sine die adjournments in Lok Sabha history before this happened in 1987 in the aftermath of the Bofors controversy..
The DGCA also directed that crews obtain positive destination and enroute clearance from the control room at Sahastradhara before taking off for each sector.
Justice P.B. Balaji refuses to follow Supreme Court’s 2017 verdict in M.C. Subramaniam’s case and instead follows the top court’s 2010 judgment in Afcons Infrastructure case
The Supreme Court observed that marital discord between spouses cannot be an automatic ground to seek termination of an advanced, over-six-month pregnancy under the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act, in the absence of any medical danger to the mother or substantial fetal abnormalities.
The court gave directions after hearing a petition by the mother of a 16-year-old boy, a student of a prominent school in Faridabad, who died on February 24, 2022, accusing the school authorities and the headmistress of it
The original 1996 agreement was established under Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League administration during a period of strong cross-border cooperation
Minister of parliamentary affairs Kiren Rijiju described as a huge honour Bhutan's decision to dedicate a stupa to PM Narendra Modi for his "outstanding vision and commitment to friendship between India and Bhutan".
Lidegaard, who visited Mumbai and New Delhi during November 2-3, described India as an increasingly important partner for Denmark
India has recorded one of the fastest poverty declines in the world, with the extreme poverty rate in the country "collapsing" by 90% between 2011 and 2023 to a low of 2.6%, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday, while asserting that elimination of poverty is a commitment for his govt.
Medical postgraduate admissions could see a major change, with the National Medical Commission (NMC) giving in-principle approval to replace the existing percentile-based system with a rank-based system for NEET-PG and NEET-Super Speciality (SS) counselling.
The operation was carried out 3,000 km from Mumbai in the Arabian Sea, the officials said.
CRPF has completed a year without a single operational fatality for the first time in 47 years, despite high-risk deployments across Jammu & Kashmir, Left-wing extremism-hit areas and Manipur.
Mercedes' Kimi Antonelli became the youngest-ever Formula One world champion on Sunday.