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'Fiscal deficit touches 41.9% of full-year target at end of Aug'

New Delhi, Sept. 30 -- The Central government's fiscal deficit stood at Rs 7.1 lakh crore or 41.9 per cent of the full-year target at the end of August, according to data released by the Controller Ge... Read More


Interest rates on small savings schemes remain unchanged

New Delhi, Sept. 30 -- The government on Wednesday left interest rates unchanged for various small savings schemes, including PPF and NSC, for the tenth straight quarter, beginning October 1, 2026. "... Read More


Employment in industries cross 2-cr mark in 2024-25

New Delhi, Sept. 30 -- Total employment in industries crossed the 2 crore mark in 2024-25, driven mainly by the manufacturing sector, which added more than 14 lakh workers, according to the Annual Sur... Read More


PSPCL launches VDS scheme to regularise extra tubewell load

Patiala, Sept. 30 -- Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) has introduced a 45-day Voluntary Disclosure Scheme (VDS) for regularisation of unauthorised additional load of agricultural power t... Read More


India explores China route to bypass Pak airspace

New Delhi, Sept. 29 -- India is exploring a new air corridor through China's Xinjiang region to shorten flights to Europe, the UK and North America as Pakistan's continued closure of its airspace forc... Read More


'This is carnage': SC questions 10-fold markup on cancer medicines

New Delhi, Sept. 29 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday questioned the steep markup on cancer medicines in private hospitals, calling a 10-fold difference between the price paid by retailers and the maxim... Read More


New NCERT Class 9 book traces invasions, resistance & lesser-known women rulers

New Delhi, Sept. 29 -- The new Class 9 Social Science textbook prepared by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) traces successive invasions of the Indian subcontinent, acc... Read More


Foreign Secy conveyed concerns over 'SRIA' to US delegation: MEA

New Delhi, Sept. 29 -- Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri, during his meeting with a bipartisan US Congressional delegation, conveyed India's "concerns" over the implications of the recently enacted Sanct... Read More


Ladakh-grown Liliums take flight to national markets

Leh, Sept. 29 -- The first air consignment of 15,000 'A-grade' Liliums grown in Ladakh was flown from Leh to national markets on Tuesday, marking a push towards commercial floriculture and new livelih... Read More


Saini approves 'Navachar' scheme to link academic ideas with governance

Chandigarh, Sept. 29 -- The Haryana government has formulated the 'Haryana Network for Academic Vision, Applied Creativity and Holistic Administrative Research (Navachar) Yojana' to connect academic r... Read More