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23 stories for “rat” · September 2026
Clear filtersIndia received its highest-ever annual Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflow of USD 94.53 billion in FY 2025–26, and cumulative inflows from FY 2014–15 to FY 2025–26 reached USD 843 billion. Production Linked Incentive...
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has reported a natural gas discovery in the Mahanadi Offshore Basin, located off the coast of Odisha. The find was made under the Samudra Manthan initiative and came from ONGC's ver...
The foundation stone has been laid for Adani Power's 3,200 MW Ultra-Supercritical Thermal Power Plant at Chapar in Dhubri district, Assam. The project is worth ₹48,000 crore and will be the largest power plant in Northea...
The National Stock Exchange (NSE) has facilitated tokenised corporate bond issuances totalling ₹1,000 crore. The deals were done under SEBI's Regulatory Sandbox Framework with guidance and support from the Reserve Bank o...
The National Statistical Office (NSO) has, for the first time, published district-level labour market indicators under the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS). About 57.8% of districts had a female Labour Force Participa...
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has introduced the Information Technology Resilience Index (ITRI) for Market Infrastructure Institutions (MIIs). It will rate IT systems on nine parameters such as availa...
Telangana's Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) has launched a gold and copper exploration programme at Lingadahalli village in Devadurga taluk, Raichur district, Karnataka, marking SCCL's first entry into gold a...
The 10th World Circular Economy Forum (WCEF) 2026 took place from 15 to 18 September 2026 at Mahatma Mandir Convention Centre, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, the first WCEF held in South Asia. Its theme was "Circular Economy: Tra...
India has made its first direct benefit transfer (DBT) payments for soil carbon credits to more than 2,500 farmers in Punjab and Haryana. The payments, totalling over ₹2.9 crore, were linked to verified carbon credits fr...
For the first time in more than 50 years, India's coal-based power generation recorded no growth over two years, as clean energy met the increase in electricity demand. Between H1 2024 and H1 2026 (January-June), generat...
According to the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS), the Workforce Participation Rate (WPR) for persons aged 15 and above climbed to 52.8% in August 2026, its highest level since March. Rural WPR rose to 55.8% while urb...
The seventh Global Fintech Fest (GFF) 2026 took place in Mumbai with the theme "Potential to Impact: Agentic Artificial Intelligence (AI), Tokenisation, Quantum". The three focus technologies were Agentic AI, Tokenisatio...
