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India received $30.7 billion in gross Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in April-June 2026, the highest in at least 15 years, nearly 46% above the previous quarter and about 15% above April-June 2025. Net FDI for the quart...
After a sharp rise in onion prices, the Union government launched Kanda Express to carry onions from Nashik, Maharashtra, to major consumption centres such as Delhi, Chennai, Kochi and Guwahati. Lasalgaon in Nashik is a...
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy said India's non-fossil fuel power capacity has crossed 300 GW, which is 60 percent of the 500 GW target. This capacity covers solar, wind, hydro, bio-power and nuclear power, wit...
India's Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) 2026 is expected to gather separate data on digital and platform workers for the first time, covering food delivery executives, drivers and home-service providers. Their earnin...
Somanath Sreedhara Panicker has been appointed and Anand Gopal Mahindra re-appointed as part-time Non-Official Directors on the Central Board of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). Both will serve for a term of four years w...
The Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) has cleared about 1,800 km of LPG pipelines with an estimated investment of ₹7,000 crore, to be developed by state-owned GAIL (India) Limited. They will pass through...
India's solar photovoltaic module manufacturing capacity has reached 100 GW, up from 2.3 GW in 2014, while cell capacity stood at 25 GW and wafer capacity about 2 GW by March 2025. Import dependence is still close to 100...
The Unified Payments Interface (UPI), launched in 2016 by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), completed 10 years on 25 August 2026. Annual transactions grew from 1.78 crore in FY 2016-17 to more than 24,16...
Forty-four social and environmental groups, along with retired forest officers and scientists, have asked the Himachal Pradesh government to prohibit glyphosate-based herbicides on forest land. The chemical is reportedly...
Chhattisgarh has become India’s first inland State to start exporting value-added Tilapia fish products, shipping 382 tonnes to the United States. The State has put nearly ₹900 crore into fisheries under the Pradhan Mant...
Scientists have named S301 the fastest-moving star on a confirmed orbit in the Milky Way. It reaches a top speed of about 25,000 km/s, nearly 8% of the speed of light, while following a highly elliptical 8.7-year orbit a...
Gross loans of Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) grew 10.3% year-on-year to ₹5.78 lakh crore in FY 2025-26, from ₹5.24 lakh crore. Their average Priority Sector Lending (PSL) achievement touched 91.7% of Adjusted Net Bank Cred...
