NEW DELHI: The Centre is staring at a massive surge in its subsidy bill during the current fiscal year as fertiliser payouts may reach Rs 3.8 lakh crore – more than twice the budgeted level – against govt’s total budgeted subsidy bill of Rs 4.1 lakh crore for 2026-27.For cooking gas too, the budgeted subsidy…
MUMBAI: You probably do not care much about your inactive accounts on online platforms such as Amazon or Flipkart. But do you know that your dormant e-commerce accounts are being targeted by fraudsters?Unlike financial transactions which usually leave a trail and are notified to users through mobile alerts or messages, suspicious transactions made through e-commerce…
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has officially announced the examination date for the Senior Executive Trainee (SET) Recruitment Examination 2026. Candidates who have successfully completed the application process can now check and download the official exam schedule notice from the BSNL website.According to the notification issued by the telecom public sector company, the BSNL Senior…
FDI was supposed to be the dependable kind of foreign money — the kind that built factories, brought technology and stayed for the long haul. FPI was the flighty cousin, quick to exit when markets turned. But India’s net FDI has now shrunk to a trickle as rising repatriation and disinvestment offset strong inflows. What…
“Aunt Jennifer’s tigers prance across a screen/Bright topaz denizens of a world of green.”Every time Class 12 student Tashvi Berry opened her English literature book to study American poet Adrienne Rich’s 12-line metaphor-drenched rage against patriarchy, these famous opening lines made absolutely no sense.For the 17-year-old with learning disabilities, who had the poem for her…
Oil prices fell slightly on Friday after reports of a potential extension of a US-Iran ceasefire amid the ongoing Middle East conflict that has stretched beyond three months.Prices of Brent crude fell 0.37% to $93.36 a barrel, while US oil futures slipped 0.71% to $88.27 a barrel, as traders reacted to shifting signals around a…
Rising mortgage rates are adding to pressure on the US housing market, with the average long-term home loan rate climbing to its highest level in nine months and further weakening affordability for buyers, AP reported.Freddie Mac said on Thursday that the average rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage rose to 6.53 per cent from 6.51…
New Delhi: India’s energy investment is likely to reach a record $170 billion in 2026, driven by a push towards renewable energy capacity addition, strengthening of transmission and distribution networks, and deployment of storage systems to support the grid and reduce curtailment, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said in its latest report.The power sector accounts…
Reliance Industries is placing artificial intelligence at the centre of its media and entertainment strategy as it looks to drive the next phase of growth across streaming, television and digital content businesses, PTI reported.In its latest annual report, the Mukesh Ambani-led conglomerate said AI will play a defining role in the future of entertainment and…
Kurmanchal Bank Clerk exam scheduled for June 7; admit cards released for 60 Uttarakhand vacancies Kurmanchal Nagar Sahkari Bank Limited has announced the exam date for the Assistant Grade-II Clerk/Cashier recruitment examination. The online written examination will be conducted on June 7, 2026, for 60 vacancies across branches in Uttarakhand. The examination process will be…
