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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will be on a six-day visit to the United States beginning today. During her visit to the US, she will travel to Chicago, Asheville and New York. In Chicago, Finance Minister will participate in a Roundtable Conference with prominent investors and engage with leading CEOs, Presidents and senior representatives of the private sector. Bilateral one-to-one meetings with CEOs and senior leadership of select companies in Chicago will also be held. The discussions will focus on India’s…

The Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana has completed 12 years today, marking a significant milestone in transforming the country’s financial inclusion landscape. The scheme was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on this day in 2014. Under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana, more than 59 crore accounts have been opened so far, with total deposits amounting to 3 lakh 17 thousand crore rupees. As the world’s largest financial inclusion initiative, the scheme continues to redefine access to banking for all Indians. The…

The death toll in devastating Nepal-Tibet flash floods has risen to 392, while 1,468 people remain missing on both sides of the border. Of the 392 people killed in the disaster, 389 died in Nepal and three in neighbouring Tibet. Nepal authorities reported 910 people missing, while officials in Tibet said another 558 people remained unaccounted for, taking the total number of missing people on the two sides of the border to 1,468. As rescuers search riverbanks and isolated settlements for survivors and recover bodies carried…

The Kerala High Court’s latest order on the Lulu Hypermarket land in Thrissur, delivered on 11 August 2026, has once again stalled M.A. Yusuff Ali’s long-delayed mall project in his home district. A Division Bench of Justice Devan Ramachandran and Justice Basant Balaji, deciding Writ Appeals 2369 and 2294 of 2025, upheld a single-judge ruling that quashed the Revenue Divisional Officer’s permissions to remove the land from the official paddy-land data bank. The court directed a fresh, strictly statutory review and set a…

Westland Books is delighted to announce that Bound co-founder Michelle D'Costa's much awaited debut novel, You Envy the Coutinhos released on 24 August, published under its acclaimed literary imprint Tranquebar. A darkly comic and intimate account of a migrant family's life in the Gulf and its repercussions back home, the novel offers a fresh perspective on the ordinary Indian immigrant experience in the Gulf, one which has hitherto not been explored in Indian English fiction. Set between Mangalore and…

Hyderabad : A new study by the Max Institute of Healthcare Management at the Indian School of Business (ISB) finds that hospitals adopting NABH's Digital Health Standards (DHS) have achieved substantial improvements in operational efficiency, clinical decision-making, and overall digital maturity. The study, published as a white paper titled ‘Post-Adoption Value of NABH Digital Health Standards: A Multi-Hospital Assessment in India,’ evaluates the real-world impact of digital accreditation across 20 DHS-certified…

Hyderabad: Trinity Cleantech Private Limited, an Indian manufacturer of transformers, packaged substations and clean-energy infrastructure, showcased its next generation of energy solutions at the India Energy Summit & Expo 2026 in Hyderabad, with its ME Energy 150 kW bioethanol-powered off-grid EV charger and Package Substation/Compact Substation platform attracting strong interest from senior government officials, Academicians and power-sector representatives. The sixth edition of the India Energy Summit & Expo…