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FIIs remain net buyers in India for second consecutive week

UPI will remain free for consumers, small merchants

GI-tagged Mithila Makhana exported to Australia

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Space sector gaining from new-gen innovators: Goyal

Blitz Bureau NEW DELHI: Backed by a strong policy environment under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India’s space sector is gaining...

Govt proposes 3-year validity for BS-VI vehicles

Blitz Bureau NEW DELHI: The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has issued a draft notification proposing a major...

MEI sector salary jumps 9.4 pc

Blitz Bureau NEW DELHI: India’s Manufacturing, Engineering and Infrastructure (MEI) sector is expected to see salary increments rise to 9.4...

Cabinet Approves ₹3,030 Crore BHAVYA–Rasayan Scheme

Two Thousand Acres and a Pipe Rack: India Decides to Build Chemistry the Way It Builds Ports

Blitz Bureau NEW DELHI: The most revealing number in the Union Cabinet's new chemical parks scheme is not the money....

India's 166 major reservoirs held 70.432 BCM of water, or 38.37% of live capacity, highlighting the need for stronger water storage and management.

The Country That Stores Its Rain Badly: India’s Real Water Problem Is Not Rainfall

Blitz Bureau NEW DELHI: India receives a great deal of water and keeps very little of it. The Central Water...

ISRO plans seven space missions this financial year while advancing Gaganyaan with key crew-module qualification tests and new space technologies.

Seven in a Year: ISRO Is Trying to Turn Launching Rockets Into a Routine

Blitz Bureau NEW DELHI: Space agencies are judged on spectacular missions and sustained by unspectacular ones. ISRO is targeting seven...

Twenty Years, One Throw: Sharmila Dhankar Ends India’s Longest Wait in Para Athletics

Blitz Bureau NEW DELHI: The wait was two decades long and it ended in the women's shot put F57. Sharmila...

Crude Falls, the Streak Breaks: Indian Equities Recover 776 Points in a Single Session

Blitz Bureau NEW DELHI: Indian benchmark indices ended sharply higher on Monday, snapping a five-session losing streak. The Sensex closed...

Two Films, Two Languages: July’s Box Office Belongs to a Comedy and a Tamil Blockbuster

Blitz Bureau NEW DELHI: The month's cinema story can be told with two numbers. Dhamaal 4, released on July 10,...

288 Gigawatts and the Harder Half: Why India’s Energy Transition Now Turns on Storage, Not Panels