India to corner Pakistan at FATF with evidence of terrorists roaming freely

Vicky Nanjappa | June 29, 2026 12:56 PM

New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) India is all set to mount pressure on Pakistan at the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) after several videos of terrorists roaming around in the open have surfaced. Pakistan, which had managed to get out of the Grey List of the FATF, is under tight scrutiny after it assured that it would do more to curb terror financing.

Robust energy infra built over past decade helped India navigate West Asia crisis

IANS | June 29, 2026 12:13 PM

New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) As the Middle East crisis unfolded, India responded better than several global economies because the ground had been prepared, and infrastructure built over the past decade is the reason a closure of the Strait became a managed event rather than a crisis at the pump and the kitchen, according to the government.

NITI Aayog set to release report on strengthening Gram Sabha participation

IANS | June 29, 2026 11:47 AM

New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) A national study that examined participation in Gram Sabhas across states and union territories found low citizen turnout and identified barriers and pathways to strengthen their grassroots engagement, an official statement said on Monday, adding that the report will be released on June 30.

India protected its consumers from oil shock as West Asia crisis rattled world economies

IANS | June 29, 2026 11:24 AM

New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) As the West Asia crisis rattled global economies with surging oil and gas prices since the US-Iran war began on February 28, the defining choice of the crisis for India was to absorb the cost at the level of the State and the public sector marketing companies rather than the household, according to the government, as no comparable economy chose to shoulder a burden of this scale on behalf of its consumers.