Digital personal loans stay on positive trajectory in H1 FY26: Report

IANS | December 3, 2025 4:47 PM

New Delhi, Dec 3 (IANS) Digital non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) are now central to India’s personal loan market, significantly contributing to the expansion of formal credit, and digital personal loans remain critical to the nation's credit landscape, a report said on Wednesday.

Assam: PM Modi reiterates commitment on Asom Diwas

IANS | December 2, 2025 4:37 PM

New Delhi, Dec 2 (IANS) Extending greetings on the occasion of Asom Divas, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday reiterated the commitment to advancing the inclusive, culturally rooted and development-oriented vision of Swargadeo Chaolung Sukapha, the founder of the Ahom kingdom, whose legacy continues to shape Assam’s identity.

Medicines alone will not solve global obesity woes: WHO

IANS | December 1, 2025 8:16 PM

New Delhi, Dec 1 (IANS) While obesity is growing as a global health challenge contributing to millions of preventable deaths each year, the World Health Organisation (WHO), in a new report on Monday, said that medications like Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 (GLP-1) alone will not solve the problem affecting more than one billion people worldwide.

Gross enrolment under Atal Pension Yojana surpasses 8.34 crore: FM Sitharaman

IANS | December 1, 2025 2:56 PM

New Delhi, Dec 1 (IANS) Gross enrolment under the Atal Pension Yojana (APY), a bid to create a universal social security system for all, especially the poor, the under-privileged and the workers in the unorganised sector, has reached 8,34,13,738 (as on October 31), the Parliament was informed on Monday.