India, Spain to strengthen industrial partnerships, build resilient supply chains

IANS | July 14, 2026 9:10 AM

New Delhi, July 14 (IANS) Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal met Jordi Hereu, Minister of Industry and Tourism of Spain, and explored new opportunities to strengthen India-Spain collaboration in trade, investment, manufacturing, innovation, tourism and other future-ready sectors that drive growth, competitiveness and job creation.

Gujarat: HM Amit Shah inaugurates new vegetable sub-yard at Dahegam APMC

IANS | July 13, 2026 10:01 PM

Gandhinagar, July 13 (IANS) Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Amit Shah on Monday inaugurated the newly constructed vegetable sub-yard of the Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) at Dahegam in Gujarat's Gandhinagar district, marking a step towards strengthening agricultural marketing infrastructure in the region.

81 pc of NSFDC beneficiaries report better social, economic conditions

IANS | July 13, 2026 7:14 PM

New Delhi, July 13 (IANS) Central Public Sector Enterprise National Scheduled Castes Finance and Development Corporation (NSFDC) through its concessional credit-based schemes improved entrepreneurship, self-employment and socio-economic conditions of the eligible Scheduled Caste persons, an official statement said on Monday.

India's headline CPI inflation in line with forecast, monsoon progress is key: Economists

IANS | July 13, 2026 6:27 PM

New Delhi, July 13 (IANS) Economists on Monday said India's headline CPI inflation at 4.38 per cent for June is in line with their forecast, adding that over the next two quarters, inflation is likely to remain range bound at 4-4.5 per cent, with food as the key swing factor amid uneven monsoon progress and El Nino-linked rainfall variability.

Banks expect NRI fund inflows to accelerate further amid FM Sitharaman's call to intensify outreach

IANS | July 13, 2026 6:03 PM

New Delhi, July 13 (IANS) The chiefs of public sector banks (PSBs) and financial institutions informed Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday that there was a strong response from NRIs to the higher interests rates and incentives that have been announced across foreign currency non-resident bank deposits FCNR (B) deposits, External Commercial Borrowings (ECBs) and Overseas Foreign Currency Borrowings (OFCBs) swap initiatives.

Weak data systems leave Pakistan ill-prepared for AI era: Report

IANS | July 13, 2026 5:06 PM

New Delhi, July 13 (IANS) Pakistan remains inadequately prepared to deal with the opportunities and challenges posed by artificial intelligence (AI), despite growing adoption of AI tools among businesses and professionals, as weak digital infrastructure, fragmented data systems and limited institutional readiness continue to hamper the country's progress, a report has said.