Govt aims to ringfence MSME sector, slash non-essential expenditures: Report

IANS | June 6, 2026 3:31 PM

New Delhi, June 6 (IANS) Amid the global headwinds, the government has made efforts to ringfence the MSME sector with various EPCLGS schemes, and would slash non-essential expenditures on the revenue side to make fiscal ends meet, rather than reducing capital expenditures, according to economists.

Over 1.20 crore senior citizens enrolled under ABVV scheme

IANS | June 6, 2026 3:11 PM

New Delhi, June 6 (IANS) More than 1.20 crore senior citizens have been enrolled under the Ayushman Bharat Vay Vandana scheme, which has delivered over 13.84 lakh treatments worth Rs 3,000 crore, the government said on Saturday.

AI is making cyberattacks more autonomous, harder to assess

IANS | June 6, 2026 1:52 PM

New Delhi, June 6 (IANS) Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly making cyberattacks more autonomous, enabling threat actors to carry out more advanced operations and challenging traditional cybersecurity frameworks, a report has said.

Praggnanandhaa represents confidence of a rising, youthful India: Gautam Adani

IANS | June 6, 2026 11:22 AM

Ahmedabad, June 6 (IANS) Adani Sportsline's “Garv Hai” athlete Praggnanandhaa R. scripted history by becoming the first Indian champion at Norway Chess after an outstanding campaign in Oslo, with Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani on Saturday describing the achievement as “one of the ultimate tests of endurance, intellect and temperament in the world of chess”.