Govt committed to building safe and smart energy future: Minister

IANS | June 28, 2025 11:22 AM

New Delhi, June 28 (IANS) The government is committed to building a safe and smart energy future through initiatives like rooftop solar, EV charging infrastructure, battery storage, and digital fault detection, Shripad Yesso Naik, Minister of State for Power and New and Renewable Energy, has stressed.

Indian stock markets stage sharp rebound this week, FII buying returns

IANS | June 28, 2025 10:43 AM

Mumbai, June 28 (IANS) The Indian stock markets finally ended their five-week-long consolidation phase, driven by improving global sentiment, easing geopolitical concerns, and noticeable buying by foreign institutional investors (FIIs) in the latter part of the week, analysts said on Saturday.

US to send out tariff rate letters to countries starting next week

IANS | June 28, 2025 10:29 AM

Washington, June 28 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has said his administration will send letters to countries "over the next week and a half or so" to tell them about their tariff rates, while noting that his pause on "reciprocal" tariffs could be extended or shortened.

Centre issues revised guidelines for waste-to-energy projects

IANS | June 28, 2025 9:38 AM

New Delhi, June 28 (IANS) The Centre on Saturday said it has released revised guidelines for the waste-to-energy programme under the National Bioenergy Programme., which aims to foster a more efficient, transparent, and performance-oriented ecosystem for bio-waste to energy deployment in India.

Total business of public sector banks surges to Rs 251 lakh crore in 2024-25

IANS | June 27, 2025 10:32 PM

New Delhi, June 27 (IANS) The total business of public sector banks has surged from Rs 203 lakh crore in FY 2022–23 to Rs 251 lakh crore in FY 2024–25 while the net non-performing assets (NPAs) have declined from 1.24 per cent to 0.52 per cent during this period, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman was informed at the annual review meeting with bank chiefs here on Friday.

Early months of FY26 indicate resilient economy, outlook remains positive: Centre

IANS | June 27, 2025 9:49 PM

New Delhi, June 27 (IANS) High-frequency indicators for the first two months of FY26 indicate resilient performance of the domestic economy amid the heightened geopolitical situation, Finance Ministry’s ‘Monthly Economic Review for May 2025’ said on Friday, adding that overall, the outlook for the Indian economy remains positive.