Well-designed regulatory ecosystem can further strengthen service exports: NITI Aayog

IANS | August 14, 2026 5:24 PM

New Delhi, Aug 14 (IANS) As India approaches its demographic peak, professional services offer significant opportunities for high-skilled employment, entrepreneurship and innovation, a NITI Aayog report said on Friday, adding that a well-designed regulatory ecosystem can further strengthen service exports, cross-border mobility of professionals and the ease of doing business.

Scotland to host Netherlands for three-match women’s ODI series from August 28

IANS | August 14, 2026 5:19 PM

Edinburgh, Aug 14 (IANS) Scotland will host Netherlands for a three-match women’s ODI series across two venues. The opening match of the series will take place at Titwood, home of Clydesdale Cricket Club, on August 28. The action will then shift to Stirling for the remaining two fixtures on August 30 and September 1.

Aditya-L1 findings offer fresh clues to Sun's super-heated corona: Indian scientists

IANS | August 14, 2026 5:14 PM

New Delhi, Aug 14 (IANS) Observations from India's Aditya-L1 solar mission have provided crucial insights into one of solar physics' biggest mysteries: how the Sun's outer atmosphere remains millions of degrees hotter than its surface and retains that heat despite constantly losing vast amounts of energy through solar eruptions, according to Indian researchers.

India sends first batch of 19 passenger coaches to Bangladesh

IANS | August 14, 2026 5:02 PM

Dhaka, Aug 14 (IANS) India has resumed supplying passenger coaches to Bangladesh after nearly a decade, with the first batch of 19 new-generation broad-gauge passenger coaches being transported through the Darshana border, local media in Dhaka reported on Friday.

Bank deposits hit record high as RBI's FCNR scheme spurs inflows

IANS | August 14, 2026 4:51 PM

New Delhi, Aug 14 (IANS) Deposits in India's banking system have accelerated sharply over the past three fortnights and rose to a record high, helped largely by the conversion of foreign-currency inflows mobilised under the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) special deposit schemes, as per multiple reports.