Trade pact with Australia anchors India’s economic engagement in Indo-Pacific: Piyush Goyal

IANS | December 29, 2025 12:25 PM

New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Monday said that as the Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA) negotiations advance with other nations, India-Australia trade pact continues to anchor the country’s economic engagement in the Indo-Pacific, aligned with ‘Make in India’ and the vision of 'Viksit Bharat 2047’.

PNB shares recover after fall after it reported Rs 2,434 crore loan fraud

IANS | December 29, 2025 12:22 PM

Mumbai, Dec 29 (IANS) Shares of state-owned lender Punjab National Bank on Monday recovered after an earlier fall, after it reported a loan fraud of Rs 2,434 crore last week, allegedly committed by former promoters of SREI Equipment Finance Ltd (SEFL) and SREI Infrastructure Finance Ltd (SIFL).