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).

Ayush Ministry takes Indian traditional medicines to global stage

IANS | December 28, 2025 9:28 PM

New Delhi, Dec 28 (IANS) The Ministry of Ayush has signed 25 country-to-country level MoUs for cooperation in the field of Traditional Medicine and homoeopathy, 15 MoUs with international institutes for setting up of Ayush Academic Chairs in foreign nations, 52 institute-to-institute level MoUs for undertaking collaborative research/academic collaboration and supported the establishment of 43 Ayush Information Cells in 39 foreign nations for propagation and promotion of Ayush at global stage.