Finance ministry urges spending discipline, resilience amid global uncertainties; banks post record Rs 1.98 lakh crore profit

The finance ministry on Friday asked public sector banks (PSBs) to adopt prudent expenditure and austerity measures at all levels while maintaining resilience amid evolving global uncertainties, even as it reviewed their record financial performance in FY26, PTI reported.Financial Services Secretary M Nagaraju, while chairing a meeting to review the financial performance of PSBs, advised…

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Jammu-Srinagar Vande Bharat crosses 1 lakh passenger mark in just 22 days | India News

JAMMU: Jammu-Srinagar Vande Bharat Express, the first ever direct train flagged off between the two cities on May 2, achieved the unprecedented milestone of carrying 1.01 lakh passengers within just 22 days.Northern Railway’s senior divisional commercial manager, Uchit Singhal, said, “We have received extremely positive feedback from passengers regarding the train’s comfort, safety and hospitality….

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‘Bengal’s mandate was in favour of BJP’: TMC leader Prakash Baraik explains why he quit Rajya Sabha | India News

TMC MP with Vice President NEW DELHI: After resigning from the Rajya Sabha on Thursday, Trinamool Congress MP Prakash Chik Baraik said he stepped down after considering that the West Bengal “mandate was in favour of BJP”. Baraik, the third TMC parliamentarian to quit this week, also said he would do “as the chief minister…

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Babar Azam: ‘Muhh utha ke shots nahi maar sakte’: Pakistan’s Babar Azam triggered by strike rate question in PSL – Watch | Cricket News

Captained by Babar Azam, Peshawar Zalmi on Monday defeated Multan Sultans by 24 runs to register their fifth win of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2026 season in six matches. Zalmi sit on top of the points table with five wins and one no result and 11 points in 6 matches.Kusal Mendis continued his run…

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India’s FPI debt inflows reached 62% of cumulative equity at $95.5 billion since FY99; $19.3 billion since FY25: Report

Foreign portfolio investment (FPI) debt inflows have accounted for 62 per cent of cumulative equity inflows into India since FY 1998-99, marking the growing importance of the country’s debt market in attracting foreign capital, according to a report by DSP Mutual Fund. India has received $95.5 billion in FPI debt inflows in about 28 years,…

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Forest secrets: Lost medieval town missing for 600 years finally found beneath a forest in Poland |

Hidden beneath the forests of northwestern Poland, the remains of Stolzenberg have given archaeologists a rare look at a medieval settlement that disappeared centuries ago. The town is believed to have been founded in the late 13th or early 14th century and later abandoned for reasons that are still unclear. Researchers from the Relicta Foundation,…

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