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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UP: Namami Gange department conducts transparent digital transfer drive, 170 officials shifted | India News

NEW DELHI: Uttar Pradesh government’s Namami Gange and rural water supply department on Friday carried out large-scale transfers through a fully transparent and digital process aimed at eliminating corruption and human interference.Under the supervision of jal shakti minister Swatantra Dev Singh, officials and employees were allotted postings based on merit and preference in an open…

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Scientists just found a lost river world buried beneath Antarctica’s ice for 34 million years | World News

Beneath nearly two kilometres of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet, locked away since the continent froze over at least 34 million years ago, scientists have found something that changes the way researchers understand both Antarctica’s distant past and its near-term future. Using ice-penetrating radar gathered across multiple airborne survey campaigns, an international team led by…

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‘I quit’: 16-year-old student found hanging in Lucknow hostel; suicide note found | Lucknow News

LUCKNOW: A 16-year-old female student was found hanging from a ceiling fan in a hostel in Gomtinagar on Friday morning, triggering a police investigation after her family allegedly attempted to take the body to Haridwar for cremation without informing authorities. Police said a handwritten note carrying the words “I quit” was recovered from the room…

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Canada dips into technical recession? Pierre Poilievre slams Mark Carney, says no other G7 country is in this situation

Growth figures say Canada has slipped into what many experts would call a technical recession. Canada entered into what many experts would call a technical recession after it reported two consecutive quarters of contraction in economic growth. Statistics Canada said real gross domestic product fell 0.1 per cent on an annualized basis in the first…

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Defence secy Rajesh Kumar Singh gets addl charge of DRDO chairman as Samir Kamat retires | India News

Rajesh Kumar Singh and Samir Kamat NEW DELHI: Defence secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh has been given additional charge of the posts of secretary, Department of Defence Research and Development, and chairman of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) as the current DRDO chief Samir V Kamat is retiring.Singh will take over the additional responsibilities…

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