MUMBAI: Bank credit growth in FY26 was led by services and retail segments, with non-food credit expanding by Rs 29.2 lakh crore, driven largely by lending to NBFCs, housing, and gold-backed loans, according to sectoral data.Services and personal loans together accounted for over two-thirds of incremental credit. Services saw an addition of Rs 9.7 lakh…
Odisha moves up to Prachesta-2 in Centre’s education performance indexDiana.Sahu@timesofindia.comBhubaneswar: Odisha has registered an improvement in the Performance Grading Index (PGI), prepared by the Union ministry of education to evaluate the quality of school education across states and Union Territories.The ministry earlier this week released the PGI 2.0 report for the 2024–25 session, which showed…
Prices of consumer electronics such as air conditioners, refrigerators, washing machines, televisions and smartphones are set to rise again by the end of April, marking the third round of increases in four months amid sustained cost pressures on key inputs.Industry executives, cited by ET, said elevated prices of crude-linked derivatives like plastics, along with a…
Music composer and filmmaker Palaash Muchhal has landed in a legal controversy after social worker Vignyan Mane filed a case against him in Sangli, Maharashtra, alleging cheating and invoking the Atrocities Act. However, Muchhal’s legal representative has strongly denied the claims, calling them a pressure tactic. Lawyer dismisses allegations Speaking to NDTV, advocate Shreyansh Mithare…
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लखीमपुर खीरी में एक छात्र की आत्महत्या का मामला सामने आया है. परिजनों के मुताबिक छात्र ऋतिक नीट की परीक्षा रद्द होने से काफी परेशान था. वहीं ऋतिक की मौत के बाद से परिवार में कोहराम मचा हुआ है. छात्र के चाचा ने बताया कि काफी तैयारी करने के बाद ऋतिक ने नीट की परीक्षा…
NEW DELHI: Defence minister Rajnath Singh has invited the German industry to co-produce with India, particularly in the field of niche technologies, as he underscored the need to forge partnerships based on reliability and shared interests, terming them indispensable in current shifts in geopolitical alignments, disruptions in supply chains and rapid technological transformations.While addressing German…
Image Used For Representational Purpose Only BHUBANESWAR: Bhubaneswar is set to host the World Beach Volleyball Championship (Men & Women) 2026 from March 4 onwards with 50 countrie participating. However, two major teams from the war-hit Gulf region—UAE and Qatar—have officially withdrawn from the championship citing the escalating situation in their countries. The absence of…
People in India and around the world have believed in the “evil eye” for hundreds of years. People think that this bad energy comes from being jealous or having bad plans. Even though science hasn’t found any proof that bad energy exists, a lot of people still use old remedies and spiritual practices to keep…
बिहार की पांच राज्यसभा सीटों के लिए आज (सोमवार) वोटिंग है और नतीजे भी आज ही आ जाएंगे. चार सीटों पर एनडीए की जीत तय मानी जा रही है लेकिन एक सीट के लिए महागठनबंधन और एनडीए दोनों की प्रतिष्ठा दांव पर लगी है. इस बीच महागठबंधन के नेता दावा कर रहे हैं कि हमारी…
