Manipur Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh met with Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari at his official residence in New Delhi to advocate for the urgent acceleration of infrastructure development across the northeastern state, specifically requesting the expedited completion of upgrades on National Highway-37 connecting Imphal to Silchar and National Highway-2 linking Imphal…
The Goods and Services Tax Council, during its 57th meeting on Thursday, approved sweeping and long-awaited reforms to input tax credit rules, significantly widening the range of corporate expenses eligible for credit while easing refund mechanisms for industrial and commercial enterprises. Under the newly endorsed guidelines, businesses can now claim input tax credit on employee…
HDFC Bank, India’s largest private sector lender, mobilised more than ₹1.5 trillion in deposits during the July-September quarter of FY27, reflecting continued growth in its funding base. According to the bank’s quarterly business update, period-end deposits rose 4.9 per cent sequentially and nearly 19 per cent year-on-year to ₹33.27 trillion as of September 30, 2026….
During a recent meeting at the Secretariat, a 23-member delegation from the Manipuri Youth Cultural Organisation (MYCO) in Bangladesh engaged with Manipur Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh to discuss crucial strategies for preserving the cultural heritage, language, and traditions of the estimated 20,000 to 50,000 Manipuris residing in Bangladesh. Representing a diaspora with a deep-rooted…
Two veteran financial sector executives with over three decades of robust experience, Anup Bagchi and Anup Kumar Saha, are set to assume leadership positions at two of India’s premier private sector lenders following formal approvals from the Reserve Bank of India. Anup Bagchi, currently managing director and CEO of ICICI Prudential Life Insurance, will officially…
Maruti Suzuki India Ltd reported a robust 24.4 per cent increase in total sales, reaching 236,013 units in September compared to 189,665 units in the corresponding month of the previous year, according to a regulatory filing that encompasses domestic sales, international exports, and supplies to other original equipment manufacturers. The automaker’s stellar growth was significantly…
India Inc entered the second half of FY27 with strong credit profiles despite a moderation in rating activity, according to rating agency Icra’s credit outlook. The credit ratio, which measures rating upgrades against downgrades, stood at 3.2 times in H1 FY27, improving from 2.8 times in H1 FY26 and 3.1 times in FY26. The ratio…
Nvidia has released software tools designed to improve the safety of AI agents, as technology companies confront incidents involving autonomous systems that can perform complex tasks and potentially access computer systems without adequate controls. The chipmaker said its new tools could have prevented the recently disclosed attack involving Hugging Face, an AI development platform that…
Flipkart Ventures, the investment arm of e-commerce major Flipkart, has invested in two Indian artificial intelligence startups, Alive and Keploy, as part of its efforts to support early-stage technology companies and emerging AI applications. The financial details of the transactions were not disclosed. The latest investments bring together two startups operating in different segments but…
The Ministry of Home Affairs has officially announced a six-month extension of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act across designated volatile regions in Manipur, Nagaland, and Arunachal Pradesh, taking effect from October 1 following a comprehensive security review. While this latest directive maintains the “disturbed area” status under Section 3 of the statute—granting security forces…
